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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1907
Page
6
Publication information for the Daily Post published by Post Publishing Co dated April 20 1907 in Boston Massachusetts lists issue number and volume at the office address 269 Washington Street.
Rates show daily service with one year at 8 0000 and six months at 1.50 plus 8 months at 75 cents and one month at 25 cents. Sundays Post price lists 2 50 for one year six months 1 25 and three months.
Notice from editor A Grozier announces that all endsets must be paid in advance or the Post will be discontinued without further notice upon expiration. Readers without regular delivery should respond by mail at once to arrange service.
Indications point to a lively fight as a second committee reviews the public opinion bill challenging the committee on election laws. Expectation is that the new report will condemn the bill and intensify the clash as lawmakers prepare for a partisan battle.
A Forest Service estimate shows U S wood use triples annual growth. The piece urges government control to prevent desertification and calls for removing the Dingley tariff on lumber to help domestic industries source material from outside.
The piece notes the Republican idea of Governor Guild as a vice presidential candidate as a representative of revision sentiment. It cites potential Massachusetts votes and recalls Guild's tariff revision letter to President Roosevelt and Roosevelt's polite, explicit reply signaling no action.
Superintendent Matthew Cummings criticizes ongoing littering as a prevailing habit. He notes wind storms spread paper and rubbish while daily debris remains too visible, urging more consistent cleanup efforts.
Police conclude efforts have reached limit and call on right minded citizens to assist Superintendent Cummings in keeping 550 miles of streets clean by continuous night and day work.
The article argues for randomizing ballot order by lottery to prevent party clustering and reduce bias against candidates listed late in the directory. It notes advantages of lottery used for jurors and warns that alphabetical order may favor early names while tiring voters. It contends equal polling rights and fair treatment for all candidates.
The author condemns a plan to ask U S school children to donate toward Commander Peary s Arctic expedition noting that public schools prohibit pupil fundraising as it creates inequities and that the needed funds should come from those better able to contribute. The article expects financing will be found from wealthier backers as in the past.
The article condemns the death of young Cunningham from a Wednesday wound amid the strike breaker controversy. It denounces street violence and calls for accountability, urging parties to end the intolerable conditions fueling unrest and tragedy in Boston. The arrest is noted and due process promised.
Secretary Taft appears set for the Republican nomination. At a Yale alumni dinner in Cincinnati he politely rebuffed a blunt suggestion of his candidacy while receiving more tactful hints. Attorney General Bonaparte in Boston gave the Taft boom a strong push. Cincinnati manager Vorys reports Taft was gratified by Ohio Republicans backing him. Senator Foraker intensifies efforts.
The body of James Henry Smith of New York, who died recently in Kioto, Japan, arrived today on the steamer Siberia to Frisco. The widow and the Duke and Duchess of Manchester traveled with the Smiths. Duchess met by Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati. The body will be conveyed to New York for burial.
Newton Newkire recounts an evening ride on the Boylston Dudley street L line during rush hour. A crowded car, bumped elbows, stifling heat, flying mackerel, dangling handkerchiefs, dropped baby, and a pepper spill yield a chaotic, humorous diary of transit farce.
At South Congregational Church in Newbury Street Mrs Lucia Ames Mead led the season finale on Peace Congress results in New York City. She said a gathering of great men will yield positive outcomes and urged ending war as a means to resolve international disputes.
A roundup of social events and everyday scenes from Boston and nearby towns. The column mentions A L Wilbur in Florida returning to Boston, Roxbury Catholic Club banquet speakers, Somerville teachers on vacation trips, a proposed trackless trolley through Newton Highlands, a striking orange tree at Woodlawn Cemetery, and ongoing bus and rail service issues. It also covers a humorous pedestrian incident, reflections on Weston’s roads and taxes, police assignments, Heinz of Pittsburgh joining a Rome delegation, E Gerry Brown’s Democratic ties, and a kindergarten patriotic singalong with a misheard lyric about pills.
In a W National Bank directors' meeting two young men Grey and Davison face embezzlement charges over a $10,000 disappearance. Davison seeks a cover story. Grey admits nothing until a note promises repayment for "her sake." Years later Grey learns Davison confessed, clearing him while revealing the truth behind the theft.
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