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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1911
Page
10
The Boston Post issue from November 6 1911 presents a daily paper front with office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts and issue details. The page includes standard masthead and publication number for that date.
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A Boston observer cites an Interborough Bulletin anecdote in which a guard responds rudely to a passenger asking if a train goes downtown. The writer argues such insolence taints the Interborough and contrasts with the courtesy of Boston Elevated Railway staff noted by visitors.
Governor Plais ted and his council meet in Augusta to declare whether the state vote on constitutional prohibition stands wet or dry. The nearby tally is disputed by unofficial corrections and questions the official records. The piece urges a swift, decisive stance rather than calling a special session.
The state election ballot asks voters in Boston and Hyde Park to approve merging the town with the city. The editorial argues annexation brings lower taxes and a five cent streetcar fare, noting Hyde Park is already geographically within Boston and supporting expansion for a "Greater Boston."
The editorial urges Massachusetts voters to back the Democratic ticket led by Governor Foss. It contrasts Democratic support for tariff reform federal income tax and state finance oversight with Republican opposition, arguing real reform will benefit the nation and state.
The planned move to consign all mail to the dead letter office at Washington addressed to Santa Claus was dropped in official circles. Benevolent associations will still receive Santa mail and respond as appropriate. The Chicago postmaster also began excluding picture cards deemed in poor taste, such as men and women kissing, from transmission.
The text questions strict postal rules targeting art and morality, arguing clerks who fail to enforce such standards risk dismissal. It doubts the necessity of a postal autocrat dictating manners and says real offenses in mailing can be corrected without broad restrictions on culture.
The piece argues the Underwood tariff revision was careful and informed. It notes 14 Democratic Ways and Means members had 114 total years in Congress and many weeks on Schedule K, aided by treasury experts and accountants. It contends critics won t acknowledge these facts and urges truth about tariff work.
The narrator recalls wandering in Colon's Japanese art store and haggling over a silk kimono and a Panama hat, learning about duty free limits, then sails to Santa Marta, Colombia. He describes seasickness, windy trade winds, and sights of El Morro, the harbor, and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, hinting at future installments.
A Brockton straw poll attempt ends in a deaf man’s reply directing the inquiring reporter to the police. A Denver telegraph worker recalls Paul Revere’s ride, noting a dusty journey and wishing telephones crossed the Atlantic earlier.
Augustus L. Thorndike of Brewster, seeking state treasurer, dined at the Hotel Thorndike and learned that the hotel carries his family name. He recalls a large private Thorndike orchard once occupied the site near the city center about 25 years ago.
On a cold Roxbury day a druggist used a long fishing pole to reach across the room and close a door left open by a departing patron. The dexterous action halted drafts and ended the incident.
The Boston Post presents Amos the eighth century prophet in a Dore illustration showing him atop a barren hillside outside an Israelite town. The piece contrasts his stern warnings against luxury and social injustice with the era’s prosperity and moral decay.
A Boston columnist recounts colorful vignettes from city life including police wagon sightings, a streetcar conductor’s reminiscences, a landlady and canaries, a Cambridge ornithologist report on great white egrets, and curios about curare and nitrous oxide experiments. Also notes on German imports, air anesthesia claims, and suffrage lectures by A Maude Royden.
A drugstore clerk in the South End devised a closing time scheme by releasing strong ammonia at the rear of the shop. The plan sent patrons fleeing the premises, with the incident drawing political interest and concern from those nearby.
The body of Owen Anthony cook steward aboard the steamer Cymric of the White Star Line was found floating near the Hoosac Tunnel docks yesterday. He had been missing since the evening.
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