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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1911
Page
10
The Boston Post issue lists subscription rates for different periods and options, including Sunday Post and various Canadian and domestic terms. It specifies payment methods and ordering details, with guidance on sending money and making payments payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery across the United States and possessions for 25 cents per month and the Sunday Post for 50 cents per month. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration without further notice. notify the postal service if the Post is not received regularly.
Crowds gathered at Revere Beach and North End Park as shops and baths remained closed despite hot weather. Citizens waited for a fixed opening date for public baths, calling for administrative action to end the red tape and allow swimming.
Governor Foss approves a ten year extension of state aid to MIT, granting 100000 dollars annually for running expenses. The funds will bolster ongoing removal, extension and rebuilding projects led by MIT alumni, with President Maclaurin vowing the institute will remain in Boston and grow toward independence and greater achievement.
The Department of Agriculture reports US farm wealth at about 10 billion dollars, up from 1909 by over 100 million. It asserts soil as the nation’s bedrock of prosperity, praising fertile lands and the strategic value of agricultural wealth for mutual trade strength.
The article discusses Mexico’s peaceful shift away from civil war as Porfirio Diaz steps aside for a popular successor. It praises moving power from armed control to the people and notes elections have long been centralize controlled. The piece credits Diaz with choosing a measured transition over continued conflict.
The leaders of the insurgents show a favorable temper toward a pledge to maintain order and end fighting, promising to avert external interference. The Mexican people are urged to recognize that war, internal or external, is destructive, and that peace now appears assured through initiative by their own leaders.
A Metropolitan Park Commission action to erect a fence and plant shrubbery along a private Malden ground aims to obscure a billboard trust ad. The piece urges municipal action to protect suburban scenery and curb intrusive commercial placards by official, lawful means. It calls for Boston to follow this example to protect outlying districts.
A critique outlines New York as the panhandlers paradise with estimates of 7000 to 8000 professional beggars. It notes beggars can earn five to six dollars daily, rely on charity during slow business, and face few penalties beyond short jail sentences. The piece argues most beggars are grafters and emphasizes the callousness behind the system.
The article notes a strong resurgence of bicycle riding across all ages, predicting a return to the sport’s mid 1890s heyday. It argues cycling, in moderation, improves health and may prevent a range of ailments from tuberculosis to indigestion and skin diseases, urging public encouragement of the trend.
In Atlanta on May 21, a wife pressed mistreatment charges after her husband refused to kiss her. A judge ordered the man to kiss his wife at least once a day, noting that a wife has a right to such affection and that refusals could lead to law action. He was released pending further complaint.
Brady captured the 1863 assault at Marye's Heights after the Sixth Maine and allied regiments stormed the stone wall. Union troops won on the hill as Confederates fled, while a broader Civil War context highlighted Burnside's December 1862 defeat and Grant's Cold Harbor disaster.
A correspondence from G. to George in East Boston discusses a $2 bet tied to a pun about tunnels. The writer quotes Noah Webster definitions to settle the matter as a tie and offers to remit $1.50 later, noting a typical 10 percent commission but waiving it this time.
In Columbus Mississippi mothers campaign to shield infants from unwanted kissing by men. They tether tags reading Dont kiss me I dont ske it Germs and whiskers may scratch my face, urging respect for children and their right to refuse unwanted affection.
Two friends argue whether a vessel to vessel transfer uses a funnel or a tunnel as the metaphor. They wager a dollar on the correct term and present their chosen wording as a mnemonic aid for the win. The fragment hints at playful linguistic exchanges and a shared bet embedded in a contrived scenario.
A 1911 verse by Walt Mason muses on wasting time in talk and gossip. The speaker teases various negative deeds from idle chatter to mockery and deceit, concluding there is no use in such mischief as the old song laments that “whatever is is wrong.” The piece ends with a humorous attribution.
John Jenkins of Cedar Grove New Jersey grows square peas that stay on the knife blade. This breakthrough addresses the long standing issue with round peas rolling off the knife during meals. Local agricultural novelty promises to change dining etiquette and peas as a staple.
Edmund Carmenti aged 2 of 60 Heath Street Roxbury fell from an open window while at the family table. Fireman William Reid found him in the street with a severe head wound. He was rushed to City Hospital where he remains in dangerous condition.
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