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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1909
Page
10
September 50 1909 issue details indicate daily publication by Post Publishing Co with office at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass and issue numbers 79 Vol 196.
The Daily One year five dollars. six months one fifty. three months ten cents. one month twenty five cents. The Sunday Post One year two dollars fifty cents. six months one dollar twenty five cents. three months sixty five cents. To points in Canada ten cents per copy. Entered as second class matter at the Boston post office. Do not send cash. All money orders, drafts, and checks payable to Post Publishing Company.
Subscription terms for the Post require advance payment for 47 subscribers. If delivery fails, notify by postal mail. Editor and Publisher A Grozier provides the main office and contact numbers for Sunday editor and sport editor.
The Illinois Attorney General argues that H. Harriman holdings in Illinois Central and Chicago and Alton railroads are subject to a 2 percent state inheritance tax despite Harriman not residing in Illinois. The piece questions why other states with railroad interests might not tax similarly and ponders the estate impact.
The month’s record rainfall relieved drought across the region. City residents found it a nuisance, while rural communities hailed the timely moisture as wells refill and rivers rise after a year of scant precip. The delayed frost now seems less feared as water supplies stabilize for winter.
The National Women's Trade Union League in Chicago pushes an eight hour day for women. The speaker argues if men work eight hours, women should too, noting limited legislation due to lack of ballots and organization. The league expects women to organize and gain legal recognition soon, as their numbers in protected occupations grow.
The Italian government plans a naval squadron visit to New York for the unveiling of Giovanni Da Verrazano's Battery Park monument. The piece notes Verrazano may have sighted the Hudson mouth in 1524, predating Hudson, but lacks proof he knew it was a river. It emphasizes Hudson as the river’s first navigator and remarks Verrazano’s voyage had little practical impact.
Harvard Dental School marks its 42nd year in a new building at Longwood Avenue and Wigglesworth Street. The marble inscription proclaims Harvard University Dental School and Hospital. The facility features splendid equipment and a high instructor to student ratio, underscoring dentistry as a vital medical field.
Through their lawyers, the steel men on trial in the Superior Criminal Court have obtained permission to be absent during trial. The plea is that their presence would disrupt business more than attendance in court. The respondents are curiously un-
The passage notes a belief by indicted individuals that their indictments are minor and that only technical points determine guilt or innocence. It highlights their lack of time to attend trials, portraying them as an unusual type, though few respondents are so busy.
The speech presents a bold federal push to fund a vast irrigation network under national control, freeing reclamation from forestry finance. It cites the Gunnison tunnel and Newlands Act as beginnings, notes current funding limits, warns of a sweeping bond program, and flags regional and fiscal risks.
The column shares a pithy maxim from the Sphinx on accepting fate with good grace, noting the value of calm resilience in facing life’s incoming toils and surprises.
In a cartoonish courtroom scene Judge Mutt mocks Robert Peary and Dr. Cook over the North Pole claim. Maud Muller attends, Peary boasts strength, Cook denounces challengers, and the judge dramatizes Eskimo dogs and polar exploration with humor as spectators react. The trial ends with adjournment for the day.
The Evangelical Alliance of Greater Boston will run a course of noon meetings in Lorimer, Tremont Temple, this November with evening sessions in Brookline, Malden, and Roxbury. The Rev. George Pentecost will lead, assisted by Everett Naftzger. Also, Rev. George Wheeler will leave for Bridgewater to lead the Swedenborgian church. Mrs. Dr. J. M. Springer spoke on Africa travels at Wakefield, and Lexington Baptist marks its diamond anniversary with a three day observance led by Rev. Samuel Knowles starting next Sunday.
The Post Letter Box features reader questions about evening trade schools and locating a marine corps member, plus a query about gold dollars minted outside Philadelphia and guidance on wedding announcements. Answers point to Franklin Union Boston, Navy Department Washington, San Francisco and other branch mints, and the city editor for wedding notices.
A witty note on stenographers, noting only a few crackajack workers remain uncowed by marriage, reflecting a brisk social quip about professional life and domestic ties. The brief remarks hint at workplace culture and marriage as a social force among skilled secretaries.
The text states that any person who deserts the naval service of the United States is deemed to have voluntarily relinquished his American citizenship and forfeited the right to become a citizen, and such a deserter shall be forever incapable of holding office under the United States or exercising any rights of citizens.
A young couple parts at a gate under moonlight with vows of lasting love. Six years later they meet at a party and fail to recognize each other amid changed appearances. The man suspects whether the remembered sweetheart is now replaced by another relative, possibly his father.
A lauded stage farce by Kellett Chambers titled An American Widow revolves around Mrs Elizabeth Killigrew and a will that requires an American citizen as a second husband to keep her fortune. She schemes to wed temporarily to satisfy the clause and marry the English earl afterward, ending happily with a lavish production by Henry B Harris and a cast led by Grace Jilkins and Frederick Perry.
A column chronicles everyday scenes in Boston including a late commuter on an electric car and a conductor’s polite invitation, a noisy common with birds and a Nut-bearing squirrel, and a new father receiving double congratulations. It also mentions Wilfred A. French’s return from Europe, Colonel Edward J. Gihon’s reception, Wilson Melrose’s theater stint, and Arthur Bencks’s upcoming marriage to Frieda Peschmann.
Pittsburg Penn September 29 Booth Tarkington renowned American descriptive writer on visit declares he has written his last novel He aimed to be an illustrator and sold his first illustration for 20 dollars then had 38 more rejected He now wants to earn enough to buy a farm in Indiana and lead a country gentleman life His sister is credited with his initial publishing success The Gentleman From Indiana was accepted by McClure after her plea to read it.
A humorous verse parodies a renowned line to mock the laborious styling of a woman’s hair. It contrasts the moonlit beauty with the bulky, effortful updo, ending with a cheeky verdict on her Sunday hair. The poem credits MVatt Mason and notes copyright 1909 by George Matthew Adams.
Dorchester couples plan a Sunday reception at 10 Morse Street. Catholic Club of Dorchester hosts a barn dance at Intercolonial Hall Roxbury with Friday Oct 8 judging by Thomas A Wise and Miss Butler. Leo Callahan earns Wakefield Club trophy for season with Boston High School league and plans to study. Melrose engagement ties Miss Marion Allchin to Albert Austen from Yokohama. Boxboro’s A Furbush named champion potato grower with over 340 bushels from under an acre. potato sample weighs over two pounds.
The Succoth festival, the Jewish feast of tabernacles, will be ushered in by Boston Hebrews at sunset tonight. It marks the end of the fall holiday sequence and lasts eight days, with the first and last two days considered most sacred.
King Manuel of Italy sends Admiral Alfonso di Brochetti and Adjutant Duke Stanislao di Somma to New York for the Hudson-Fulton celebration aboard the Saxonia. They arrived in New York after a record Atlantic crossing and were greeted by Signor Montalbiare and Signor Paccarroli before departing for the city.
Dr. A. H. Nichols and wife of Mt. Vernon Street appear among passengers. Also listed are W. I. Mattingley a Washington lawyer visiting for several days, Rev. J. J. Lyons of Manchester New Hampshire, and J. B. Richardson of California.
The Boston City Club opens its fourth season with a Komm ers for members and friends tonight. Featured entertainers include George Deane Chick Fox John E Daniels Ralph Osborne Leon Van Vliet Frank H Luker Howard L Harrington and J Frank Davis. Van Vliet's Orchestra provides instrumental music.
Joseph H. Wallace, 20, of 17 Claremont Park, was arrested by Inspector Joseph Knox yesterday afternoon on larceny charges for stealing goods from a downtown department store. Wallace has worked as a shipping clerk for the firm for several years and missing small packages have been reported from time to time.
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