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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
6
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription rates for 1909 with prices for different terms. It notes office addresses at 259 Washington St Boston and provides payment instructions and editor publisher details.
The note credits the Boston Traveler Boston Journal and Boston American for supporting the agitation against selling infected beef. It also thanks other state papers outside Boston and the Boston Record along with a small Milford paper for their editorial opposition.
Legislature considers two plans to curb billboards. One taxes per square foot with a property exception. the other adds billboard advertising value to local real estate assessments. State collects tax while Highway Commission licenses. Local boards regulate display quality. The move aims to abate a widespread nuisance despite billboard lobbying at Beacon Hill.
The legislative liquor committee favors preserving the status quo and letting the system work. Senate action on diverting half of liquor license fees to the state failed, with local option ideas proving more temperate and effective in Massachusetts.
The article discusses M. Camille Flammarion suggesting using Earth's internal heat for power. It proposes sinking a deep mile or two well to tap the crust’s heat for mechanical work, comparing it with solar engines and tidal power which lack practical use. Flammarion, a noted astronomer, questions how central planetary heat could be harnessed once reached by the well-diggers.
Yale College reports five year gains for rowers and athletes from 1903 to 1908. Average height up 15.10 inches, weight up 21.5 pounds, and lung capacity increased by 42 cubic inches.
The report notes rising measurements in chests waists necks and thighs among Yale athletes with the average height at 5 feet 9.9 inches and weight at 170.5 pounds. It suggests similar gains at other schools where athletics are promoted and argues society trends toward greater bodily and intellectual symmetry.
The Rapid Transit Commission should not award bids next week for the Beacon Hill tunnel. A Cambridge railway terminus at Scollay square is before the Legislature, with Park Street favored by the commission. Delaying binding action will respect legislative debate and public interests.
The Payne tariff bill is accused of failing to equalize duties. The text argues the measure maintains or widens inequalities for the poor, taxing cheap goods like stockings underwear and tea far more than expensive options. It highlights the higher burden on the working class and lighter loads for the wealthy.
A Saratoga vote ends reform restrictions and invites gambling and related enterprises back to the town. The move signals a shift from clean governance to resurrecting the resort's notoriety, risking loss of political and social tone and prompting calls for swift state action to preserve the famed springs.
A washout on the Concord division of the Boston and Maine railroad created a 100 foot by 50 foot hole, halting traffic all day in Franklin New Hampshire. Passengers walked around the gap and baggage was hauled to continue service.
The letter from Aberdeen Scotland carries a marked Aberdeen Gazette clipping with a jab about Carrie Nation and a query on Stealthy Steve. It benches a spoof sermon from Bingville Bugle and quips about a war correspondent Jeremiah Penwhit from San Jose Guatemala.
A lighthearted section listing terse replies to readers. Billy Smith notes a concrete blotter received with no Jouet to chase, Annette jokes about a bucket hat disguise, J D R confirms the reader is up to standard, Jeff asks about an overlong Johnson, and Gunn remarks the water is fine.
A humorous piece depicts the domestic scene of carpet beating as springtime ritual. It jokes that husbands endure dust and fatigue from beating carpets, while wives taunt them about not beating enough, ending with a footnote clarifying not the carpet.
Magistrate confronts a Hobo who claims innocence as a valuable rug is found in his possession. The hobo explains he asked a woman for help and she gave him the rug and told him to beat it. The exchange highlights a simple but dubious defense.
A girl in a new basket gown recalls being taken to a charity bazaar by George. Her rival snaps at the tale, noting a kiss behind secluded palms and guessing his motive was charity, hinting at hidden motives in social circles.
A Roxbury couple uses a phonograph to send “letters” between the East and West, recording earnest messages on blank discs and shipping them by express, a novelty praised by sweethearts everywhere. The feature notes local naval trainees from Jamaica Plain and Worcester entering the training ship Enterprise, plus various city observations and light vignettes from Boston.
The pilgrim with a cheerful grin praises optimism and dismisses grief and sin. The text features Uncle Walt Mason celebrating the cheerful optimist who lightens homes and dispels gloom with blithe speech, songs, and a jaunty stance.
The team from Station 10 Roxbury seeks a rematch with the boys and aims to discuss a series of games with Sergeant Brazer and Patrolman Gray. At hearings they note the chairman Cowee proposed an arbitrary milk standard.
Cambridge writer complains that the Elevated Railroad Company revised transfer checks and withdrew valuable privileges between Hanover Street and Harvard Square. He urges cooperation to apply to the Railroad Commission to compel restoration of those rights.
Edmund A. Whitman of Boston requests that leges forward their names and addresses to him. This public notice lists contact details and asks applicants to respond through the Pemberton Building office in Boston as of March 26.
The inquiry asks the minimum age for a girl to marry without parental consent. answer given 21 years. Another letter asks if Way Down East was at the Boston Theatre in 1907-08. answer: No. A Maine Central rail question confirms a Bangor to Caribou trip via Northern Maine Junction then Bangor and Aroostook.
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