Boston Post April 10 1908 subscription rates notice
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices including one year two fifty for daily and two fifty for Sunday, with durations from one month to six months and Canadian per copy rates. Advertising and office details are noted and subscriptions must be prepaid. Editor E A Grozier announced.
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Convention in Tremont Temple Sets Republican Battle
The Republicans converge in Tremont Temple to choose their candidate with Taft and Roosevelt factions both confident. The Massachusetts delegation, about 32 strong, is expected to have influence similar to the 28 that spoke at Chicago in 1896 for Thomas B. Reed.
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Tremont Temple
Taft
anti-Taft
Roosevelt
Anti- Roosevelt
Chicago
Massachusetts
Thomas B. Reed
White Mountain reservation bill sent to Rivers and Harbors
The White Mountain reservation measure moves to the rivers and harbors committee for investigation. Critics view the navigation question as a delay tactic, while the judiciary committee reportedly finds constitutional issues unlikely. Supporters must push hard or risk losing the bill.
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White Mountain Reservation
Washington
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Judiciary Committee
Cannon
New England
Wheat Crop Outlook Promises Prosperity for Coming Year
The Agriculture Department forecasts a strong winter wheat crop and ample supply. New York Exchange statisticians offer a formula reducing the prospect by about 80 million bushels, but both estimates exceed 400 million bushels. Regardless, the harvest appears abundant, underpinning national prosperity and confidence in manufacturing and finances.
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Department of Agriculture
New York Exchange
Governor Guild Recovers Health and Concludes Crisis
The reports from his medical attendants say Governor Guild has passed the crisis of his illness and steadily improved to convalescence with some setbacks. The Commonwealth sends thanks and praise for a governor who heeded public sentiment over corporate influence and stood with the people, Curtis Guild Jr. hailed as a good governor ready for restoration to health.
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Governor Guild
Commonwealth
Curtis Guild, Jr
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Oldest Graduate Charles H Parker Dies at 91
Charles H Parker longtime Boston lawyer and Harvard College class of 1831 member dies in his 92d year. He served as treasurer of the Boston Port Society and the Massachusetts Bible Society and was Trinity Church warden for 30 years. He also sat on the building committee for Trinity Church when it was erected in 1873. He held multiple terms on the board of trustees.
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Charles H. Parker
Harvard College
Parker
Boston
Boston Port Society
Massachusetts Bible Society
Trinity Church
Remembering a Boston Councilman and Bank Director
The memoir recalls Harvard examiners as director of the National Bank of Commerce and other posts including president of a mill company and vice president roles. It notes his 1846 Common Council membership and urges the council to strive for higher standards.
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Harvard College
National Bank of Commerce
Columbian National Bank
Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation
Home For Aged Women
Suffolk Savings Bank
Common Council
City of
Boston
Hughes Defies Legislature as He Bids for President
Governor Hughes openly defies the New York Legislature after Senate failure to pass anti gambling bills. He campaigns for the Republican nomination at Chicago, conditions support, and shores up a pledge to curb stock betting as well as horse racing. He threatens a special session and questions Republican leaders in Chicago about a candidate who truly believes his stated principles.
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Hughes
New York
Senate
Chicago
Putting on the screws in Congress threatens GOP agenda
The piece warns that May 10 as adjournment date tightens bills to favor the Republican campaign. It criticizes a gag rule restraining roll calls and criticizes a suspension of rules for a general appropriation bill, risking reduced accountability and demoralization.
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Congress
House
Republic
Fireproofing Boston Schoolhouses Now, Not Later
The speaker argues that child safety in public schools requires immediate use of tax funds for fireproofing. They urge the Mayor to authorize expenditure from the annual $1,000,000 schoolhouse construction levy, dismissing objections about funding sources. If challenged, courts can decide funding allocation.
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Boston
Treasury faces nearly forty million deficit in current year
The treasury reports a deficit of about 40,000,000 for the current fiscal year, contrasting with a 54,000,000 surplus last year. The shortfall hinders President Roosevelt’s four battleship program and slows other proposed laws as Congress weighs action, with a May adjournment outlook. A mood favors free wood pulp and free print paper, with most of the House supporting the plan. Judge Moody portrait by Albert Rosenthal added to the Corcoran.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Roosevelt
House
John Sharp Williams
Congress
The Wooing of Wakefulness by Newton Newkirk
Insomnia pleads for rest as dreams tempt, but wakefulness must prevail to guard the world from sleep. Billington Bollinghword of Boston adds a closing line from The Sphinx about humanity learning to suspend judgment.
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Billington Bollinghword
Life in a Hall-Room and Health Advice Comic Exchange
A humorous letter about living in an impossibly small hall room. The narrator recalls cramped spaces, makeshift solutions, and weight changes to fit the tiny room while offering mock advice. A second note mocks a reader’s lunch habits and suggests smoking as healthful. The piece ends with a jab about finding undertakers in a city directory.
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Boston
Plans for a 40 by 40 foot summer home in Marion
The Observant Citizen notes Henry E. Converse will build a new summer home in Marion framed 40 feet by 40 feet and sited decisively. Other brief items mention a seat-date April 1 mix up at the opera, Miskelly’s fifth term as Revere sealer of weights and measures, a new East Boston Relief Station nearing completion, ladder superstition on Washington Street, and Brookline’s new fire station expected around July 4 with injuries slowly recovering.
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Newt
Billy
Boston
Henry E. Converse
Marion
Board of Selectmen of
Revere
Fred C. Miskelly
Weights and Measures of
Mr. Miskelly
Lower Washington Street
Brookline Village
Hose 1
Chemical 1
John Allen
Brookline Fire Department
Old Baptist Church
Elwin C. Forster
Boston & Northern Street Railway
New Orleans Street Railway
Southern Road
Woman Drives Bargains and Man Drives Nails
A witty adage contrasts a shrewd bargain hunter with a man who works with nails. The saying suggests silence from the man invites more talk and that a foolish girl would fault her lover’s amateur skills.
Not Myself at All Irish Lyric Fragments
An old Irish lyric excerpt features a speaker addressing Molly Dear, confessing a changed self and longing for unity. The verses mix self doubt with reasoning about becoming one and simplifying life. The fragment ends with the refrain Not myself at all.
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Molly
East Boston Welcomes New Engine and Local Gadflies
Residents celebrate receiving a modern engine with a three horse hitch and rubber tires on Marion Street. Insects appear in large numbers at the dinner table early in the season, then fade with a warm spell. The writer questions why Oak Island ledges near Revere Beach remain unbuoyed, warning of danger to unsuspecting vessels at low water and suggesting a spindle beacon could help.
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Newburyport
McKie
Boston
Fred Wallace
Marion Street
New England
Oak Island
Revere Beach
Love Advice From Mildred Champagne on a Troubled Heart
A young woman asks Mildred Champagne how to know if her 18 year old lover 21 will stay. The adviser urges courage set firm boundaries and train him to treat her well to avoid lifelong subservience. The tone mixes moral paternalism with practical dating counsel.
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Miss Champagne
Governor Guild on road to recovery says physicians
Official statement reports Governor Guild is on the high road to recovery and soon back on his feet. Doctors' late evening visits were discontinued yesterday.
Volney Haskell Dies at 88 After Jewelry Fortune
Volney H Haskell 88 a jewelry businessman and noted fortunes died today in Otis. He built a substantial wealth through jewelry trade and is remembered for his long career and charitable works.
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Otis
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