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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
10
Local record notes the Boston Post publishing company entry dated November 18 1909 with issue details and office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
Rates listed for Daily and Sunday Post subscriptions with durations and prices. Notices include payment instructions, Canadian copy pricing, postal handling, and editor contact details for E. A. Grozfra, editor and publisher, urging advance payment and discontinuation alerts.
The House of Lords threatens to veto the budget bill, a move described as revolutionary. The peers oppose land taxation, higher income taxes, death duties, and taxes on land value increases, warning of a collision with Liberal electorate sentiment. If Liberals win, the veto could be abolished, reshaping constitutional power.
One week before Thanksgiving, readers are urged to give to Salvation Army lassies collecting in private doorways. The note laments red tape and urges the public to respond generously, expanding the service of kindness and cheer.
President Taft condemns wool tariff as too high and manufacturers mobilize to resist amendments. Steps already taken include securing confidential industry data for census analysis and a wool association figure opposing changes seen as vital to general prosperity. Former textile officials may join government census work as the tariff revision looms.
The passage argues inflation stems from consumption outrunning production with grain and goods feeding the world while Americans produce less. It cites possible motives such as trusts and foreign demand and notes the need for sufficient U S foodstuffs to sustain both domestic use and exports.
The remedy is to increase production and improve distribution at home. Practical minds are devoting effort to these goals. With vast natural resources, success should be reached.
The citizens' convention endorses James J. Storrow for mayor stating he would be an admirable municipal executive. The editors note he may not be the easiest candidate to elected versus alternatives like Joseph H. O'Neil, John R. Murphy, or John A. Sullivan. They warn the campaign will be hard and liken it to a tough fight ahead.
Four years after rule changes football aims to reduce dangers from tackling. Open game praised for appeal but critics call for further amendments by the Intercollegiate Association to lessen fatalities and improve safety while preserving sport.
The piece contrasts Cairo Illinois defense of a local lynching with the US Supreme Court’s ruling that a Tennessee sheriff and jailer, plus four others, were jailed for contempt for failing to protect a federal prisoner from mob violence. It asserts court enforcement as a safeguard for law and prisoner protection.
The veteran yachtsman Sir Thomas Lipton plans another attempt at the America s Cup in 1911. He hopes for fair qualifying rules to sail his yacht safely across the ocean and bid for the cup, arguing sport would gain glory whether he wins or loses.
Mrs. and Mrs. Charles G. Robinson celebrated their golden anniversary with an event at John A. Andrew Hall hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary U V A and John A. Andrew Post 15 6 AR. Veterans' groups gave 50 in gold in a casket and 50 roses with car nations. A Grand Army book "Hard Tack and Coffee" was presented and read, with remarks by General Charles W. Bartlett.
A column announces a day off to address a large batch of reader queries. The letters from followers seek information and guidance, prompting the columnist to illuminate previously unanswered items and share practical responses.
Schedule lists trains from North Station to Danvers at 3, 10:45, 11:55 am, 2:15 pm, 4:00 pm, 5:10 pm, 7:10 pm, and 11:26 pm. Note return times are not relevant since return trips are not planned.
A humor column features letters from readers in Springfield Dover and South Boston. Questions include how to handle a biting clam and whether a hen clam has chicks with answers about eating clams alive and clamlettes being the brood. A note explains a clam’s breathing hole signals the digger when the clam is home.
A reader asks which offers greater nourishment between fish and herring. The writer notes the need to research nutritive values before answering and suggests herrings may have more bones than the fish.
Reader asks how to handle a knot hole in the eye while trying to view a football game. If the knot hole lets you look through, no removal needed. If not, see a knot hole specialist promptly.
In a letter from Hiram, Maine, Charles Brown asks if a bug-bear eats flies. The reply jokes that a bug-bear is a killjoy that eats happiness and contentment, leaving the writer busy in summer without his hat off.
Silas Hapgood of Hyde Park Massachusetts asks if tripe has ears. The reply explains tripe is plural while singular is trip and notes tripe is pricier than haddocks. Halibut has ears and feet, with ears considered a delicacy in cafes.
A letter from Boston asks if rubbing ears together would warm them. The reply jokes that if ears are long enough to rub, the writer is a 42d cousin to the donkey.
A letter from Boston asks for a reliable maker of holeless buttonholes and a cleaning brush. A reply with caution notes a suggested company but warns it is poorly rated with delays. Another reader questions a genealogical parents query, deeming it absurd to name parents in a hypothetical.
Dear Sir Bill Wise of Keene New Hampshire asks how to handle his wife’s pyrography obsession burning pie crusts. The reply says encourage a new fad and notes no one wants burnt crusts. Also mentions Danvers trains timetable.
In Manhattan the rise in land values fuels taller buildings from Madison to Times squares. Civil limits include a 2000 foot legal cap, though current tallest is 700 feet the Equitable and 900 feet planned for the Met Life or upcoming towers. Elevator counts and wall thickness constrain height on crowded blocks. Names and places include Herald Square Herald building Times Square Metropolitan Opera House Herald station and Columbus Circle with the Columbus monument noted for tomorrow’s Post.
In Boston Public Garden a duck hunt ends with two birds still at large while the rest are captured as a mild snap promises higher turkey prices. Mary Nash returns to The City company in Boston next week, and Chief Murphy reappears after a Roosevelt tour. Locals praise Station 10 officers for charity, and Alderman candidate Lilith Knox is profiled. A ferry guard and a ticket remark provide light anecdotary color.
The passage riffs on spirits of the dead and famous voices like Edgar Allan Poe Tom Carlyle and King George III. They chatter about weather crops taxes and silly prophecies offering satire on wisdom versus nonsense from the afterlife as Walt Mason notes with 1909 copyright flair.
From a Dartmouth Harvard game scene a Dartmouth girl in a green band cheers despite a loss. A Dartmouth man walks with a Harvard girl who receives playful punishment from another male friend after Harvard’s notable plays.
A Newton Upper Falls resident shares news of newborn twins in New York State. Their four year old sister Ethel examines the babies, then softly declares she prefers not to keep either. Dr James C McKenna of the West End has resumed practice after a three week grip illness.
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