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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1909
Page
6
The Boston Post and The Independent Democratic Paper of New England are referenced together as historic regional newspapers reflecting political leanings and local reporting in New England.
The Boston Post daily and Sunday rate schedule dated September 14 1909 lists subscription prices and options. It notes a second class matter filing, ads for postal notices, and directs prepayment requirements and contact details for the Post Publishing Company.
The Met announces grand opera in English at the Metropolitan Opera House New York. Many American singers will perform English songs yet listeners will struggle to understand more than a tenth of the words as a special dialect muddles articulation. If non English singers fail to improve, the English season may lack satisfaction.
A weaver strike at Fall River mills idles seven plants and about 5000 workers, costing roughly 35000 dollars in wages weekly. Owner Mr. Borden is noted for maintaining peace with employees. This is the first shutdown of its kind in over twenty years, suggesting a quick adjustment may follow.
The reform movement in Atlantic City appears to have peaked and receded. The mayor’s contempt of court arrest and threats against a police magistrate did little to deter hotel and saloon operators who prioritize patrons over law. They retain notable public backing, a troubling sign that undermines public morals when influential citizens condone law violations.
The article argues that Dr. Cook and Commander Peary both seek priority in pole discovery and urges deferring to scientific, unbiased evaluation. It favors a fair, prejudice-free determination over heated personal debate, noting extreme temperatures and the need for official verdicts.
The football season opens amid intercollegiate rivalry with Harvard starting on Soldiers Field, Carlisle Indians at work for two weeks, and Penn, Yale, Dartmouth, Williams, Wesleyan, and Amherst set to begin soon. Graduation shifts limit early predictions, but Harvard shows strong material for the upcoming contests.
The Boston Terrier Club and about 75 kennel groups plan to seek an amendment to Eastern railroads regulations governing dog transport. They oppose prohibiting dogs in passenger coaches, arguing coaches suit people more than animals. They fault dog confinement in baggage cars and call for safer provisions, noting owners of valuable dogs protest.
The piece states railroads should allow dogs on payment of a fare and provide proper accommodations. It asserts compliance is likely before the next summer season and notes there are means to apply the necessary stimulus if they resist.
A Boston Chamber of Commerce dinner honors President Taft and begins a historic voyage covering about 18,000 miles through 30 states and into Mexico to meet President Diaz. The trip aims to bolster national policy amid party differences, with Taft praised for tact and persuasive sincerity.
In the Payne tariff debate Deputy Cabrini warns that U S immigration limits as proposed would suppress Italian emigration. He argues many illiterates and criminals would be barred, while praising Italian immigrants as potential citizens but urging restriction to ease European charity burdens. He cites home evidence of urgent need for tighter immigration action.
A reader asks if the sun is stationary. The answer notes the sun is fixed relative to Earth but has its own proper motion. It moves toward a solar apex in Hercules at about 15 miles per second. Some theorists suggest a central sun in the Pleiades, but that view is not widely supported.
Inquiries whether a good violin can be bought on instalments and asks a musical instrument dealer for options and terms. The request seeks guidance on payment plans and availability from local instrument merchants.
A lodger may not claim damages for clothes lost in a fire from his landlady who is insured and not at fault. The landlady has no obligation to replace the lodger’s personal effects lost or damaged in her home.
A reader asks for column style weather details plus general Philippine Islands information. The note recommends consulting John Foreman and Dean Worcester, whose works are available at the Boston Public Library for exhaustive data on the Philippines and related topics.
Buffalo dispatch reports the Buffalo Board of Trade banquet honoring comedians at the Hotel Statler, closing a convention with laughter. The writer, Newton Newkirk, praises Buffalo and notes the Post’s circulation reaching 300,000 as he prepares to head to Boston.
A 24 year old Boston man seeks a wife via the editor’s column, detailing a demanding list: age 17–20, fair looks, housekeeping skill, no drinking, and wealth of at least ten thousand dollars. He plans to settle in New York or Philadelphia, while the editor gently chides him, mocking and clarifying the impracticality of such a wife and exposing his flawed expectations.
Strassburg, Alsace capital, famed for its Gothic cathedral with an intricate astronomical clock and as the birthplace of Gutenberg. The clock automata reenact Death, ages, apostles, and a noon savior benediction, with a crowing rooster signaling three chimes. Tomorrow’s feature promises a Cologne view.
The correspondence reveals a breakup as a person urges Clarence to settle elsewhere. The speaker mentions Boston women are awake and declines further contact. The suggestion to relocate to Philadelphia or New York is endorsed as a practical step to end the dispute.
The Observant Citizen David Lindsay and wife plan to sail from this port on the White Star Hner Ro manic to Naples. Lindsay runs the White Star New York and Liverpool passenger service, with New York headquarters. Also noted: R C Basil finds his brother Ed ward B Basil’s card in a bicycle-passed pocketbook in Newton Centre.
The poem recalls Uncle Walt Mason’s comic fantasy of locating a polar pole to gain fame and riches, contrasted with a practical interruption from Granny noting chores and duties at Highland Road. It mentions Copley’s drive to obtain stamps and push a sub-postal station.
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