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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
6
Publication information for The Boston Post dated October 4 1908. Details include pricing by period, postal notes, office addresses in Boston, subscription terms, and contact details for the editor and publisher B A Grozier.
Chelsea forms a citizens vigilante force to protect the city after dispossession of local authority to a commissioned government. The piece questions whether such a committee could replace or challenge the commission and notes the situation as anomalous and instructive.
A proposed rainmaking scheme involves sending explosive balloons into the upper air over the Adirondacks with a New York official allegedly guaranteeing half the cost from state funds. Critics caution against trusting such a dramatic method to end the drought and note recent regional rains suggest natural relief rather than magical interventions.
The article argues a Roosevelt appreciation of Knox's speech was likely written by Knox itself or another author, challenging claims of Roosevelt authorship. It notes stylistic and legal cues, cites expert opinion, and compares authorship puzzles from literary history while questioning the campaign literature's origin.
The editorial presses for re electing Peters in the 11th district O Connell in the 10th and Kelcher in the 9th praising their records health and service. It urges every Democrat to vote to secure capable representation for Massachusetts in a likely Democratic majority federal body.
The proposal to close all Public Library branches on Sundays and to close the central reading room at 9 PM instead of 10 PM is criticized as wasteful. The author argues such cuts harm public access, especially for workers and students, and should not come from library services.
The piece questions who wrote a controversial posthumous essay on Grover Cleveland and a so called letter by President Roosevelt. It notes Broughton Brandenburg produced and sold the document and faced forgery indictments while awaiting court action on authorship.
Mrs A J Southcott expresses gratitude to the Boston Post for aiding in locating her husband A J Southcott. Dated October 1, 1908, the plea appears in The Post with a respectful note to the Editor of the newspaper.
United States Treasurer Treat states sie-treasuries in St. Louis Chicago and Cincinnati must be inspected before month end. Clerks voting in territory contiguous to these cities will be detailed for the work, a Treasury insiders note.
A Belgrade, Maine dispatch notes Hazel Taylor aged 111, a printer’s error links age to a joke about Hazel’s mother. The item discusses how a missing digit in the line about Hazel’s age changes interpretation and highlights printing slips in newspapers.
Letters debate boxing terms like punch fest and upper-cutting and joke about jars at a tournament night while Keene New Hampshire readers question hens without teeth and the punny phrase Striking Exhibitions.
A newly married correspondent asks about alcohol for cooking in a small flat with an alcohol stove. She reports druggists denying knowledge of fi natured or de natured alcohol and asks readers to request de natured alcohol for her use. The column assures help and guidance from the writer.
Seventy five students from Martin Model School at Huntington Avenue and Worthington Street Back Bay toured the Charles River dam. Divers at the canal bottom surfaced after their shift while the crowd cheered. Pigeons and a Roxbury cat scene drew spectators near Forest Hills extension. Police, fire and military figures visit locally as reports note a major burglary case, dense fog in Boston, and local civic chatter.
A Toronto to Niagara Falls travel sketch notes the Canadian side’s grander spectacle. Victoria Park and Dufferin Islands offer drives and walks with rustic bridges and summer houses. The piece recalls Lundy’s Lane, 1814, and War of 1812 skirmishes, and promotes the Niagara belt line trolley for a full panorama of falls and rapids from both shores.
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