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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1910
Page
10
Page provides publication data for the Post Publishing Company dated January 27 1910 with subscription rates and office contact details. It lists prices for daily and Sunday editions, payment terms, mailing info, and notices about advance payments and discontinuation, along with editor and publisher names and office addresses.
A Virginia bill would criminalize playing or officiating football with a ten dollar fine and up to thirty days in jail on a second offense. The author denounces the measure as illiberal and prejudice driven, arguing it insults colleges and youth.
The Boston Chamber of Commerce, now the world’s largest, showcased renewed vitality and ambition at its annual meeting. It has energized Boston’s public spirit, trade, and governance, with 3700 members forming a powerful collective, though views on taxation remain debated.
The piece highlights streetcar service over the new Charles River dam as a sign of plan for a refined inner basin and improved transit. It notes Boston park development, Cambridge esplanade, and predicts inland water beauty, while calling for removal of the Harvard bridge and anticipation of the Cambridge subway completing better Boston Cambridge links.
The piece praises French unity as Paris rebuilds after a catastrophic flood with losses estimated at 200 million dollars. It notes courage during hardship, compares to 1871 German toll, and emphasizes rescue and relief efforts amid irreversible losses to art and history.
The text expresses hopeful restraint over damage to institutions and confirms national sympathy for France during its serious trial, noting France’s past sympathy toward the United States.
The Boston Elevated Company delayed improvement at the Dudley Street terminal and now transfer points and turnstile layouts confuse travelers. Signs are unclear, staffing is lacking, and five cent losses occur as riders struggle to switch cars. The system needs a plain simple changes plan and clearer directions.
The Ballinger Pinchot committee vows to work with an absolute clean slate as it questions Louis R. Glavis. It aims to keep politics and administration influence out of deliberations while ensuring full truth and justice for all, regardless of state outcomes.
A newspaper item highlights Newton Newkirk with the motto If you don't fit your job, make your job fit you. The piece presents his approach and persona in a compact feature style.
A narrator reads the 10 p m edition noting a front page about the beef trust and market slides led by Hole in the Mountain Copper The piece reflects on editorials about Bill Taft and trusts and includes a personal ad pleading for a missing loved one Teddy Theodora Theodosia and Arthur are hinted as married pairs with a note of unresolved origin and grief.
A couple with a long romance quarrel over coffee temperature. Arthur blames Teddy for hot coffee, storms out, leaving Teddy to weep alone. The piece ends with Teddy inviting Arthur back to their cozy two room apartment and kitchen.
The piece notes enormous lawyer and negotiator charges in mining mergers and sales, citing Samuel Untermeyer at 775000 and John Hays Hammond at 580000, plus a 100000 fee for a ex governor. It asks why stockholders pay such sums and whether buying another company justifies half a million in fees.
The case for a universal postal savings system and government performance of a private express service argues for lower costs and quicker, universal access. Proponents cite security, availability, and the broad benefits of centralization across a diverse nation.
A rattling thriller blends love and mystery as readers are invited to start The Red Symbol in the Post Magazine next Sunday. The piece promises a brisk, intrigue filled tale with strong dramatic tension.
A short note quotes a superior praising a standout worker, calling him the boy who did his work better than any before him. The remark hints at mentorship and performance within a business or school setting.
In a brief exchange Bleeker asks if Meeker’s wife is a college graduate. Meeker confirms with a humorous line about her ability to “give me pieces of her mind in three languages.”
Sunday Post Magazine previews next week’s Torchy tale Where Mildred Got Next by Sewell Ford. The red headed office boy continues his adventures with humor and sharp style that fans of Shorty McCabe will recognize.
The article describes excursions from Santiago including the San Juan and El Caney battlefields, the Surrender Tree, Caney inhabitants, and the Cobre mines. It notes a coastal crossing to the mines, the Nuestra Senora de la Caridad shrine, a 15 inch image valued at about $10,000, past thefts in 1899, and the September 8 festival drawing thousands of pilgrims.
Observations note darkness on Boston Common during storms with lights off past sunset on a Tuesday and another night around 10 o'clock. The piece also records various local notices about reunions, club memberships, aeronautics losses, civic events, and anecdotes from readers.
James D. Henderson of Ward 20 Dorchester yesterday declared his intention to run for secretary of the Republican city committee opposing Mr. Hormel.
The feature highlights a brass fern dish with stencil motifs, artistic lighting fixtures, and an embroidered grandma night cap design. It also showcases the latest colors in home fashions for the season.
A nurse writes asking if a three year living together contract can legalize their union or if they must remarry after annulment. The adviser suggests checking with a justice of the peace or City Hall and consulting a lawyer for property matters, noting the tale echoes Conan Doyle in its strangeness.
The article notes the Bowdoin Square Tabernacle Italian Sunday school showing growth from 27 scholars with 8 teachers to 8 regular scholars and 14 teachers. It also mentions a Gladstone centenary service at Shawmut Church on Sunday evening February 6 with attendance by various British and British American societies and an oration by Dr. A A Berle. Additional items cover St Mary’s Episcopal Newton Lower Falls missionary talk by Miss Abbie Loring and remarks by Rev William Franklin on Christian and Missionary Alliance gains and gifts totaling 4 844 000 dollars for native Christians last year with other speakers listed.
A medical writer warns cough medicines and whiskey can worsen congestion and waste buildup. A famed tonic laxative cough remedy is touted to relieve causes and cure quickly, with dosing guidance for adults and reduced amounts for children, urging early treatment before consumption takes hold.
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