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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1910
Page
14
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, and lists contact numbers, office address at 259 Washington St Boston Mass. It notes prepayment requirements and instructions for newspaper delivery and notice of discontinuation.
Mayor Gaynor states he recommended John A. Dix for governor, undermining Republican claims that Dix was chosen by Tammany Hall and party bosses. The piece ridicules opponents as unable to imagine the mayor as anyone’s tool and predicts Republicans must craft a new issue.
The article exalts the hog as pork prices rise to 40 cents a pound as hog scarcity and meat trust profits are blamed. It suggests pork packers push prices with a likely motive, noting bacon may join luxury foods on elite menus.
The text praises George V as an Ancient-honorary and notes his rights to upper hall privileges and parade uniforms if visiting Boston on the first Monday of June. It lauds the exchange of courtesies between English and American regiments and hopes for continued camaraderie and annual drum head elections on the Common.
The speaker urges the next Legislature to tighten election wagering laws. Betting on future acts of the people at the polls is demoralizing and could heavily influence elections. A flat crime should ban wagering on elections and protect the casting of ballots as a sacred duty.
The editorial argues that Massachusetts should welcome occasional change in administration. It critiques the Republican stance and urges voters to favor Democratic candidates if they prove capable. It calls for fewer commissions, reduced taxes, transparency in administration costs, and an end to one-party perpetuity.
Mrs. E. H. Harriman plans to transfer 10 000 acres along the Palisades of the Hudson to the Interstate Park commissioners of New York and New Jersey, signaling a broad move by landowners to provide breathing spaces for the public. On the same day 700 acres at Bear Mountain will be accepted, replacing Sing Sing prison site plans, with the Palisades Park expanding for national recreation while White Mountain and Southern Appalachian reserves await congressional action.
A newspaper column argues the Elevated must fix a deadly Cambridge bridge curve despite earlier deaths and injuries. It notes the grade danger on Blue Hill avenue and the risk of rear-end collisions by heavy electric cars. The October 15 accident is cited as costing the company thousands.
The piece argues current Massachusetts law against betting on political elections is weak and easily evaded. It calls for a dedicated place to register bets or a designated stakes caretaker to enforce compliance.
The New York collector argues tariffs serve revenue over protection. Data show rising duties collected from record passenger and goods traffic in 1907 1909 and through ten months of the year. Forfeitures and fines added about 100000, with several large tariff beneficiaries among smugglers.
A humor column blends satire with sketches on editors and poets. A vivid tale titled MUSTY MILLIONS or THE SEVEN LITTLE BEANS follows Maggie Blotz as a gas works encounter turns deadly. The piece lampoons journalism and serial fiction in a bustling old newspaper page.
Bangkok announces the coronation of Crown Prince Maharajiravudh as King of Siam in succession to King Chulalongkorn. Prince born January 1 1881 educated in England and has visited the United States eight years ago.
Louis Mann presents The Cheater about Godfried Plittersdorf a reformer drawn to a disreputable dance hall Spillermann s Orpheum He leads a double life until his wife and family expose him in a climactic revelation The play features lively comic situations and Mann s witty interpretation Tomorrow features a scene from Bobby Burnitt
The Observant Citizen reports on a growing riverfront play area used by Back Bay schoolgirls and younger children at the Charles River embankment. It notes grade crossing work near Union Square depot Somerville and Colonel Billings search for a fireproof immigrant station site in East Boston. It recalls Augustus Post’s balloon flight history and his latest epic St Louis to north of Quebec voyage. It mentions Paul Revere Hall hosting a Vermont husking event at Mechanics Building with salted corn and dances, plus partridge gifts and Smith College president Marion Leroy Burton visiting Boston to address teachers.
The poet Walt Mason rails at sensational fears in yellow journalism and panic mongering. He mocks the red of danger and notes a sunny view of the world despite cries of peril from magazines and newspapers.
In Tremont Temple Dr Burton, a Western clergyman, head of Smith alumnae will be introduced to admirers. Tech students in the engineering class parade the Common surveying, while 1200 Maverick mills workers face housing shortages in East Boston. The Jabberwock honors Dr Tetlow with cuts of new principal Hapgood and school buildings. Engagement news includes Jack Barry and Miss Margaret McDonough. Also covered are animal cruelty protests, Massachusetts calf weight laws, and odd transit confusions at Dudley Street station.
A Boston consul explains that the old Muslim custom of polygamy has ended and Muslims now support only one wife. About 50 Dorchester Daughters of Maine gathered yesterday at Mrs Celia Hortons home on Armandine Street where she hosted a pleasant afternoon.
Dr W C Hayes chief geologist with the Geological Survey sails from New York aboard the Alliance to Panama for a preliminary study of canal zone geology. He will assess excavations at Culebra Cut and determine if a permanent geologist should be assigned to the isthmus. Hayes travels at the President’s direction and will spend about ten days in the canal region.
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