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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
6
The Post Publishing Company announces subscription prices for Daily and The Sunday Post with rates for various terms and Canada copies. Notices emphasize advance payment, discontinuation on expiration, and payment details to be sent to the Boston office.
The piece cautions against taxing art objects as household furniture. It notes Mrs. Gardner’s loaned artworks highlight tariff absurdity and questions why the U S should bar beautiful foreign art and hinder educational value. It urges removal of the tariff to allow more art in the country.
The piece condemns New York Republican bosses for omitting Governor Hughes from Utica notification ceremonies. It argues the slight heightens factional bitterness, risks Taft's national campaign, and could favor Bryan if Hughes is not renominated.
The Republican vice presidential candidate misstates the campaign's focus by claiming the overriding issue is approving President Roosevelt. The piece argues the public seeks broader policy concerns, not personal vindication, and warns against sycophantic politics.
In a Post interview Samuel Gompers affirms organized labor will not ask for quarter in the campaign to win the rights owed to the masses. He emphasizes a determined fight to secure those rights and signals confidence in labor’s position.
Samuel Gompers rejects coercion and declares organized labor should vote to win. He states he will vote for William Jennings Bryan and urges workers to do the same, asserting Bryan shares labor’s core principles and independence remains intact.
An apparent subsidence of violence in this area suggests heat drives crime. Six murders in Boston over 30 days remain unsolved except one case on Atlantic Avenue. The piece urges punishment of perpetrators, tighter weapon controls, and preventive enforcement before warmer months revive crime.
The article argues the US should refrain from intervention as Venezuela and the Netherlands settle their quarrel over national honor and international comity. It notes earlier US actions on commercial rights and debts and warns Castro could resist with armed force while Dutch ships blockade Caribbean ports. conflict may drag on.
Marcel Theriault secretary of joint committees thanks The Post editor for accurate complete account of last Sunday evening meeting. He expresses appreciation for frank impartial reporting and management of the Post on behalf of 12,000 French residents.
A letter argues the U S Constitution protects bearing arms and opposes restricting sales to licensed dealers with government permits. The writer cites Federalist reading and notes a Florida bar shooting as counterpoint. Aug. 18 Littleton Centre signatures BIG STICK.
Moses Bates died at his Everett home yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock aged 83. He joined Union Ice Company at its founding 44 years ago and worked steadily until shortly before his death. He previously served as ice weigher. In respect, many wharf dealers lowered their flags to half mast yesterday.
A fragmentary lyric titled All Sorts by Newton Newkirk presents a ballad set in cold climes with a refrain about the land of the Eskimo. It evokes distant Beantown, the North Pole surroundings, a dark-skinned maid, and images of cold air freezing on the nose.
Mace Macomber recounts a two week rural getaway with Zeke in northern New Hampshire. The pair bounce from dream estates to a rustic farm, meet cornfed milkmaids Saphira Amanda and Pa Haycutter, play parchees, and endure monotony before returning to city life.
Rodrick and Van Albert discuss a forthcoming camping trip. Rodrick asks if Van Albert ever enjoyed camping, and Van Albert clarifies that he has never enjoyed such trips, not never gone on them. The exchange hints at differing attitudes toward outdoor experiences.
A Post series installment explores Vermont as a vacation region. The sixth weekly journey highlights select scenic places in the Green Mountains and notes rugged beauty and rural charm while promising readers more examples in a future print.
The article highlights Dream Lake in Fairfield as a typical small Vermont lake with echoes from surrounding hills. It notes St. Albans as a growing manufacturing center and summer resort, near Lake Champlain, with Beecher’s summers recalled. Swanton’s Canadian trains and past smuggling stories at the Vermont border are mentioned, ending with a note about an imminent view near Bennington.
The Rev Henry B Washburn is named to the chair of ecclesiastical history at Episcopal Theological School Cambridge. Wilbur A Colt is appointed to Arcadia College Wolfsboro N S to chair mathematics. Rev W B Boggs suffers anaemia at New England Baptist Hospital Roxbury. Rev 8S F Phelps preached ordinations for his sons T T and W V Phelps in Beverly. Hugh E Smith to continue with aggressive evangelistic commission. Rev Dr Hodges officiates at St Peters on the Mount Holder ness N H. Lynn district W H M S to host Dr Robert Forbes Aug 30 at Asbury Grove. Tre Mont Street Methodist service continues during Rev Winston’s vacation.
Petition for administration reveals author Louise Chandler Moulton died intestate leaving all property and unpublished manuscripts to her daughter Mrs William H Schaefer of Charleston. The Schaefers plan to survey materials for a biography and expect no administration disputes.
Boston male residents must apply for listing by Sept. 1 at Police Headquarters 37 Pemberton Square. Office hours 64 to 10 P. M. daily and until midnight on Sept. 1. Residents as of May 1 1908 or six months before election must be listed or unable to vote. Lists available at 37 Pemberton Square. Stephen O Meara John M Minton Listing Board.
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