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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1909
Page
6
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co dated September 6 1909 No 58 Vol 196 based in Boston Massachusetts.
Subscription rates published include one year at six dollars, six months cost one fifty, three months seventy five cents, and one month twenty five cents. The notice outlines pricing options for ongoing readers.
Sunday Editor Sporting Editor announces subscription policy and payment in advance. Readers are urged to pay in advance or face discontinuation. Contact details for the Post offices and the publisher are listed.
The Boston plan to release the city from Deer Island prison maintenance argues non residents make up over a quarter of inmates and cost Boston more than 1000 dollars weekly. The article suggests legislators may treat such prisoners as State charges to end the city’s burden.
The article notes that a holiday will be observed with plans for generous sports and recreation, despite no formal parade for the first time in over 20 years. It expresses optimism for good weather and renewed energy for the season of endeavor and work ahead.
The American dramatist Clyde Fitch will be missed across the English speaking world. He was deeply American in origin and education, prolific and popular, and made playwriting richly profitable. His early death in his forty fourth year is a notable loss to art and public amusement.
In the German American series today the race may settle possession of the President's cup the main prize of the international contest. The Joyette faces challenge as the German Hevella and the American Ellen risk denying a third Joyette victory and prompting a further final test.
The series has shown inspiring sportsmanship and fair conduct. Races sailed freely with good seamanship, pleasing spectators and participants. A Joyette victory today would be a well earned, handsome distinction.
The article discusses Dr. Cook’s North Pole claim and envisions aero planes and dirigible airships revolutionizing exploration. It predicts air routes will reveal the Pole’s secrets, settling disputes once and for all as airships approach the Arctic from safer, easier voyages.
A speed war emerges in the West as Burlington cuts Chicago to Denver by two hours, triggering responses from Chicago & North Western and Union Pacific, with Rock Island weighing options. Harriman lines promise a 62 hour Chicago to Seattle train, urging better passenger and freight service, urging New England to follow suit despite regional limits.
In the Pinchot Ballinger clash over Roosevelt era forest policy, R S Kellogg estimates annual forest drain at 20 billion cubic feet versus 7 billion cubic feet growth, showing three times faster logging. With 550 million acres of forest, even after potential land loss, remaining lands could sustain timber demand, if lands reach peak productivity through vigorous state and national action. Massachusetts and New York have clear policies. most states have not acted.
A Boston reader signs as P. E. offering 10 one cent stamps as support for the column. He coins a playful comparison to Rockefeller and Carnegie, urges real money over praise, and notes readers might fund utilities and meals with such small gifts. He praises Newkirk’s courage in backing actions over words and calls out the halfhearted compliments common among readers.
A humorous note praises ten one cent stamps donated by "P. E." and claims their genuineness. The public message asserts the stamps are authentic, have been tested by licking, and used to send a letter successfully, while humorously complimenting "P. E." on spending.
A personal communication signed Brother Imbiber is rejected for publicity citing loyalty to immaculacy and deterring being labeled as part of the Brotherhood. The editors disavow membership in the so called Flowing Bowl Brigade and warn readers against broad association with the writer.
A brief note recalls the phrase about time to throw the Panama hat in the Panama Canal as a witty reflection on readiness and historical fate.
A small boy vows to exact revenge on his father for a licking by pretending illness when a circus arrives in town. His sister questions the strategy as the boy explains his plan to deprive his father of the circus excuse.
A young man seeking a wife asks about baking biscuits. The woman candidly admits she can’t bake without burning herself. She points him to the intelligence office around the corner as the place to find what he needs.
The final of five special meetings at the Old South Meeting House, under the American Unitarian Association, concluded yesterday with Rev. Dr. Samuel A. Eliot delivering the sermon. An estimated 10,000 people have attended these gatherings since they began.
Harker accuses Bright of dual tactics while noting Bright runs three pie bakeries and recently released a new indigestion cure. Parker questions the strategy as the dialogue unfolds.
The article portrays Berlin rising from a sleepy Prussian town to a modern industrial powerhouse and potential world capital. It highlights planned growth, housing reforms, orderly urban design, and aesthetically designed elevated railways, with Unter den Linden featured next.
A Newton druggist recalls a fashionable woman exiting a car with a concealed telephone book, sparking chatter about surveillance and propriety. Tales recount a busy Old Colony travel rush, a kind city policeman entertaining four playful children, and a rooftop squirrel cage near Washington Street. The Mayflower band entertains off Boston harbor while Harvard Square digs for a subway trench disrupts Cambridge traffic. Oak Island faces change as a land company sells lots. A daily column worker notes readers ask quirky questions about wooden legs and sun position.
A New York Sun poem asks for a houseboat to sail in the upper air. The speaker imagines a tranquil world with no neighbors or bills, where one could gaze at vast skies, avoid noise, and drop to earth to resupply before lifting again among piling cloudbanks.
Boston clergymen return to pulpits after summer vacations as many churches resume winter services. Notables include Rev. A A Berle Shawmut Church Rev W King People's Temple Methodist Rev A Z Conrad Park Street Church and others. Union Church welcomes Rev Stephen Lang as associate to Dr Stockdale with reception planned. Summer services largely continue in Tremont Temple with parade led by the Salvation Army Bana.
The question asks when the Liberty Bell was brought to Charlestown Massachusetts for Bunker Hill Day. The answer states it occurred in June 1908 for the celebration.
The big fire that demolished the Portland City Hall resulted in total loss of all contents including birth records. Nothing was saved from the building or its archives.
Q and A format from a 19th century paper. The adjutant general in Boston is named as the contact to join the cavalry or bugle corps. Other items list questions about swill bags and local papers in Salt Lake City.
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