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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1907
Page
6
Sunday edition from Post Publishing Co announces No 45 Vol 188 with office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts indicating publication details and date
Subscriptions listed include Daily One Year at 3.00 dollars. Six months 1.50 dollars. Three months 0.75 dollars and one month 0.25 dollars. The Sunday Post offers One Year 2.50 dollars, six months 1.25 dollars, and three months 0.??.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery to any U S address and possessions for 25cc per month and the Sunday Post for 25e per month. Address changes can be made as desired.
Canada postal rate increase prompts new subscription prices for Daily Post at 50c monthly six months 35 dollars yearly 6 and Sunday Post at 9 cents per copy. Entered at Boston Mass as Second Class Matter. Payments in advance. do not send cash. checks drafts and money orders payable to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. Editor B A Grozier announces disruptions if payments lapse.
The ceremonies and celebration at Provincetown yesterday reflect credit on the Pilgrim Memorial Association the local committee of 20 town officials and residents. It was a large undertaking for the small town to host a day to a great multitude and many dignitaries with no hitch in the proceedings and a handsomely carried out program from start to finish, leaving pleasant memories of a memorable occasion.
A historical account describes a great flaming body as big as a house chasing the Cambrian across the Atlantic days ago, narrowly missing the ship and plunging into the sea within yards. Other meteors were seen Sunday night over Vet and near Middlebury, with dramatic impacts and a tidal wave at Amagami, L. T. The article notes remarkable luck as Earth traverses the meteor belt and hints at a departing vagrant comet, underscoring uncertainties this year.
Secretary Taft, in a Columbus farewell address, says new light makes him rethink last year’s Bath pledge for immediate tariff revision. He notes most extremists believe a platform pledge after the next election is possible only if the Republican party supports it. The piece suggests a split with Roosevelt on tariff action.
Roosevelt's Provincetown corner stone address outlines firm stance against corporate violators and ongoing legal enforcement. Rockefeller condemns policy while Roosevelt reiterates no let up, aiming to protect honest enterprise and uphold federal power amid state and municipal regulation tensions.
A recent statement by Standard Oil directors denounces the $29,240,000 federal court fine as unprecedented and accuses both the executive and judiciary of hostile motives and obstructing justice. The release reads as a declaration of war against the government with violent language.
The Standard Oil directors allege a combined assault by the President, the Commissioner of Corporations, and the federal judiciary to defame a corporation vital to national prosperity. They condemn the court verdict against Standard Oil as a hair-splitting technicality, warn of revolution if the Supreme Court upholds Landis, and pledge to defend citizens’ rights against perceived political tyranny.
A letter to the editor from J. H. Guilfoyle Jr. of Orange dated August 20 argues for traffic speed enforcement on the State road between Orange and Athol. He cites a mile stretch with a sharp turn where motorists frequently reach 40 to 50 mph, urging an officer to curb speeding motorists.
The Rev Dr Dillon Bronson, former St Mark's Brookline pastor, now in Japan, writes Boston friends he will soon return to assume the superintendency of the City Missionary Society of Boston. He previously left a wealthy pastorate to labor in slums in this city.
Newton Newkirk reports a set of interviews with industry leaders on the stock market downturn. John D. Rockefeller, speaking during a round of golf, laments the depression, loss of public confidence, and the impact on small investors while praising the widows, orphans, and laborers reliant on investment funds.
In New York on August 20, BE H Harriman spoke of the fierce market downturn. He said his fortunes shrink to 30 cents, that he could not prop up railways as before, and expressed deep sympathy for the small investor while fighting back tears.
J Pierpont Morgan, returning from abroad, described the U S market as awful and panicky. He said he plans to salvage some holdings for small investors, lamenting the fate of small investors and recalling his former seven trusts a night routine. Morgan then broke down and had to be assisted to his stateroom as the liner's hold filled with tears.
Saratoga notes financier Charley Gates away from Wall Street says he came to escape the market collapse and worries for the small investor. He jokes about a ten dollar deposit box for stocks and admits tears while trying to focus on racing odds involving Sweet Anise and Bouncing Betsey.
All Sorts correspondent chats with Thomas W. Lawson in Dreamwold Mass. He pins market woes on curve of public confidence, administration clashes, and shrinking fodder. He predicts a rosy outlook for small investors, mocks millionaires, and riffs on bears and bulls with a biting, satirical tone.
A hymn honoring the Pilgrim Fathers was sung yesterday at the monument dedication. The piece praises their king their judge and their guiding star across the deep while recalling their kneeling pledge and covenant. It speaks of beaconing faith and following them on the path of freedom.
The star today favors land ventures, mining, and planting while warning birth date risk in speculation. Seek elder counsel. expect doubt and uncertainty in ordinary business but good returns from earth based ventures and purchases of land, crops, or livestock.
Observant Citizen notes John Craig to star in Keith and Proctor Harlem Opera House stock company debuting Labor Day in The Soundon with his family staying in Swampscott and then Brookline. Reports on Boston Theatre renovations hint at interior surprises while General Charles H. Darling recovers in Canada. Meteor sightings prompt Harvard inquiry into origins and risks. Lois Elwell shines as Marguerite at Castle Square with Davies as Faust. both reengaged for fall season. Paragon Park hosts a lively Green Bird outing with no issues. Captain Rudolph Van Rensselaer swaps Muskogee for Buenos Ayres militaria post. first German-American to Brazilian service. Eighth Massachusetts Regiment tours West Point and Hudson voyage. Silly joke from Cambridge lawyer J S Sullivan about Skidoo-03-4. A State Street banker staffer earns 40 weekly with paid sick leave during illness.
Thomas V. Coughlin assistant window dresser for the Jordan Marsh Company departs for an extended vacation in the Maine wilds. A well known figure in the peninsula district in society and athletic circles he is expected to gather fish stories.
Mere dith rides a reddened desert to find Vivian in the Luscanos, cradling a feverish pink-clad girl as heat and hardship wear him down. Lorraine’s return triggers a fatal reveal. Meredith dies among desert sands, leaving only a gold-framed portrait as memory.
Mrs. Charlotte C. Smith, organizer, leads a 40 member exhibitor group demanding an investigation by District Attorney Moran into graft allegations against the Old Home week committee. Smith, a former exhibitor, was removed for disturbance after paying 40 dollars for booth space at Mechanics Hall and turning over the booth to Miss A V Miller.
A 17 year old asks Miss Champagne for guidance about an engagement to a 30 year old physician. A former fiancée, now married, challenges the relationship with the couple often meeting. the man’s conduct attracts jealousy. The column advises that the woman’s youth is being used and suggests giving him freedom if trust cannot be earned.
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