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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1908
Page
6
Daily test note for February 12 1908 published by Post Publishing Co listing issue number and office address in Boston Massachusetts.
Rates listed show Pernorie near One with $3.00 daily one year six months at $15 50 eight months 75c per month. The Sunday Post offers one year $2.60 six months $1.25 three months 66c.
Canada announces postal rate increases and outlines new subscription costs for the Daily Post and Sunday Post. All payments must be in advance, with discontinuation on expiration. Contact details and offices are listed for business and postal queries.
Chief Justice Aiken quashed the indictments in the Salem Superior Court, deeming the charges baseless and the indictment itself an absurdity. The court urged dismissal regardless of factional rhetoric, noting no violation of law or statute purpose and calling the process contemptible.
Commissioner O Meara proposes an inquiry into jury eligibility to improve quality. The piece notes business and professional people avoid service, while those paid a day’s wage seek it, and many are not worth the fee. A sift of the list is urged.
The article reports a Washington intimation that banks holding government deposits may withdraw funds if used to aid stock market speculators. It links this warning to the relief actions of Secretary Cortelyou and argues banks fostered the speculation, triggering the current crisis.
The race from New York to Paris tests automobiles as never before, spanning the continent to Alaska, across Bering Strait, through Siberia to Europe. It demands extraordinary courage from drivers and endurance from machines, aiming to set a new standard in motor vehicle merit beyond holiday spectacle.
An abolitionist opinion argues replacing the death penalty with jury discretion fails to reduce homicide and questions whether Massachusetts laws already curb regard for human life. It asserts juries would spare execution and cautions that removing capital punishment does not prove fewer murders.
The piece lauds Abraham Lincoln as a man of the people and a Christian patriot who saved the Union. It links his legacy to Washington and calls on readers to trust an eternal power guiding American destinies as the nation pursues righteousness with steadfast purpose.
Massachusetts Republicans debate binding delegates to the Chicago convention as history shows their bound delegates faced defeats. Taft supporters push for instructed delegates, while Powers and others face opposition. Theis state aims for unpledged at large delegates and district nominations to avoid a doomed, bound delegation.
The State Department negotiations with Russia over American passports face friction as Jews from the United States are required to secure Russian permission before leaving. Despite a recent modification, entry to Russia remains under strict surveillance, prompting calls to end the discriminatory practice as incompatible with the 1832 treaty and modern standards.
Mr. Stearns director of public works and Mr. Webster chief surveyor of Philadelphia arrived in Berlin to study the city's sanitary arrangements and hygiene practices.
A mixed columnist piece from Malden Massachusetts titled All Sorts by Newton Newkirk features verse snippets and humorous exchanges. It includes letters about grammar spelling and a debate on the State House level with Boston readers.
Lifeboat crew of the Cym ric’s ship earned $10 gold and a bronze medal from the Massachusetts Humane Society for their daring rescue of St. Cuthbert’s crew. Chief Officer Stiver received a silver medal. Julia Marlowe plans to lecture to Boston women seeking stage careers, while the Majestic Theatre postman handles a flood of her mail.
Birds shed dusters and sparrows gather fans as warm weather returns. A dinner between President Eliot and Mayor Hibbard at the Hotel Brunswick sparks talk on municipal affairs and government by commission. Colonel Moses B Lakeman Camp 44 plans a Feb 20 concert and ball with Governor Guild in Esther Hall. The St Francis de Sales Church minstrel show at Dudley Street Opera House earns praise for the Young Ladies Glee Club of Roxbury and Dom Keegan’s coaching.
Washington February 11. General Oliver acting Secretary of War issued an order extending the right of interment in national cemeteries to wives of enlisted army navy and marine corps men. Previously only officers wives could be buried there.
Dear Miss Champagne discusses a suitor unsure if he should commit to a single partner. The adviser notes happiness depends on personal readiness and the right match, while experience varies by individual and timing in life.
The sixth hearing of the judiciary committee examined both sides of abolition urged by Senator James H. Vahey and Mrs Florence Spooner organizer of the anti death penalty league. Bishop Lawrence Mgr Byrne A B Pillsbury William Lloyd Garrison James H Odlin and Rev William R Campbell were among supporters and opponents noting lynching fears if the penalty is removed.
Congressman Harry M. Coudrey of St. Louis marries Mrs. Lyda Roth of St. Louis in Cincinnati, sister of Mrs. G. Lacey Crawford.
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