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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1911
Page
8
The Boston Post listing dates and office details indicate a newspaper issue from February 15, 1211 with offices at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts and cataloging information for the Daily Post Publishing Co.
Subscription rates listed include the POST ONE and SUNDAY POST with yearly, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly options. Rates apply to Canada and domestic, with cents per copy and payment terms noted. Mailing policy states second class matter in Boston and advises not to send cash, using checks or money orders to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance or service will be discontinued. Advertised offices list numbers 1004 1005 7008 Main Bandar and 1539 Main All readers are urged to notify the postal at once if moving or changing dealers.
Congressman McCall will formally call up the reciprocity measure today after a strong Ways and Means vote. Senate canvass shows a clear majority favorable, suggesting swift action and few hostile amendments. President Taft’s Illinois Legislature address signals broad public support, tying to Lincoln’s birthday significance.
A Washington judge sentences a young Black man to 15 years for purse snatching and asserts streets must be safe for white women after nightfall. Critics question if sentences hinge on race and whether justice is applied equally.
A fragmented passage describes a so called First Aid to Millionaires cult backed by Andrew Carnegie, claiming wealthy bachelors would be matched with wives at any cost of time and eloquence. The text hints at Carnegie’s influence and a remark about his vast wealth.
The speaker questions whether workers prefer contentment in their labor over luxury and status. He mocks Carnegie and implies skepticism about the allure of wealth for workers. The dialogue probes class attitudes and the meaning of "being happy in their work."
The excerpt recites Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address noting four score and seven years since a new nation conceived in liberty faced a civil war. It emphasizes dedicating ground as a final resting place for the fallen and renewing a pledge to a nation under God with government for the people and by the people.
The article reviews Corot’s Matinee painting showing nymphs in Arcadian woods at dawn and twilight, praising its lyric landscape. It recounts its poor Salon reception in 1850, later sale for 140 rising to six figures, and final placement in the Louvre. It also outlines Corot’s life, personal generosity, and his death after his sister’s passing.
The piece discusses Senator Root's opposition to direct senatorial elections and cites Beveridge and Roosevelt arguing for the popular ballot. It compares the presidential electoral college to a proposed senate change, noting no evils have arisen from the presidential shift and predicting a similar positive outcome for senators.
The article extols the ongoing fight against tuberculosis likening it to a war. It notes that in the United States last year 15 million dollars was spent on TB warfare, nearly double the 1909 figure, and foresees higher expenditures this year as the nation doubles down on eradication efforts. It also reports a California breakthrough a serum by Dr Schafer claimed to attack the bacillus and cure pneumonia in a day and tuberculosis in four days, with caution about the method’s ultimate effectiveness.
The All Sorts and Observant Citizen columns will appear on the opposite page. This brief directs readers to additional features located elsewhere in the newspaper.
To the Editor of the Post Sir In connection with the celebration of Lincoln's birthday it should be remembered to his honor that he was the first prominent public man in the United States to declare himself in favor of the.
In a Sangamon County Journal letter from 1832, Lincoln notes a belief in granting suffrage to all citizens with qualifications, explicitly not excluding women. The remark is cited by Alice Stone Blackwell of Dorchester, Massachusetts.
The roadbed would pass through land owned by Charles S. Mellen, president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford, who opposed a charter for the Southern New England last year. Plans filed with the local Selectmen show rights through mowing land bought about a year ago as New Haven opposed Southern New England, a Grand Trunk subsidiary.
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