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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1910
Page
10
The official photographs of the 1910 Oberammergau Passion Play arrive in Boston, depicting characters and scenes from the world famous pageant. The series, produced for the Boston Post, began June 25 and will publish at ten year intervals. Thousands of devout Americans visited Oberammergau this summer to witness the event.
Local publication from 1910 records daily notices and brief items from the WUGY paper. The issue lists office address at 735 Washington Street Boston and appears under volume 201, number 19.
The Boston Post lists subscription prices: six months two dollars and thirty nine cents, three months seventy five cents, one month twenty five cents. The Sunday Post charges one year two dollars and fifty cents, six months one dollar twenty five cents, three months sixty five cents. Canada copies are nine cents each. All mail is second class matter at the Boston Post office. Do not send cash. Make checks to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery across the United States and possessions for five cents per month, with the Sunday Post at six cents. Addresses may be changed anytime. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiry without notice. Contact points include Pastorail Rooms and main offices. Editor E A Grozier.
At Fort Monroe yesterday a premature explosion of a 12 inch gun killed 11 artillerymen. Investigators focus on human error in handling the weapon, with no sign of structural weakness. The loss is seen as a pitiful reminder that peacetime accidents can rival wartime casualties.
The Rochester New York Herald comments on Senator Henry Cabot Lodge's campaign for reelection. It argues the canvass is not a typical political display and suggests a visiting Rochester group would learn from Lodge's restrained approach during the summer, noting the modest number of observers.
The article discusses the spring wheat shortfall and potential winter wheat gains, stressing corn as the national linchpin of food supply and finance. It notes no widespread drought across central valleys or east of the Mississippi and underscores corn’s pivotal role in feeding the world.
The article recalls former Speaker Joseph G. Cannon asserting in Emporia Kansas that eight years as Speaker by March 4 would surpass all predecessors except Henry Clay and questions whether he should remain in the chair. Critics argue he has stayed too long and questions practicality.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a debate over Mayor Fitzgerald and whether the city or state should engage with the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. The text hints at public trust, prudence, and the city’s role in a financial or contractual matter involving the railroad.
The city’s commerce stands as a standing wonder after the Council’s mid summer actions on the dock. Plans are announced to use the dock as the Boston end of an all water service to New York via the Cape Cod canal, a starter toward the ultimate development New Haven will pursue at its leased property.
The piece argues that public safety on Boston's Common overrides debates on policing philosophy. It urges immediate action to guarantee absolute safety for all well behaved citizens, noting complaints of night disturbances and calling for enough officers to restore order. It stresses that protection is what residents pay for and demands fact based action.
The Post presents Campbellton fire photographs showing utter ruin and hardship. The images illustrate shelter shortages and improvised meals, urging readers to donate to the Federal Trust Company of Boston to fund relief for the affected residents.
The United States Civil Service Commission is accused of excluding women from stenographer and typist exams next week. Critics call it an unauthorized pretext to replace women with men, arguing it violates the civil service law and promotes sex discrimination while efficiency should govern employment.
A Providence Journal article praises Boston's Charles River Basin work but doubts the Harvard Bridge will be replaced soon. It warns the current worn and patched structure may remain unsafe while a modern span is debated, hoping future generations do not see electric cars plunging into the Charles.
July 21 report shows Lucretia Tennant sending a missive to The Clerk of the Candy Court declaring she forebids divorce from Sanford Tennant, calling him a laughable husband. W H Coleman, county clerk, reviewed divorce records but found no libel or case by Sanford Tennant. fears proved groundless.
The article recounts Pilate questioning Jesus and Jesus replying about truth and kingdom. It lists a long schedule of Passion Play photographs starting June 25 featuring Christus, Mary, Mary Magdalene, Peter, John, Judas, Herod, Caiaphas and more with dates through July 22 and an upcoming image titled Jesus Before King Herod.
A fragmentary note from A B Cambridge addresses Newton Newkirk with a bedside style of advice. It references a proverb about speed and friendship and asks Newt to give Tom a written pit of advice when he is in the mood.
A reader questions the expression The fire is burning arguing for more precise terms like the coal is burning or wood is burning. Others note the phrase has long endured by custom. The discussion cites practicality over strict correctness while dismissing the issue as non vital.
A businessman urges readers to skip express rates and instead travel by freight. He argues lower costs, practical options, and reliability, citing experiences with slower shipments and hidden fees. The comment reflects travel and logistics concerns impacting commerce.
Macon Georgia July 21 Shortly before the Klondike gold boom W V Miller a motorman met J F Curley a miner stranded and without funds He took him in fed him and gave him money to pay his fare as far as Birmingham That was the last he ever heard of Curley until yesterday when he received word the miner had died in Dawson City Alaska and had left him a fortune estimated at 500 000
A long column surveys city doings from political planning near the Point of Pines to census pay delays, bathhouse crowds at J street, and social notices. It recalls a barbecues revival for Sacred Heart Roslindale, local street mud debates, and a Dorchester fire bell retirement with clerical protests.
Walter J Staples of East Boston argues for a bridge over the river to connect the Boston & Eastern Electric Railway with the city. He estimates bridge cost at 5 million dollars and tunnel at 3 million, advocating a joint city and railway funding plan to aid freight and ferry competition.
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