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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
6
The Boston Post dated March 24 1909 lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, details about delivery and payment terms, and publishing office contact information. Editor/publisher E. A. Grozier is credited.
The father from Sharon Pennsylvania paid ten thousand dollars to abductors to regain his son who was taken from school. The editorial urges the city and state to pursue and punish the criminals to deter kidnaping and its dangerous imitators.
The article praises Lieutenant Ernest Shackleton of the British Navy for approaching the South Pole closer than any prior expedition, noting he did not reach the pole and turned back within about 100 miles. It contrasts Antarctic conditions with Arctic exploration and discusses the pole's symbolic and geographic significance.
The Massachusetts House rejected submitting to voters the question of women’s suffrage by a 43 to 150 vote with 32 pairs, leaving 225 members recorded out of 400. The piece notes the outcome as a strong indicator of legislative sentiment though raises questions about public will.
A Boston editorial urges the legislative committee on metropolitan affairs to push a measure restricting smoke from public service plants and railroad locomotives. It cites New York precedent, noting past hearings and the need to abate the city’s smoke nuisance by enforcing hard coal use and limiting soft coal emissions within city limits.
The argument notes that men delay by doubt about women's wishes. After a past plebiscite on school committee suffrage drew few voters, suffragists seek a female referendum to reveal clearly what women voters want if allowed to vote.
The Boston Post argues against political manipulation of the tuberculosis beef sale issue. Most Massachusetts press backs enforcing the law and removing diseased meat from commerce. The paper rejects partisan tactics and urges a health centered, nonpolitical resolution.
A legislative movement seeks to regulate billboard displays on public roads as a remedy for nuisance. The piece laments intrusive colors and drawings marring city streets and asks whether taxation could offset the public lost view while private owners lease land for signage.
A Newton Newkirk column recalls Binns and a playful exchange with Cy Snider from Brockton. It features a seasonal conundrum about boils as coat hangers, jokes on molasses and sulfur, local river changes near Watertown, and notes on opera tickets and Newton civic matters.
Oscar Trammerstein suggests Boston could host Salome in grand opera next week if desired. Observers note Salome’s frank stage presentation with minimal costume and eye catching effects.
A 1909 Mason- penned note by George Matthew Adams extends good luck to Theodore as he travels to Africa. It imagines a sunny shore and gentle escorts, while humorously recalling wild beasts and safari dangers. The writer promises friends will ease fears and the beasts will willingly follow commands after a week.
Readers send in many small sums for a hospitalised boy, including a nurse and an inmate of Rutland. The paper notes that every amount helps and will publish all contributions as acknowledgment.
Pope Pius today received in private audience the Right Rev John Farrell the new bishop of Cleveland in Rome. The meeting occurred March 23 as Farrell toured Vatican City during his appointment to lead the Ohio diocese.
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