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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1911
Page
10
An OCR fragment from a Boston newspaper shows subscription details for the Post Democratic Paper Publishing Co. It lists monthly and annual rates, mentions Canada, and credits A Grozter as editor and publisher.
A fragmented passage attacks the Republican milk laws and a veto by Foss, urging voters to consider if the party risks babies’ lives. The wording questions party responsibility and frames milk regulation as a campaign issue.
The piece denounces Champ Clark’s Canada annexation talk and argues it harms reciprocity talks. It defines reactionaries as those who distrust voters’ self rule and oppose measures like income tax and tariff reform. It calls Massachusetts Republicans reactionaries and urges a vote against them, while opposing Schedule K and favoring its revision downward for consumers.
The Harvard athletic association refused to honor a Yale ticket request for Jupiter Mor and returned his check plus cigars as he did not meet requirements. The episode underscores a broader view of Harvard alumni status as it highlights the indifference toward prominent names like J Pierpont Mor of New York versus an obscure alumnus from a remote village.
Colonel W F Cody known as Buffalo Bill steps back from public life after decades as a sensational figure. The younger generation recalls his showmanship and daring acts while elders remember the stark westward struggle he depicted on stage. He will hold a special niche in American hero history.
The governor argues in The Cost of Living that tariffs must raise prices on protected goods to meet their purpose. He dismisses petty duty averages as proof and cites the everyday consumer’s experience as evidence of the Payne Aldrich tariff’s burden.
The article argues the Boston Post misinterprets the Payne Aldrich tariff calling it a lifting-jack tariff. It notes average dutiable rates for 1911 fell sharply versus the 1909 Dingley rate, down by a substantial percentage, and questions the Post framing of tariff effects on living costs.
The Boston Sunday Post faces prosecution concerns over a Schedule K ad. The piece, printed Oct. 29, appeared brevier type and began with a clear disclaimer that it was an advertisement. It purportedly explains Schedule K from the woolen industry viewpoint.
Article explains Schedule K and its provisions from the perspective of woolen manufacturers and operatives in New England. It traces the history and practice while noting a republished Outlook advertising section in the Boston Sunday Herald.
Sunday Post labels the piece as an advertisement while Sunday Herald omits the tag. Both papers acknowledge the ad’s authorship and source. No campaign or candidate references appear in Massachusetts. The discussion centers on wool tariffs as an economic issue.
Newton NewkirK recalls his Panama journey as he critiques canal work. He notes Goethals’s push for progress, visits Culebra Cut and Gatun Dam, chats with Jones the deputy, jokes about drill sharpening costs, and exchanges a misdated currency note while observing the construction site atmosphere.
A 1912 image description recalls Belshazzar and the writing on the wall. It notes Babylon’s grandeur with 380 foot walls, the Euphrates, and a banquet hall full of nobility. The verses recount Daniel interpreting the inscription and predicting Babylon’s ruin, as rulers and sages fail to divine its meaning.
The Boston Post previews its Dore Bible pictures series focusing on the Belshazzar tale. It notes the reading of Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin and the Babylonian throne’s downfall to the Medes and Persians. Remittances for back numbers are accepted via stamps or postal money orders.
In Chicago on Nov 8 the American Young People organization merged all national and Canadian youth church groups to form a united front against the liquor traffic, the social ills, and corruption in public life. The campaign centers on mobilizing young men to engage in electoral politics.
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