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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1907
Page
6
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co dated December 28 1907 reports local Boston news and notices. Official office address listed as 259 Washington Street Boston Mass.
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A 107 year old man in New Hampshire reportedly walked 16 miles on Christmas Day without fatigue. The piece argues age is a mental and physical habit, noting that healthy living and grit keep one young and that the body and mind influence each other.
A Michigan professor urges German style dueling as a training method for students while denying any intent to injure. He cites his own history as a German student duelist but critics label the idea as foolish bravado and unsuitable for American life. The piece argues for safer, equally challenging exercises to build character.
A commentary questions a Philadelphia banker’s $100,000 ball to launch his daughter into society. It argues that such lavish spending strains households and national judgment, noting rent, clothing, and food costs are harder now. The piece warns that many more displays risk defining the country as extravagant.
Debate grows on regulating global emigration as scientists urge a conference. The return of thousands of immigrants to the United States intensifies the issue for Europe, with calls for a properly bounded, effective gathering to study the flow.
The author argues for a rational emigration conference to promote productive, humane moves. Better medical inspection, improved facilities for worthy emigrants, and limits on criminals and chronically diseased migrants are proposed. The plan should guide migration away from congested areas toward regions that benefit newcomers and host communities.
Sixty days after the withdrawal notice deadline, few depositors withdrew funds while small new deposits arrived, suggesting panic has waned, savers remain confident, and the financial system shows resilience despite lingering concerns about the broader economy.
Column by Newton Newkirk ponders jail fate with a wry quip about beating life behind bars. The piece blends humor and social observation, reflecting on inmates and the paradox of wanting freedom yet facing confinement.
The piece outlines polite fencing between rival social women at balls or receptions. They begin with a kiss and use beauty gowns jewels and voices as weapons. The bout relies on smiling parries and gracious insults. conceal pricks of offense as the wiser course.
Hawkins narrates a derailment near Pittsfield while traveling from North Pittsfield to Pittsfield by B and A train. He describes a 15 minute delay due to cylinder packing and a collision with a freight train after passing Osteyee Bros locomotive shop, noting no serious injuries and a hot, sulphurous car.
An All Sorts reader collects opinions of notable figures on wit and humor. Milton, L'Estrange, Barrow, and Johnson weigh humor's charm, purpose, and limits through quotes and reflections on how laughter and cleverness interact with language and taste.
The Finance Commission recommends Massachusetts assume care of Boston's insane. It argues state care would reduce cost and improve efficiency while preserving access for relatives, expanding Boston’s existing institutions to higher standards. The piece cites the state’s reputed humane treatment and model hospitals.
Abraham Alpert of East Boston challenged President Eliot of Harvard claiming Jews should not be urged into militia fitness. He cited Jewish soldiering in Russia and the United States in the Civil War, Revolution, and Spanish War to argue Jews have historically contributed to military needs in proportion to their numbers.
Edward C. Mansfield will be sworn in as postmaster of Boston to succeed Mayor elect George A. Hibbard next Wednesday. Preparations have been under way this week to transfer funds and accounts, with money order departments in 135 stations closing at 1 PM and 4 PM in 16 main stations.
B F W of Cambridge writes to condemn the audience in Symphony Hall for boorish conduct during rehearsals. He notes the spacious seating and aisles allow quick exits but observes most spectators delay leaving, urging guilty parties to be hissed. He mentions Dr Muck would disapprove of the behavior.
Edward H. Harriman, chauffeur for Charles F. Baker, indicted for manslaughter in the Needham death near East Lexington last spring, has had the case placed on file after two terms. Harriman’s counsel argued the incident was pure accident with some negligence by the deceased. The matter drew strong public interest as the grand jury had returned a true bill.
A Boston man, Jack Nagle, now general manager for a Klondike financier, sends a Thanksgiving letter that arrives Christmas Eve revealing gifts of 100 to each parent. Fire department vacancies await mayoral transition. A rowdy dining room incident ends with a toothbrush in champagne. A child’s bright reply answers what he’ll be: a man. Ducks hung from dorm windows prank Mass Ave Cambridge students before Christmas.
Hugh Ferris declines a country visit to instead spend time with Harvey Blackwell and his wife and maid Tessa. He contemplates marriage for love, not duty, and discovers Tessa growing dear as he stays at the Blackwells to visit their home.
Hugh Ferris plans to marry the maid but learns Tessa is not who she seems. The revelation comes when the maid confesses she is Helen Alden, a disguise she wore to escape an unwanted suitor. He declares his love and vows not to let her escape.
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