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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1907
Page
6
Boston Post daily edition notes date August 10 1907 with paper number and office address at 259 Washington Street Boston.
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The Canton opium dens have been reportedly closed without disturbance as part of last year’s imperial decree to suppress national vice. The measure suggests barbaric absolutism may be more efficient for moral progress than free popular government, though permanence remains uncertain.
The article notes a $29,240,000 judgment against Standard Oil, with an appeal taken. Ida Tarbell and others estimate the monopoly could yield $114,760,000 if additional suits are prosecuted, a notion described as imaginative. The piece urges waiting to see how much is actually collectible before expanding litigation.
A public exhortation calls for honesty in the Boston Common Council and Suffolk County District Attorney. It urges council members to name corrupt acts and the DA to drop the case if no charges exist, saying the grand jury farce is approaching ridiculousness.
An American traveler notes Secretary Taft plans a circumnavigation from Seattle to Japan China via the Trans Siberian route and Europe visiting Manila. The piece suggests Theodore Roosevelt may bear responsibility for sustaining interest in Taft’s presidential nomination upon Taft’s return to Washington.
Governor Guild has chosen members for the special taxation commission created by the late Legislature. The selections show attainment and competence, yet the duties promise to be thankless. Real reform requires a Legislature with courage and conviction. past commissions offered insight but failed to end old evils.
The Finance Commission asks eight deputy sealer of weights and measures appointments be held up. The Board of Aldermen will consider them soon for confirmation or rejection. A brief delay harms no one except postponing Mayor Fitzgerald's appointees on the payroll. The commission will weigh economy in city payrolls as it reviews city finances.
The city treasurer contemplates an over-the-counter sale of new four percent Boston bonds totaling about 4.9 million dollars. The plan, adopted earlier, aims to place the bonds through retail channels rather than a large public offering.
In a letter discussing Boston post city bonds, the writer argues dealers now prefer par value or higher margin securities. With $3,294,000 offered and only $200,000 bid by banks, the plan suggests selling bonds directly to thrifty investors to bypass dealers. It notes strong savings deposits and the safety of 4 percent city bonds, urging a direct sale to individuals as well as institutions.
Attorneys for the Standard Oil Company filed the assignment of errors in U S District Court and then appeared before Judge Grosscup in the U S Circuit Court of Appeals seeking an appeal a writ of error and supersedeas in Chicago on Aug 9.
A Boston citizen praises City Collector Scollard and his staff for courteous treatment and easy tax payments. The writer, a forty year resident and Republican, says he might vote for a Democratic mayor if it preserves Scollard in office. Dated Boston, August 1907.
A young man asks if hair color should guide his choice between two sweethearts. An adviser urges fidelity to the black-haired partner, noting temperament may outlast hair color and suggesting he return to the first woman despite a second love.
A young man asks if a large age gap with a mature lover will bring unhappiness in marriage. The adviser notes happiness hinges on love and future acceptance, warns that the wife aging faster may cause the husband to feel like a dutiful son, and argues that growing apart is likely as each moves on.
Newton Newbirk vents about an August bill from New England Tel imperfectly listing charges from a dozen odd places. He jokes about calling Utica and a glass eye factory while recalling a witty clerk and ending with a jab at corporations.
Miss G Magnolia Gumdrop and Mr Nooting Nookoik exchange nagging, comic epistles on writing a vaudeville sketch. Gumdrop claims overwork and awkward speech, while Nookoik brushes off the demand as poor policy. The editor of All Sorts refuses the proposal, quelling the bid.
Lawrence August 9 The Rev Charles M Driscoll pastor of St Laurence s Church sails from New York for Southampton en route to Rome as representative of the Augustinians of the United States for the 12 year conclave to choose a general of the order.
The first dancing party of the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps will be held at Hotel Atlantic Revere Beach on August 10 1907 at 8 80 o clock. Tickets are in great demand and the evening is expected to be a complete success.
A Boston column surveys lively city life from trains at Pleasant street to barbers and fashion, with mentions of art lover Thomas Frothingham and his baseball dog. It catalogs civic figures, post office veterans, and governors, plus local fire protection talks at Revere Beach and Old Home Week parade praise.
To the Editor of the Post a Boston correspondent denounces City Collector Scollard over unpaid taxes. He says poll tax hurts the poor, while landowners and franchise holders dodge taxes through inequity and misused funds. He criticizes spending on students, politicians, contractors, and land speculators and questions the value of public salaries. Co I Weldon, 67 Dover Street, Boston, Aug. 9.
A drifting voyage on the Mineola leads a young boy toward medicine, love, and disillusion as he nears a life in science. Janie Jones, Josephine, and the Winnipaw girl mark his emotional course from dreamer to man, with a white yacht and a seaside town as backdrops.
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