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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
10
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Boston welcomes Louis K. Rourke as the new superintendent of streets and expects a square deal. He pledges simple justice and fair play, seeking merit based coverage from newspapers and public criticism when warranted. The past tenure by Emerson suggests strong press interest in results and integrity.
The New York weights and measures bureau exposes schemes by which meat prices inflated through wooden spreaders in lamb and veal. Retail butchers reportedly bought 87,662 pounds of wood annually, charging over $100,000 to consumers. The practice, long tolerated, is to be stopped.
The Massachusetts Senate backs the Tinkham Bennett resolve over the Elevated lease extension bill. The measure aims to ensure thorough investigation and public hearings on subway leases and tunnels before action in the next legislature. Senator George H. Tinkham is credited for leading the effort.
Mayor Fitzgerald notes Boston's lack of new hotels and crowded old ones, calling the city a laughing stock. The plan to build a modern hotel at the old Art Museum site faces only park square and street development concerns, which leaders could resolve for both projects.
A Cambridge city report criticizes elected leaders for claiming budget economy while neglecting fireproof vaults for municipal records. The piece argues a single fire could erase records far more costly than vault construction and urges wiser spendthrift choices.
Report indicates the milk contract dispute is resolved as contractors will pay the winter price to farmers through the summer and until May 1, 1911. Public charges will reflect the winter rate during this period.
The debate notes that public welfare drives stricter milk laws. A future plan could bring New York style inspection for Boston milk, with consumers possibly paying a bit more but gaining safer, better-regulated supply.
The article notes a sharp decline in mackerel off Louisburg and New England shores with 32 American schooners docking there in a mournful state. Fifteen boats caught no fish since March as theories on pollution dogfish fears and steam trawlers circulate and the fish becomes an expensive luxury.
An imperial decree promised a parliament nine years hence, but Chinese merchants demand its immediate convocation. The proffered plan urges a new national assembly now, with eight delegates vowing self harm if refused. analysts warn the method is archaic and dangerous.
A poem recounts a gifted student named Frelong whose brilliance in mathematics earned praise and envy. Though trusted in academia, his finances faltered when dressmaking bills mounted, leading to a dramatic, tragic end described as Waterloo.
Dear Newt offers a sharp tongue take on Jonah of Watertown who must wed Rosa to inherit his uncle’s $100,000. The adviser outlines a cynical plan of a marriage for money and divorce to maximize the estate, noting Rosa’s lack of love and Jonah’s many flaws while pressing the calculus of temptation versus principle.
A reader in Boston asks what a recent sign seen in a Cambridge washing window really means. The message appears unclear and may be a misread or local shorthand that requires context or translation.
A newlywed couple signs up for a mail order cooking course in Kansas. The husband endures a string of culinary misfires from petrified soup to croquettes landing on his toes, angel cake mishaps, and bland meals. He finally persuades his wife to return to boarding-house eating.
A brief fragment shows a "Don't scratch a match try to live together" admonition linked to a business man and his little memoirs, suggesting a cautionary moral or proverb within a compact item.
A homeless man begs for aid from a scholarly sage with a long white beard. The sage promises help and offers the use of a telescope to view a comet, hinting at an upcoming spectacle.
Hampton Court, Britain’s largest royal palace, houses over 800 crown pensioners among its 1000 rooms while the Great Hall and other rooms draw visitors. Built in 1615 by Cardinal Wolsey, it passed from Tudor to Stuart to Hanover rulers and now serves as a historic public site with annual tourism above 350 000. Tomorrow’s picture features Lambeth Palace.
Henry Penn of this city plans a June 16 departure from New York aboard the George Washington for Europe. He will tour England and the continent, attend Oberammergau, and visit William Penn’s grave in England. He aims to be away until October.
A humorous 1910 verse recounts Christopher Columbus looking down on modern explorers. The piece imagines Columbus lamenting lack of lasting fame and rewards while Cabot and others gain praise, humorously claiming his own era fell four centuries too soon.
Miss Robertson and Herbert Drury of Revere announce their engagement to be married in June. Miss Robertson is noted for her musical ability while Drury is recognized for his pitching talent with Revere High School and local teams.
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