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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1909
Page
6
Daily issue header from Boston publication lists date January 13 1909 issue number and office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts for Post Publishing Co.
The Fruit and Produce Exchange protests parts of the new traffic rules in the market district. Officials note general city improvements and success but acknowledge potential difficulties for large perishable dealers. Consideration of rule modifications is urged.
Five ocean steamships entered Boston harbor yesterday from various points abroad with cargoes valued in the millions. The scene reflects Boston’s resumed prosperity yet notes need for harbor improvements to better accommodate growing trade and shipments for local consumption.
The article notes that mines have been exploded at Washington and Senator Foraker and Senator Tillman threaten action, with the Guerilla war fare now in committees. It reports investigations into secret service use and war emergency fund expenditure, awaiting further public discussion and a calmer legislative tone.
Indications point to Professor A Lawrence Lowell as successor to Dr Charles W Eliot as Harvard University president by Overseers and awaiting Corporation action on Monday. The boards’ careful canvass aims to select the best candidate for the job.
The speaker praises Professor Lowell as a known quantity and great scholar. He has long been part of Harvard and understands its affairs. If chosen by the governing bodies he will be hailed as a worthy successor in the president’s chair.
The piece criticizes Washington, D C as lacking a unified administration under three departmental divisions. It cites waste in the Interior Department under Secretary Garfield, reports on municipal morality by the Homes Commission, and the failure of Congress to implement beautification plans. It laments Congress and advocates municipal progress.
An opinion arguing against a 5 cent per pound tariff on South American coffee. The piece contends Porto Rico seeks protection, warns of Brazil’s sequestered crop flooding markets, and predicts higher prices and higher living costs for poor families if a duty is imposed. The author urges preserving coffee on the free list to prevent a revolt.
Archibald Smudge frets about getting from Park Street to South Station in Boston. An Elevated guard jokes about routes via Sullivan Square, the tunnel to Dudley Terminal, and Atlantic Avenue, while Archibald races to catch the Bay State Limited to New York. (To be concluded tomorrow.)
A humorous clipping criticizes a 19th or early 20th century want ad that seeks a furnished room for a single gentleman. The reader proposes a reconstructed version highlighting ambiguity and social norms of courting and propriety.
A humorous exchange explains eggs are not meat or fish but fowl. Even an old egg remains foul, clarifying why eggs belong in the poultry category and not with meat or fish.
Francesco Due answered how the U S president earns his salary by attending to other people's business at the Easton Pennsylvania Naturalization Court. The judge did not comment, implying the answer was accepted as correct.
St Louis businessman George M Wright who recently retired at 65 with substantial wealth reflects on success. He went from office boy to head of a company and shares maxims about opportunity capital and timing, urging loyalty to a job and partnerships with larger firms.
A poetic youth walks by a brook with his practical brother. The speaker notes the stream “tosses in its slumber,” while the other replies that the boy would be restless if his bed were strewn with stones.
The Observant Citizen reports F E Smith and Sig Vincenzo Ferrau failing to understand each other at the Majestic Theatre lobby over a marital inquiry. The piece also sketches slippery ice on Washington Street and the era’s social notes from Vaudeville circles, transfer system clarity, and local characters in various neighborhoods.
Avis, a stenographer at a factory, saves an engineer from a molten lead spill during a factory blaze. Her act earns praise, a gold watch, and a later romance with the engineer, who loses memory of the incident. The senior partner also sends a $1000 wedding gift.
In Philadelphia a wife hosts an authors' evening for 50 guests. The first author bores, the second bores more, the rooms are hot. The host slips to the hall and wakes a servant sleeping on the settee, accusing him of eavesdropping.
A girl wrote a sketch saying Elizabeth I stole soldiers' food. The teacher questioned the claim and found the history text actually stated she was parsimonious and pinched soldiers' rations. The incident shows how garbled transcription altered historical judgment.
In a terse courtroom exchange, Carsone testifies that neighbor Smith, angered by a barking dog, borrowed his gun to shoot the animal. The judge notes the act as a serious escalation and records the incident as presented.
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