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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1909
Page
8
Daily publication notice for Post Publishing Co dated November 66 1909 edition number 82 volume 197 with office address in Boston Massachusetts.
The Daily rate is one year money due in advance with six months at 1.50 and shorter terms. The Sunday Post costs 2.50 yearly and 1.25 for six months. Canada copies 9c each. Entered second class at Beaton Mass. Editor Be A Grozier notes advance payment only and discontinuation at expiry.
The Finance Commission urges heads of departments to curb city officials participation in party politics. It warns that non-partisan charter reforms could be undermined by officials promoting their allies. The piece notes past influence of a City Hall ring and calls for departmental action.
The Aero Club of America will stage a major aviation event on Long Island rivaling Rheims and Blackpool as it contests the Michelin Trophy once held by Wilbur Wright in 1908. Wright plans to compete again and predicts a daylight to dusk flight, signaling aviation reliability under skilled hands acrossEngland.
The annual report by Superintendent Stratton D Brooks notes a major shift toward teacher involvement in policy making. Boston establishes high school councils to ensure consistent adherence to policies across districts and schools, aiming to guide final authority of the School Board.
The editorial warns that many nomination papers demonstrate speculative aims and risk overloading the official ballot. It argues voters will use write-ins or stickers to select candidates, urging calm consideration as Dec 17 deadline approaches and the Election Board accepts filings.
The passage discusses plans for systematic participation of elementary teachers in shaping major school policies. It envisions preserving initiative and individuality while adding organized cooperation. The beginning is seen as the greatest achievement for Boston public schools in the past year.
The article argues that West Point and Annapolis cadets suffer more injuries due to limited practice time and reliance on brute strength. It criticizes headlong dives and praises proper technique, noting no deaths from the modern rules among leading universities while defending football’s physical benefits.
A humorous verse contrasts people with bricks and requests for flattery, kicks, and playful mischief. It imagines chaotic, competitive behavior in daily life and ends with a call for contentment despite envy and theft.
A humorous exchange on daily excesses and a long fan letters piece. It includes Elbert Hubbard's D F concept and a jokey Q and A about the six-spot of diamonds and the curling iron. The curling iron tale describes a woman heating and curling hair with implied misadventure and a punchline.
The article highlights the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden with 250 acres of greenhouses and diverse specimens. It notes the focus on rare orchids, wide international collection, and studies by Dr. N L Britton and Dr. W A Murrill, plus a forthcoming feature on Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt's Fifth Avenue home.
Observant Citizen notes a larger turnout than last year for the Boston journalists reunion at Young's with about 60 acceptances. Editors from long ago are welcomed and Harvard aids the squad with Minots light.
A series of popular entertainments will start at Maverick Church East Boston tonight. Union Church hosts a choral vesper tomorrow at 7 30. Frank Curtis speaks to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Lynn on The Power of Christ in a Drunkard's Life. All Souls Day services at St John’s Dorchester feature The Life Everlasting. The Boston Baptist Bethel will feed thousands on Thanksgiving Day and seeks donations to treasurer Louis A Stopp Malden. Dr Lyman Beecher Sperry of Oberlin opens lectures at Y M C A Association Hall tomorrow at 3 30 on Quacks and Quackery.
The verse parodies self confidence as a would be singer painter and writer. It compares grand ambitions to stubborn neighbors warnings and comic failures while lampooning vanity in art and literature with line notes attributed to Walt Mason.
A stray dog hid its head in refuse while startled occupants watched as an officer nudged it free. Miss Jennie Dyer recovers from illness and plans a two week Cat Skill Mountains vacation before resuming choir duties. Miss Alvira Leverone arrives in Boston from Lynnfield ahead of her engagement with the Boston Opera Company. Mrs. Henry Russell arrives with travel baggage and intends to buy dresses in the U.S. Signor Constantino discusses improving English while in Boston for opera work. Assistant U.S. District Attorney William Garland marries and receives silver service as well as candid marriage advice from Lewis. A moving picture feature at the Boston 1915 Exposition portrays the Church.
A Boston society column recounts a church pageant with participants from Wellesley and Harvard, plus a view inside Mrs. Jack Gardner’s estate. It reports T. F. Burns of South Boston engaged to Annie Fallon of Roxbury, and pianist Lawrence B. O’Connor returning to Boston for winter appearances. A local joke about the Harris family’s Sunday church arrival is also shared.
A photograph taken yesterday in the shopping district near Tremont and Bosworth streets shows a headless woman wearing the same costume as in the shot. A $5 reward is offered for the woman to identify herself by calling the City Editor at the Post between 3 and 5 pm.
A woman asks her husband if he would reward a kidnapper in a hypothetical, and he answers that he always rewards those who do him favors, framing a strange conditional.
A youthful question prompts a wry reply from a chronic dyspeptic. The exchange plays on proving things by experience versus skepticism, highlighting a humorous clash of wisdom and doubt.
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