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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
8
The Boston Post issues a 1909 price notice listing subscription rates: six months 1.50, three months 75 cents, one month 25 cents. The Sunday Post annual rate 2.50, six months 1.25, three months 63 cents. Canada copies 9 cents per copy.
Senator Lodge gains the Senate finance committee seat succeeding Mr. Platt and can advocate more for New England business interests. The opportunity is timely, but prudence is advised to ensure enduring support and effective influence.
The new Chinese Regent assumes a businesslike role to reorganize the empire on a Western constitutional basis. He aims to emulate Japan. With China awakening and Russia preparing for war, Japanese interests seek peace unless provoked.
United States Commissioner of Corporations Herbert Knox Smith urges efficient publicity to curb corruption. His report calls for government access to corporate records and accounts, arguing transparency would prevent bribery and forged relations between Standard Oil and Congress.
Finance Commission findings prompt talk of public awakening and business leader action. New York officials expose deeper corruption with remarks on municipal books and meals expenses while a preacher cites abuse in city job hiring. Boston, in contrast, is labeled pale by comparison, until a turnout election pushes for trustworthy candidates.
The piece accuses Republican leaders in Congress of engineering a $114 million deficit for the current fiscal year and hints they might re-enact Spanish war era taxes to cover it. It mocks Republican campaigning against such burdens while in power and warns that new taxes would fall on the poor.
The House voted 161 to 90 against the 500000 appropriation for war balloons. The article argues such a decision ends aeronautics in the army and calls for substantial prizes and sustained air navigation research to keep pace with France Germany and Japan.
News from the Italian earthquake camps contrasts New England relief with foreign aid. The Yankee method sends every dollar directly to the sufferers without red tape, while foreign funds sit idle in Rome banks awaiting lengthy investigations.
The Senate passes an opium bill prohibiting non medical importations. The piece notes 490000 pounds smoked in the US last year and outlines opium use from criminals to the general public. It cites Canada China England and New England trends and argues for medical supervision and global restraint.
Leading men in Cambridge oppose a proposed closure of 235 feet of Massachusetts Avenue at Central Square for rapid transit. They warn a 19 foot travel lane amid dense traffic would heighten fire risk and urge preapproval scrutiny modeled on Boston’s experience before further tunnelling.
Reader inquiry notes the Old Guard of Massachusetts as a social group of past and present militia members. It has long acted to promote military spirit with Captain H. C. Clapp Jr. as commander.
Ed asks who should receive back pay for driving an ammunition wagon in the Civil War. He instructs applying to the adjutant general's office at the State House in Boston.
W. H. T. reports that the Boston Cooking School and the School of Housekeeping of the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union were merged into the School of Domestic Science at Simmons College. Red
A vivid snippet titled I Love a Lassie features Newton Newkirk debating beauty and perception in a humorous verse about a bonnie lassie. The excerpt hints at contrasts between appearances and reality, with a playful tone throughout.
Two unread communications from the same anonymous writer accuse a local man of past misdeeds. One letter requests publication of damning details. the other private note calls the man an enemy of the writer. Both are unsigned and presented to the editors for judgment.
A speaker declares they will not expose themselves to trouble or intrude on others, rejecting anonymous attacks and not letting a writer sully a reputation. They refuse to be drawn into conflicts and warn against using them as a conduit for another's spite.
Fairbanks correspondence from Farmington Maine invites all to a Thursday church supper. Attendees are asked to bring milk for coffee. The notice notes good sleighing and a bright moon and hopes Professor J F Green will play selections on his new gramophone and offer select readings.
A witty letter from Wellesley College Massachusetts praises peas eaten with a fork and mocks using knives spoons or pea shooters. The writer Mildred notes after forking peas she even uses a sponge for soup, ending with a playful sign off from M.
A correspondent signing Secret Service condemns error filled headlines. The note accuses editors of misprint driven misdirection and urges accurate spelling in public notices and stories.
A Portland Maine newspaper printer mishandled a headline spelling the word haul as hall causing a correction and delay in the next edition. The reader reports the garbled headline appeared on the page discussing a major shipment or transportation matter involving Washington. The correction notes the intended word haul.
The document notes no objection to the act wording except for a printer’s concern over the verb form of smelt. It argues the correct form in context should be smelted.
The Tennessee Senate approved a bill prohibiting the manufacture of intoxicants after January 1, 1919, despite Governor Patterson’s veto, by a 20 to 12 vote. The message will not reach the House before tomorrow.
The Pine Tree State Association of southern California hosts Rev. John Jay Lewis of Boston at a banquet in Los Angeles tonight. Lewis speaks on Way Down in Maine as baked beans are served.
A brisk winter mood fills the city with sleighing and moonlight rides as boat sleighs appear. News notes include Charlotte Trant’s sister Gussie Hunt recovering from appendicitis, Turn Verein activities to fund a trip to Cincinnati, and Boston figures like Walter Sears and James Henderson involved in public events and civic life.
A series of anecdotes about Abraham Lincoln include a near riot near the National Theatre, an officer killing a hostile bully amid war duties, Lincoln’s counsel on nonlethal force, Gettysburg train delays, and a joke about a neighbor’s added house story. The collection preserves Civil War era humor and policy reflections.
The letter argues against the free ship policy, citing Merchant Marine Commission questions and the stance of Massachusetts shipowners who say changing registry would not boost the merchant marine. It praises Boston shipbuilding and warns that free ships would favor foreign ports over Boston workers.
WILLIMANTIC Conn Feb 3 An officer from the Hospital for the Insane at Palmer Mass returned Robert G Rouse to that institution after his escape by leaping from a 24 foot window The man was captured here with badly bruised arms and hands
With her doctor’s consent Miss Billie Burke was allowed to take a short drive yesterday afternoon returning to the Hotel Touraine with glowing cheeks. The bandages on her arm suggested recent injury, yet she seemed to recover well.
Miss Burke speaks from a carriage about blood poisoning, plans to rest Saturday and Sunday to regain strength for Monday night's performance. She notes it would be wrong to rush back before next week, emphasizing the need for full recovery after a week of pain.
Gordon W. Russell, M. D., class of 34 at Trinity College and Yale Medical School 37, Hartford, dies at age. He was the oldest living graduate of Trinity.
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