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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
10
The Boston Post edition dated May 86 1910 from Boston Massachusetts presents a historical newspaper item. It lists publication details including the paper’s office at 259 Washington Street and identifies the issue as No. 5 of Volume 200.
Rates listed for Daily and Sunday Post subscriptions with durations and prices. Canadian per copy charges noted. Publisher and editorial office addresses provided. advance payment required and notices of discontinuation.
A witty weather column laments a week of foggy cold and failing forecasts. The Weather Man declares "fair" each afternoon only to be contradicted by the next day's grim conditions, depicted as a beleaguered figure facing public doubt and potential scrutiny.
The piece argues that a Lodge amendment would improperly lock drawbridges along the Charles River and Fort Point Channel, hindering local shipping. It credits the Chamber of Commerce and War Department for practical negotiations and predicts Lodge will abandon the flawed proposal to avoid federal overreach and needed compromises.
The legislature fast tracked a milk investigation order to study costs from pail to bottle. A three-member Senate committee will have power to compel witnesses and demand books. The aim is to reveal who profits from the eight to nine cents paid per quart and push public opinion to resolve the contract dispute forcing arbitration if needed.
The inquiry into the Southbridge affair leads to stronger administration of savings banks. Legislative committee proposes removing delinquent trustees by Commonwealth authority and annual real estate appraisals and depositors’ accounting. Bank Commissioner gains power to conduct thorough audits and examinations of securities and cash beyond prior periods.
The report, due today, aims to reveal details and purpose behind the bank issue as public safety concerns drive calls for full state and local support of the savings bank system. The hearing is expected to settle these points conclusively.
The piece argues against congressional incorporation of John D. Rockefeller's wealth to promote public welfare. It warns that such a grant would perpetuate Standard Oil power and other corporate influences, suggesting it could subvert democracy by concentrating control over politics and national policy in a private entity.
The article praises Theodore Roosevelt for his Noebel address in Christiania, noting the strong international attention to his pacification plan and arms control. It argues his speech stands as the high point of his European remarks and could influence chancelleries and future life work.
The Post cautions that it is premature to declare the defeat of the federal income tax amendment in Massachusetts and New York. The piece argues the amendment was tied to the Payne Aldrich tariff and sought to justify taxing burdens where borne, urging remaining states to recognize the constitutional principle of taxation in their forthcoming votes.
Washington May 5 Chief Wilkie of the Treasury Secret Service tells the House appropriations committee that President Tafts travel drives costs higher. In six months expenses nearly equal those of the previous fiscal year, with protection of the President the main item of increase.
A heated back and forth unfolds as HAM-FISTED HARRY threatens to publish verses unless printed, boasting of toughness and past exploits. The responder dismisses threats, vows to print the poetry, and taunts the letter writer with a sharp, public rebuttal.
Two lovers sit by the shore and hold hands as the tide rises. They watch the pair depart from the altar and the church turn to admire the wedding gone wrong, while the image of being tied drifts away with the sea.
A writer advises a reader to invest 2000 in a correspondence plumbing course promising rapid business. The pitch claims a 1000 capital can yield 5000 in first year and a net profit of 15.00, urging immediate sending of funds. The letter warns against starting without consulting the adviser and frames plumbing as vastly more profitable than robbing banks.
A fragmented line reads like a diary note about a man and his little memories. It hints at the futility of money without meaning and the sustenance found in small, personal recollections.
The exchange notes a continuity flaw in a novel chapter where Clarissa is described as gazing at Clifford Dangerfield, but is revealed to be blinded earlier. The dialogue mocks the misalignment between action and injury and questions how the gaze occurs within the narrative.
Ex President Roosevelt tours Stockholm during a European visit. He will spend most time in Staden the old town on an island at Lake Malaren, linked by bridges to Norrmalm and Sodermann. Staden centers civic life housing the Royal Palace Parliament town hall and historic churches.
A Boston column reports on a foreign broker’s hat prank turning serious when a man misidentifies a hat as his own. It also notes Robert Edeson and wife Georgie Porter planning Boston visits, subway boats seen near Charlestown, a father mistaken as mamma by a child, and new stairways at Dudley street terminal. Other items cover a Brookline technology field keeper Tom McInery moving to Fox Hill NJ, a kleptomaniac cat, a record egg from a North Woburn farm, a walking club in Dorchester led by St Matthew's church members, and plans for summer strolls.
The Rev. Webster Powell of First Dorchester Methodist Episcopal Church received a gold gift at a church gathering to support a needed vacation. The Gordon School graduation events at Calvin Street Church span next week with sermons, reunions, exams, and musical programs led by Rev. D B Jutten. Evangelical Alliance of Greater Boston to hold a Park Street Church public meeting at 10 30 with speakers Norris of New Jersey and Risner of Tyler Texas.
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