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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1910
Page
8
The fragment appears as a historical Boston newspaper header dated July 28, 1910, from Post Publishing Co. It includes page or issue details and the address at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass. No clear event or byline is visible to summarize a specific story.
The Boston Post lists subscription prices with one year at $6.00, six months $3.00, and other terms. It notes Canada copies at 9 cents each, Second Class Matter at the Boston Post Office, and urges senders not to cash checks, with payments to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery across the United States and possessions for 25e monthly and Sunday Post for cl per month. Readers may change address anytime, subscriptions require payment in advance, and notices of discontinuation are given on expiration. Contact details for editors and offices are listed.
Chicago, frustrated by trailing New York in population, proposes annexing every town, village, hamlet and farmhouse within a 100 mile radius by land. The plan would spare no Illinois corner, with Springfield as a likely first target, as the city pursues growth by any means.
John Arbuckle, New York coffee magnate and philanthropist, proposes a government backed effort to raise the Maine. He cites past success lifting wrecks such as the Bavarian Mount Temple Massachusetts Yankee Nero and Mohawk and argues Congress has appropriated funds. The piece criticizes inaction and urges pursuing the project to repair national honor.
President Taft restricted political speeches on his Maine Coast tour drawing ire from Republican leaders who expect a boost for senatorial campaigns. The trip, viewed as a pleasure tour during a heated campaign, risks harming party spirits and political prospects in the Pine Tree State.
The State Highway Commission hearing on Boston Park Commission rules barring cars from park roadways drew support from motor dealers and influential car owners who may lobby next year for a portion of state license fees to return to the city. The mayor argues the fees are fair as cars damage roads, while dealers balk at paying taxes without city relief.
The Highway Commission will hardly allow the motorist with no voice in fee distribution to take on the role long suffered by that muted figure.
The piece argues the Columbus tariff plank favors trusts and stand-patters, condemns Payne Aldrich policy, and claims Boss rule weakens Harding while boosting Harmon. It predicts a poor year for party bosses as Harmon’s strength grows against an organization-driven candidacy.
An application filed in Vienna seeks legal determination of Archduke John Salvator’s death amid doubt about the shipwreck story near South America twenty years earlier. The case concerns succession to vast private property and Austrian royal rights, amid rumors of a possible escape under the name John Orth with a Vienna actress.
The piece argues restoring Labor Day to its dignity by parades showing daily toil and union handiwork. It proposes citywide trade processions and a large hall exhibition of finished union work, funded by cooperation between workers and employers to ease worker burdens and boost public appreciation.
Washington July 27. One thousand dollar bills are least popular with only 23,000 in circulation. Ten dollar notes total 311,269,990, nearly 100,000 more than the twenty. National bank notes hover near 700 million, now 711,964,360, down 1,466,373 from the fiscal year start. Gold notes total 22,585. In the last week 7,077,030 new notes were issued and 5,969,877 destroyed.
A satirical poem in a mock earnest voice critiques despair and cynicism. It contrasts a buzzing world with a hopeful farmer’s outlook, urging broad mindedness and belief in the world’s basic goodness despite troubles.
A humorous piece laments the Boston Board of Health ban on the hoky poky ice cream cone. It recalls childhood joy, notes the cone’s convenience and low cost, and pleads for reconsideration despite health concerns. The author jokes about germs and savoring cones, calling the scene a happiness image.
West Somerville writer explains the joke trade in All Sorts column. He argues most humor is repurposed old chestnuts aged to read fresh, describing the method of twisting and disguising old bits as new. He warns readers to keep the secret and avoid exposing the deception.
A humorous exchange shows Weigler asking why Duchette needs two stenographers when he dictates. Gausler replies that Duchette enunciates so rapidly one stenographer cannot keep up, needing two to capture every other word.
This item notes the Passion Play of 1910 with first published official photographs imported for the Boston Post. It presents characters and scenes of the world famous Oberammergau pageant, shown at ten year intervals by peasants, and visited by thousands of American devotees this summer. The series began in the Boston Post on June 25.
A Post series of Passion Play photographs begins Saturday June 25 with the Christus of 1910 by Anton Lang and continues daily through July 28. The set includes portraits of Mary Magdalene, Peter, Judas, Pontius Pilate, and many others, culminating with the famed crucifixion monument at Oberammergau and a view of the village tomorrow.
A reader asks Mildred Champagne to judge a male suitor the chum met at a winter social. The man courts privately, spends evenings with other girls, and has not spoken of marriage. The columnist agrees the man is a trifler and urges the friend to protect her interests and heed caution.
A young man about 18 writes from New York to Miss Champagne seeking advice on winning the affections of a girl who is now engaged to another man. The writer, who has been away three years, asks how to reclaim her but is told there is little he can do against her stated love for her chosen partner.
The speaker urges restraint and philosophical acceptance when love is lost. He says efforts to disrupt a happy romance are pointless, as a beloved in love with another man cannot be swayed. He counsels leaving quietly, seeking comfort in the current happiness, and recalling many other potential partners.
A nostalgic fragment recalls a nail studded bootjack once hung under grand father’s bed. Tramp cats, a stray dog, and roosters awaken him, causing rage until the bootjack’s passage joins the past. The passing of the aged bootjack closes the reminiscence.
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