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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1907
Page
7
The Post announces a daily series of New England verse selections from 1907. The revival aims to aid teachers and students and reintroduce the public to favored poets after the deaths and centennial celebration.
A humorous verse recounts a writer showing verses to a printer who reads them with growing laughter. The man’s hilarity escalates until his clothing bursts and he falls into a fit, prompting the speaker to swear off writing funny lines.
Edward Reed, 18, a New York man famed as a beggar leader, pretended deaf and mute to avoid arrest. In Municipal Court he spoke aloud after an onlookers’ bump revealed his deception, then was sent to the State farm as a vagrant.
Washington reports an official draft treaty by Secretary Root and Ambassador Bryce creating a joint commission to study water boundaries between Canada and the United States. It covers Great Lakes waters, Niagara Falls power use, St John River navigation, and fisheries rules for Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Senate approval is required to take effect, with possible modus vivendi negotiations soon.
Former Ambassador Andrew D. White, returning aboard the Bluecher from the Caribbean, warned in New York that Cuba would be a curse as a state. He called Cuba a great negro state unable to govern itself and said statehood would harm both Cuba and the United States.
Taft spent Sunday in private talks with Governor Magoon drafting details of his Panama trip. He will review forces at Camp Columbia and consider future policy statements. Interviews and appointments were arranged as the liberal press seeks clear guidance while conservatives urge a definite policy stance.
HOPEDALE April 8. William Lapworth a wealthy local manufacturer reconciles with son Clarence after a secret marriage to Lilian Spicer of Milford. Mrs. Lapworth traveled to Salem and now plans to move to housekeeping. The family had known of the courtship and welcomed the union as the son returns to work in the father’s mills.
Unsuccessful attempt to derail a Pennsylvania Railroad fast freight on the Cleveland and Pittsburg branch near Alliance Ohio. A man slipped away after switching the track as superintendents meet in Pittsburg with President McCrea to curb the wrecking gang. Rewards of 10000 dollars have been offered for the culprits.
Carleton L. Brett a patrolman of Station 12 has tendered his resignation to Commissioner O Meara and it has been accepted effective immediately Brett is expected to enter business and was once a leading figure in Division 5 and a noted athlete.
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