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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1910
Page
9
The Boston Post daily edition dated May 18 1910. Newspaper page listing office at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass No 11 Vol 200.
Rates are listed for WAIln One year Six months eight months and one month. The Sunday Post prices are given for one year six months and three months with Canada copy prices. It notes second class matter at Boston post office and that money orders should be made payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. All subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued on expiration. Editor is BE. A. Grozter.
The Massachusetts Senate votes to keep choosing U S Senators by state legislature, arguing reformers aim to reduce corruption. The piece notes 29 states demand a constitutional convention to shift to popular election, calling the plan sound and democratic and urging public trust in a republic.
Colonel Roosevelt, amid a student guard, recasts speech to stress virile fighting virtues and domestic strength. The Berlin address reiterates old themes of power and family as Teutonic hope, while offering no reason to alter prior Nobel remarks’s high praise.
Evidence from Newton police court shows a team loaded with calves found guilty of cruelty and fined. Dead and live calves destined for a dressed meat purveyor raise public health concerns. The driver appeals prompting a Superior Court review with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals likely pursuing further inquiry.
A fragment suggests a warning that strict adherence to building and wiring codes prevents fires. It cites the destruction of Governor Draper’s Beacon Street residence by fire in October caused by an electric heater illegally installed. The governor reportedly knew nothing of the lapse, though the architect may have.
Protection of property or even of life demands complete acquiescence in the wise regulations as to the making of houses or other buildings.
A public demand against the Civil Service Commission criticizes secrecy and lack of reasons in its actions. The piece argues for open, daylight governance, accountability, and fair treatment of individuals named or affected, urging transparency in public affairs.
The piece argues against the belief that a constitutional convention would be captured by politicians. It notes past conventions produced wise amendments and questions the claim that modern conventions must be controlled by charlatans, challenging assumptions about national character and reform.
The Chamber of Commerce publishes a weekly plan for summer parades in Boston praising a route that includes City Hall and the State House. It notes the Dom inion and Public Garden stretches, offering observers comfortable viewing while avoiding transportation and trade disruption.
The article argues direct nomination reforms in New York push toward closer mass election influence, despite a temporary setback for reform. It stresses direct primaries for party officers and divisions, criticizing machine control and urging further democracy to bring government nearer to the people.
A playful note from a column titled What the Sphinx Says. It hints that trouble is the inevitable companion when chasing a sought object or answer, reflecting a wry view on pursuit and consequence.
A humorous column reflects public nerves about Halley’s comet and its imagined danger. The narrator recounts a bungled attempt at observing the sky from home, including alarm clocks, a fall from a barrel, a neighbor’s sighting, and a messy night, concluding there is no real threat.
The article outlines Roosevelt’s European tour with stops in Berlin where he sees the Emperor Frederick Museum collection of 850 paintings 140 drawings and 150 sculptures from 19th century German masters. It notes the National Gallery with Wagner’s bequest forming its 1861 foundation and describes the architecture and purpose to spur German art. It also highlights Berlin’s new museum housing a premier Egyptian antiquities collection gathered by German archaeologists. The piece previews tomorrow’s image of the Hall of the Imperial Diet and the National Monument to Bismarck.
A brisk column blends light regional notes and playful anecdotes. It mentions Andrew Bailey and his royal encounter, Perkins Institution for the Blind youths, Captain Albert Paige’s retirement, Judge Bruce’s auto speed fines, and a Newton Corner whist party prize mix up with a hair brush gift.
The gold headed cane given to the late William H. Samler by the Boston Post was re presented last evening to Isaiah Merrifield aged 87. Merrifield, a Norwood resident since 1844, will receive the cane upon his death of the holder. He worked 35 years as a cabinet maker and remains active tending chickens daily. Selectman Hartshorn presented the cane and wished him long life.
Thomas Richardson, a former Chelsea city official and a prominent hardware and paint dealer, died yesterday at his home 26 Chester Avenue Chelsea after about three weeks of pneumonia illness.
In Saginaw Michigan on May 12 Forest Pedit of Standish attempted suicide by taking carbolic acid after her father forced a young male caller from their home at two in the morning.
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