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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1908
Page
6
The Boston Post issue from November 14 1908 reports daily news from Boston and surrounding areas with advertisements notices and brief items. This edition lists Post Publishing Co as publisher and shows the office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
Subscription details for The Post dated November 9 1908, including Daily and Sunday Post rates, durations, and Canadian per copy price. Notices emphasize advance payment, discontinuation on expiration, and where to send payments and notices. Editor and publisher named as FEA GROZIFR.
The author condemns President Roosevelt for saying classes were arrayed against each other in the election. It questions which class he claims to represent and whether he intends to leave office claiming dominance of one class over another in American society.
The Lowell police patrolman George H Brown may run for mayor. He has a right to seek office even if his platform calls for police control changes. Critics say Police Board officials overstep by disciplining him. He is a free agent before his police duties and deserves a fair chance.
The current report of the Chinese Emperor's death, and sometimes the Empress Dowager's death, causes no ripple in world affairs. China’s internal authority remains anomalous and external relations hinge on the regime’s practical power, not the sovereign's person. Outside China, the symbolic end of the Manchu dynasty would not unsettle most observers.
The piece notes two years of US intervention under a Magoon provisional government and a census kept for fair voting. It highlights Liberal candidate General Jose Miguel Gomez facing Conservative rival Menocal, with both pledging to accept the vote and preserve the republic and equal rights.
The article notes the Cuba election’s significance hinges on turnout after the 1936 municipal vote saw under 270000 ballots cast from a qualified voter registration of over 450000. Apathy could dampen optimism for broad popular backing of the republic.
The Conference of Governors of New England lays out a home focused program under Governor Guild. It covers highways shellfish forests water supplies and river flows across states with aim of concurrent regulation and harmonious action. The public may attend the Tremont Theatre during Thanksgiving week opening days.
The nation’s eye on Taft and Bryan is rivaled by Harvard, Dartmouth, Yale, and Princeton today. Dartmouth meets Harvard at Cambridge, Princeton faces Yale at New Haven, all shaping the alleged Yale-Harvard clash next week. The Stadium crowds overflow as the season’s balance hinges on these games and the final New Haven test.
The Massachusetts Legislature codifies highway law. Drivers must keep to the right when full view is unavailable and pass on the left only when the road ahead is clear. Observing these simple rules could prevent many destructive collisions and guide the automobile’s role in civilization.
More than 3000 copies of the Boston Post were sold in Milford and Hopedale this morning, outpacing every other morning paper combined.
New York November 13 Republican Assemblymen from Kings County passed a resolution endorsing Timothy L Woodruff for the United States Senate seat to replace Thomas Platt whose term ends next March.
Column by Newton Newkirk explores a sphinx’s riddle through satirical insights. The piece blends nickname humor with reflections on mysteries, inviting readers to ponder elusive answers and daily curiosities.
The piece questions Dr Colin A Scott of Boston Normal School who argues women over thirty should not teach unless married. It rejects the view, citing examples of independent unmarried women and contrasting maternal and paternal teaching methods.
A fragment from a page notes a critique calling the Little Hens of a group a failure and claims a miserable result. The readable text is sparse and lacks clear context or identifiable events.
Brown of Harvard seeks wealth and romance in a bustling urban scene. He courts Lola From Berlin and meets the Dairy Maids Parisian Model, then fails to win her and ends up back in Idaho with a ranch job. A chance rescue by The Girl From the Golden West leads to marriage and a new life at last.
An English scientist foresees 100 years of progress in diet and temperance eliminating disease except violence or old age. He imagines no illness and no need for doctors, only surgeons and surgical tailoring for accidents, with the appendix ignored or restored as unused.
The Girls of Gottenburg, an English musical comedy from George Edwardes, opened in New York imported by Charles Frohman. Gertie Millar James W. Blakeley and Lionel Mackinder lead a refined, wholesome cast with bright music and witty ensemble moments.
The passage imagines a future where people enjoy constant health as age advances. It predicts living to 100, possibly 150 or 200, with daily vitality and minimal illness through self care, envisioning life becoming monotonously well in a long healthy lifespan.
Bulgarians advance to meet the Turks and mistake Turkish cigarettes for enemy smoke. A Bulgar captain shouts the approach while the Bulgar general orders retreat back to the Balkans to avoid suffocation as the line breaks.
In a southern cabin a narrator Ned earns praise as a great storyteller. Aunt Chloe confirms his talents, noting in summer he tells ghost tales that chill the marrow and in winter he spins yarns that make blood bile, keeping listeners warm without a fire.
Nearly 400 attended a reception for Rev. William N. Tufts newly called to Union Square Somerville. Rev. Dr. George W. King reports strong revival attendance at People's Temple. West Somerville church faces Jan 1 resignation by Rev. Edward E. Braithwaite. Boston ministers plan alliance with Evangelical next week. Cambridge’s Rev. Dr. Alexander MacKenzie to speak. Kobe School head S Kukobo arrives to study at Boston University. Union Congregational in Hopedale extends call to Rev. James C. Alvord. decision pending. Rev. Charles Gordon Ames to preach tomorrow at First Parish Brookline. Rev. Dr. William H. Lyon of that church currently in Europe.
The Massachusetts Fish and Game League is sending large quantities of wild rice to Mr. James J. Ryan in South Carver for East Head. The league bought ponds and property at East Head to develop a game preserve with several improvements planned.
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