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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1909
Page
6
Daily and Sunday Post Publishing Company notice lists subscription prices and terms. Includes contact details, editor and publisher names, and instructions for payment and delivery, with notices on discontinuation and advance payment.
Letters sent yesterday to thousand metropolitan churches favor a distinctive display of church work from all creeds at the proposed exposition in the old Art Museum building. The event aims to inspire greater endeavor and cooperation in the churches on the day three weeks from next Sunday.
New York prepared for autumn forest fires by erecting lookout stations with phone links on Adirondack peaks. New Hampshire adds fire control stations on Kearsarge Croydon and Rosebrook mountains. All wooded states need such links to prompt aid. Early detection aids quick extinguishment and can greatly cut annual losses.
The Railroad Commission recommends a tentative transfer station at Boylston street to ease access for passengers from Park street after elevated trains moved from the subway. The six month trial will guide potential changes though officials doubt it will fully solve the mutual between stations and fear it may worsen the situation.
The California Club urges an ordinance to bar indecent plays and form a five member censorship committee from city and civic groups. A broad panel including a theater manager, an author, a business person, an educator, and another professional could share duties, avoiding a single censor. The writer notes few problematic productions and questions private clubs guarding public morals.
The World Today notes a decade of labor shifts in Hawaii with Japanese workers dominating carpentry, masonry, iron work, sugar processing, and chemistry roles. The piece frames this as part of sustained Japanese labor supply and orientalizing by planters seeking cheap labor, as described by Edward Irwin.
A supervisory body defied injunctions by ordering passes for Japanese entry and exit in Honolulu. The Nippei Jiji, a Japanese newspaper, repeatedly called Hawaii a Japanese colony. It notes Japan's ambition may falter, while the United States strengthens Oahu defenses and plans Pearl Harbor as a major naval base, underscoring strategic value.
The state election campaign opens with Democratic rallies drawing interest and Republican managers recognizing the need for strong effort in this off year. Key issues are national in scope, including tariff revision downward to ease living costs and ratification of the income tax amendment. Voter registration shows a turnout likely below last year but still politically meaningful with awareness of contingent issues shaping Massachusetts’s stance.
After securing an independent nomination thrice, District Attorney Jerome of New York retires. Once a popular hero, he now lacks mass appeal yet remains a factor in the DA race. Whitman and Battle may be influenced by his lingering support and reputation for conscientious prosecution.
Recap of church activities in Greater Boston with multiple clergy and venues. Professor Hughell Fosbroke preach at Trinity Church Cambridge. Rev Alexander Mann prayed for recovery at St. Pauls. Ballington Booth spoke in Brookline Harvard Church and Morgan Memorial Chapel. Various services, lectures, and meetings noted including Home Coming Sunday at Tremont M E Church and the State Sunday School convention upcoming.
The column defends the idea that ego blows can deflate vanity and honest effort beats luck. It jokes about questions on trivial knowledge, asserts that reading and digging through the bin of information builds know how, and notes readers should avoid personal jabs in published letters.
An elderly Cleveland man who attended a Columbus ball left in his will a substantial bequest to Clarissa Smith, the maid who asked him to dance. He died not long after the waltz, and the will records a gift of 25000 dollars for her kindness and companionship.
The reader asks if John R. Murphy ran for mayor independently. the answer is no. The exchange then confirms Boston has evening high schools and they are presently open with evening classes available for residents seeking after hour study.
Question asks where to get the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture. Answer directs writing to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for a copy.
Reader asks if Mr Peary could land valuable furs and souvenirs from the North Pole without customs inspection. The answer states that furs brought by Peary from the far north would not be regarded as imported articles and would not be subject to customs inspection.
Blanche Ring plays Jessie Gordon in The Yankee Girl with William Halliday as Secretary of State and Harry Gilfoilm as Willie Wiggs. Peter Curley appears as Minister of War in Act III. The musical, produced by Lew Fields, features Miss Ring, a Boston native, in an elaborate show about a millionaire’s daughter and a nitrate concession in Brillintina thwarted by Jessie Gordon and the American consul. Scene from Widow’s Mite also shown tomorrow.
A collage of Observant Citizen items reports a gray haired man showing a Chinese mummy at the Touraine, Dr Charles D McCarthy in Rome, a 15 pound squash with a horseshoe, Santa Fe agents touring to Chicago, John Leonard Jr sailing abroad, a giant lady finger potato, Dr Edwin Brigham on a Boston Medical Association, Elevated transit safety signs, a Concord foliage trip, Judge Dewey on political talk, waterfowl flights and good hunting bags across Massachusetts lakes.
Notable text mentions replying to Secretary Thornton D. Apollonito at Mason street Boston in a school committee room. No concrete kindergarten addresses provided.
Question asks who to write about homesteads in Alberta and British Columbia. Answer directs correspondence to the Secretary of State in Ottawa, Canada.
A Brockton incident recalls a plucky rescue when Thomas Casey, nephew of a former A U S D A, stopped a runaway horse at a fair after being dragged briefly. Other notes mention snakes on Chickatawbut hill, a barber pole repainting joke in Newton, and Rev Anson Titus speaking at the Bostonian Society in the old State House.
Henry Russell, the official doctor director, appoints Dr. Henry S. Warren of Beacon Street as the official physician for the Boston Opera Company, signaling formal medical oversight for performances and company activities.
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