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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
6
The notice shows publication details for January 15, 1909, issue number 13 of volume 194 from Post Publishing Co with office at 259 Washington St Boston Massachusetts.
The Post lists subscription rates: Six months 1.50, three months 0.75, one month 0.25. The Sunday Post year 2.50, six months 1.25, three months 0.65. Canada 0.09 per copy. Mail policies, payment in advance, and contact details for editorial and business offices.
The piece compares human headwear with bird plumage from Indian, New Guinea, and Solomon Islands cultures. It notes chickens with feather dusters and comments on women’s fashion in shop windows while joking about the fowl’s perspective on their own appearance.
The city gains a modern new hospital structure funded by the late Lamont Burnham. A. Shumarr states the facility makes City Hospital as complete as any in the nation, with advanced X-ray treatment and an eminent staff enhancing care and scientific achievement.
The rules committee approves President Treadwell’s recommendation to bar lobbyists from Senate privileges. The measure aligns with House practice and calls for formal adoption today, with debate on enforcement to follow.
In western areas deer trespass by yards and orchards prompting calls for tighter control. Current law lets farmers shoot trespassing deer but prevents consumption. advocates want a deer bill with a clause punishing trapping. The State Board of Agriculture backs farmers and urges reform.
The Common Council ended a long deadlock and is now an organized body ready to conduct city business. George C. McCabe of Ward 25 was elected president as a Democrat supported by the Good Government Association and Republican members.
A public critique praises a City Council member for loyal behavior across party lines and urges the Board of Aldermen to follow the Common Council’s example to end the deadlock and serve the people of Boston.
The Harvard Board of Overseers is close to approving Dr. Abbott Lawrence Lowell as successor to Charles W. Eliot. The piece contrasts Lowell with Eliot, praising Lowell’s democratic style and student contact while noting Eliot’s scholarly wealth and institutional knowledge.
The President rode 98 miles in 17 hours with four mounts and naval and army aides Following, an automobile with two Secret Service experts The piece contrasts the President's stamina with that of Rear Admiral Swinburne and critiques expectations for officers to match such feats while praising his athletic prowess.
In Cleveland a 30 member committee from Epworth League Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor and Baptist Young People's Union plans a national expansion. They expect five to six million youths to join the movement soon, with letters sent to Dr Francis E Clark Bishop W A Quayle and Dr E Y Mullins.
Three students from Phillips Andover Academy were dragged from beds at a Waterbury hotel by the mother of one pupil and a detective and placed on a homeward bound train. The youths are Charles Odell 16 of Salem Massachusetts F F Jewett 18 of Oakland California and John McGinley 16 of Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
The United Charities of the coal regions launches a campaign in Mahanoy City Pa to combat marriages of girls still in their teens amid a high death rate among child wives.
In Dalton on Weston Mountain Robert Colt and George Crosier set a trap and captured three wild steers this week, bringing them down to their farm for handling and possible ado.
A humorous meditation on men's sleepwear from Medford to Whitman notes trends in belts, collars, and the pajama craze. It extols the old fashion of the nightshirt, jokes about pockets and knots, and ends with a tale of a robe de nuit catching fire, urging readers to value the comfortable nightshirt.
A South Portland Maine reader asks how to enjoy winter sea bathing as the water nears freezing. The response suggests bringing a hot soapstone a jug of hot air and hot sand to warm the water and beach before entering the surf.
A reflective note on how time is spent by widows and young girls, with social pressures pushing each to adopt a spinster identity. The piece contrasts urgency with personal choice, suggesting time shapes status and gender expectations.
The Observant Citizen notes an January 18 event at the People’s Temple corner Berkeley street and Columbus avenue arranged by the Boston Bureau of Music with Isabella Stone as manager and Maud Dixon Salvini aiding. Admission is free with a voluntary contribution collected.
Pittsburg January 14 The toss of a coin won $30,000 in real money for Gilbert T Rafferty a millionaire capitalist and coal man. Mr Rafferty gave his Pittsburg house
A broker and a customer debated a $125,000 sale price. The broker demanded $5,000 extra, but after a coin toss he won. He billed $5,000, which Mr. Rafferty challenged proposing another coin toss to decide if the commission should be $10,000 or nothing. The broker agreed and lost.
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