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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1910
Page
10
Boston's Independent Democratic Paper announces daily and Sunday subscriptions with rates for 1910, lists offices on Washington Street, and notes payment policies and postal details. It identifies editors and circulation terms.
A legislative committee probes the Southbridge Savings Bank case where about half a million dollars appears stolen. The bank treasurer may have falsified weekly payments and disbursements, with deposits at risk. Suggestions urge bond requirements for treasurers and trustees to guard depositors.
Boston Elevated has approved the Riverbank subway as required by law, promising a faster Park Street to Brookline Brighton and Newton route with Back Bay benefits. Pending Transit Commission work, relief from Boylston Street rush hour blockades is anticipated as patience and good temper grow.
The New York Central reaches a settlement after wage increases and schedule changes. Concessions by both sides end the threatened conductors and trainmen strike, seen as a victory for good sense in labor disputes. Settlement now needed between New Haven, Boston and Maine and its workers to maintain regional harmony and justice.
An editorial urges disclosure of campaign contributions and expenses to expose who funded the current tariff reform majority. It argues public demand and Taft support require a bill by McCall to publish contributions, warning that secrecy shapes legislation and future elections.
The joint committees hear Draper plan details on Boston Holding Company bonds and savings bank investment. Speaker Walker argues deposits must be protected and not influenced by incidental gains for issuing entities. Ex Governor Bates outlines New Haven’s backing and a $58 million first-mortgage lien, prompting questions about subordinated claims in liquidation.
The article argues that the Republican majority in Congress is fractured with insurgent Republicans and Democrats defeating Speaker Cannon. It warns that continued antagonism could overturn the Republican programme, reflecting a split that could influence the November elections and Taft’s administration.
The piece links Evacuation Day with St Patrick's Day, arguing both honor a shared aim of autonomy. It compares early Boston's drive for home rule to John Redmond's Irish struggle, suggesting the core principle remains the same despite a century and a half of distance.
The article honors Dr Samuel A Green former mayor and historian as he turns 80, praising his optimism and serenity. It notes his belief that the world is better now than 50 years ago and his enduring vitality and civic spirit.
A column mocks Professor William Lyons Phelps of Yale for claiming American women rival ancient Greek beauties. The author dissects Aphrodite’s sculptures, ridicules his views, and asserts contemporary women outshine classical idealization with sharp, satirical commentary.
A reader reports a magazine mailing misaddressed to an “EXPIRED SUBSCRIBER” prompts questions on renewal and identity. An ad from Haverhill Gazette seeks a swift long-legged boy to catch a banty hen fleeing Bernard Farr on Moore Street, offering daily or weekly pay and mileage details.
There are two rent days each month one at the beginning and one just after the end. Stubb Is Shears, the taller, losing his mind, sends out his bills in perfumed envelopes to his happy boy customers. They think the plain perfumed envelope is from a fair correspondent and open it before they find out the ruse. Can your dachshund stand on his hind legs. Yes but I never let him, he's too apt to hurt himself. By bumping his head against the ceiling.
Theodore Roosevelt's arrival marks a stop in Wady Halfa a rising Egyptian hub with river port and military past. Nearby Beheni on the opposite bank preserves the North and South Temples of Horus with defaced cartouches and inscriptions from Greek Carian and Ethiopian eras. A Kalabskeh temple image is promised in Saturday's Post.
A Roxbury observer on Dudley Street notes a lineman atop a snow‑covered pole telephoning calmly. The piece reports on local scenes including Middlesex Tel’s popular observation tower, civic burlesques, Maine Governor Fernald, and social events from the Algonquin Club to the Gallagher birthday open house with musical interludes.
A 1910 verse lampoons politicians who pretend to bleed for liberty yet seek power and money. The speaker mocks self serving statesmen who pledge sacrifice while chasing votes and personal gain, ending with a wish for an honest candid mind in Washington.
Horace M. Hardy special assistant district attorney of Middlesex county is gravely ill at his Arlington home and death is momentarily expected. His illness is expected to delay the trial of Mrs. Mary Kelener charged with poisoning six relatives.
Multiple church notices from Boston area reflect clergy moves and events. The Rev. Charles A. Fulton will join Dudley Street Baptist Church in May. Rev. Dillon Bronson plans a mid year lecture tour at four Methodist colleges and conventions, then Edinburg mission gathering with Mrs. Bronson. Dr. A. E. Cross resumes Bible class duties after recovering from grip. The March Boston Bible Club meets next Monday at Tremont Temple with William Shaw speaking on Bible Fruitage in Oriental Lands. Emmanuel Choir festival held at Emmanuel Church. Unitarian Club of Newton Center met last evening. Roslindale Unitarian Society elected officers including J. B. Carter, Frank Macy, Edward Orchard, W. H. Osborn, George A. Crandall. Harold E. Fish reappointed treasurer and J. Fred Riedell clerk.
ex Governor John G. McCullough of Bennington has offered 25000 dollars for a gymnasium at Middlebury College provided 60000 more is raised by commencement day in June. The proposal aims to fund construction at the Vermont college in Middlebury with a total target reachable by June.
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