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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1909
Page
8
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co lists edition details and office address in Boston Massachusetts. No additional readable events or names are present in the fragment.
Subscription rates listed for daily and Sunday editions with yearly, half year and short terms. Notices include payment in advance, discontinuation on expiration, and mailing address Boston Massachusetts. Also lists telephone numbers for editorial and business offices and publisher notes.
Enthusiasm for Saturday football contests is dampened by reports of fatal injuries to players in various regions. Accidents occurred mainly in minor games, highlighting lack of training and direction. The core fault lies in imperfect rules that allow reckless, zealous but careless contestants.
The article recalls a year of tropical hurricanes hitting the western continent, with one in July near Galveston and a September surge along the Louisiana coast. Over four months, more than a dozen storms crossed the region, tied to meteorological luck and a passing Halley comet proximity.
In New York this week Madame Palladino will face investigations by Harvard professors Hugo Munsterberg and William James and Tufts doctor Morton Prince. The eminent trio will assess her seances, with Palladino regarded as a leading figure in psychical research. This examination promises a rigorous and high-status review of her reputed abilities.
The article cites Secretary MacVeagh asserting firm action against Sugar Trust frauds and questions why such resolve was not shown earlier. It references a January theft of Treasury papers at the New York custom house and asks what factors spurred this renewed justice drive and the push to unload trusted interests.
The acquittal of Madame Steinheil concludes a trial notable for its operatic atmosphere. Spectators filled the courtroom as the foreman proclaimed no on every question, while critics abroad urge reform to spare French jurisprudence from party bias and sensationalism.
An account of the Cherry NL mine disaster at St. Paul Coal Company praising heroic rescue efforts. Residents not connected to the mine risked and sacrificed their lives in the blaze, with six of the first two bodies being volunteers. The piece notes the catastrophe as among the worst in U.S. mining history in two decades.
A stern critique laments massive casualties and injuries from preventable industrial disasters. The speaker condemns the scale as too great and urges safer methods, noting heroic acts fail to illuminate the pervasive danger.
Reports on price recovery and rising necessities show living costs outpacing wages. New York findings for 1000 workers reveal average full time earnings between 525 and 575 dollars, well below the 800 dollar threshold for a decent standard of living. Federal data for 1415 North Atlantic workers show 834 dollars average income with 778 dollars in expenditures, suggesting a modest surplus but not broad sufficiency. The piece urges careful policy action to sustain labor welfare amid ongoing economic adjustment.
A verse fragment from Lynn Massachusetts asks rhetorical questions linking absence to absence in society. The lines reference a wife without a home a mob at a lynching and a crook in politics as a critical stance from Newton Newkirk.
Before ex Senator Clark’s palace rose on Fifth Avenue the Schwab mansion on Riverside Drive between 73rd and 74th Streets stood as the city’s banner showpiece. Schwab paid 865000 for the 8000 square foot land and the house cost over 5 million to build with a French Renaissance design by Maurice Herbert featuring a Gothic chapel and elaborate Louis XVI rooms for Mrs Schwab.
A reader letter disputes Newt’s plagiarism claim, citing Bill Nye’s paraphrase and a disputed Spartacus to the Gladiators piece. The writer asserts the anonymous All Sorts contributor authored the item, not himself, and demands acknowledgment and accountability.
Boston editors urge creating a zoological garden near the Middlesex Fells. The Zoological Society has funds and aims to secure legislative approval for Metropolitan Park Commission support to house animals donated by the society. Supporters note low costs and high public benefit, urging further private subscriptions to strengthen the request.
The will of Mrs Mary M Dow who died recently is five feet long. It bequeaths 2000 dollars to the New Hampshire Baptist convention. Union Avenue Baptist Church Lakeport receives 3000 dollars. Baptist Home Missionary Society gets 500 dollars. Laconia Hospital Association receives 300 dollars. The remainder to unnamed executors.
A letter exchanges pleasantries about meeting in Hayward and Newt Newkirk of the Post. The writer, Charles B. Loomis of Boston, pledges support for Newt for mayor of Boston while noting a reluctance to reveal the meeting. The message references Clyde Fitch and a jest about prolific writing.
Little of business advice urges thrift in offices while allowing generosity at home. The quote encourages balancing frugality with personal care and family support.
A Newton Centre man recalls pride in his son’s neat appearance while a poorly dressed youth mocks him over dinner invites. A near commuter prank on an elevated train causes widespread sneezing and chaos.
A 1909 verse by Walt Mason laments toil and the idle few who shirk their share, contrasting centuries of labor with modern laziness and the anger of workers who support the loafing couple.
Charles N. Cook a 67 year old Civil War veteran collapsed while riding his bicycle on Mechanic street today and died of heart failure. He was a longtime resident and member of the local veterans circle in Westfield.
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