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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1911
Page
8
The Independent Democratic Paper publishes daily from Boston with issue details. Located at 259 Washington Street, Boston Mass. This edition marks the ninth issue of volume 208 for the date.
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President Taft suggests possible interstate concurrence on branding bigamous remarriages from other states as a step toward stronger divorce regulation. He urges careful consideration at this week’s governors conference as a sane and timely move.
Under Governor Wilson’s Geran law a person faces penalties for inviting a friend to ride to primaries without a special court writ. The measure favors strict honesty over laxity and strict enforcement.
The report credits Nikola Tesla with a motor that delivers prodigious horsepower in a compact, lightweight form. Details are awaited, but improved motor power is seen as key to advancing mechanical flight and aviators hope the inventor will score a timely breakthrough.
The government crop report indicates cotton ginnings of 771,415 bales by Sept 1, up from 350,000 last year and 476,000 in 1905. It forecasts corn at 2,736,160,000 bushels and wheat at 656,762,000, with corn likely the fourth largest harvest in U.S. history.
The Chicago manufacturer R Z Crane criticizes Harvard students as drinking and associating with women of ill repute. He claims vice exists among youths but ignores those who abstain. The piece argues college can offer benefits despite some failing to gain them.
All eyes turn to Maine as a non political contest is decided by popular vote. Spectacular methods have framed the issue, but observers expect the ballot to reflect the people’s real desire and purpose. Both sides present clear, earnest arguments and voters are informed.
The Interstate Commerce Commission sustains the long and short haul provision, forbidding special low rates from distant producing points to markets. The ruling enforces equal development opportunities along railroad lines, condemning practices that favored Chicago and a few packing houses.
The passage argues that markets with lower meat prices receive shipments under equitable transport rates, a factor in the Beef Trust’s power and extortion. It frames transport costs as a key element in pricing and market control across the industry.
The piece argues that a German financial panic, driven by war scares over Morocco, harms the laboring class and municipal depositors. It links economic turmoil to forthcoming Reichstag elections, noting voting barriers and mass sentiment rising against the war party despite elite attempts to manipulate public opinion.
Governor Foss selects harbor commissioners, facing scrutiny from taxpayers wary of a nine million dollar initial appropriation. The new board must be disinterested and capable, with power to resist special interests and oversee a large regional task. Public confidence hinges on brave, shrewd leadership for Boston and New England.
Governor Harmon at Faneuil Hall rejects delaying tariff reform and supports the Taft tariff board. He says the people will cry go on with the game and that the board must report in time for the December session. Facts from the tariff board should guide Congress though not be blocked.
Catholic churches marked the feast day yesterday with services for the Holy Name of Mary. At the Church of the Immaculate Conception the Boys' Sodality, under St. Stanislaus, attended the eleven o'clock Mass celebrated by Rev. Francis Powers, S.J.
A humorous rural note reflects on apples, city life, and political types. It jokes about conservatives who rely on others to pay, insurgents who miss the point, and Miss Tolgool discovering she is aristocratic after a colonial era hen-roost arrest.
May archivists and buyers ponder whether to save current straw hats for next season. The note adds humor that neither party plans to keep this year’s hats, signaling a lighthearted stance on seasonal trends.
A political barbecue and a September baseball double header were postponed due to rain. The event sizes and teams involved are not specified in readable text.
A collage of quoted lines and brief historical references appears, mentioning figures such as T Roosevelt Silk O Loughlin Mayor Fitzgerald Nat Goodwin Grahame White J P Morgan J D Rockefeller Hackenschmidt and Dr. Wiley, alongside odd dates and phrases about seats and demi johns.
Socially prominent New York couple Mr. John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine Force married quietly in Newport Rhode Island. Only close friends and relatives were aware of the nuptials, keeping to the plan to avoid newspaper publicity. A social rumor links Mrs Hepe kale’s pet monkey Bizzaro to a social dispute involving Perry Van Yamm of the cabbage trust.
A diary like entry from a wealthy woman recounts everyday irritations aboard a seashore trip. She laments a faulty auto purchase, complains of harsh landscape, cigars, and a troublesome neighbor. She plans retrenchment and even actions against the tobacco trade and state road ownership.
Mr and Mrs William Jennings Bryan stayed in Bar Harbor noon to evening en route to Bangor with Congressman Francis Burton Harrison hosting them at his summer home The visit was described as non political a simple sightseeing stop Bryan planned to deliver lectures later in the trip
A Boston Post review of Doré’s Bible pictures recounts Achan the Israelite who took spoils from Jericho. Joshua exposes the theft by lot, Achan and family are stoned and burned, a warning against covetousness. The piece notes the art portfolio and purchase details for back numbers.
A Boston reader notes playful punishment for staring at others, advocates equal rights, and reports on city fires and suffrage momentum. The piece mentions island families moving to town, a Stanhope Street garage blaze, and Los Angeles suffrage leagues plus aviation plans by Dr. Walter F. Provan.
A poet lauds the village pastor in a tribute noting his humble work and long efforts to guide the parishioners. He contrasts the pastor with flashy visitors who preach for profit and praises the pastor as a steady, beloved figure in the community.
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