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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1908
Page
6
A compact notice published September 28, 1908 by Post Publishing Co lists office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts. The item appears as a standard masthead style entry in the newspaper.
Rates for the Daily One ARs through six months and beyond, plus the Sunday Post options. Informs subscribers of second class mailing, Canada copy charge, payment in advance, and discontinuation after expiration. Provides publisher contact details and addresses for offices and subscription handling.
Massachusetts convention week begins with rising intrigue over the Republican nomination for second place. Frothingham is profiled for first ballot victory by party machine, while Speaker Cole’s camp cites 646 delegates pledged and Luce allies doubt his continued contest. The scene promises a lively, uncertain Saturday showdown.
The piece notes scapegoat expulsions in the campaign led by Taft managers sacrificing Foraker Haskell Dupont and possibly Sheldon to appease party factions. It argues the tactic disturbs public judgment by valuing individual sins over Bryan or Taft policies.
A literary man admits the New York Times forged President Cleveland's supposed article. Executors decline to speak, citing many involved parties. The piece prompts calls to reveal all campaign tactics and expose mercenary forger activity to honor Cleveland and the public.
President Roosevelt campaigns to defend his administration and attack Bryan in a public letter. He defends his record, critiques Olney, and explains ties to the Steel Trust and Harriman while countering Bryan's direct challenges. A trust magnate's name and address are supplied as part of the exchange.
The passage notes Roosevelt’s evasive reply to Bryan’s demand for disclosure of campaign contributions, criticizing the sincerity of his public stance on funding before the election.
The letter warns against a Manila water parade and shore reception for the arriving battleship fleet. It urges postponing shore celebrations until the fleet returns from Japan and calls for excluding the fleet from the cholera infected region to prevent contagion.
The Observant Citizen recalls Joseph T. Powers of 92 Shirley Street Roxbury who died at City Hospital after a storied military career in the Ninth Regiment Infantry with actions in the Philippines China and against Filipino forces from 1897 to 1901. The column also notes local incidents, social notes, and public life including a Cambridge car ride mishap a marriage news note and community scenes.
A humorous advisory notes Cobb's Corner Maine as a tiny retreat with no window screens and mosquitoes welcome day and night. Board costs five dollars weekly with meals extra and the locals offer a “family” wash and shared towel, while soap is scarce due to a prior lard famine. The spoof suggests few enough affinities to meet for romance.
A letter from Mabel of Rockland Massachusetts asks if young men still wear pompadours. The reply says pompadours for men are out of style and a bashful suitor may cause the hair to appear upright only in nerves, noting the writer has long kept little hair on top.
A letter from Sally in Boston asks which body part an auto refers to in a comic anatomy note. The columnist jokes that the auto lies near the levator label superioris in a playful, oblique medical pun about bandits in Forest Hills Cemetery.
The Rev. Dr. William C. Minifie, pastor of Clarendon Street Baptist Church, warned last night that Boston is not headed to hell. He contrasted horns and satans with people in frock coats as he urged the city’s citizens to live righteously while citing Bible quotes.
A boy asks his mother why a policeman’s horse is missing and learns the rider is marked M P for mounted police. Preparations for a Diocesan Catholic Charities bazaar at Mechanics building run Nov 11 to 14. William Soper of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Mrs. Soper visit Boston then New York and Philadelphia before returning home at month’s end.
London after noon reports Lord Rosslyn and Sir Hiram Maxim suspended their test of Rosslyn's roulette system. Rosslyn claims the method will break any bank on earth while Maxim appeals to mathematical principles and calls it opposed to sound theory.
The Post continues its series with a twelfth week spent among the Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence. The fall season offers delightful scenery at this inland pleasure ground shared by America and Canada. Readers will see daily prints of attractive views from this resort.
The Thousand Islands in the St. Lawrence River rank as a premier resort straddling Canada and the United States. The area spans about 50 miles from Kingston to Ogdensburg, containing over 1700 islands with grand estates and historic intrigue. Clayton, N Y serves as the American gateway accessible via the New York Central line with routes from Boston via Troy or Albany.
Sunday services in Boston and surrounding areas drew exceptionally large crowds at Tremont Temple Dudley Street Baptist Shawmut and Union Congregational and Dorchester Temple Baptist churches. The season’s first Methodist ministers meeting occurred in Wesleyan Hall with Rev. W W A Wood as new presiding officer.
Amber Pete recalls a state official demanding the floor but not getting it. Instead he received two chairs and part of the ceiling fell on him. The event ended with scattered debris and a startled crowd.
A playful dialogue explains why Father Time is shown with a scythe to mark the nick of time. The exchange links the imagery to aging milestones and the idea of timely cuts in life’s calendar.
The verse laments financial strain as autumn turns to winter and the chill intensifies. It reflects on being broke and the fear of rising costs while a frayed overcoat hints at hardship and anxiety about survival through the cold season.
Cleveland police hunt Michael Houssam after his wife accuses him of a crime. The inquiry focuses on his whereabouts as officers pursue leads in the case.
A boarder purchases a furnished home on East Eighty third Street for $15, including the house furniture. The sale details indicate a small, completed transfer of residence with all furnishings included.
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