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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1909
Page
6
Boston Post daily issue No 77 Vol 195 dated June 28 1909 reports via Post Publishing Co with offices at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
Rates listed for Daily Post, Six months, One year, and Sunday Post with Canadian copies. Vacation-time policy offers Daily and Sunday mail delivery to US addresses for a fee. Subscriptions must be prepaid. discontinuation occurs at expiration. Publisher H. A. Grozipr identified.
The east wind arrives after a brutal heat wave in Boston, bringing relief and renewed vitality. Residents express faith in summer’s change as relief from prostrations and heat stakes appears, with skies turning blue and the city feeling vindicated as a summer resort.
The article highlights the upcoming intercollegiate rowing races centered at New London. Harvard aims to repeat last year's success while Cornell guards the favor for the Hudson showdown at Poughkeepsie with five universities entered. Yale and Harvard race conditions draw keen interest despite past results.
The shoe and leather interests push for free hides despite the Dingley schedule vote. Thomas F. Anderson announces the campaign to the conference committee with aid from New Jersey tan manufacturers in Newark. Critics warn the issue affects thousands of workers and the cost of living as Aldrich is rumored to be shaping a trade in the conference.
The Brownsville fort and parade ground became a government reservation now used by Professor E. C. Green to run experimental agriculture. About 50 acres are irrigated with crops from Nicaragua and a grove of cork oaks plus 1000 date palms are being cultivated for distribution to farmers next year, illustrating peace’s productive potential alongside militarism.
The text argues that new industries such as Nicaraguan cotton cork oak and date palm are vital to a nation in war, more useful than standing regiments in peacetime. Prosperity and wealth are weapons as crucial as battleships, and military reservations are seen as a step toward international harmony.
The Finance Commission urges reducing the assessor board from nine to five and questions Mayor Hibbard’s plan to fill two vacancies. It notes the seven member body is capable and calls for consulting with principal assessors before promoting assistant members. The commission’s respectful critique ends urging consideration before a rejection.
A defense of open investigation into rail and ship line accidents as a means to restore public confidence. The piece cites Harriman and Pennsylvania lines, argues boards of railroad and citizen members improve safety, and cites Massachusetts casualty ratios to urge publicity as public safety policy.
A Paris correspondent suggests steps to reconsider US Steel listing tied to tariff readjustments. He notes France seeks tariff concessions for stock listings, while US governance focuses on revenue taxes, and mocks Roosevelt era motives regarding US Steel and market access.
A quirky dialogue features Wink remarking on a pretty girl whose every word travels over the wire. Bink confirms the line works and calls her a telephone girl known for her persuasive speech.
A quip exchanges reveal a servant and house staff clashing over a mistress described as a nice woman yet capable of slapping a maid. The dialogue contrasts polish and propriety with sudden discipline inside a domestic setting.
In a tersely surreal exchange a worker says he fired his boss in a dream and woke to the boss bidding farewell. The conversation plays on the saying that dreams go by contraries as reality mirrors fantasy.
In a brief exchange a man admits he had only 15 cents to spend for lunch while denying plans for luncheon. A passerby quips about seeing him leave, highlighting a small-town moment over meals and money.
A dramatic chase ends with the Mayor clinging to an anchor rope as a balloon rises. Colonel Roosevelt and Stealthy Steve work to patch a gas bag leak while the Mayor hurls insults. Steve ultimately cuts the rope, leaving the outcome to be continued.
A 19 year old writes to Dear Miss Champagne seeking guidance on how to win his girlfriend’s father’s approval. He notes their ages and secret meetings, asking for a concise plan to address parental objections and secure consent. The father’s opposition is hinted to stem from youth on both sides.
A 1909 verse extols a high estate leader for governance in peace and war. The speaker compares him to Henry of Navarre and notes his jurist statesman fame. The poem ends with praise of leadership and national guidance.
The speaker urges candor with the father about courting the daughter as a friend for two to three years, while building a stable future to provide a comfortable home equal to what she has known. The plan hinges on showing frankness, sincerity, and ability to support her, aiming to win the father's approval.
A 20 year old girl describes a relationship with a man older than her who has lived in Australia for three years. She found a letter after his departure in which a wife signs off as devoted, mentioning a child and the term Dad, suggesting hidden family ties.
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