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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1909
Page
6
The snippet lists the publication name Insted Daily by Post Publishing Co dated September 3 1909 No 56 Vol 196 with office address 259 Washington St Boston Mass.
Subscription rates for the Post Publishing Company list One year at two prices, six months at 1.50, three months at 0.70, and one month at 0.25 for the Daily. The Sunday Post offers two fifty per year, one twenty-five for six months, and sixty-five cents for three months. Canada copies are nine cents each. Mail risk policy and money orders payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery to any U S address and possessions for 25 cents monthly, with the Sunday Post at the same rate. Subscribers may change the address as often as desired.
Subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued at expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly, notify us by postal mail at once. Editor and Publisher BE. A. GROZIPR.
The Cunard steamship Lusitania reached New York at 7 30 last evening, completing a westward transatlantic passage in less than four and a half days from Daunt's Rock to Ambrose channel lightship. The feat, a new record, may stand until a faster boat operates on the Boston route, though future speed could come by air travel.
The Sept 1 enactment raises maximum kidnapping punishment to 50 years from 25. The Willie Whitla abduction spurred nationwide calls for harsher penalties and many states now treat kidnapping as highly grave, rivaling murder in severity. The public views kidnappers as moral monsters, with shocking fear for children.
The article discusses naval rivalry emphasizing the US push to surpass Britain in dreadnought power. It highlights the Delaware battleship, ready to test in two months, boasting 210 knot speed, 25 000 horsepower engines, and 20 000 ton displacement, signaling dominant American sea power.
A 15 percent duty removal on hides is said to lead to higher shoe prices. The piece notes meat use controls leather demand, cites American Hide & Leather Co profits rising 150 percent, and questions who gains from revised duty. The public is urged to see the projected benefits as questionable.
The article contrasts the Delaware and Texas with the North Dakota as the latest battleship benchmarks, noting their vast differences in horsepower, displacement, speed, and gun batteries. It argues that submarine development and airpower, including aeroplanes and Zeppelin-like dirigibles, will shape naval supremacy, not just battleship rivalry.
The North Pole finding is hailed as a major achievement in exploration and physiology. The New York Herald and Boston Post published the first detailed account, with a planned exclusive cablegram from Dr. Cook transmitted from Lerwick. Critics argue against other papers reprinting the copyrighted dispatch without consent.
A study of New York and Chicago theater between September 1908 and July last shows 17 foreign and 54 native plays in New York and 3 foreign and 29 native in Chicago. The season was weak, not from native dramatists being blocked by managers, but because few writers have distinctive things to say and audiences tire of similar works.
The annual memorial service of the British Naval and Military Veterans Association will be held at Trinity Church at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
Newton Newkirk recalls a perilous ocean voyage with vivid seasickness scenes in the smoking room. A witty narration follows passengers, including a seasick man and a fearless ally, as humor and danger mix amid roaring waves and near disaster.
The Notre Dame Cathedral, founded in 1163 and consecrated in 1182, stands with the Pont Saint Michel as a landmark in Paris. Its unfinished plan kept towers unadded, with gargoyles and a 12.5 ton bell noted. After near destruction in 1793, it was restored to the Catholic church by 1892, and interior work completed by 1845. Tomorrow a bird’s eye view toward the Eiffel Tower will be shown.
A reader question prompts a terse reply about personal space and an abrupt exit. The fragment hints at a larger feature titled The Pathology of Sickseaness concluding next issue.
A reflective line on trade and fortune suggesting that one person’s loss may become another’s gain depending on what was lost. The aphorism frames business as a game of shifting circumstances and value.
Observant Citizen notes a huge foot-square telephone pole snapped like a pipe stem when a big semi-convertible electric plowed into a Clarendon Hills lunch room yesterday. The striking scene illustrated the power of these conveyances and toppled the building from its foundations as Nantasket warmth clashed with chilly air.
A verse by Walt Mason paints distant stars as a stage for political chatter. It lampoons voters and reformers, imagining distant peoples debating taxes and pies while warning notes rise and bores tote figures. The piece ends urging the star to keep twinkling until voters see the light.
A mother and father discuss the meaning of hope with their sick son, contrasting hopeful myths with harsh reality. The mother warns against cynicism while the father plans to pursue opportunities, joking about wearing seven-league boots on his next trip.
The Boston Baptist Social Union committee on Christian work reports that Sunday evening meetings at Ford Hall led by George W. Coleman will continue this year and a speaker list is forming. The Asbury Grove camp meetings are thriving with five daily services and a final sermon by Bishop John W. Hamilton. الدكتور Rufus Keyser of Palmyra Neb will begin a Newton Theological Institute course after resigning at Palmyra. Dr. John Gordon steps down from Temple College faculty. Dr. W. B. Shumway of Boston will succeed. Tremont Temple Baptist Church prepares to welcome Rev. Dr. Cortland Meyers to start his pastorate Sept. 12.
Examinations for the John F. Cronan free scholarship will open at Boston College tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. The winner will receive a four year free course at the college and expenses.
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