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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1910
Page
8
Daily publication note from Post Publishing Co lists February 14 1910 date and issue number 88 volume 198 with office address 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and discontinued on expiration without notice. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly from your newsdealer or newsboy, notify us by postal at once. BR. A. GROZIER, Editor and Publisher.
The forthcoming British Parliament faces a Liberal government short of a safe majority with Irish Nationalists holding swing power. John Redmond effectively guides legislation as home rule becomes the dominant issue, eclipsing budget debates. Lords veto reform and a possible dissolution hinge on Asquith's resolve.
The piece distinguishes state house lobbyists as legal advocates before committees from private persuasion operatives. It questions Senate President Treadway’s claim that lobbying has no real power, implying corporations pay for influence. It questions the purpose and effectiveness of lobbying on legislation.
A New York legislative proposal would let women vote on granting women general suffrage by referendum. Opposing suffragists fear a statewide vote, yet support for full voting rights exists among many women. The piece questions why opponents would block a plebiscite and notes the irony in women seeking rights while opposing a vote on them.
During a Boston visit Dr Wiley cautioned that consumers are defrauded by parcel and package sales. He cited bread loaves and bottled goods lacking stated weights, noting law specifies bread weight but many bakers do not weigh in front of customers. The public seldom demands scales or checks on purchases.
The passage argues for a new statute requiring bread to be sold by weight. It claims such a law would immediately resolve ongoing disputes and align practices with fair market standards.
President Taft’s Lincoln Club dinner speech in New York defends the party’s tariff work in Congress, claims downward revision, and faces criticism over real relief to consumers. A later New York meeting with Republican leaders weighed the Allds bribery scandal, signaling looming party defeats.
A discussion on widespread court delays urges reform from bench and bar. The piece criticizes lawyers for exploiting technicalities, notes Justice Brewer’s stance, and compares US and English trial speeds, arguing expeditious, fair justice depends on leaders setting higher standards.
A high speed Pittsfield streetcar jumped the track in Dalton killing a young woman and injuring many. Critics say long‑standing accidents show criminal carelessness and demand state action. Senator Crane urged the railroad commissioners to take charge as a Judge Knowlton injunction opens a major case.
An old farmer comments on paying more fines than buying the machine, while the other replies that its proper name is needed. The exchange highlights the tension between expensive equipment and penalties within farm life.
A lively chorus titled All Sorts by Newton Newkirk Now Together sings a playful oddball piece about Rosie. The performance highlights fashion and pain as a humorous contrast with high heels and stylish taste.
The writer laments plans by Boston restaurant proprietors to replace waitresses with inexperienced girls. He reminisces about Helen, Margaret, and Clarice, praising their charm, hair, and pie as he recalls meals and flirtations at the counter. The piece blends humor and nostalgia in a personal column tone.
An emotional farewell text laments Beatrice and Mabel, recalling affectionate memories of Beatrice’s beauty and playful mischief, a coffee spill, and dreams of better things. The speaker bids goodbye with vivid imagery of meals, meals, and a longing for distant horizons, concluding with a bittersweet farewell.
A speaker rejects crude valentines and longs for a true romantic card. The voice envisions Cupid aiming at a heart, a baby blue ribbon, and the scent of violets, seeking love and sentiment rather than cynicism.
A fragment from a column titled Little Memoirs Business Mam quotes a veteran remark about perseverance. The line suggests that many men who endure failure later find success overwhelming or difficult to handle. The piece is terse and reflective.
Yauco a small town on the railroad near the south coast bids fair to be one of the most important commercial centres of Porto Rico. Since the 1898 American occupancy its development accelerated. Founded in 1756 it lay dormant under Spain for 150 years. The town sits at 150 feet elevation amid hills and hot but healthful climate with abundant water. It covers 65 000 acres with a population over 27 000. Coffee occupies 9000 acres and tobacco 3000. It links by a good road to Guanica port, a 1000person shore settlement, landing point for American troops in July 1898.
The Observant Citizen reports icy sidewalks on Dorchester streets, notably in front of an Elmo Street lot, with ongoing enforcement gaps. It covers local figures including Attorney Shharton and the meat abstention trend among Suffolk courthouse officials, pending a new medical examiner appointment, plus a Bakery of civic curiosities from Firemen’s ball profits to a Roxbury artist preparing for Paris. A tunnel stand incident involving a young man and a mistaken duty girl is recounted, along with station 11 inventors and a "milk safe" idea. A carrier pigeon with number 2041 was found near the town hall, cared for by Patrolman Cotten and Chief McIntosh.
A 1909 verse by Walt Mason counsels optimism amid hardship noting that neglecting sorrow and embracing gladness yields relief. The quatrains compare life to harvest toil and predict a brighter tomorrow despite grim days.
Yauco now enjoys direct rail connections with Ponce and San Juan. The district includes 22 public schools a hospital a Catholic church and a Protestant mission. Valleys have fertile soils while surrounding hills host forests of cabinet woods. A photo in Tuesday's Post features Agus Adilla the first Puerto Rican landing site of Columbus.
A snowball melee in Boston's Common draws spectators as foreign-born participants clash after a long-standing Revolution era echo. The draw ends the contest with light injuries and plenty of amusement for onlookers. Meanwhile a Roxbury boy disrupts a telephone call and nurses Amy and Minnie McMullen from Gardiner and Bangor study local hospital conditions before lecturing on their findings. Local pedestrians complain of elevated cars ignoring signals, delaying workers, and Gilbert Thompson leaves Relief Hospital after days as an orderly to pursue new work.
In Catholic churches the annual Pope collection known as Peters Pence was taken up yesterday. At St. Mary's Church North End members of the Married Men's Sodality numbering several hundred attended the 7 30 o clock mass and received holy communion.
A collection of simple baking directions from residents including pastry flour pie crust mix with lard for one pie, graham and white flour gems, shredded wheat with peach syrup and fruit toppings, macaroni with tomatoes and almonds, rice biscuit, and diamond shaped fried omelets.Recipes credited to Mrs Rep Patch, Mrs W Eb Perkins, Mrs Irving Woodard Jr, Mrs Young, Mrs Hi B Crosby and Mrs Re C Loiselelle with their street addresses.
A dramatic dialogue unfolds as a suitor declares eternal affection to Miss Roxleigh Clara with a dream of union. She responds with crisp resolve, insisting the man she marries must be fully alert and ready, dismissing dreamers and clarifying her standards.
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