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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1911
Page
10
The Boston Post issue from February 8, 1911 outlines current events and notices in Boston. It reports local politics, business briefs, and community items typical of a daily city paper of the era. The page features standard advertisements and public notices alongside news briefs.
The notice lists subscription pricing for The Sunday Post and Wail Gone Yearly plans, with rates for 6 months, 3 months, and 1 month. It notes Canada delivery at 10c per copy and advises mail payments by checks or money orders to Post Publishing Company. All mail at sender risk.
The Post reminds readers subscriptions must be paid in advance or be discontinued. Readers unable to obtain the Post regularly should notify the office by mail or by postal service at once. Editor and Publisher E A Grzifr (Grgrifr) asks for prompt payment and contact.
A Baltimore clothing maker rejected a shipment labeled all wool after finding shoddy and cotton. The New York supplier argued a long standing trade custom standardized such labeling. The New York court ruled against that defense, ruling the practice fraudulent.
A cheerful forecast arrives with groundhog day mood as woodchucks awaken and predict milder weather. The piece celebrates an optimistic start to the new year, urging people to embrace the forecast and make the coming months pleasant.
The National Association of Woolen Manufacturers urges Congress not to alter Schedule K in tariff revision. They claim the Payne tariff unfairly profits a segment of woolen goods producers, while harming mass consumers. The president supports relief for the general public against elite manufacturing gains.
The text argues against wool duty cuts and calls for equal conditions in clothing manufacture to relieve the masses. It notes publicly released figures showing tariff discrepancies and cites President Taft as convinced of the issue.
A commemorative essay marks Horace Greeley's birth in Amherst New Hampshire noting his influence on American journalism. The piece contrasts Greeley with Bennett and Raymond, arguing modern papers show more honesty and fairness while characterizing Greeley as a product of a bygone era.
In the Jersey City waterfront disaster, readers urge definite accountability and stricter laws. The piece argues against storing vast quantities of high explosives together and against transporting tons of dynamite by rail through cities, hoping for preventive reforms.
Police Commissioner O'Meara reports that in 1910 Boston arrested 47 732 people for drunkenness, with 47.86 percent nonresidents. For all arrests, nonresidents were 39.65 percent, reflecting cross-border drinking due to surrounding dry areas.
The Scandinavian American line steamer Pennsylvania sails for Copenhagen with a record 170000 bushels of corn weighing 9520000 pounds. Ninety seven thousand? freight cars were used to move the cereal from Buffalo to the loading pier. The voyage marks the first direct departure to Copenhagen in months with substantial additional freight onboard.
The passage surveys the allure of Mme Julie Recamier as depicted by Jacques Louis David and the era’s fascination with her. It notes how crowds gathered, Napoleon and Wellington admired her, and David’s influence shifted Paris fashion toward Greek robes. David’s unfinished canvas at the Louvre contrasts with Gerard’s later version, reflecting Recamier’s beauty versus judgment.
In Everett Massachusetts Frank W. Ryan laments the cinema's cheaper thrills versus operatic and live stage shows. He jokes about humor from a spinach misunderstanding and ends with a self aware reflection on the joke’s point, sharing the local theater irony and social mood.
Poet Walt Mason laments dull life and mocks knightly fame while recounting a neighbor’s punch that left him black eyed. He prefers a quiet, comfortable routine and even praises the puncher for easing his longing for war. The verse contrasts heroic legends with everyday, comic bruises.
A quotation notes that wealth does not win genuine affection and asserts money only attracts hangers on rather than true friendship.
A guest from Gotham recounts a “super-subtle” joke told at a dinner with Mrs Brown hosting. Mr Jones, noted as absent minded, wipes his brow with a lettuce leaf at salad and Mrs Brown asks why. The piece questions if there is a point or a laugh in the joke.
A speaker explains his obsession with uncovering jokes and preserving them like rare specimens. He mocks a puzzling lettuce leaf spinach joke, suggests others should enlighten the puzzled public, and notes the joke may have been ahead of its time.
Edward J. L. Bowers, a renowned sewing machine expert and patent holder, died after a five year illness in Orange. Born in Berlin, Connecticut, he was 54 and had recently led a large manufacturing plant after moving from Hartford.
Officials of the Grand Trunk railway have ordered immediate start of work on the extension from Palmer Massachusetts to Providence Rhode Island. The decision comes from Montreal signaling construction to begin at once.
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