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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1908
Page
6
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The proposal to turn Boston city government over to the Finance Commission and Mayor Hibbard will be debated by the legislative committee on metropolitan affairs on Wednesday. The Mayor plans to argue the bill in person, signaling strong resolve and potential instructional value.
The Aldrich currency bill is due for a Senate vote this week with Senator Bailey's treasury note emergency plan likely to gain minority support. The Republican majority is expected to pass the bill, while La Follette's amendment to value railroad bonds may be debated as a strengthening measure.
Speaker Cannon warned that the party faces a fierce contest for the nomination and foreshadowed a White House reply if fellow senator Fulton echoed the remarks. The speech labeled President Roosevelt abnormal and his government views as false doctrines, urging Republicans to unite to halt one man's domination. The remarks, spoken at a private dinner, suggest a looming political clash.
The piece notes 74 of 980 delegates chosen for Chicago with Taft leading pledged delegates at 34 and Fairbanks at 27. It suggests Taft may surpass 300 votes on nominal strength, while public opinion at the moment leans toward Taft, with four months remaining.
Early outlook from political observers shows Roosevelt likely to prevail at the Chicago convention and appoint his own choice for the presidential nomination.
The mayor trims a wide range of municipal services, carving 12 to 40 percent from health, sanitation, public grounds, and bath facilities. Gymnasiums may close as a result, depriving residents of recreation and exercise while air and sunshine in parks and playgrounds are kept for the people.
B F Yoakum, chair of the St. Louis and San Francisco lines, says national business mood shows improvement. About 350000 freight cars and a similar share of locomotives idle. 250000 railroad employees idle or on reduced hours. Managers in the East pledge no wage reductions, signaling relief from the current industrial cloud.
Boston church notices report Union Congregational Church services with a fine youth choir and a Calvary Continued sermon by Rev Allen A Stockdale. Future events include Cecilia Apollo clubs and Amphion Medford concert, March offertory, and Dorchester Second Church rebuilding by spring. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society meets next Wednesday. George W King preaches at People’s Temple on Is There a Hell with three Sundays announced on March 1 8 16 about the nature of loss and punishment.
The American Woman's Art Association of Paris hosts its annual exhibition of paintings drawings and sculpture in Paris on February 22. It features a distinctly American lineup with only American exhibitors and notable works by Catherine Carter Critcher Marie Cronin MacLane Johansen Esther Hunt Ellen Stuart Elizabeth Nourse and Catherine Wetkins among others.
A quirky letter page discusses post holes and railroad spikes in Kansas, with mock controversy between Kansas and Boston. Readers joke about post hole industry and lightning effects on spikes, plus letters praising and disparaging Hen Billings posts holes and a range of humorous responses.
A reader from Andover asks if post hole manufactu rers guarantee against breakage or shrinkage during shipment and whether a shrunk hole would grow. The All Sorts editor cites Elastic Post Hole Company of Skowhegan offering elastic post holes that adapt to various post sizes and resist expansion or contraction.
A Cambridge firm promotes unusual hole related goods including job lot holes for cane chairs double barrel gun holes and 40 foot reversible wells advertised in a humorous post by Dear Newt.
A fragment quotes a maxim about modern business success and choosing the line of greatest resistance, highlighting a philosophy rather than a named event or person. The text conveys a reflective, aphoristic tone with emphasis on practical cunning.
Paris reports a new livelihood paying $30 a month for men who imitate dog barking. The revenue department hires barkers to bark after night outside homes. if a response is heard, the number is recorded and an inspector later checks if the dog tax has been paid.
Hundreds in Boston areas watch tame pigeon activity at Pemberton Square while a two month old Italian driven campaign disrupted feeding birds. The item also reports honors for Charles Miller and social notes on theater groups, bar exams, racing plans, and a teacher’s farewell to East Boston’s Lyman School.
London rumor mill says Prime Minister Campbell Bannerman may seek admission to the Lords, reversing calls for abolishing it. Influenza and strain of duty press on him while allies weigh the political and constitutional implications of a transfer to the upper house.
Irish lyric by Tom Moore warns that friendships fade as roses fall. The speaker bids the lone rose sleep beside its faded mates, scattering its leaves over the bed where the forsaken lie.
London Esperantists rejoice as the Postmaster General formally announces readiness to recognize Esperanto as a modern language for telegraphic use. The move, seen as a major step for the movement, signals Esperanto may be adopted officially in communications.
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