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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
10
The Boston Post price list shows daily one cent, six months 1.50, three months 75 cents, one month 25 cents. Sunday Post yearly 2.50, six months 1.25, three months 65 cents. Canada 9 cents per copy. Subscription to be prepaid. editor E A Grozier.
The Legislature is urged to allow 200000 from a 1 million levy to fund fire escapes and protections for existing Boston school buildings. The piece faults the Schoolhouse Commission and city for neglect and argues Mayor Hibbard may use funds to safeguard children’s lives if no other source is found.
President Eliot defends radical views on college athletics, calling intercollegiate contests a crying evil and insisting on reducing the number of intercollegiate games to two per sport per season. He argues wholesome sports are crowded out by fierce competition and notes Harvard would be at a disadvantage without broader intercollegiate agreement.
The draft bill for regulating administrative power in Boston, submitted to the Metropolitan Affairs committee with Mayor Hibbard as sponsor, tightens executive authority. It formalizes the Chief Executive as dictator, confirming the previous charter revision’s core principle of strong mayoral power and responsibility.
The text questions whether the mayor should appoint department heads without confirmation and hold them for life. It argues the bill improves logic but questions desirability within the municipal system.
The piece discusses Speaker Cannon backing a $5,000,000 measure to save watersheds in the White Mountains and Appalachians. It reports the judiciary committee will likely rule the bill unconstitutional, with divergent views within the committee and a call to sustain the minority defending the White Mountain region.
King Edward arrived in London from Biarritz and held a privy council at Buckingham Palace this afternoon. The seals of office were transferred from the old to the new members of the cabinet.
General Rafael Reyes resigns temporarily as president and names Secretary of Finance Angulo to act during his absence in Bogota.
Ferdinand Schumacher founder of the American breakfast food business died at his Akron home last night aged 82. He was widely known as the oatmeal king of America and led the industry for decades.
Ralph Wardlaw Gloag of South Boston writes to the Post condemning the Boston Elevated Railway’s overcrowded cars. He cites 104 and 107 passengers in one car and urges press action against lax railroad commissioners and rail officials. He calls for relief for working men and women, especially shop girls, in a winter hardship.
Syracuse April 16 Mother Bernadine of the Third Order of St. Francis who founded St. Joseph's Hospital in the city and led the order in the United States died after a long illness.
Two men in Fairbanks report a rich Nolan creek strike in Koyukuk that yielded about $30,000 from bedrock. They say the gravel remains to be processed, with a large wash-up dump to be handled in spring.
Chelsea fire relief efforts ongoing as residents recover from damage. Notable events include Boston Conservatory spring term starting April 22 and the Chelsea disaster fundraiser organized by American Type Founders' Company employees. Also covered are social events in Charlestown and Cambridge, a Chelsea High School account, and upcoming weddings among local families.
The poem laments Tara’s harp hanging mute and Ireland’s fading pride. It recalls former glory, chiefs, and ladies, and notes Freedom’s rare awakenings only when hearts protest. The verse conveys national memory, ruin, and a lingering flame of liberty.
H L M Pike recalls the Adams press in Newmarket during the early 1880s. He notes helpers including Herbert Knowlton and worker George Horn who powered the press for two hours or more and also blew the church organ. The letter emphasizes Horn's indispensable role to both the Newmarket Advertiser and the Baptist Church.
The government yesterday purchased Packard's wharf on Atlantic Avenue just south of Northern Avenue for the new appraisers' stores, paying $165 000.
The Chelsea Young Men's Christian Association building was destroyed by fire. A 50 by 80 foot tent was set up in the park opposite the railroad station to house a free employment bureau reading and writing facilities lunch stand beds for young men barber shop and religious services. The Boston Y M C A and other associations join to support the effort with contributions routed through the Boston office for state distribution.
April 16 report that a joint insurance committee bill easing constraints on the cost of securing new life insurance business cleared the Senate without division and moves to the Governor for action. The measure aims to modify limitations affecting insurers and their new policies.
A local ad promotes black suits suitable for every occasion from preaching to funerals. It highlights varieties including Tibets Clays and Dress Worsteds, suitable for year round wear and various social duties.
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