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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
6
The Boston Post issue from February 19 1909 presents subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, outlining costs for various periods and Canada deliveries. It lists the editor and publisher E A Grozier and advises advance payment and notice if delivery is unavailable.
A bill before the Legislature would bar waitresses from jobs where alcohol is sold, affecting about 1000 women in Boston. Proponents say liquor lowers standards and harms women, while backers argue protection is needed despite employment disruption.
A Nashville jury trying the killers of Senator Carmack is mocked for crass incompetence with four illiterates and two barely literate members who swear they have not read a newspaper in years. The piece argues that such a jury cannot provide a fair life or death verdict.
News from Teheran reports western Persia villages destroyed with high loss of life while tremors are felt in the West Indies including Porto Rico and St. Thomas. Readers infer a connection to a great Southern Italy cataclysm and consider a global, not local, cause of earthquakes.
The article argues hazing is nearly abolished on New England campuses, noting Princeton banning hats canes and outside smoking for freshmen. It claims freshmen must stay in rooms after 9 pm and keep trousers down, framing these as harmless restraints driven by public opinion, not brutality.
Judge Richardson blocked Edward G. Graves from acting as president of the Republican city committee. The court condemns the January 26 1909 meeting where Graves, not a city committee member, was re elected by a party machine.
The Roxbury letters urge Mayor Hibbard and supporters to submit the Finance Commission draft charter to a public referendum. Advocates say citizens should decide key changes such as four year mayoral terms with recall, ending party labels, and a single nine member council. They argue the Legislature is recognizing the people’s right to pass charter amendments and that a good charter will gain broad approval.
The Department of Agriculture cites rats costing the nation 160 million dollars annually and spreading disease. A new rat specific virus, tested by Professor Neumann, is fed to rodents via bread to wipe out entire broods, sparing other animals, people, and crops. The method promises a cleaner home, store, and farm environment.
Newton NewkirK offers a reflective column on listening. The piece argues that attentive hearing fuels understanding and growth, urging readers to practice patient, active listening to gain deeper knowledge.
A spoof list to Superintendent Pierce's order lists absurd patrol duties from daily shaving and manicures to bowing to women and greeting strangers with humor. The piece lampoons police conduct rules while promising more “batches” of silly guidelines.
The former president plans a hunting expedition in Africa funded by the nation. He aims to provide specimens for the National Museum and has requested two Smithsonian taxidermists accompany him. Costs include 250 dollars for two elephants or other listed species and various quotas.
Wilbur Wright, American aeroplanist of Dayton Ohio, made two flights in France on February 18. He flew with M Lambert and later with his pupil M Tissandier who personally piloted a flight and showed full mastery of the machine.
A Chicago state senator urges a bill to force men to declare if they are married or single when introduced to women. He suggests options from benedict or bachelor tags to tattooing an S or M behind the ear to reveal status. The idea aims to curb husbands masquerading as single men in social settings.
A Christmas joke panel features Joe admitting his mittens come from two different girls causing a humorous mismatch.
At a political convention a heated exchange over the song Yankee Doodle versus Yankee Boodle occurred as participants argued over correct wording and tradition. The moment highlighted tensions between factions and drew attention from attendees.
A fragmentary dialogue quotes a thoughtful speaker claiming a child should be like smokeless powder, with another character asking how and a third replying seen but not heard. The incomplete text offers no event or concrete facts to anchor a full news item.
Charles Follen Adams plans a ventriloquist style show in Gardner Massachusetts on Friday the 19th. Elizabeth Duxbury Harrington will present a Browning recital in Huntington Chambers Hall next Wednesday with James A. Kormann Theodore von der Lusk Herbert I Jackson and Ivaloo Pearl Kiddy assisting. Dartmouth alumni prepare a dramatic club presentation at French's Hall Hyde Park on February 20 before a Western tour.
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