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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
6
Telegraphy oriented notice notes subscription policy for the Post. It lists offices at 259 Washington and 6 Main streets, Boston. Editor B A Grozter distributes the paper and warns of discontinuation on expiration if payments are not in advance.
The city plans to modify an order appointing a finance commission to probe municipal affairs. Changes strengthen independence, double funding, and secure power to summon witnesses and compel records, aiming for a thorough, honest, and effective inquiry under mayoral initiative.
The Boston street department completed snow removal swiftly after the blizzard. Streets opened in order, allowing traffic and pedestrians to use them again with little disruption. The storm, while heavy, lacked obstinate packing, yet the department still cleared vast masses effectively.
The article praises underground transit showing fast movement through central city areas during a severe storm. Subways avoided surface delays, with East Boston tunnel trip times highlighted as a key advantage while ferries and surface lines faced congestion and disruption.
The harbor passage would have left island wards cut off from the city. The railroad commissioners urged all night service through the tunnel and it will soon operate. The extension of subway routes is needed to supplement surface lines where feasible.
The Hon. Richard Olney argues California may direct its public schools without federal interference, basing his view on the treaty and state police power. The question remains whether the Supreme Court will affirm this interpretation when the case reaches the tribunal.
A humor column mocks a snowball incident with Emperor William and a farmer named William Stoner who fancies himself John D Rockefeller. It lampoons Yaqui battles with Mexico, portraying Indians painting sunsets, then returning to the mountains after rifle fire and political claims.
A legislative committee advances bills to ban steam whistles in cities including Boston. Proposals seek a total prohibition on factory whistles as a nuisance that disturbs sleep and has outgrown its function. Locomotive whistles already banned in city limits.
A group of tourists sailed yesterday morning on the steamer Admiral Sampson bound for Port Antonio Jamaica. among the passengers were Captain J. N. Taylor J. S. Cunningham Chester Lewis Robert Finley of Boston Mrs. Pam Morgan Master P. M. Morgan Mrs. F. H. Bigelow Mrs. W. B. Mitchell of Worcester J. G. Bond and Miss W. Bond of Lynn Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Bennett of Hartford L. A. Johnson and E. M. Eddy of New York and John Halliday of Woburn
The Boston Elevated Railway formally began operation of the line from North Station to the Charles River dam after obtaining railroad commission authorization. A court case filed by Louis Rosenstein, owner of one parcel, was reportedly settled out of court for 138000 dollars.
George Rutledge Gibson a retired Wall Street broker and clubman of New York died at his residence in Yuxedo Park on February 6. He had been a member of the New York Stock Exchange and of the banking and brokerage firm Watson & Gibson until a few years ago.
The Washington correspondent is described as writing fiction when sent to Washington and improvising fairy stories if news is scarce. The piece mocks war talk with Japan as humorous to foreigners while Americans take it seriously, questioning whether the nation has become overly practical and gullible.
A collage of aphorisms on power knowledge effort and consequences. The notes mix ideas about knowledge being power lazy time as a trigger for action and the value of convenient outcomes. Streamlined maxims include a diploma from experience and cats as home guardians.
A remark by a penurious millionaire about losing a dime as a boy leads a witty exchange with a sarcastic friend. The friend hints at hidden small-change gathered over years, playful finance banter captured in the Washington Herald.
A poem praising the true friend who helps unselfishly in hardship. The verse notes such friends arrive with care, offer heart and hand, bolster courage, and leave a lasting sunny space, though they keep no reward in mind.
Members of the Class of Di Eng lish High School plan their liih annual reunion at the Boston Yacht Club on Saturday Feb 9 with guests including Professor Charlies EB Lebon Mr Henry C Shaw and Mr James WK Thomas, toastmaster Percy J Burrell preps a vaudeville program.
Jim Dixon tends a bacon supper and a tailless cat named Forsaken. Sally Lawton returns for Cupid, the cat, and Jim admits he loves her, confessing he has fallen for Sally while using the cat as a pretext. He declares he will visit Sally and Cupid, seeking a life together.
The letter writer asks if he should marry a woman who is young and willful, preferring other company and not showing love openly. The response says she may outgrow her selfishness with time, but warns the match is unlikely to bring happiness if he stays in step with her nature and advises waiting for maturity to improve compatibility.
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