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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1911
Page
8
The fragment notes the Boston Daily Post Publishing Co. publication details dated Jond 17 1911 with office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts indicating an issue header.
The notice lists subscription prices for The Sunday Post and a typo filled section for other papers. Rates: One year five dollars, six months one fifty, three months seventy five c, one month eighty c. Canada deliveries ten cents per copy. Payments at sender risk. checks to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Daily Post offers home delivery at 25e per month and the Sunday Post at 20e per month. Subscriptions must be prepaid and may be changed by mail or telephone. Contact 1004 Main or the Financial, Sporting, or Business Offices for service details.
Former Chief Clerk Michael of the State Department hints the missing $1600 linked to an oil painting of Secretary Day may relate to Chinese affairs. The remark suggests government funds were used for some obscure purpose.
The supper for defeated English polo players in a gilded New York venue cost about 36 000 dollars or 600 per plate. Critics call it shameful waste that harms home industries and exposes youth with money but little sense. They say it does not reflect true American manhood.
John Hays Hammond, famed envoy to the coronation, suffers a nervous breakdown under heavy social demands of British aristocracy. The piece laments the toll of high society duties on a veteran explorer and diplomat and urges resilience.
The piece notes Cipriano Castro’s exile from Venezuela three years ago while claiming health reasons. Castro seeks a political comeback though most governments reject him. Spain recognizes him briefly as president. The text questions his legality and labels him a potential pirate if he sails under Castro’s flag.
The piece questions whether a revival of commercial and industrial trusts under new forms can gain legal standing or whether consumers will be freed from their demands. It argues the Supreme Court demands dissolution of offensive combinations and that Attorney General Wickersham must initiate punishment of original offenders to enforce the law.
The remark notes that sponsors will delay backing new combinations if earlier sponsors must personally cover the costs, creating a reluctance to invest in unproven partnerships.
The piece recalls Charlestown's annual Seventeenth of June observance and the legacy of the 1775 battle at Bunker Hill. It celebrates the enduring memory of those who challenged British power and the continued inspiration drawn from the revolution's early deeds.
The piece forecasts a banner wheat crop already partial harvest and cotton yields larger than any in history per Department of Agriculture estimates. It notes improving trade, fewer idle rail cars, active ports, and a favorable year for labor and enterprise ahead of Fall River’s centennial cotton goods celebration next week.
An apologist for a 50-year elevated rail lease argues consistency would deny a 40-year tenure to the Boston & Eastern electric road for its tunnel under Boston harbor. The argument notes millions in cost borne by the road, no taxpayer money, nonexclusive use, and eventual public ownership after 40 years. It questions whether the Elevated would approve similar tunnels under equal terms.
The article recounts the history of St Michael's Episcopal Church in Charleston from its 18th century beginnings to repeated war damage. It notes shelling in 1865, a brick concealed window reveal, loss of the Lord's Prayer tablet, and later repairs including bells shipped to England and recast in 1867. It also covers the 1782 bell evacuation, 1862 removal during the war, and Simms's wartime verses.
Several church actions and events across Boston area churches are listed. Activities include Unitarian summer meetings at Isles of Shoals starting July 21 1911. Congregational Education Society annual meeting June 27 at Pilgrim Hall. Baptist World Alliance week of prayer in Philadelphia during June 1925. Children’s Day at First Congregational Everett with baptism and a Sunday school concert. new hymn at St Paul’s Church Tremont Street marking peace efforts. Zadok the Priest coronation anthem sung. Dudley Street Baptist Church tomorrow sermon by Rev Thomas Phillips and Page Class address. University of California president Benjamin Wheeler to speak. Bromfield Street Church morning sermon by Rev Ernest Lyman Mills. Tremont Street M N T Church speech by Pastor Joseph W Stephan on A Great Monopoly.
San Francisco report says minstrel George Primrose will retire in three weeks after completing his engagement in Denver. The veteran performer plans to end an active stage career with that engagement.
The piece presents a jumble of lighthearted vignettes and cartoons from 1911, including a streetcar misadventure ending in a lost eye and teeth, a humorous Swiss cheese riddle, editor’s frustration with copy, and quirky notes about Professor Kilgallen and the black bass with tongue teeth.
A reader letter humorously outlines a step by step method for dismembering a slipping broiled chicken at table. The writer notes the chicken can be taken between the knees or under the arm, then the legs and wings are removed, with napkin protection to prevent slips.
On June 17 events across years report American and British fatalities at Bunker Hill during a firearms discharge. Later commemorations in 1890 killed two Americans. 1901 Walter Jones lost a hand attempting a firecracker stunt.
The verse describes an aviator in the sky aiming at an air hole and observers expect a fall. The playful line hints at potential danger and a humorous, sardonic mood without graphic detail.
The fragment describes Maud Muller on a sunny day raking the meadow and earning four quarters for the task. She sees a baseball game in which the hops lose, and Maud returns home unhappy. A cryptic note mentions a Prof Kilgallen, a famed oceanologist, and a reference to the black bass meme.
Hanover New Hampshire June 16 Dr Cur tig Hidden Page of Northwestern University is named professor of English at Dartmouth College He will take a year abroad on leave to work on two books and returns at the start of 1912 12 John Wesley Young of the University of Kansas is named professor of mathematics on the Chandler foundation at Dartmouth Page and Young bring prominent English and mathematics leadership to the college
The deed recording the United States title to the new immigration station in East Boston was filed in Suffolk Registry of Deeds. The price stated was $30,000. The East Boston Company conveyed the property, with additional consideration comprising a U S deed signed by Charles Nagel and the Jeffries Yacht Club transfer to the United States.
Boston author and athlete James B. Connolly travels to Ithaca to meet Cornell track coach Jack Moakley and address the senior class at tonight’s banquet. Connolly plans to share reminiscences from his sea and sports stories.
Paragraph points to medium sized fans for summer use and wide use of colored embroideries. Baroque pearls dominate hatpins while antique jewels rise in favor. Young girls wear foulard pongee and shantung frocks with lace bands. Girdles and sashes gain importance as millinery embraces cotton embroideries and crochet flowers adorn gowns. Evening drapes feature wrap styles with side fastenings at varied lengths.
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