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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
8
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The White House hosts a silver wedding anniversary with 90 million joining in spirit while thousands attend in person. Descendants of former presidents gather by invitation of the Tafts, highlighting a gracious display of the nation's leaders.
Senator Penrose says a careful survey shows sixty members or about two-thirds favor the reciprocity bill, with more opposed to the Root amendment. Daily Senate sessions are planned for two weeks to push toward a final vote, with passage likely early and no amendments.
The Maine remains buried in Havana harbor mud for 13 years. Officials say recovery will be slow and fragmentary. Exact cause of sinking remains uncertain, with disclosures offering only conjecture. The wreck still poses a navigation hazard and requires careful handling.
The note states that remains may be discovered as investigations proceed, implying ongoing search and potential discovery activity.
The Panama loan authorization and the first $50,000,000 issue show strong government borrowing power. Oversubscribed to at least three times, the bonds attract premium bids with small allotments starting at $500. Returns at 3 percent lag behind British and French investments, yet U.S. credit remains high as bonds serve as public money security.
The article argues that Cuba should not exclude English from public schools. It notes the lower house approved the bill and the Senate must decide. It warns sentimentality should not hinder practical ties with the English speaking world and urges mutual understanding through language.
A editorial urges planning a calmer Fourth of July. It credits Massachusetts laws with reducing child injuries and stresses education to channel youthful enthusiasm into safe celebrations with substitutes for dangerous fireworks.
Attorney General Wickersham’s suit against the lumber trust could take about three years to decide with appeals stretching to the Supreme Court. Meanwhile the trust may operate as before. The piece argues for immediate enforcement of the Sherman Act against individuals, not just corporations, to produce real anti-trust results.
A traveler jokes that living farther from town would suit, but a wary landlord refuses jerry-built houses. He recalls renting a place with boards so wide grass grew through, the wife mowing daily, and flowers appearing, prompting a rent rise for a garden.
A fragmented dialogue centers on a cake memory and a sharp exchange over a remark about a poor husband. The speaker resists any implication that the cake resembles what a struggling spouse might have eaten. The scene mixes sentiment with a defensive retort.
The text recalls four brutal days in July 1863 when police and infantry clashed with a violent mob over the draft. Barricades, arson, and killings surged as rioters attacked the provost marshal, the Tribune, and the Negro and abolitionist community. About 10,000 soldiers were later sent to restore order before the draft resumed.
A fragment from a July 1863 Gettysburg report recalls the Ninth Massachusetts Battery and its casualties. A dying man hands over 250 coupons for a safety razor, hoping his wife will recognize his end as a happy one, then dies with a smile.
A stagecoach bound for danger becomes a test of honor when Fred clings to the box and sacrifices his life to save papers and securities after a deadly crash on a mountain road. Charley survives and learns the true value of life and trust.
Paragraph points to trends in fabrics and trims with chenille dots, black braid on checks, bright linen and silk suits, white buckskin shoes, patent vamps, ribbon silk and velvet hats, embroidered bandings on misses dresses, pockets in tailored gowns, various laces, and braid as a key planning element. White hats with dark linings gain favor, skirts fuller for fall, and sleeves longer with longer coats.
The race report notes Roberts known as Rant leads in the Very Agile class. A fighting crowd watches as a Baby Blight Biplane drops a decapitation incident, then Rant captures 12 Boy Scouts crossing the track. Boston wins the individual championship for 1925.
The advance notices for the coming American Press Humorists in Boston from Aug 12 to Aug 19 include A. L. Bixby of Lincoln Nebraska. He is billed as the only poet who earned a Europe trip for one verse and a donor funded the journey. Also noted is a playful verse about travel. The piece shifts to a stock car racing summary, listing the Detroit and Boston teams, Darney Coldfeet leading with 82 starts and 44 hits in 88 races, and a quirky breakdown of driver and non-driver categories, ending with Kant's hopelessly outclassed attempt.
A jittery column blends comic vignettes about a young man chasing wild oats and cats, a brutal conductor, and a scientist sketching the Bullhead or Hornpout. The Bullhead is lampooned as owl like and ugly, with notes on its habit of resting under a stone and a humorous eye on a hawk-eyed perch.
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