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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1908
Page
6
Publication data from Post Publishing Co lists issue number 36 of volume 193 dated November 11 1908 with office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
Editorial Rooms Nos. 1004 1005 Main Business Office Nos. 1383 1384 Main All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration Notify us by postal at once if you cannot obtain the Post regularly from your newsdealer or newsboy FE A GROZIER Editor and Publisher.
The proclamation emphasizes peace over crops and business, urging gratitude for peace as life, and calling people to use it for the benefit of the least fortunate neighbor. It presents a humanistic, national aspiration and a prayerful request to seek and share peace.
Public opinion in South Dakota decisively rejects the old divorce policy. The referendum abolishes license-based fast divorces, requires residence before divorce and adds publicity to proceedings, signaling a moral shift and deterring the practice as an industry.
The Ways and Means hearings on tariff revision begin in Washington led by Representative Payne who resists reducing the Dingley tariff. He says the election did not turn on tariff reform and that the protectionist stance remains strong despite calls from Bryan supporters.
The passage questions the aims of Taft era tariff policy and asks whether a March briefing will relieve burdens or enforce a maximum and minimum schedule. It challenges Congress to recognize public demand for relief beyond the stated threat to foreign imports.
Reported Reichstag sessions show the Kaiser under pressure as Von Buelow promises restraint after a London Telegraph interview. Calls grow for a Federal Council meeting amid Bavarian and other states resisting Prussian dominance, with questions about Germany’s future and leadership.
The six New England Governors will convene in this city to pursue joint actions for conservation forestry fisheries and manufacturing. The conference marks the first gathering of governors from the six states in national history and seeks coordinated policy without overhauling existing law.
A reader urges keeping Sunday public library reading rooms open by cutting spending on new books. He questions budget cuts and argues the rooms serve lodgers and others who seek magazines and reference material, criticizing overemphasis on scarce popular novels.
General Samuel E. Chamberlain, famed as the Veteran of Veterans in Grand Army circles, died yesterday at St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester. He was nearly eighty, served as warden of Charlestown State prison for ten years, then led the State prison at Wethersfield, Connecticut for eight years, retiring in 1893.
John Henniker Heaton, pioneer of the penny postage concept, spoke at the Royal Colonial Institute urging immediate adoption of one penny per word for cablegrams. He argued that current rates hinder urgent communication and called for swift reform.
A poem titled A Feast of Flowers presents vivid floral imagery in a domestic setting. Grace Foury from Roxbury Mass offers a whimsical menu of roses violets forget-me-nots and pansies paired with honey and dew. The piece closes with a quotation about ignorance and despair.
A Portland man letters Haskell Foraker proposing to buy air rights between major cities and form a company to lease airspace to airship ventures. Foraker asks four dollars as a starter investment, while a skeptical correspondent questions title to air and risks of mixed air rights and prior schemes.
Pixley and Luders present Marcelle at the Casino New York with Louise Gunning Elsa Ryan and Lawrence Wheat in the cast. Jess Dandy stars in broad comic form while Bar on von Berghoff seeks a 19 year old heir and a plot spins through mistaken identity and amorous escapades. Music by Luders and lavish Shubert staging accompany a social comedy tone. Tomorrow features scenes from The Battle starring Wilton Lackaye.
In a sharp reply to editor Haskell, the writer rejects a $4 partnership offer in favor of a counterproposal. He suggests borrowing the amount and financing the venture, then seeking legal services at cut rates or half-price, with a retainer of $100 if accepted. He hints at future suits over aerial rights with expert legal support.
Simkins calls the fellow crazy but Timkins says he is only eccentric. Simkins notes the man speaks as if lacking sense, while Timkins asserts the man possesses a goodly number of dollars.
The Phenix, once the burning question of his day, rises from ashes in splendor. He grows more splendid in feathers and continues business at the same old stand. Despite talk, he is not quite extinct today as Century Magazine notes this wondrous bird.
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