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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
6
Daily newspaper page fragment lists publication name and date January 22 1909 from Boston Mass with office at 259 Washington Street. No major article content is readable.
Subscription rates are listed for Daily and Sunday Post editions with prices for various terms. Canada copy price is nine cents. All subscriptions must be prepaid and discontinued without notice on cancellation. Editor E A Grozier directs operations from Boston.
The Senate voted to raise circuit judges salaries from 7000 to 10000 dollars. The piece questions whether increased living costs justify higher pay for the judges while noting the payers have not seen corresponding raises.
A grim editorial voices suspicion of incendiarism in yesterday's Grant School blaze. It condemns delaying investigations and warns against a cold blooded arsonist targeting a crowded schoolhouse.
Editor laments selling the Steinway tunnel to New York City. Mentions cost price of 7,239,000 and urges integrated railroad tunnels like the Washington street line to join a unified transportation system rather than isolated segments.
The piece argues that sending the fleet to the Orient needed prior understanding with Japan, and rejects claims that Japan dictated the fleet’s stay. It suggests the president wanted the fleet reviewed on return before leaving office, advising officials not to linger with Oriental hospitality.
An executive order creates a 30 member board to supervise all government architecture and statue projects. Plans must be submitted for review to the council before any building, ground, or memorial location is approved, aligning with the Burnham Commission and provoking Congressional ire.
Mr. Henry Russell, director of the Boston Opera House, travels to Paris seeking unrecognized talent for the Hub’s new musical venture. The piece recalls Caruso and Tetrazzini as examples of artists discovered or acclaimed abroad before making waves in New York.
The article contrasts Peary wintering at Grant Land preparing for a final dash for the North Pole with Norwegian Captain Amundsen outfitting to reenter polar seas. It outlines aims such as tides currents temperatures winds light aurora borealis magnetic observations and charting lands and ocean soundings. It notes Amundsen's previous voyage that discovered the Northwest Passage and ties all aims to broader questions of polar exploration value.
The text argues that practical value to navigators, geographers and scientists underpins exploration, reframing it from a mere sport to a form of discovery with broad scientific importance. It emphasizes light shed on exploration methods and geographic understanding.
Senator Shaw of Essex files in the Senate a bill to allow direct voter nomination of United States Senators at the regular fall election. The measure mirrors Oregon law with changes from New York style schemes and argues the people should convey a moral command to the Legislature.
The Boston Merchants' Association argues against a $10,000,000 plan to elevate the Boston & Maine tracks over the Charles River. They say current river traffic is small and funds should wait for a more favorable time, favoring limited bridge improvements instead.
A Milwaukee lecturer promotes a controversial method for temperance education using intoxicated puppies to show liquor effects to children. Critics condemn the experiment as unnatural and illegal and urge immediate action by school authorities and the superintendent to prevent its adoption in public schools.
The Boston Common Council met fully organized and prepared to conduct city business while the Board of Aldermen spent the night in mutual abuse and partisan clashes. Alderman Brand broke from party lines to back a reputable Democrat for chairman as no Republican could be elected.
John Killmer, held at police headquarters in Elizabeth New Jersey, wrote a full confession and a reform resolve on the cell wall after a vision of his mother. The wall writing will be admitted as evidence if he contests guilt in higher courts.
A Dear George letter reveals an editor's witty refusal to write a 15 minute original humorous speech. He notes jokes are old and recycled, urges George to use familiar punchlines, and adds a humorous postscript about tackling weightier topics.
A humorous piece from Waltham Massachusetts notes gendered reactions to terms of endearment and insult. It contrasts how women and men perceive labels like chick hen witch kitten cat pup bear calf and cub with playful social commentary.
A US senator forecasts that ten years hence President Roosevelt will be forgotten. The piece wagers Teddy Roosevelt will be bigger and busy in American eyes, arguing that without Theodore, many critics would lack prominence.
Scribbles laments the winter poet as more to be pitied than censured. Dribbles asks why, and Scribbles explains that mercury and thermometer are among the hardest English words to rhyme.
The Observant Citizen humorously recalls Captain Cain of Station 4 as venerable though he moves swiftly through his precinct. It mentions Frederic Thompson losing a $14,000 Panhard in a Park Square fire and joking about transporting it to Boston. Paragraphs cover subway mishaps, theater scenes with Sir Thomas the tiger cat, Annie Peck lectures, and local engagements and incidents around Boston.
Among the Churches of Greater Boston reports Frances Allison of Dubuque has joined Pilgrim Congregational Church Dorchester as pastor's assistant arrived yesterday. Frederick Gill leaves Feb 1 for California to lecture at Berkeley Divinity School with Rev William R Lord covering the pulpit. F A Moore of Saugus accepts Attleboro Universalist Church post. Aimed revival by Universalist laymen gains support for a strong organization within a year. Large Evangelical Alliance meeting planned Monday at Park Street Church with Rev C H Moss speaking and Louis E Smith leading music. Joseph S Gibb officially installed as pastor of First Presbyterian Church Waltham. The Christian and Missionary Alliance holds its 21st annual convention at Clarendon Street Baptist Church tomorrow. Chapman campaign brings William H McCoomb to Dudley Street Baptist Church for musical numbers.
A compilation of anecdotes about Abraham Lincoln including his unease over the Trent affair and the surrender of captured commissioners. It recounts Lincoln’s belief England’s triumph would be short lived and his resolve to hold a grudge if the nation heals. It also covers anecdotes about advisers, a clergyman memory test, and Secretary Stanton generating humorous quips.
Harvard University held a formal reception at the Harvard Union with the full faculty and staff present. President and Mrs Eliot greeted guests from 9:45 to 10:30 as officials, boards, committees, and admissions officers moved through a long line. Dinner followed until 11:30 with dancing in the periodical room concluding at midnight.
Lafayette Indiana report states Charles von Cannon, a city street department employee, sustained a fracture in an unspecified incident and is hospitalized as details are limited.
The man describes his stump as unlucky and wishes the machine had cut higher. Despite the injury, he shovels gravels and held the city street shoveling record.
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