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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1910
Page
6
The fragment shows a Boston newspaper page from January 17 1910 issued by Post Publishing Co with office at 259 Washington Street. It lists subscription rates including one year six months and monthly options.
All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly, notify us by postal at once. E A Grozier Editor and Publisher.
The New York legislature considers a bill to levy higher assessments on land used for billboards. The article argues the measure is fair as it makes private landowners who rent space share in the public cost of nuisance. It suggests elimination of billboards from boulevards and parkways would benefit education and aesthetics.
The Boston election shows 11 912 women registered for the school committee and 6483 voting, about 54 percent. Men voting 85 percent prompts questions why women fail to cast ballots, despite suffrage being correct in principle. The piece urges removing barriers and urges women to prove they want the ballot.
The text recalls Lord Rosebery's early aims to be prime minister, win the Derby, and marry a wealthy heiress, all achieved, yet he fears a new Nemesis from novelist Marie Corelli who vows to track him with lively yet sharp fiction. He plans an autobiography to preempt misrepresentation.
Governor Draper may send a special message on the income tax amendment but the issue should not become a party fight. The Massachusetts Democracy has endorsed the proposition, while the dispute centers on procedural and political angles rather than party alignment.
The text notes a Republican convention avoiding comment while Democratic House members in caucus urge active support for ratifying the income tax amendment. It quotes Elihu Root on national power and wealth, arguing the issue transcends state sovereignty and should place burdens of national support where most equitable.
The article reports Britain’s parliamentary elections underway after dissolution a week earlier. It notes Liberal control likely, with Unionist gains of about 15 seats, and predicts a possible Liberal majority ranging from 50 to 100. No landslide expected. universities finish voting later.
The piece endorses Representative Hamilton of Michigan while arguing that lack of competition fuels price rises. It urges citizens to pressure prosecuting officers to curb monopolies and to act locally if federal action stalls. The tone promotes practical, citizen-led remedies over congressional inquiries.
Mayor Gaynor earns praise for allowing big electric stages to run up Riverside drive to the Viaduct, reversing a restriction favored by wealthy residents. He is hailed as a people’s mayor for expanding public access and pleasure for the masses.
A first person account from Dorchester, Massachusetts describes a blizzard morning ride on the Boston Elevated. Crowded cars, curious exchanges, and comic misadventures unfold from No. 2 car stop to the public library and Park Street downturns as the narrator endures crowds, noises, and a punctured ear through cramped transit chaos.
Brief nostalgic note titled Never kick when you have your slippers on offers wry reflections on daily life and small business advice. The piece presents a playful voice and a string of domestic aphorisms framed as business wisdom with a lighthearted tone.
A narrator recalls a terrifying ride in a malfunctioning motor vehicle. The unsettling rumble and warning wheeze culminate in a crushing crash, leaving the speaker in pain and seeking an elusive explanation for the dire sound. The piece blends horror imagery with a personal accident in a Chicago Record-Herald voice.
In Franklin Park seven young women laughed through waist high snowdrifts and posed for the moment. A midday elevated train incident saw a woman collapse from an epileptic fit and be revived by nurses and bystanders. Mayor-elect Fitzgerald’s campaign routine and a library dedication are mentioned amid city chatter.
Prominent fort El Morro guards Havana Bay in Cuba. The piece notes its antiquated defenses but highlights the views from its ramparts of Havana and the Bay of Havana, one of the world's finest natural harbors with deep waters and three arm entrances. Tomorrow's Post promises a Plaza de Armas image.
The Florence Critenton Mission Society will dedicate its new Boston home at 701 Massachusetts Avenue with 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. open house and services. Boston preachers hear Rev. James Mudge on The New England Conference Its Triumphs and Its Duties.
The narrator describes a tense scene at No Man's Inn where Dr. Cook arrives with unreal maps and lands not found. Mrs Gunness and Charlie Ross react with wary dismissal as the traveler's burden and bizarre claims unfold in front of the weary stranger.
A home cooking snippet listing steps for potato mash fried cakes, followed by cheese eclairs and a flour batter for gem pans. Includes contributor names and addresses: Mrs Mary Tildsley of South Boston, Mrs N H Johnston of Somerville, and Miss Nema Smith of East Boston.
Charles F. Gregory of 28 Shawmut Avenue collapsed on a Washington street crosswalk near Medford Court yesterday morning. He was rushed to a drug store at 1237 Washington Street where he died moments later from a fractured skull.
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