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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1911
Page
8
Boston daily Post publishes vacation issue guidance and subscription rates. It explains mail delivery options, advance payment requirements, and contact details for E A Grozier publisher. It notes price differences for the Sunday Post and foreign copies and urges advance payment.
Assurances flow that a pending resolution to move the presidential inauguration from March 4 to the last Thursday in April will pass this session. The change requires constitutional amendment and state ratification. Reform aims to shorten the gap between congressional elections and the new session, aligning the first session sooner after polls.
The Interstate Commerce Commission prepares a nationwide inquiry into express companies. Petitions from 125 cities including New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston and others urge action against unreasonable rates. Hearings will be held across regions as experts may be appointed. radical reform is urged by business groups and citizens alike.
Seventeen students from Baltimore under Dr Charles F Simon offered to test a cancer cure on themselves after seeing animal results. The doctor accepted the gesture but explained the proposal cannot proceed. He notes the students understand the risks and the terrors involved.
A speaker reflects that a noble offer must be declined due to risks. He argues no sane doctor would approve such an experiment now. He warns it could cost many lives and insists on relying on animals until cancer’s mystery nears a solution, confident redemption will come.
The piece argues against a Massachusetts income tax as duplicative with federal measures and notes existing sparse assessments. It recalls Civil War era tax debates, constitutional challenges, and warns double taxation could burden residents while income derives from various sources.
A rustic verse from Neponset Mass recounts Phyllis the lass and her flirtatious lawn romance with a swain while neighbors spy. The poem hints at a future suitor as Phyllis resists with her new attire and cautious steps. Local writer Bertram signs off with a note on prize fighting and a challenge from Jack Johnson.
The American Ice Company known as the Ice Trust agrees to dissolve and transfer all state property to the Albany built Knickerbocker Ice Company of New York. It promises not to renew ice trade restraints and to drop suits, and pays a $5000 fine after a World and attorney general push. The move frees small ice dealers to trade with any supplier.
A New Hampshire street railway, the Portsmouth & Exeter, struggles as the New York Trust Company seeks a federal court order to sell and discontinue. The state Attorney General argues the line must remain in operation under a NH charter, possibly reaching the Supreme Court to decide whether state charters can be overridden. The aging line could become internationally famous for the legal fight.
The 99th birthday observance for poet Robert Browning took place yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock, hosted by the Boston Browning Society in Cambridge at the old Cambridge Baptist Church. It marked the first time the annual service was held outside Boston, honoring society president Rev Dr Woodman Bradbury of Odaka GE.
An open letter from Pete the Pug of Jamaica Plain challenges a July 4 boxing bout in Mechanics Hall listing weights and measurements, admission details, and a request for a permit from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Prize Fighters. Johnson is urged to respond.
A Brady photograph shows members of Companies C and D, First Massachusetts Regiment of Cavalry, at Peters burg Virginia in August 1864. The piece recalls Civil War struggles around Richmond and highlights regimental leaders, battles including Aldie 1863, and postwar honors with memorial tablets commemorating Aldie and Gettysburg.
The piece invites women to visit the Matamoras Ohio Enterprise office on any press day to see printing in action. It extols village progress with a jaunty tone, claiming the boom is on in Matamoras and the paper is optimistic about bigger and better things.
A sharp quip notes some people are fooled completely by a lure. The writer uses a nautical image to suggest gullibility and overconfidence.
A wounded man lies dying as a calm physician faces a fateful choice. The patient is Mark Pierson, once believed dead, now revealed to the doctor and a sheriff arrives to recover the fugitives. The doctor declares the man dead.
A lively bazaar scene features shoppers and sellers swapping wares in good humor despite a rainy morning. An old farmer pays 5 shillings for an ugly vase while joking about its price and value. A sign touts lunch options for 6d, drawing in patrons with bargain meals and lively chatter.
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