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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1910
Page
7
Officials praise tropical climate compared with the far north. They cite employment, falling unemployment, thriving business, bountiful crops, future prosperity, and a strong government with vast natural resources as reasons to be thankful on Thanksgiving Day.
Governor-Elect Eugene N Foss lauds the 1910 election and Democratic Congress as reforms for the people. He credits Massachusetts progress and harvests, and celebrates the November 8 ballot turning back a political oligarchy.
Frothingham notes that the Pilgrims endured a rigorous climate on landing which caused suffering yet forged a vigorous constitution. Modern comforts reduce hardship while enhancing manhood and active use of muscles and senses essential to a vigorous people.
The piece recalls early Boston Thanksgiving as religious festivals with gratitude to the Maker. It asserts Boston remains a city of churches and morality, with laws that respect all creeds. The mayor celebrates the tradition and hopes it endures as a festival of prayer, family, almsgiving, and kindness.
Opinion by Charles E. Hatfield of the Republican State Committee praises Massachusetts residents for happiness and contentment this year, emphasizing a traditional home political custom and civic sentiment.
A fragment notes Massachusetts people praising home and family on a day of dedication to homes. The passage emphasizes general prosperity and the importance of the custom enduring.
Major John A. Curtin lauds Brookline residents for their high citizenship and celebrates the town’s new baths and gymnasium that elevate public health this year.
Mayor Brooks praises Cambridge as a growing resourceful community with peace and harmony. City department heads are alert and efficient, working for the common good of all citizens.
Dorchester residents welcome plans for dredging Dorchester Bay and cleaning the Neponset River. They credit a Democratic Legislature for advancing state improvements.
Chelsea thanks recovery from a two and a half year shock and disaster. She praises faith, hard work, and sacrifice by citizens that restored houses of worship, caring for the sick and wounded, directing and protecting youth, full employment across industries, and functioning institutions. She notes improved fraternal support and Massachusetts state connections.
The passage highlights the city’s prosperity and the rising importance of public schools. It notes the churches across denominations actively support temperance and sobriety, aiming to position the city as a leading example nationwide.
Mayor Eugene H. Moore lauds Melrose for steady growth in business and population. Citizens are urged to feel thankful as the city expands and prospers.
Mayor George Howard Fall praises Malden's growth and honest government on Thanksgiving Day. He notes an expanding population, plans for an elevated rapid transit structure to Boston, a strong sewer system, and inclusion in the metropolitan water system delivering excellent water.
Watertown thanks include a $40,000 donation from H C Derby toward a new high school. Gov. elect Foss provides a land gift for the school and playground, Charles Brigham supplies the plans, and cleanup of a $73,000 deficit along with a $3.50 tax-rate drop are noted as blessings.
Mayor Clifford praises Medford's Thanksgiving Day, noting clean politics, strong city growth over ten years per census, and an excellent citizenry. He highlights prosperity and neighborly virtue as core to Medford's status.
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