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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
8
The Boston Post issue dated June 24 1911 reports local Boston news with front page notices and headlines from the Post Publishing Co. at 259 Washington Street. Typical items include city updates and community briefs for residents.
Rates show prices for six months and yearly subscriptions, plus per copy charges to Canada. Payment guidance notes no cash, sender risk, and checks or money orders payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. Includes postal classification and office location in Boston, Mass.
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The Westboro Lyman School faces a severe incident after a boy died in the school dentist chair following arrival and medical examination. Officials must determine whether the exam was perfunctory or the anesthetic was mishandled, and a rigorous inquiry is urged.
Harvard closes its week with a decisive second baseball victory over Yale in Cambridge. The season becomes an unqualified success as Harvard, once seen as middling, now captures games and gains momentum. If the boat race adds to their trophies, the crimson will shine on crimson oars.
The Rhode Island courts affirm a photographer may stand in public ways to photograph scenes or persons without liability for assault or camera damage. If offended, individuals may seek redress through legal means or injunctions, but no law allows beating a photographer for exercising this right.
The text notes Portugal has no current king as George V is crowned in Britain. It recalls the Braganza lineage ending with the 1400 era and the election of Portugal’s president by the Constituent Assembly on the eve of the British coronation.
The Massachusetts constitutional amendment committee reports a mostly sound measure to establish initiative and referendum. It would require passage by this and the next Legislature and then a public vote, giving citizens a chance to approve or reject the principle as it gains favor nationwide.
A French ministry faces collapse after a member claims wartime supreme command rests with the President. The munitions of political fault lines and military prerogatives prompt the cabinet to resign amid public scrutiny.
The French government collapses after Minister of War Goiran declares lack of a commander-in-chief, a claim seen as lese majeste against the supreme power. The Monis regime ends within four months, following Bertaux’s death in May and an aeroplane accident cited as the debacle cause.
A call to pass the Canadian trade reciprocity bill as an independent step. The author argues tying it to the farmers free list and wool revision bills would hinder progress and delay the broader popular push for clarified trade policy with the United States neighbor.
In a call to action, Congressman Weeks urges rapid passage of a joint resolution to extend the time limit for purchasing White Mountain and Southern Appalachian forest lands. The plan would keep 2 million dollars available as a national reservation, with decisive Senate forestry committee support anticipated. The deadline expires Friday.
The Delaware Circuit Court ruling enjoining and dissolving the powder trust stands as an early setback. Du Pont de Nemours will pursue Supreme Court review arguing the group is not an unreasonable monopoly. The Oct 16 hearing date may prove immaterial if higher courts undo the decision.
The Roxbury Wish School graduation marked a policy shift as Roxbury High will not admit boys as students hereafter. Current enrollees may remain to graduate or transfer. 112 graduates received diplomas. James J. Storrow presented diplomas. William T. Foster of Reed College gave the address.
The colored citizens of Boston host a complimentary dinner for W H Lewis from Washington at Young's Hotel next Friday evening. Speakers include Collector Charles Anderson of New York Judge Robert Terrell of Washington and Dr Booker T Washington of Tuskegee among others.
A narrative portrait of General William T. Sherman and six subordinates captured in a Washington photo. It recalls Sherman's Savannah campaign from Atlanta to the sea, detailing the march, logistics, Confederate resistance at Savannah, and Lincoln’s Christmas gift of Savannah.
A note on a banquet humorist who refines a brand-new joke only to hear a polite riposte from a diner about a Dad’s war era version. The column recalls a Somerville native now in Elizabeth New Jersey and a tea hosted by Mrs Wyckoff with guests from Somerville and Boston.
A Salem item notes A. P. Morse heads the Peabody Museum insect department and that insects left at the museum will be referred to him for reporting if an address is given. The piece quips about the luck of others and references Boston telephone tasks and a suggestion for Killingly Swamorete.
An odd classified notice offers $5.00 for a pair of insects trained to answer the telephone and perform general office tasks. The ad specifies fleas should not apply and lists mundane office-setup chores as context.
A Salem item by Richard Smith describes a crude fly trap using two sticky fly papers with a rum pond and a white paper path guiding flies to a sticky doom. The note criticizes the scheme, calling it awfully good wording but implies danger and suggests halting such ideas.
Clarence, the office boy, debates rest and slips a day off by consulting the calendar. The text blends archaic phrasing with modern oddities, noting a calm recent period and a plea to “bring a stolen day before yesterday.”
A poem by Walt Mason rails at a penny pincher who piles wealth by exploiting the needy. The speaker condemns bonds scars mortgages and debts while urging empathy and self respect before death. The verse cites a moral reckoning as the poor endure hardship.
A humorous account extols the dogfish as a loud minded fish that barks near the New England coast. It jokes about training dogfish as coast watchmen and even suggests a phantom government bounty while describing a fanciful method to catch them using a steam locomotive boiler.
A pithy remark frames a discussion about crime and motive, suggesting imprisonment rarely results from trivial mischief. The saying implicates seriousness behind offenses and hints at consequences beyond casual behavior.
Last Sunday service before summer vacations observed as Patriotic Service at All Souls Church White Street East Boston with Rev Alfred E B Wright delivering an address on National Tendencies soloist Mrs Annie Kirch of Italy.
A week of dedication exercises at Harvard Church runs July 21 to 29. On Sunday Rev. James L. Barton speaks on The Church and the World. A Sunday school symposium closes the week with talks by C. S. Walker A. J. Bates George I Moulton and Deacon Henry N Marr.
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