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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1910
Page
8
The Boston Post dated February 28 1910 lists publication details and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It notes offices at 259 Washington Street Boston and specifies payment terms, back issues, and contact information for the editor and business office.
Boston’s 700 letter carriers paraded downtown behind their band, looking like soldiers in gray uniforms. The peaceful, genial mailmen offered routers favors and welcomed appreciation for their services. The Washington’s Birthday march was a striking holiday feature, though shaded by gloomy skies.
The article defends a near five and a half million dollar school budget for the current year and a projected 3,182,500 plan for new school buildings. It argues Boston’s large size and rising youth demand justify costly education investments for present needs and future growth.
A legislative committee begins inquiry into the bank’s condition. The editorial urges thorough work, clear disclosure, and light on all facts to restore public confidence and guide intelligent legislative action. The piece notes the defects are curable if properly exposed and addressed, warning that failure could erode trust in Massachusetts savings banks.
The article attacks a New York commission report on direct nominations as biased against reform. It argues the panel, composed of anti direct-primary foes, favors bosses and outdated conventions. It asserts direct nominations succeed in Massachusetts and should be expanded this session. Governor Hughes may be strong.
A report reveals internal hostility to direct nominations but a plan may pass as New York Republicans face a crisis. Leaders see a window for reform as public opinion shifts, arguing that the worst acts create opportunity for change and restoring party respect.
Tax Commissioner Trefry to report to the Legislature on a plan to collect State taxes using information from State tax supervisors rather than local boards. He argues current local assessors laxness hides $400,000,000 in personal property, harming city and town revenues. If adopted, towns would be forced to uncover or lose revenue, deterring evasion by wealthy property owners.
Senator Aldrich says he could save the country 100 million dollars annually if running government. The remark implies Republican waste during 15 years in power, drawing backlash from colleagues and shaping upcoming campaigns for a Democratic House.
The balance of power in the new House rests with Irish members, as Premier Asquith risks a short Parliament due to Irish dissatisfaction over delay in attacking the Lords. With Laborites likely to stay away, another general election looms, a process the piece argues keeps Britain informed and engaged despite upheaval.
In Philadelphia a second nine month strike disrupts transit with rioting and dangerous car burnings. Citizens demand order, police strength if needed, and a lasting labor agreement enforced by public sentiment. The piece condemns political maneuvering by the traction company and calls for safe streets and uninterrupted service.
Bossy grazed serenely on the R. R. track as the engine tooted. The fireman asked about the noise while the engineer shouted milk punch in reply, in a brisk railway vignette by Jack Cheyene.
Alonzo Wire, chief of Hackensack New Jersey police, says he has not slept in 20 years. Sleep experts cannot explain his perpetual insomnia. He spends nights solitaireing, talking to himself, or reading, and even his wife will not join him at night. He kept the cat awake and lonely, and hopes a night watchman job might give life purpose.
A reader asks for the meanings of two obscure terms in a humorous dialogue about learned words. The columnist taunts the amateur, urging digging for knowledge before seeking easy answers, then references a Missouri poetry prize and mock poets in a light, opinionated column.
The speaker asserts G Washington deserves full credit for the hatchet incident and dismisses Carrie Nation as an infringement on the original. They claim Carrie uses an axe. The other speaker denies Carrie as the mother of her country.
A compact item explores a business man and his ventures with a wry, witty motto about propositions. The piece hints at commerce irony and character without naming places or people.
A poem contrasts a lavish friend who dines, pays, and flatters with a cautious businessperson who earns trust through a clean record. It warns against placing financial trust in a flashy benefactor who may betray that trust the next day. The speaker urges reliance on the reputable businessperson whose conduct is steady and respectable.
A travel note surveys Charlotte Amalia and St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies. It highlights the port’s diminished role, local economy, and colonial administration while noting sights such as an old Danish fort and Bluebeard's Castle. Visitors can access ports, hotels, clubs, and a public library with low travel costs. A church scene from St. Thomas is promised in Thursday's Post.
The Observant Citizen reports crowded playhouses on Washington's Birthday, a boost for box office amid sleet. It notes local tales from quail frozen in snow to a lively bat in a Roxbury billiard room, and highlights trips of B F Keith and Judge Henry Austin, with plans for Waterloo celebrations and a world touring boy soprano.
Walt Mason recounts Sir Walter Raleigh calmly facing execution in Surrey. The essay portrays Raleigh as dauntless, continuing to write amid peril, with humorous aside about the headsman and a defiant final stance.
Passengers on a Brookline car watched a fox terrier perform a series of somersault stunts after being struck by the fender, twice more running in front of the car before the dog was chased away by the clang of the gang. Local observers share varied thoughts on the incident and dogs in general.
Edmund Lamb head salesman for Plimpton Hervey Company hosted about 60 friends at his Dorchester home on Hamilton Street last night for his 62nd birthday. He is described as energetic for his age and a leading figure in Looston furniture sales and Royal Arcanum circles. The gathering included his wife and five children and a diamond and ruby pin was presented.
Paragraph describes hat pins with rose petals and enamel, silk gloves with embroidery, enamelled buttons, white madras shirtwaists, and color-coordinated suits. Trends include bead trims, metallic ribbons, linen coats with long sleeves, dazzling coiffure ornaments, flowered taffetas, jabots, carved horn combs, Valenciennes laces, pink satin roses, hats of white Tuscan and Leghorn, lingerie gowns with intricate laces, and deeply pointed girdles paired with plain toilettes.
The Rev George Alexander Strong of Christ Church New York will deliver neon addresses at St Pauls Tremont Street this week. The second organ recital at Urgan Church West Newton Street and Columbus Avenue is at 430 this afternoon. William Lester Bates will play Guilmant Sullivan Spinney and Merkle with Mrs George Pray Laseller on cello. The Council of Women for Home Missionary Work calls Christian women to observe a national day of prayer for home missions tomorrow from 2 to 4 pm in Park Street Church vestry. Martha Washington tea at Zion Methodist Episcopal Church last evening. Ronald M Grant of Trinity Church gives his weekly organ recital this afternoon.
Boston Elevated Railway Company reports to the editor that it received no removal order for illuminated signs on the old State House. The firm argues the signs, placed under a city lease approved by the Transit Commission, are part of its contractual rights unchanged by the 1907 Act. It notes internal changes required temporary removal and subsequent replacement, stressing public benefit and duty to maintain signs.
The board of directors of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts voted to close the museum today from 12 to 1 p m for the funeral of Samuel D Warren president of the board. The service will be held at his home at 261 Marlboro Street.
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