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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1910
Page
10
The Boston Post edition details subscription rates for monthly weekly and Sunday issues, with prices for domestic and Canada delivery. It lists contact offices at 259 Washington Street Boston and notes advance payments, discontinuation rule, and the editor publisher E A Grozier.
In autumn winds Boston residents endure smoke and cinders from the Boston and Albany yard near Huntington avenue and Boylston street. The piece argues current law is insufficient and urges electrification of all steam lines entering Boston to improve city living compared with New York.
The article notes Booker Washington’s reception by the King of Denmark as a signal that intelligence and integrity trump race in Europe’s old civilizations. It contrasts this with Mississippi governors who would balk at inviting him, and questions American credit in this respect. It stresses two morals about racial progress and global recognition.
At the Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Club meeting, citizens from metro area cities will hear a clear presentation on the need for a union of municipalities with shared interests. The gathering aims to dispel the notion that the Greater Boston movement only serves Boston’s expansion and diminishes other towns.
The speaker argues that material benefits will reach 1.5 million residents across the expanded Boston area without sacrificing local autonomy. He envisions today as the start of a campaign to place Boston at the forefront among global cities.
A historical critique of sailors drowning in New York Harbor after the battleship New Hampshire disaster. It argues many sailors could not swim, urges swimming training in youth, suggests recruiting from water-savvy regions, and questions shore leave practices as a factor in safety.
Massachusetts steam railways remove drinking cups under new law leaving travellers with drought. Urges railroads install vending machines at no cost to offer cool water for a cent, aiding health and comfort on long journeys and aiding nonlocal passengers unaware of the change.
A New York Republican leadership rift grows over Theodore Roosevelt tactics and a potential 1912 bid. Charles H. Young, former New York Republican Club president, resigns and backs Democrat John A. Dix, warning Roosevelt could again seize the White House and threaten liberty. The split signals Democratic chances in next month’s election.
A writer muses on morning wit and memory, then humorously recounts a disrupted night. A cat, a flypaper mishap, burned gas, and a splintered headboard frame a delayed pondering of why the Indian has no whiskers, with the promise of a future answer.
The piece surveys civic, educational, and social happenings from Boston. It mentions Lexington Minutemen drill for October 19 and a D A R tablet unveiling at the old bell site, a Hope Mission talk on child care, Julia Ward Howe receiving a doctorate at Smith College, and a tale of Cudjo from Boston Latin School. It also covers a bridge railing concern near Harvard Bridge, Richard Gallagher’s lifesaving act, a Dorchester Catholic Club outing to Brockton Fair, and a visit by Captain Thomas Ashburnham of Fredericton with his wife enjoying Boston.
Local exchange hints a farmer from the city was arrested for cruelty to animals. A farmer claims the suspect shot a young animal in an icehouse hoping it would yield ice cream, a remark overheard in a rural setting.
A truncated excerpt describes shapes like crimson shadows aboard a ship. The narrator turns to the deck and exclaims in shock at a vivid, startling sight. The fragment preserves the stormy, ominous mood of the poem.
A catalog lists Dore engravings published in The Boston Post with dates September to October. Applications for back numbers are to Circulation Manager, The Post, Boston, at regular newspaper price while supply lasts.
Readers praise the debut of The Bolted Door in the Sunday Post Magazine. The new serial, based on a novel plot, shows strong promise and improves each week.
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