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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1911
Page
8
The Independent Democratic Paper dated July 28 1911 from Boston covers daily news via The Boston Post. Publication details list office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The Daily Post and The Sunday Post publish varied rates including one year for 2 dollars, six months for 1.50, eight months 75 cents, and one month 25 cents for Daily. Sunday one year 3 dollars, six months 1.50, three months 75 cents, one month 30 cents. Canada published copy 10 cents. Post offices in Boston and subscription terms noted.
The Fighting Dramatist Henri Bernstein is praised for defeating critics with direct challenges. His third victory is announced. The piece asks if such dueling would work in America and whether dramatic schools should debate duels versus battles in the press columns.
The Advertiser argues against a state level finance commission, noting Massachusetts already has a strong ways and means committee. It criticizes the substitute as weak, cites limited session time and lack of real powers, and urges creating a genuine finance commission.
A British House of Commons speech signals that Britain may join a fight over Moroccan tensions if a settlement fails. Premier Asquith and Balfour advocate a firm stand against German claims, amid deep public enmity in England and France. The danger of renewed European bloodshed remains real and unresolved.
A New Jersey Democratic committee chairman called Governor Wilson a defamatory toast at a National Guard meeting and refused to drink to it. The piece notes Wilson’s opposition to some party policies, his state political upset victory, and the public trust in his integrity and sincerity.
The annual advertising convention arrives in Boston next week drawing the nation’s top minds. The city prepares to host the Associated Advertising Clubs with expectations of inspiration and cooperative exchange at the high point of the advertising season.
In a Senate session yesterday Republican insurgents allied with old line Republicans to defeat the Underwood bill from the House, then joined Democrats to pass La Follette's substitute. The measure lowers raw wool duty to 35 percent ad valorem and reduces duties on woolen goods, moving toward consumer relief.
House Democrats will accept it as a long step in the right direction. Mr. Taft will find it a difficult thing to veto, as he has expressed dissatisfaction with the woolen schedules of the Payne Aldrich monstrosity.
A Georgia legislative proposal would require as a voter registration test the in person statements of two or more white women of good social standing that they trust the applicant in the dark. Supporters claim it would protect white political dominance while critics note it would bar Black voters and place control of voter lists in the hands of select white women.
The piece argues Canada should adopt the U S reciprocity policy, noting Taft's act as official U S policy and suggesting Laurier’s Liberal majority would gain strength from appealing to the electorate. It emphasizes partisan divides in Canada versus bipartisan stance in the United States and anticipates renewed parliamentary dissolution.
A fragmentary narrative recalls Sherman's 1864 Georgia encampment in Atlanta and the pivotal 1865 Carolinas trek. It notes floods, corduroy roads, and swollen rivers across South Carolina, Columbia’s fiery fall, and the rapid NC operations leading to Lee’s surrender and Johnston’s tentative peace talks.
A malaprop filled mock essay on golf humor from a Boston Press Club event. It jokes about golfers, lies and cussing, praises Doc Wiley, and lampoons national tensions with a pointed aside about the United Shoe Machinery Company facing government action.
A chaotic farce erupts as Gaston Petrol fights a heroic youth, Wimpy Weems and Michel Brianne rally with glue and violet toilet water while a crowd of hens gathers. The sequence ends with Petrol revealed aboard a giant Bleeryo and a cliffhanger tease for tomorrow. Nearby notes report roadwork hampers Dorchester crossings and a Boston swim route dream, plus militia captain McWeeney’s popular leadership and civic aid buttons.
The account describes General Embury P. Clark of the Blue army being shaved in North Andover as Reds loomed nearby. He rode away laughing after the shave, a gesture explained by a military expert as bravado or possibly a witty remark from Captain Sweeney. The piece mentions the submarine Octopus involving Secretary Meyer and Mrs. Goelet.
Wimpy Weems, an intrepid aviator, overcomes assault by detective John Charles Jolsom. Despite being overwhelmed, he retrieves his amethyst tick-pin from his lavender necktie and uses it to strike his foe, delivering a bold, dramatic counterattack.
The National Dental Association at its business session selected Washington, D. C. as the next convention city. Officers chosen include President A. R. Melendy of Knoxville Tennessee, corresponding Secretary Charles W. Rodgers Dorchester Massachusetts, recording secretary Homer C. Brown Columbus Ohio, and treasurer H. B. McFadden Philadelphia.
Rev. George W. King announces a vacation beginning next month with old Maryland home as destination. In his absence pastors Rev. Dr. George S. Chadbourne and Rev. William Bradfield will preach at the church. Lieutenant Michael J. Dacey has moved to a high Dorchester residence, a change his friends say signals his rise. Adams Street remains blocked for over two weeks.
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