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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
8
Office at 259 Washington Street Boston issues daily notices for September 2 1909. Publication number 55 in volume 196 details advertising and local notices from the Post Publishing Co with no additional event or names specified.
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday Post editions, with one year at 106 dollars, six months at 1.50, and shorter terms. The Sunday Post is 2.50 per year, 1.25 for six months, or 65 cents for three months. Canadian delivery adds 9c per copy. Payments via money orders or drafts only, no cash. mail at sender’s risk.
The Daily Post will be sent by minis to any address in the United States and its foreign possessions for 25¢ per month. The Scanday Post also costs 25¢ per month. Address changes can be made as often as desired.
All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post from your newsdealer or newsboy notify us by postal at once. EB A GROZIER Editor and Publisher.
The American Red Cross telegraphed Monterrys small contingency fund and issues an appeal for aid. It urges prompt donations of provisions clothing and medical supplies to aid 15000 homeless and destitute to prevent suffering and loss of life.
The article notes a city order imposing fines up to ten dollars for reusing milk bottles and praises New York’s solution. The New York Milk Committee uses paraffined paper bottles in seven infants depots, discarded after emptying, costing about half a cent each. This method eliminates infection risks from bottles handled by multiple people and is urged for wider adoption.
Cadet Sutton and others dismissed for hazing petition the Secretary of War for commutation. President Taft alone could grant mercy, but no belief exists that he will revoke the dismissal. The case stresses discipline, arguing the sentence should stand and that only those who obey are fit to command.
The piece notes Karl Pitter's statue of Quay, once planned for the State Capitol rotunda in Harrisburg, will remain in the Harrisburg freight yard. It questions state officials' reluctance to honor the late senator and criticizes Pennsylvania politics as dominated by men from his political circle, with Penrose still influential in Republican circles.
The text critiques a female figure for dodging a memorial to a person she previously approved of, labeling her as illogical and noting the sardonic Quay would view these maneuvers with grim amusement.
The dispatches announcing Dr. Frederick A. Cook reaching the North Pole invite caution awaiting full confirmation. His solo Arctic trek two years in the making remains unverified, with relief efforts silent and details sparse. The world awaits a fuller account as science faces immense Arctic uncertainties.
By decree of the producers and dealers the price of milk in Boston is raised one month earlier than usual with a promise the winter price will stay through next spring. Nine cents a quart took effect yesterday and will continue until May 1, 1910 unless another increase is ordered. The move burdens the poor and infants, with claimed reasons of higher production costs not convincing.
Robert Luce, at a Maine summer resort, argues for postal savings banks to reach remote country districts. He notes in Bristol Me. 3000 people and 10 post offices with the nearest savings bank 20 miles away. Maine has 42 banks for about 400 post offices.
A narrator recounts a violent sea voyage inside a steamer stateroom during a raging storm. He describes the vessel tilting, rolling, and sinking, while he struggles to dress amid chaos and fear, hoping to reach the main saloon and lifeboats for safety. The piece ends with a cliffhanger as the storm worsens.
The piece argues Roosevelt’s harsh attack on E H Harriman as an undesirable citizen shows how a single figure’s persona can sway markets. Harriman’s reported Aden medical care boosted stock values, lifting Harriman shares and related bets by an estimated twenty million dollars, an effect described as unhealthy and irrational.
A fragmented note describes a businessman’s caution about being well pressed or harassed in dealings, implying concerns over treatment and reputation within mercantile contexts. The legible portion hints at prudence in financial or commercial encounters.
A travel sketch surveys Place Vendome in Paris with its luxury hotels and royal sighting appeal. It recounts King Edward’s favored stays, the square’s 1708 origins as Place Louis le Grand, revolutionary changes, Napoleon’s memorial column, and the later restoration of the Vendome name before noting a forthcoming Pont Saint Michel view.
The Observant Citizen reports Dr. W E Crockett unable to enter as an amateur but still plans to attend the Brookline Club swim event. He recently completed a 0.512 mile swim from the State bathhouse at Revere Beach to the Point of Pines, walked back, dressed, and returned for a second crossing. At 76 he remains in strong condition.
A poem excerpt recalls Walt Mason’s verse in which a man on a bridge at midnight vents his pleas for water and money. The bridge collapses amid accusations that corrupt builders used tin piers, exposing graft. The 1909 copyright is cited.
A passerby recalls a hungry elderly woman asking for money to eat at Parker House, while a Newton bank cashier notes 18 local families mortgaged to buy cars. Chelsea laments Rev Edmund Booth Young leaving St. Wake's for Nashotah Seminary. North Station witnesses a horse in distress needing morphine, and Cambridge Center installs a watering system with a sign Please Water Your Horses Here.
A noon crowd gathered on Warren bridge watches two young men in bathing suits leap into the Charles River toward Boston Light while drivers idle and launches rock the draw. The scene reflects the era’s community amusements and local music figures like John Densmore, Brookline’s band concert director and Harvard graduate, whose orchestration appeals to general crowds. A large souvenir on the Chapman Alexander campaign arrives at the Boston Industrial Home, linking hymn writer Robert Harkness with Superintendent Oliver Co. Elliott as they exchange warm notes on campaign enthusiasm and Cross campaign ties.
The first reunion and field day of the United Spanish War Veterans under this district council will be held at the Point of Pines Saturday. The event includes sports and entertainments arranged to promise an enjoyable outing from the start.
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