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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1905
Page
6
Evidence from a New York gas hearing shows the New Amsterdam Company has an estimated goodwill value of 33 million dollars. Total company value including plant mains and franchises is about 8.196 million. The report contrasts private management with rising municipal ownership.
President Roosevelt spoke in San Antonio about railroad regulation, arguing the public deserves oversight to ensure fair treatment of citizens and railroads alike. He expressed faith in honest enforcement and the common sense of those who implement the law, insisting a square deal benefits all.
A joint May party is being organized in Somerville by St. Joseph Alumnae and St. Catherine Alumni as a new social venture. Eight-member committees from each group led by Edward A. Mahoney and Mrs. Joseph C. James prepare details for a large representative gathering. Also noted are Newark events and local civic news including McMackin recovery, immigration anecdotes, Brookline baseball hopes, and firemen Ladder Company rescues.
The article questions a report of using a large coolie labor force on the Panama canal. It argues that such labor would clash with republican ideals and the nation’s anti slavery stance. It notes the isthmus labor problem is hard yet insists on maintaining current standards.
The piece argues against free labor as a concept in the United States and condemns importing Chinese coolies for labor. It cites Britain's Balfour government and public backlash over coolie labor in the Transvaal and warns that isthmus labor would be even more abhorrent to Americans.
The Michigan Central railroad has refused to renew a contract with Armour Car Company for exclusive use of its refrigerator cars for Michigan fruit traffic. The piece suggests a broader shift in railroad practices ahead of possible U S rate regulation.
The article questions Harriman's role as director of Equitable Life and notes controversy over alleged benefits to railroad projects. A seven member committee will investigate Equitable affairs with Harriman as judge, jury, and defendant, stirring doubt about public gains for policyholders.
A collection of humorous lines from FROM THE CYNIC and a note on Japan purchasing 40 automobiles for war with Russia. The piece mocks spring weather in Dorchester and Roxbury, then satirizes the idea of autos as war engines with a comical scenario of a Japanese chauffeur under a balky vehicle.
In Newark, Bishop Joseph F. Berry of Buffalo urged young ministers at the Methodist conference to limit talks about women and to make pastoral calls in the evening. He warned that afternoon visits to women alone risk violating trust and could ruin a minister's standing, labeling violators as scoundrels.
In Chester Vermont on April 7 a local Free Masons member sent the 1816 charter of Washington Chapter No 9 to the Grand Lodge. The parchment document, found in a barn barrel auctioned from P H Robbins estate dated March 380 1901, remains inexplicable in its concealment.
Father Martin, general of the Society of Jesus, has returned to Rome from Pisa after Roentgen ray treatment for a malignant tumor on his right arm. With no improvement, amputation is now deemed necessary, after prior discussions of the option.
A Dorchester family story unfolds as a nurse and mother reveal a newborn brother to five year old Mabel. Jealousy flares when Mabel discovers the infant in the bed she called her own, prompting a fatherly reassurance that he is her first and best. The tale closes with comfort as Mabel settles for sleep.
Mrs. Morton Prince recovers well after surgery and plans a late June move to their north shore estate. Boston’s Dabney Fenno and Coolidge families vacationing in New York at the St Regis and St Nicholas Rink events attend tennis matches. Miss Marion Fenno shines. Mourning fills Boston as the Peabodys and Lothrops lose loved ones, Joseph Peabody in St Augustine and William S. H. Lothrop in Ponce. Frank Stackpole and family sail to Europe with Mrs. John Nelson visiting before departure.
A St. Joseph, Missouri baker praises Paprus Plates noting they absorb grease and keep pies clean and crisp. The innovation is described as a demandable product for bakers and restaurants, with positive test results shared by a prominent local baker.
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