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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1910
Page
8
City daily issue from February 18 1910 reports local news and notices with standard newspaper notices, listings, and brief items. No major event details reproduced in readable fragments.
Subscriptions listed with prices: WAILY one year five dollars, six months one dollar fifty, three months seventy five cents, one month twenty five cents. The Sunday Post annual two fifty, six months one twenty five, three months sixty five cents. Canada copies priced per copy. Post office notices and payment instructions included. Editor E A Grotzier publishes.
The President wrote a personal letter to New Jersey's governor praising the income tax amendment and urging the Legislature to adopt it by a strong majority. The text then asks if a similar suggestion could appeal to Massachusetts Republicans and their lawmakers.
The piece notes J Pierpont Morgan seeks to have Steel Trust shares listed on the Paris Bourse while praising France for resisting his total dominance. It portrays Morgan as a powerful yet imperfect figure, a colossus of money not yet absolute across the globe.
The Nina, an old naval tug without wireless gear, has not replied since a week old storm. Anxiety has turned to despair as hopes fade for the crew aboard the Nina. The piece argues the government must outfit all Navy craft with wireless telegraphy to save lives.
A fire at the Calumet & Hecla mine reached the 37th level over three quarters of a mile down. Fire doors and sprinklers confined the flames and all workers escaped safely. The incident highlights the value of advance safety measures to minimize underground hazards.
The investigation panel begins its work today, pledging thorough inquiry into the looting incident. It aims to expose the facts, conditions, and circumstances that allowed the bank evils to occur, while noting the bank’s general management earns public confidence.
The statement argues the Southbridge collapse results from a previously unsuspected weakness. It cites Gov. Draper, who in a special message indicates one such weakness and calls for clear disclosure to address the failure.
The Chamber of Commerce meets to decide on the public utilities committee report backing the Boston Elevated Railway plan to buy and operate other lines. It urges safeguards including five cent fares, public safety, and Railroad Commission consent for each acquisition to protect the public. The Post hopes the decision serves the wider community rather than corporate interests.
In The Big Smoke, a Pittsburg millionaire fills a grand library with 9 feet 10 inches of books from a top dealer. His wife disapproves of the lower shelf row, prompting a rebind to harmonize with the wallpaper as they admire their lavish setting.
A brief editorial argues for a standard women’s evening gown, noting men’s outfits stay in fashion while women’s styles quickly outdated. It questions who backs the movement and suggests support hinges on women accepting a uniform style.
A brief overview of Basse Terre capital of St. Kitts with 10 000 residents and island population near 30 000. Highlights Pall Mall square botanical garden Brighton sugar works and colonial history from 1650 buccaneers to 1782 French capture. Mentions tomb of Sir Thomas Warner and a day tour of local graveyards.
Residents of Roxbury spot a great owl blown from a storm and perched in a tree. Boston news notes a packed Boot and Shoe Club dinner with Charles Mellen the guest of honor.
The Mayor and Board of Assessors clash on Boston poll tax rules for residents. The May 1 residency determines taxation, while hotel dwellers and nonresidents risk large losses in untaxed personal estates, with Ward 10 and Ward 11 figures totaling $255000 and $1,433,500 respectively. How will the city meet the gap?
A farmer named William Price unearthed an old iron kettle filled with gold coins valued at 4200 dollars while digging a trench in an orchard near Coshocton. The find rekindles a retired farmer’s memory of hiding the hoard during the panic of 1876 and reflects on old times and the sum of 4000 dollars to be sent by registered express.
The piece contrasts American beef priced at nine cents a pound in London and five cents higher at home, with European eggs undercutting domestic prices. It questions who bears the cost, suggesting American wage earners subsidize cheaper imports, enabling a global charity at home. It asks how long this imbalance can continue.
A witty meditation on business life notes a man’s nose reddened by work, not rebellion against the grind. The short piece plays on irony to hint at enduring industry and personal sacrifice.
A fragmented text presents an odd mock verse about fat and effort, mentioning Jim Jones in a distorted, unclear context. The language hints at a satirical or garbled discussion of dieting, effort, and failure with recurring misspellings and stray phrases.
A verse by Walt Mason from 1908 imagines Abdul content with rural life yet yearning westward for nine hundred wives. The poem contrasts peaceful labor with intense longing while noting gods know the ache of love.
The Rev. Joseph Hartzell sails from New York en route to Algiers to expand Methodist missions in Africa and returns in May for the world Sunday school convention in Washington. Clergy changes include J Francis Cooper joining Brockton Central Methodist Church. Boston church groups report officers elected by the North Baptist Association. A Tufts Street Somerville Patriotic meeting features Melvin Freeman. Lectures on Oberammergau and praise for Medford Union Congregational Church dedicatory exercises. The American Federation of Men’s Church Organizations meets in Boston. Lynn’s Church of the Incarnation marks 25th anniversary with regional clergy. Old South’s George A. Gordon to speak on Dante. Dorchester hosts Pilgrim Congregational Church event for Stampton Normal and Agricultural Institute.
A Young man from Bainbridge Street claims to have seen a robin in Washington Park on Wednesday afternoon, the only sighting noted by the neighborhood. Others recall a busy Bates Hall at the library with women studying papers for delivery.
T A Daly poet humorist of the Catholic Standard and Times will lecture in Boston on March 6 under Trinity College Alumnae Association at the Tuileries Commonwealth avenue. He will speak on New Neighbors with Italian sketches from Canzoni and Carmina. Daly is manager of the Catholic Standard and Times and former president of the American Press Humorists. Advance reservations through Miss Mays Meenan, secretary, Trinity College Alumnae Association, W Besea street Salem Massachusetts.
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