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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1909
Page
6
Daily and Sunday editions priced for domestic and Canada delivery. Subscriptions require advance payment. Change of address available and contact numbers provided. Editor and Publisher E A Grozier oversees postal and office operations.
The article argues for granting U S citizenship to Porto Ricans and establishing a legitimate territorial government as urged by President Taft. It condemns lingering political schemes from the Spanish era and calls for stable governance to integrate the island.
The McIntire direct nomination bill faces decisive House action amid GOP pressure. Supporters cite 129 in favor of people’s control vs 82 for machine influence, urging legislators to oppose the party machine and let the will of the people prevail. Governor Hughes is cited as a model in reform battles.
The piece evokes Rangeley spring as ice breaks signaling opening of the season. Anglers sharpen lines and test leaders while revising fly patterns in hopeful anticipation of great fish returned from winter. The author notes tales of icebound catches but waits for the official ice out to confirm spring.
Mayor Hibbard seeks legislative approval to extend Boston’s high pressure water service for firefighting. Based on New York’s example, the plan would use Charles River water park as a source, extending protection across a wider urban area at a feasible cost per city estimates. The city engineer projects substantial material value from the system.
President Taft sends a special message to Congress describing the deadlock between Porto Rico’s appointive Executive Council and the popularly elected House of Delegates. He recommends authorizing government on prior year appropriations until a solution is reached and criticizes the influence of demagogues and autocratic impulses from local leadership.
Professor Bullock of Harvard addresses Dorchester urging a broad municipal plan. He calls for civic groups churches labor and business leaders to back reform in government, housing and transportation while challenging all citizens to contribute to progress. Washington and Boston examples are cited as evidence of possible gains.
Returns from Saturday's parliamentary acta show eight seats won by Sir Edward Morris supporters and two for Sir Robert Bond. Counts were meagre and indecisive as of tonight in St. John's Newfoundland.
Newton Newkirk notes reader requests to rename Slipshod Sue for easier pronunciation. He regrets it is too late to change the character’s name to something simpler, despite the frequent mispronunciations like Shipshod Sue.
In a late night tent scene Colonel Roosevelt and Stealthy Steve discuss plans to reach Crystal Mountain, the fabled diamond site, by exploiting expedition papers. Early morning elephant hunt ups the risk as they stalk a herd and confront a massive lead bull.
A romance that began when Alexander E. Atkins studied music with Miss Jennie Dorothy Cole in earlier years culminated this afternoon in a marriage conducted by Rev. Arthur E. Harriman at the East Baptist Church.
A brown pointer shows athletic potential in tug of war with a collie pup on Tufts Hill in Somerville as residents watch. Miss Helen True to recital at the Tuileries next Thursday morning marks a social highlight. Postoffice Inspector McLeod helps trap fugitive John H. Reniger in New York after a near miss. A Quincy group forms to educate on fly dangers. one member even hopes for state funded fly extermination. A Back Bay resident complains about baldness while story-telling at a gathering features his son Bobby using hair growth remedy. Winthrop yachtsmen push boat launch forward as May breezes arrive, with boats returning to moorings for the season.
The poem satirizes the demise of old circus freaks and acts once famed in sideshows. It notes vanished performers like the half ton lady and Ossified Man and mocks the heartbroken clown of the two headed calf.
A hurried man loses his rubbers as an Elevated car departs from a Chelsea stop while a nearby church grounds undergo beautification after a fire. Boston schoolgirls gather for a battalion drill at Mechanics Hall as William Eaton nears full recovery from a sprain. City officials consider auto patrols at Hanover station with Officer Driscoll and Patrolman McCard. Brookline parents clash with a later school year end, preferring a June close and early September reopen.
A Hawaii bill prohibits women from wearing sailor blouses military hats hat pins made of naval buttons warship ribbons or other naval or military insignia. The measure started to bar National Guard apparel off duty and was amended to cover all naval or military insignia worn by women.
A large audience attended the Wagner Night at the Pops in Symphony Hall last night. The program for the evening included a mix of selections from Wagner, Massenet, Offenbach, and other composers with performances by soloists and an organist.
Columbus Ohio May 10 Mrs Alice Roosevelt Longworth has applied for and received a license tag from the state automobile department suggesting plans to spend time in Ohio or undertake an automobile trip through the state.
OSWEGO N Y May 10 Dr Mary Walker whose wearing of masculine attire has made her famous across the country says in an interview she approves of sheath gowns but condemns scanty stage costumes. She has no plan to give up trousers for a sheath gown.
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