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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1909
Page
6
The issue lists daily and Sunday subscription prices for the Boston Post with rates for different periods and Canadian copy pricing. It notes payment instructions, mailing details, and editor publisher contact.
The article questions authorities whether they can maintain a telephone at the Scituate life saving station and other stations. It cites the Fourth Cliff rescue where lack of communication with physicians hindered response, contrasting crew devotion with meager pay and inadequate equipment.
The Post argues that Greenfield Savings Bank case shows state laws protect depositors and they will not lose a penny. The affair is cited as making every bank in Massachusetts safer thanks to authorities' watchfulness and national pride in the state's savings banks.
The piece extols long distance running as a noble sport with wide public appeal. It compares an upcoming Indian versus English marathon in New York to Harvard Yale football crowds, noting safety and demanding endurance, courage, and calculation without violence or risk.
A London war play titled An Englishman's Home promotes patriotism with a theme of German invasion. It runs in two London theatres and prompts calls to recruit officers in lobbies and free seating. The piece suggests nationwide performances and notes the United States recently appropriated 500000 dollars for aerial research, highlighting the signal corps as vital alongside army and navy.
Count Komura’s remarks on California legislation suggest reliance on American fairness and federal goodwill rather than a threat. The Post notes broad belief in the American sense of justice and hopes the Japanese receive a square deal amid the international rumpus stirred by California politicians.
A newly passed Senate article would place presidential and vice presidential succession in Congress when no eligible holder exists. The text follows the 15th Amendment era discussion and frames Congress as the interim authority pending further action.
The article notes that if something happens to the president and vice president elects between election and inauguration, Congress would step in. It adds that since accidents are possible, the two men should never travel together as a patriotic precaution.
President Roosevelt praises a proposed Lincoln Memorial University endowment at Cumberland Gap to aid worthy youth facing poverty. The project, nonsectarian and aligned with Lincoln’s heritage, seeks funds from Massachusetts donors noted in today’s Post.
The finance commission opposes a recall based on popular vote and questions Governor removal over the Mayor. It argues self-government requires both how and by whom, urging a referendum on the new charter rather than executive intervention.
The essay laments the death of Dr Herman G Niermann of Fort Wayne Ind who perished in a capital operation aimed at proving intestines unnecessary to health. It questions the legality and ethics of human vivisection even with consent and notes the profession mourns yet asks if any vivisection was proper.
The world cruise of Admiral Sperry s squadron of 16 battleships costs about 20 million dollars but proves valuable by showing American naval superiority. English French and German experts say no other fleet could endure such tests, while Japan s pride is checked and the trip teaches maritime nations about unity. Eighty million will acclaim them. commerce may gain as well.
The Panama Canal progress is praised with faith in Taft and the engineers. The piece predicts most work will finish by the next senator’s term, and expects through ships with 35 feet draft to traverse the route. It also anticipates steps to build an American merchant marine and ongoing national support.
A reader asks why trousers pressed by a taller lose their sharp creases after a few days and become baggy at the knees. The inquiry seeks an explanation of where the folds go and how pressing affects durability.
The column is a playful reader mail feature with questions on buttons and stockings. Readers from Malden and Haverhill Mass. ask whether a button should go into a buttonhole or be buttoned over it. An expert notes the buttonhole over the button is standard.
A Leicester correspondent forwards a London Express clipping crediting the Sun day Post's Bingville Bugle in the U S A. The note jokes that the Bugle may gain foreign subscribers and mentions a $2 annual subscription payable in advance or in barter like firewood cider or food.
A Boston Quebec note from Baptiste describes a harsh winter with shifting weather, a hungry fish, and a red suspenders gift. He asks how to fix his coat and mentions a streetcar conductor changing fares to fierce please. He signs from St. Cessaire Quebec and hopes for another letter.
A man learns from court reading of his love letters that romance can clash with patent and legal rigidity. The quote links necessity to invention and suggests legal constraints shape creative ideas.
Local notes reveal winter swimming by the Brownies of L street bath and a public mood moved by Amherst Alumni speakers. Boston officials discuss prison grills at the marshal’s office while ships and captains, including Captain A C Larkin, share sea stories.
Questions from readers cover voting rights for children of foreign born parents born abroad, the date of the Bennington explosion in San Diego Bay on July 21, 1905, and King Edward VII the Emperor of India title. Also noted is Colorado’s statehood and Pike’s Peak location as Colorado was admitted to the Union.
Inquiry shows the New England News Company at 94 Arch Street offers copies of any trade journal. Ed. notes providing the desired information upon request.
A letter by Ed asks about Chinese numbers in Boston noting about 900 residents and over 100 laundries. It states no practical count of laundries and no method to gauge population fluctuation.
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