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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1907
Page
6
Daily publication from August 6 1907 edition of the Post Publishing Co at 269 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts. Contains issue number 82 in volume 188.
The notice lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Daily prices show one year at six dollars with various shorter terms, while The Sunday Post offers one year at two dollars and fifty cents with multiple shorter-term options.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery to any U S or foreign address for 25 cents a month, and 25 cents a month for the Sunday Post. Subscribers may change addresses as often as desired.
Owing to tax increases in the Dominion of Canada the Daily Post subscription is 50 cents per month, 6 months at 33 dollars a year, and Sunday Post is 9 cents per copy. All money sent at sender's risk. Payments by check or money order to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration. Editor EB A Grozier.
Commander Peary expresses firm confidence that his ongoing expedition will locate the North Pole. The nation hopes his experience and sledging approach succeed where others, like Wellman with his balloon, have not.
Dr Hale proposes using the Old South Meeting House as a religious temple with Sunday addresses by leaders from any education or profession. He argues the edifice should be more than a museum and envisions weekly layman talks on topics of religion or politics related to the social order.
The Chicago and Alton case follows the Standard Oil verdict as the Elkins act permits hefty fines for rebates. It targets officers and agents who grant or accept rebates, with possible two year prison terms. Harriman immunity under the Sherman law is noted but questions remain on railroad rebates.
An editorial notes two days of cleaner air in the city due to favorable winds, contrasting with last Saturday’s murky skies. It blames rail yards like Exeter Street for much of the soot and urges action from Railroad Commissioners to curb locomotive smoke and pursue cleaner stationary fuel options, citing patented devices.
The address argues for a universal principle or process to curb exploitation and achieve the desired result. It states current smoke nuisance holds power, with no existing authority to control it, and calls for granting and rigorously exercising enough executive power to enforce control.
The report by Herbert Knox Smith reveals that if petroleum products were supplied by smaller firms prices would be lower than Standard Oil’s charges. It shows dividends of 552 million and net earnings near 790 million from 1882 to 1906, with earnings averaging 68 percent 1903 to 1905, challenging claims that monopoly brought lower prices.
Two weeks from today a grand ceremony will place the cornerstone for a granite memorial at Provincetown marking the Mayflower landing. The tower will crown the Cape point overlooking the harbor, symbolizing national sentiment and citizen generosity. The event will be a rare public gathering with the President, Governor, Senators, and Britain’s ambassador expected to attend.
A thousand gilt edged farmers gathered at Whalom Lake Park for a Middlesex Pomona Grange field meeting. Speakers praised the Grange for fraternal, educational privileges and opportunities. G W F Gaunt of New Jersey addressed members, with state leaders Herbert O Hadley of New Hampshire and others adding support for the organization.
Ipswich Aug 5 A reception at Colonial Wave Cottage will honor newlywed Mr and Mrs Jacob Riis. Miss Ellen Trask hosts the event amid a quiet honeymoon. The affair may become a double celebration with Ernest Smith and his fiancée Caroline Phillips, sister of Mrs Riis.
Fitchburg August 5 The fifth week of the machinists strike opens with both sides firm The Metal Trades Association claims to have brought in 100 men who are at work Today no workers stayed on the job and none left for the day as reports vary on the strike’s progress
Superintendent Pierce of the Boston police declares the feather tickler used to tease passersby as assault and battery, not a harmless joke. A reader recounts a Tickler encounter on Tremont Street and argues the prank is neither funny nor fair.
A witty editorial reacts to Mrs. Fairbanks remarks about her husband Charles Fairbanks and his supposed fondness for buttermilk. The piece laments the sudden blow to Charley’s image as a potential presidential candidate and mocks political wives’ influence on public perception.
Look back to Old Home week and recall simple joys and community spirit. The speaker humbly notes the cheerful memories as they place a hand on their heart and say those were truly happy days.
A newspaper misquotes John D. Rockefeller and argues the printer altered the text, noting typographical errors and misplaced words. It critiques the handling of Rockefeller quotes and contrasts Newport society’s dining eccentricities with a chimpanzee’s behavior at a swell dinner. The reader letter mentions Dear Newt and requests plot ideas about an ash barrel with missing hoops.
Help wanted at Montpelier House Vermont seeking a bright boy to run a dishwashing machine and assist with table girls chambermaids and kitchen help. The advertisement notes time for fishing swimming or reading Nick Carter and suggests other tasks such as bellhop messenger desk clerk milking cows and fetching vegetables.
An aged physician facing a medical board after 50 years loses practice and retires to his orchard. A mysterious outbreak among villagers is cured not by drugs but by apples from his trees, which the old man uses to deliver healing, provoking renewed debate over licensing and medicine.
At the annual session in Clinton the Harugari Grand Lodge elected officers and voted to hold the next convention in Turners Falls. New officers include Grossbarde Jacob Raff Turners Falls deputy gross barde William E Merz Shelburne Falls gross overseer Theodore Lenz Roslindale secretary R Gerber Webster treasurer Franz N Mohwinner Roxbury chaplain Emil Donat Webster marshal William Bitzer Turners Falls guide August Fichtner Lawrence inner guard Joseph Hover Cambridge outside guard Ernst Frank Fitchburg.
William H. Bradlisy of Boston writes that dishonest men should be punished with tangible evidence rather than innuendo. He recalls a man who claimed to have proof to jail Curtis Guild Jr. but fell ill when pressed to produce it, noting the danger of unfounded insinuations.
A reader asks Mildred Champagne to explain phrases like too soft and too slow and how to please eligible young ladies. The columnist suggests the man is out of step with the standards of potential partners and cautions against trying to fit their fixed ideals.
The speaker argues that choosing friendliness with people who seem distant is wiser than pleasing those who reject you and mock your efforts. Emphasizes giving yourself a chance to connect rather than chasing approval from critical individuals.
Police plan drastic action after a wave of express wagon thefts. Chritchett's Express of Watertown reported a wagon pillaged on Pearl Street with a pasteboard box containing three pairs of shoes marked Otis Brothers stolen. Plainclothes officers will be deployed on key thoroughfares.
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