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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1911
Page
10
The Boston Post issue dated November 9 1911 notes the daily publication by Post Publishing Co at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts No 8 Vol 209. It serves as a historical newspaper record for this date.
The notice lists annual and shorter subscription prices for Daily and The Sunday Post, with Canada per copy rates and a payment policy. It notes second class matter status in Boston, advance payment requirements, and discontinuation on expiration. Contact details include editors and business offices with room numbers at 1004-1005-7008 and 1383-1384 Main.
The Boston Journal asks what would have happened if Lodge and ex Governor Draper had entered the contest at the Republican board’s request. Statisticians elsewhere on Tuesday chose Frothingham by about 40 000 in a hypothetical exercise, sparking debate over imagination and outcomes.
Canada may settle the question within its jurisdiction whether United Shoe Machinery is a restraint on trade before conclusions are reached in the United States. Canadian courts have not defined monopoly as reasonable. A yearlong inquiry began, the Privy Council ruling against United Shoe Machinery, and the inquiry is to proceed again. It remains to see which country will fare better for the organization.
The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia affirms the federal anti bucket shop law while noting it alone cannot curb the practice. State statutes like Massachusetts have largely driven bucket shops from the scene, showing the main impact relies on state action despite federal rulings. The Massachusetts legislature is praised for its effective stance.
The $40 000 Nobel prize for chemistry goes to Mme Curie, hailed as the greatest woman scientist known. She previously shared the 1903 physics prize with her husband for radiu m discovery, now crowned in her field. Her achievement inspires other women in science pursuing fame and fortune through merit.
The recall figures do not prove a mandate against Mayor Fitzgerald. Voters cited reasons from term length to general principle, with some supporting another chance. Only a portion of the 37,692 who favored January election intend to remove him from office.
Edward F. McSweeney urged the Boston association to address housing as the root of tuberculosis. He criticized weak enforcement of existing health laws and said overcrowded, unsanitary old buildings persist despite new construction and statutes.
The piece condemns wrongdoing and greed as prolific causes for tuberculosis spread. It notes Mr. McSweeney stirs up the animals and expects the address to help crush the preventable scourge that should have been wiped out long ago.
Eugene N. Foss secures a second Democratic governorship in Republican Massachusetts a historic feat since the Civil War. His rising prominence, aided by progressive issues and a knack for defeating Republicans, positions him as a national asset with potential future influence in the Democratic Party while he contemplates retirement to business life.
The Post reviews its prior forecast that the Massachusetts election would be close and that Governor Foss would win by a small plurality. The actual result surpassed expectations with an 8008 margin. The piece contrasts logical forecasting with partisan prophecy and defends its method.
The U S Circuit Court of New York approves the American Tobacco Company's reorganization plan but critics say it fails to curb the trust's power. Judges allow limited disintegration and three year non-expansion, while the government loses a potential future intervention. Time will reveal if the remedy works or the old abuses resume.
Arsys asks Wallie for facts while Begbert notes occasional work. The exchange hints at idle effort and curiosity in a light, fragmentary dialogue.
A historical survey traces Boston’s evolving seat of government from the 17th century Town House to the 1822 formal city government in Faneuil Hall, noting the 1865 occupation of the present City Hall and earlier structures, including the 1810 County Court House and fires that shaped the City’s leadership. It mentions Wendell Phillips family ties, the Joy estate, Beacon Hill, and the 1640 Street plan reflecting Boston’s growth beyond “out of town” limits.
Newton Newkirk recalls planning and attending the ninth annual American Press Humorists convention in Boston. Highlights include Norumbega Park, a harbor trip, a Algonquin Club dinner, and a $10,000 fire entertainment. Jokes about trains and beans mark the week as lively and unruly.
An observer notes the city’s widespread tearing down of buildings during a period of renewal. The piece also cites a Boston paper debate on gray versus grey terminology, arguing tints are light and dark shades are proper.
A 1911 verse by Walt Mason laments alcohol's grip across seasons and crises. The speaker notes whiskey, rum, rye, and bug juice as remedies, while a widow cures sorrow by mortgaging the cow for a misfit pine box. Saloons profit amid hardship as winter storms and death press on the weary.
The Men and Religion Forward Movement in Greater Boston schedules a series of lectures at Old South Church Chapel. Speakers include Robert M. Yerkes on psychology of adolescence and Milton S. Littlefield on teaching the Bible to boys, with additional talks through December by Dewitt G. Wilcox Frank Lincoln Masseck and H. W. Gibson.
A Realty Broker predicts the property will surface as floodwaters retreat. The at will statement suggests market activity hinges on water levels and return to normal conditions.
A newsboy hawks two editions with Frothingham’s win and Foss’s re-election. Posts about Hitchcock at the post office, fashion notes, a rooster escape on Friend Street, New Hampshire suffrage hopes, Malden police chiefs, and a Berkeley streetcar moment ending in unexpected civility.
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