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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1909
Page
8
Daily issue details from Post Publishing Co with date November 16 1909 and edition number 39 in volume 197, listing office at 259 Washington St Boston Mass.
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The Taft administration aims to save 20 million dollars in next year's river and harbor work. Boston seeks 1.2 million to continue the 35 foot harbor channel. The piece urges trimming funds for Bug Creek Bagaduce River Catfish Bay and other less essential waters.
The piece questions Speaker Cannon's sanity after a Bloomington address where he claimed Herman Ridder offered to back him for president if print paper duties are removed. Ridder denies the charge calling Cannon crazy and notes Cannon's aging and recent baseball involvement as possible color. The piece ponders Cannon's fate when Congress reconvenes.
The trustees seek 1 250 000 dollars yearly income plus subscriptions to cover current expenses. Construction costs of the new building were partly met by 600 000 dollars in gifts and unrestricted funds. The week offers free admission to the new building to inspire continued support for education and enlightenment.
The proposed copper producers cartel aims to control about a billion pounds of annual output, with Calumet & Hecla and Phelps-Dodge as anchors. It promises price stability for metal users and potential benefits for labor, but only if the group acts as a responsible, public‑spirited business rather than a stock‑ticker menace.
The text argues that public nature or public life prevails in many domains and that public sentiment will demand prudent, wise governance and leadership. It emphasizes the authority and influence of public opinion.
The piece argues Boston authorities should license Salvation Army holiday fundraisers while enforcing reasonable conditions. It notes Chapter 538 of 1909 allows licensed public solicitations with oversight by the Overseers of the Poor and police approval, stressing the need for clear rationale if licenses are withheld and condemning excessive red tape.
Doctor Winslow warned that many large factories suffer poor sanitary conditions with dangerous dusts in flax cotton emery and glass that injure lungs and enable tuberculosis. State health authorities have made progress but reform depends on workers and employers cooperating for safer, longer lasting factory life.
A satirical piece titled Antony's Funeral Oration presented in a modernized Rome setting. It mocks Cesar, Brutus, and political figures with playful anachronisms, witty stage directions, and comic dialogue about overcoats, airships, and a political spectacle.
A fragmented humor piece discusses travel on a train with a thin faced woman and her boast of riding on her face. The reply suggests a better alternative is traveling on one’s shape, noting worn physiognomies from such endeavors in a witty exchange.
The Boston city treasurer sent the Commonwealth a 5.4 million dollar payment for state expenses up from last year by about 35 thousand. Boston also received a 1.923 million dollar return for corporation taxes, a net gain for Massachusetts and a reminder to consider city interests in state laws.
A letter argues that climbers must provide verifiable records to confirm reaching the top of Bunker Hill monument in Charles Town. Citing Dr. Cook’s Mt McKinley ascent doubts, the writer urges anyone claiming the summit to leave proof for skeptics to verify the feat.
In New York the Park Row corridor from Broadway to the Brooklyn Bridge carries about one million pedestrians daily, with 400000 crossing the bridge on weekdays. The area hosts the Pulitzer and Tribune buildings, the Federal post office, City Hall and its park, and the Trinity and court houses.
An alcoholic patient showing delirium tremens was kept awake with floor sweeping, then bathed and fed. The treatment led to calm behavior, a restful sleep, and noticeable improvement, praised by the orderly who administered it.
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