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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1910
Page
8
Boston news daily reporting the Independent Democratic issues in New England. Publication from Post Publishing with office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The notice lists subscription rates: daily one year eight dollars, six months one fifty, three months seventy five cents, one month twenty five cents. Sunday Post rates are two fifty yearly, one twenty five for six months, sixty five cents for three months, with Canada copies at nine cents per issue. It notes second class mail at the Boston Post and that all money sent at sender’s risk with checks and money orders made payable to Post Publishing Company.
The Daily Post offered mail delivery across the United States for 25 cents and the Sunday Post at a reduced monthly rate. Subscribers could change addresses as needed, with editorial offices listed and payment required in advance. The notice urges readers to report delivery issues to ensure continued service.
A local ice cream cone survives a health board review on suspicions of boric acid. The piece concludes the cone is not guilty and may continue to delight customers, urging vendors to keep products clean and protect wares from dust and contamination. Cleanliness is urged as a vital standard for food served to the public.
President Taft takes ten days of rest during a coast excursion along New England. He will speak on general topics at stops, but will avoid partisan discourse. Supporters from Ohio and Massachusetts should refrain from pursuing him to allow him recovery and quiet from routine duties.
The resignation of Miss Caroline Hazard from the presidency of Wellesley College at Lake Waban is a deeply regretted loss though expected due to serious health concerns. Her tenure is praised for progressive education and noble character, and trustees hoped she could remain, yet the successor must measure high to fill the shoes of both Alice Freeman Palmer and Hazard.
A sociology student notes how 33 000 enthusiastic fans fill the Boston park to watch a long game. The piece argues baseball mirrors American life, fuels fierce support for the Red Sox chasing second place and the pennant, and highlights the financial pull of skilled players over payroll costs.
A compact tribute praising baseball as the great American sport, celebrated for its rivalry free thrill, lasting flourish, and enduring appeal as it remains exciting and clean.
The Post argues the City Council oversteps by trying to overturn Mayor Draper’s lease of the Commonwealth dock in South Boston to the New Haven railroad. The $70,000 annual rent monetizes an idle pier, boosts state and city revenues, and promises substantial port development without harming the Grand Trunk’s Boston access. The piece urges the plan stand as advantageous for commerce and future ocean service prospects.
The piece notes a marked but temporary healing of heat during a severe spell. It cites deaths and prostrations from extreme heat and mentions private letters from Porto Rico describing a pleasant climate with 82 degrees on sunlit sides and a trade wind. Boston exiles long for relief yet many cannot depart.
Opinion argues for arbitration to settle disputes on the Pennsylvania and Grand Trunk railways. Canada offers to form a binding arbitration board and cover costs, urging both sides to accept. Refusal would incur public disapproval and continued conflict.
Robert Loraine, the actor, who on July 16 attempted a flight in a biplane to the Needles and back in heavy rain, was obliged to land on the Isle of Wight. He then flew to the mainland and made a safe landing at Bournemouth.
A Boston Post feature presents official Passion Play photographs from Oberammergau, published daily since June 25 1910. The captions list characters such as Christus Mary Magdalene Peter Herod Caiaphas and Pilate with scheduled images through July 20 1910. Tomorrow’s shot features The High Priests Accuse Jesus Before Pilate.
Column by Newton Newkirk with the line If the world does not suit you help to make it better. feature on the Sphinx Says theme and suggestions for personal improvement.
A reader in Moultonville New Hampshire sends a short poem and seeks honest verdicts. A correspondent replies with humorous, mixed critique of amateur poetry, commerce in verse, and a proposed title He Hit It Nll. The exchange ends with a vignette about a vagrant George Dean arrested in Pittsburg.
A humorous courtroom scene unfolds with George facing a judge after a string of miscommunications. When asked about soap its wrong definition spurs a peculiar sentence: 30 days in the work house with three baths daily. George is led away puzzled.
A Boston column replies to CHARLIE HAWSE of Attleboro seeking guidance on raising horses of colors such as green blue pink and purple. The responder cannot advise on coloring but offers to privately share names of men claiming to have seen such horses, humorously citing graduates of gold cure colleges.
A concise adage urging self belief balanced with caution, advising readers to trust their abilities while avoiding overconfidence. It emphasizes personal restraint and steady progress as a guiding principle.
The Observant Citizen recalls Joseph B. Maccabe of West Boston and his Bath Commission ties, recounting a 1908 trip to London public baths and a push for Boston to adopt municipal laundries. It notes two cents for the first hour and similar rates, with use by the poor and clerks alike, and two hours sufficient for a large wash.
Mildred Champagne weighs in on a reader's confession about a fickle fiancé. She urges the 18 year old to wait, grow wiser, and not rush marriage, comparing love to a rash that fades with time.
A mother asks Miss Champagne how to tell if her son in his early 20s is in love with a girl he has dated for years. The adviser suggests the son already shows all love signs and should wait for more proof before declaring himself, noting that true lovers usually know it without doubt.
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