The Legislature of 1910 Review
The General Court session closed after enacting over 600 bills, with notable gains in savings bank regulation and milk open car rules. Reforms to motor vehicle laws and payroll publication were praised, while several measures such as the Berkshire trolley merger act and New Haven validation were criticized as poor. The session showed limited independence and few scandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Court
Savings Bank
Berkshire Trolley
New Haven
Joint Commission
United States
Public Service Commission
The Boston Post June 16 1910 Independent Democratic Paper
The Boston Post daily edition lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday papers with prices for different durations and Canadian delivery. Publication details include office address 259 Washington St Boston Massachusetts and statement about payments and mail handling by the Post Publishing Company.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
The Post in Vacation Time
The Daily Post offers mail subscriptions in the United States and possessions for 2hc per month and the Sunday Post for 25c per month. Address changes may be made freely. Editorial offices and contact numbers listed. all subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration unless renewed.
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Ccc Cst
The
Sunday Post
Canada
Boston
Maes
Post Publishing Company
POST
Daily Post
United States
Financial
Sporting
Nowaday
FE. A. Grozier
A Raise on Lobsters and Economic Speculation
The piece laments rising lobster prices and mocks a plutocratic trend in dining. It questions protection measures and suggests banning catches to prevent scarcity, arguing a five year protection period could save the crustacean.
Governor Gillette halts Jeffries Johnson prize fight
The California governor orders the attorney general to stop the prize fight amid public outcry over the brutal spectacle. The piece notes Utah’s previous ban and hints Nevada could act, urging nationwide removal of such events. Governor Gillette is praised for acting on public decency.
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Gillette
California
The Bandit Phelps Faces Electric Chair in Massachusetts
The capture of outlaw Phelps ends his reign of terror in Hoosac country as hunger and a posse force surrender. He yielded meekly and faced arrest, with the electric chair awaiting his courage test. The case reinforces law and order across crowded cities and remote towns in Massachusetts.
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Phelps
Hoosac
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Meat Tariff Reform Urged by United Master Butchers
At its New York meeting the United Master Butchers Association calls for elimination of the tariff on meat and cattle. They blame higher living costs on tariffs and accuse trusts of price gouging with wholesale rises from 9 to 12 cents per pound. They urge voters to support candidates who back removal of tariffs on meat to allow South American beef imports at reasonable rates.
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New York City
United Master Butchers’ Association
South America
Congress
Boston Should appoint a Boston member to Civil Service Commission
The article argues Governor Draper should appoint a Bostonian to the Civil Service Commission as Frank Foxcroft from Cambridge nears term end. It advocates a Boston-based board to decide municipal office holders, noting current Boston appointments are flawed and urging a local, qualified member to oversee Boston departments.
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Draper
Civil Service Commission
Frank Foxcroft
Cambridge
Boston
Foxcroft
Civil Service Commissioner
James H. Mellen A Sturdy Loyal Legislator Remembered
James H. Mellen, a rough sturdy fighter in the legislature for over 30 years, is remembered for honesty, devotion to plain people, and strong common sense. He swayed decisions by force of character and did not use office for mercenary aims. his burly frame and marked face made him a familiar figure in state politics.
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James H. Mellen
Mr. Mellen
Old State House
Faneuil Hall
E. W. Lundahl
Lynnfield
Fitzgerald
Morison
Thrice-Toned Threnody Inspires Humble Reflections
A poetic fragment invokes Newtow, Newkirk, and Doricon dangers as the speaker, John Devine Inflater, contemplates love and existential tremors. The piece ends with a quip from The Sphinx about listening when a silent man speaks.
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John Devine
The Curse of Riches and the Beggar’s Burden
A column laments Mrs. Russell Sage’s fame as a widow with millions, describing daily beggar visits and police escorts. It contrasts wealth’s burdens with poverty, advising readers that riches invite pestering loans and misfortune, while urging contentment below half a million.
Furnished rooms to let in Portland Street
A Portland Daily Press clipping offers furnished rooms to let with bath. Preference given to ladies and gentlemen. rooms to be occupied only by such tenants. The notice humorously notes they will not rent to horses cows dogs or hens and jokes about a garage atop the building with auto lodging restrictions in mud.
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Bath
Portland Street
Portland
Do Rabbits Swim and How Do They Swim?
A nature fakir from Mattapan discusses rabbits in water. He notes rabbits are jumpers with powerful hind legs and cannot swim well. When in water they panic and drown unless saved. teaching rabbits to swim is proposed as philanthropy.
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Mattapan
Mass
Little Memoirs Business Man
A brief note echoes a maxim about debt and duty. The piece presents a proverb styled as part of a catalog of small business reflections. No specific people or places are named beyond the generic reference to a businessman figure.
The Wily Grocer
A humorous exchange at a greengrocer features a customer noting strawberries look green then red while the grocer jokes about the customer offering 10 cents a box. The playful back and forth captures market stall wit and price chatter.
Noted ex mayors attend Marlboro 200th celebration in town
The Observant Citizen reports former Marlboro leaders at the 200th anniversary week event. It notes ex mayor Thomas Strahan now in Chelsea and visiting Jackson New Hampshire, and mentions Edward F. Brown’s tenure as a credit to the city.
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City of
Marlboro
Edward F. Brown
Boston
Dorchester
Thomas Strahan
Chelsea
Jackson
N. H
Thistleton Lodge
Name Use Up the Alphabet Causes Election Confusion
Election officials settled on a way to handle a long unreadable name by coughing and sneezing the phonetic simplification Andrew Fiagopa magictopoulors is rendered as Andrew Cough and Sneeze. A Tyler Street resident could not confirm details as a non English speaking woman declined to help.
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Andrew Fiagopa
Andrew
Tyler Street
Cotton Declares Candidacy in Seventh District Race
Former aide informs voters of the seventh district a candidate for Congress, with ex-Senator Dudley Cotton named as the Republican nominal. Regents say others including Ward 21 figures back a Parker-Tinkham push as contenders for the nomination this fall.
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Cong
Sen
George Hi
Seten En Ee
Erman W. Dudley Cotton
Cotton Tors W. Prentiss Parker den Tinkham
Restitution and Fame Stir Winifred at Raynor’s Statue
Winifred Istabrook stands in the crowded square after the unveiling, recalling her former lover sculptor John Raynor. Rumors reach her that Raynor aided a man’s boy in a crash rescue, risking his own injury, possibly a skull fracture, as the crowd debates his courage and the timing of his triumph.
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Winifred
John Raynor
Wers
Raynor
Winifred Istabrook
Ned
John
Erica
Rayner
Jove
The King Dies Again Then Dies Some More
A verse by Walt Mason humorously questions royal mortality as the Abyssinian king dies again this year. The poet jokes about laureates and bards chronicling a monarch who seemingly self repeats death with intermittent, unclear causes and final breaths.
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Walt Mason
George
Matthew Adams
Winifred Seeks Reunion With Injured John Raynor
Winifred, after years, quietly visits John Raynor in his room at the house of Mrs. Raynor. She enters unseen as he speaks softly, acknowledging her presence and noting she was long in arriving. She confronts unresolved feelings while his condition remains conscious and aware.
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Winifred
John Raynor
John
Mrs. Raynor
Win
Open Air Religious Leaders Travel and Camp Meeting Plans
The Rev. Lawrence B. Greenwood returns from Europe after studying open air services in major cities. The Rev. W. T. Perrin and Mrs. Perrin depart to Toronto for the summer. A grand union camp meeting is scheduled at Camp Hebron Attleboro from July 1 to July 10 inclusive.
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Lawrence B. Greenwood
Boston Evangelical Alliance
Europe
W. T. Perrin
D. D
Mrs. Perrin
Brookline
Toronto
Camp Hebron
Attieboro
Tremont Temple Youth Picnic and Local Clerical Moves
The Jamaica earthquake survivor Rev Mr Denniston and Rev Dr Morris of New Jersey are noted. Tremont Temple youth union picnic is set for Lake Nippinickett Bridgewater with special cars from Neponset bridge at 9 10. Open air services at West Roxbury next Sunday at 4. Evangelical Alliance sponsorship with Boston University students. Evange list D A McKinnon to preach. A B Whittredge to play cornet. Rev J J Dunlop resigns Roxbury Presbyterian pastorate to lead Hartford Fourth Congregational. Tenor G Deane replaced by B E Berry at King’s Chapel. Deane to Midwest. Derby Academy sermon by Rev G A Gordon at New North Church Hingham. Rev A Z Conrad of Park Street Church sails for Germany next Tuesday with Mrs Conrad visiting Oberammergau and touring Germany then Russia. Park Street pulpit to be filled by a rotating list of ministers from June 26 to Sept 4 with C I Schofield J Lee Mitchell F L Goode speed Smith Baker Arthur Barber John B Clark Clelland McAffee Kellogg John E Tuttle C Bronson Asher Anderson.
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Spring Street Bridge
West Roxbury
Evangelical Alliance
Boston University
D. A. McKinnon
A. B. Whittredge
A. Z. Conrad
Park Street Church
Germany
Conrad
Oberammergau
Russia
Park Street
C. I. Schofield
Boston
J. Lee Mitchel
D. D
Attleboro
Frank L. Goodespeed
Oakland
Cal
Smith Baker
Lowell
Arthur. Barber
Lawrence
John B. Clark
Detroit
Clelland B. McAffee
Brooklyn
White Plains
N. Y
John E., Tuttle
Elmira
C. E. Bronson
Philadelphia
Asher Anderson
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Boston Post
Independent Democratic Paper
New England
the Bandit
GIVE
Newtow
Newkirk
Doricon
Sphinx
Russell Sage
New York
Natural History
Quincy
Arthur M. Metcalf
Maplewood
St. Anne's Church
Somerville
Father Butler
Sarah Anna de Jarrar
Maine
Everett
Lewis
Roxbury
Haines
Squaim
Revere Beach
Lynn
Tannhauser
Jobin
Michael W. Norris
Cotton
Democra
the Post
Anna Yorke
Oak Street
Charlestown, Mass
Old Gold
A. W
Menelik
Walt
Greater Boston
Gelists
Denniston
Jamaica
Morris
New Jersey
Tremont Temple
Lake Nippinickett
Bridgewater
Neponset Bridge
James J. Dunlop
Roxbury Presbyterian Church
Society
Dunlop
Hartford, Conn
Fourth Congregational Church
Benjamin E. Berry
Concord, N. H
George Deane
King’s Chapel
Mr. Deane
Middle West
George A. Gordon
South Church
Derby Academy
New North Church
Hingham
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