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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1907
Page
6
The item notes publication details for the Boston Post dated December 9 1907. It lists the issue number volume and office address in Boston Massachusetts.
Newspaper pricing details show daily one year rates and a Sunday Post option with partial figures. Readers see three and six month terms with varying prices, though the OCR text is corrupted and incomplete.
Post publisher warns readers of higher Dominion Canada postal charges and outlines new subscription prices for Daily Post 1 month 50 cents six months 3 dollars year 6 dollars Sunday Post copies 9 cents each. Payments in advance. discontinue on expiration. contact by mail if unavailable. Editor E A Grozier urges prompt notices and prepayment.
After a financial storm, the public regains bearings and senses a hopeful mood. Quoted markets mislead about real meaning, yet Christmas brings joy and brightness to expand hearts and ease late anxieties.
The oldest reigning European monarch, Oscar II of Sweden, died at nearly 79. Grandson of Napoleon’s Marshal Bernadotte, he earned the love of his people and respect worldwide, a model of a beloved, respected sovereign.
The Alaska Yukan Pacific Exposition planned for 1909 aims to boost Seattle while the Jamestown receivership finishes. The federal government is not asked to fund the project beyond a national display. Washington state and residents have contributed about 1.8 million dollars to establish a solid foundation.
A Taunton Insane Hospital parolee was found near Fall River City Hall on a Saturday, claiming he would kill the Mayor. The piece cites a recent State House incident by Steele as an example likely to inspire other mentally diseased individuals.
A report from Tokio suggests a durable settlement on Japanese immigration to the United States and Canada. The plan limits entrance to students and merchants with means, excluding laborers, aligning with current treaty terms.
The city with 650000 people has over 100000 children of school age. One fifth of the population lacks a vote yet will be governed by parents. Voters on Tuesday will decide to maintain the current public education system and policy.
A nonpartisan appeal urges voters to support James P. Magennis and David P. Scannell for the Boston School Board. The letter argues party politics should be kept out of schools and emphasizes continuing a successful development plan funded by about 3,000,000 annually for the children’s best education.
A near equal contest hinges on tomorrow’s vote between Fitzgerald and Hibbard with Coulthurst a weak third. Tests show Fitzgerald leading by about 3000 if the lead holds, but silent voters for Hibbard could shift the result.
A playful verse riff featuring playful wordplay and muddled sounds. The piece references Malden and DABFY HOWES with mention of true love returning. It reads as a lighthearted, rhythmic nameless dabble by Newton Newkirk.
Eben D Jordan of this city gifts his daughter Dorothy a Wenham farm recently bought from Miss Harriet M Jencks of Pawtucket R I The farm will serve as a country place close to the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton and the Essex County Club in Manchester Preparations to adapt the buildings and transfer some greenhouses from The Forges at Chiltonville will be made.
At a St Philip's Church meeting on Northampton street yesterday afternoon 385 members were added to the school founded for teaching the Irish language First instruction was given by P J O Daly placed in charge by Father O Donnell pastor of the church D T OCallaghan of Roxbury attended and illustrated the need for Irish language knowledge in America to revise and correct dictionaries
Poem fragment from Everybody TM. A pilgrim named Love arrives cloaked in gray, pleading and bleeding, leaving sorrow and uncomprehended revelry as he passes. The speaker recalls past joys, notes Love's luminous yet dim presence, and hints at his departure driven by misunderstanding.
A speaker quips that friends misread their desk as clutter while declaring a desire for a pick and shovel. The remark frames the rush of practical work and readiness to take on a task.
In All Sorts the Sphinx warns against chasing a blown hat. The Wise One clarifies that not all readers are fools, only those who run after their own hat or another’s hat. A wise man stands firm on the hat question.
A course of lectures at Boston College Hall James Street directed by Rev J Harris Richards 8 J supports the Immaculate Conception Church temperance societies. Ralph Adams Cramp will discuss Monastic Architecture and the Destruction of the Monasteries Under Henry VIII with lantern slides. Rev M A O Kane will speak Treland s Vocation on Jan 15 and Father Richards will close January 29 with Christian Science remarks.
A parade of brief items describes a senator joking about a $2 bill from a grand jury witness, a father son look alike duo on Washington street, a Dorchester sister teasing a brother with ads, Miss Marie Lloyd’s car crash scare, and Jerry Watson at a Roxbury rally. Also mentions a Spring street car prank, a reader question about silk underskirt, a grandmother’s corn chowder echoes, and Bishop Brent visiting Cambridge with a Harvard lecture invitation.
A reader argues against long engagements citing four years of waiting as costly. The writer urges decisive commitment within six months if the man can support the woman, warning that delaying marriage invites mistrust and trouble.
A reader asks how a girl can ask a gentleman caller to leave by 10 PM without offense. The reply notes that most men stay as long as the woman allows, if there is no other engagement, and that a sensible young woman sets 10 o'clock as a firm limit for a late departure. It also discusses a 21 year old driving out in the evening with a reputable male friend.
The speaker notes a guest should not overstay, as leaving early avoids revealing secrets. He suggests the gentleman may feel grateful later for departing on time and implies a daughter may accompany a well known young man only with family approval.
Lieutenant Thomas E Selfridge of the U S A says airships will excite no more interest than automobiles, after his ascent in Professor Alexander Graham Bell's tetrahedral kite Cygnet yesterday at Baddeck Cape Breton. He declares the first experiment with Bells creation was a success.
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