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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
8
The Boston Post issue from December 1 1908 outlines daily news coverage in a dense Urban New England context with notices on political events and local affairs. The paper emphasizes its Democratic-leaning stance and provides office details at 259 Washington Street, Boston.
Daily One year two dollars and more options. six months may vary. The Sunday Post offers one year two dollars fifty cents. six months one dollar twenty five cents. three months sixty five cents. Canada rates nine cents per day. Payments in advance. notices of discontinuation. Editor and Publisher EB Grozifer.
The Franklin Square House has aided over 3000 working girls with home life and instruction, calling its work a civic necessity not charity. Tonight, $5000 in subscriptions is required to complete the $95,000 pledged, toward a $100,000 grand total, sent to George L. Perin in Boston.
Abe Ruef, linked to years of graft and a four month trial, is sentenced to fourteen years in prison. The piece argues the California Supreme Court should uphold Judge Lawlor’s decision, warning against undermining justice and inspiring public relief amid regional unease.
At today’s Boston Park Commission meeting the School Board seeks use of the refectory building in Franklin Park for Parker Hill open air classes. The quarters are not needed for other public services, but could mean health or misery for tuberculous children. Prompt approval is hoped and expected.
The piece argues Secretary Wilson will not remove Dr Harvey Wiley before March and praises Wiley as essential to the Agricultural Department. It credits his scientific work and persistence for pure food laws, warning that losing him would harm public health and moral standards while praising Massachusetts as a welcoming home.
A historical essay argues that aligning labor with capital creates irresistible business power. It cites Andrew Carnegie’s use of young partners at Carnegie Steel and predicts profit sharing or vested notes to fuse labor with ownership, reducing strikes and boosting output and wages.
The Boston Finance Commission loses its extraordinary powers at midnight and reports its findings to the incoming Legislature. By council order it has one more month to finalize its report to the municipal authority and present a draft charter based on long inquiry.
A fragment reflects on how the principle of profit can be tested in any firm, suggesting that increased profit and self-respect are linked and that no firm is immune to this test. The passage hints at broader economic ethics without specific events or names.
Massachusetts leads a statewide relief drive after the Southern Italian calamity. A Boston committee of government, business, and civic leaders appeals for funds to be sent by cable to Sicily within 24 hours to aid the starving, wounded, and homeless. The appeal stresses universal sympathy and rapid, direct aid.
A poetic exhortation warns readers about germs lurking at home and in food and urges caution to prevent disease. It dismisses dusting as less important than preventing microbial spread and ends with a call to join Devine Inflater in banishing bacilli.
Short waist fashions fade toward normal lines as cloth of gold with Persian embroidery trims ensembles. Coral button vests and pearl jade coral turquoise bead necklaces accessorize with lace and net sleeves. Ivory imitate toilette articles gain appeal, while tulle filet dominates corsages. Velvet resurfaces in headgear as long corsets slim toward season gowns.
A terse aphorism notes that a hatpin piercing a rat silences the creature, conveying a grim image. The line implies a decisive or sharp consequence, using vivid, dark imagery characteristic of old newspaper satire.
A Boston letter from Sammy describes a tranquil night on Beacon Hill among actors and actresses. Distant singing, a milk bottle request, a chorus quarrel, and card-playing thespians occupy a moonlit rear window scene with light revelry and notable local characters.
A cryptic letter from Violet Rose of Concord New Hampshire seeks weekly vocal lessons in Boston. It contains suggestive and inappropriate content with a note about meeting at Park Street Subway during rush hour and hints at possible harm if damaged in the crowd.
A letter asks about poker correspondence schools. DA replies none exist currently. The expert offers to personally teach the rudiments during his evenings, provide cards, and accept real money to play, in return for the learner bringing funds to wager.
A playful dialogue frames the humorist and a young reporter. The humorist praises ancient wisdom while the cub reporter notes they spoke many smart ideas before the reporter could. The exchange showcases wit about time and originality in commentary.
A farmer asserts son Zeke is an inventor big on talk and the wife wonders aloud if he truly is. The exchange turns on Zeke’s boast about a submarine boat invention, prompting disbelief and playful banter about water versus land assets.
A girl pretends to disdain men and quickly attracts a husband, illustrating how perception shifts with a bold disguise. The line underscores social expectations and the humor of romance in a small town.
A Winchester dog Ned deliveries newspapers after trolley drops, a crew from the Freddy W. Alton gains luck post-sailor trial, and locals note odd city shortcuts. Providence opens an open air school for TB risk children. Italian workers feel Sicilian disaster’s sorrow. civic events include a New Year reception plan and transit safety measures.
A man learns he has inherited a fortune from a West Coast mine owner through a distant uncle. William Richards of New York enjoys luxury, social prominence, and a marriage with a wealthy wife, as his unexpected wealth reshapes his life.
Richards dreams of a million dollars at a lavish party staged by his unknown uncle. A menacing figure awakens him and drags him toward arrest. A park bench and a burly officer end the fantasy as the thief faces capture and a looming reward.
A stranger in ecclesiastical dress used bad checks to cheat Cleveland merchants out of about $2000. Police are seeking the man, described as churchlike in appearance and manner.
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