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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1911
Page
8
The Boston Post advertising and subscription details show prices for daily and Sunday editions, payment terms in advance, and contact offices in Boston. Editor and publisher B. A. Grozier is named.
Manhattans Borough President McAneny vows to remove large electric signs along Broadway arguing many violate building laws. The move would darken the Great White Way and affect landmarks, nightlife, and future political favor.
The first world series game in New York showcased baseball’s pull as a major attraction. Philadelphia hosts today with expectations of a close, hotly fought contest won by a worthy effort. The rivalry’s tale excites readers across ages and regions as crowds fill venues and audiences follow news nationwide.
Professor Francis W. Chandler retires after leading the Massachusetts Institute of Technology architecture department since 1888. He built a modern program with world renown, rivaling the Ecole des Beaux Arts, shaping many universities' arts direction with his influence.
An ultra conservative commentary asserts the evanescent majority endorses direct rule through initiative and referendum. The piece questions how a majority that chooses legislators gains despotic power under a monarch like grip, influencing governance by force.
The piece argues that frequent voters can be trusted to elect representatives and even to shape laws, challenging claims that the transient majority dismisses delegated power. It contends that the idea of an evanescent majority should not derail discussions on initiative and referendum.
The American Tobacco Company moves to file a plan of reorganization in the United States Circuit Court today to meet the Supreme Court decree. Critics call the plan a sham and say the new companies would retain power. Court judgment will largely decide if the trust dissolution succeeds and shapes antitrust law.
After Hans Schmidt dies in Berne Switzerland the death toll from aircraft use climbs toward one hundred. The record notes early pilot Lieutenant Thomas E Selfridge and shows a rapid rise this year with sixteen deaths in September. It argues fatalities occur with reckless display flying while progress comes from cautious skill and fewer injuries.
The piece argues against a proposed $2,000,000 fund to found a partisan newspaper serving insurgent Republicans in the West. It claims such an “organ” would alienate readers and notes that major papers are now independent or politically flexible, questioning whether independent thought is driving this shift or vice versa.
The narrator recounts a long absence from writing, a humorous visit to a doctor, and warnings about quitting work. The doctor cautions against ego and monotony, urging a rest or continued labor, and the piece ends with a payment and a tease of a continuation tomorrow.
Colorado Springs Oct 15 The clash over free sugar opens with John Arbuckle declaring he will urge Congress to back free sugar next winter. Clarence C Hamlin, head of the US beet sugar executives, argues beet sugar kept the market from a worse collapse as American output reaches 600000 tons.
The piece surveys Solomon as the wise aged king of Proverbs and praises his Songs of Songs, noting his divine gift of wisdom, wealth, and honor. It recounts Israel’s near turmoil under Jeroboam, Hadad, Rezon, and Shishak, and the role of Egypt’s shifting power in the era. It mentions the Boston Post series of Doré Bible pictures begun August 1 with back numbers available through the Circulation Department.
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