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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1908

Page

6

Boston Post Publisher Rates and Contact Details

The Boston Post lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions for various terms and notes payment terms and office addresses. It states all money sent at sender's risk and requests prepaid subscriptions with discontinuation on expiration. Editor and Publisher B. Asgrozier is named.

THE Sunday Post Postoffice Boston Mass Post Publishing Company B. Asgrozier

Redemption of Boston Through Individual Citizens, Says Mayor

Mayor Hibbard addressed the New England Conference of the Board of Evangelization at Bromfield Street Church on The Redeption of Our Cities. He declined a radical government by commission and urged reliance on the people rather than officials to redeem Boston, calling his earlier plan for municipal change set aside.

Hibbard New England Board of Evangelization Bromfield Street the Redeemer of Boston

Roosevelt Opens Hudson Tunnel Linking New Ark to World

President Roosevelt prepares to press the opening button at the White House for a tunnel linking Newark under the Hudson River with the city and beyond. Governors of New York and New Jersey participate in the inauguration ceremonies as the project, born from Boston’s transit lessons, advances toward broader underground traffic and world commerce facilitation.

Roosevelt White House Newark Hudson River New York New Jersey Boston West End Railway Boston Tunnel

Boston Civil Service payroll bill faced House action

The House is expected to consider a bill requiring payrolls and accounts for city of Boston employees to bear Civil Service Commission certification. Several amendments were offered, not openly favorable to the bill’s main purpose.

Boston Civil Service Commission

Proposed Civil Service Supervision of Boston Payrolls

A bill aims to extend Civil Service scrutiny to Boston payrolls to curb padding with ineligible names and control labor appropriations. Amendments add little. main goal is Civil Service Commission approval of appointments transfers or promotions to formalize city staffing.

State Commission Civil Service Commission Municipal Service of Boston

Long Island Coal Swindle Alleges City Fraud in Bonded Supplies

The Finance Commission criticizes a Long Island coal contract for delivering cheap, lower quality coal instead of the specified high grade. Boston wards may reject the coal, remove it from bins, and seek penalties against contractors to recover losses and ensure contract enforcement.

Boston Finance Commission Long Island

Hands Off Roosevelts Taft Push Sparks Party Turmoil

The piece argues that the Republican push for Taft as Roosevelt’s candidate threatens party independence and prestige. It questions Roosevelt’s influence, suggesting a possible third term bid and warnings that a convention packed to favor Taft would hurt the party’s standing with the public.

Taft Republican Party Roosevelt White House

Noted Boston Hostess Neighbors Mrs Parker and Mrs Young

The passage highlights Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Young as hospitable matrons in Boston. Mrs. Young runs a large, well equipped boarding house at Courtstreet and City Hall avenue with regular boarders like Tommy Lawson. She serves hearty meals and ensures guests have a bed, hot and cold water, open plumbing, and steam heat, with a piano for evening music.

Mrs. Young Tom Mrs

Draft Pain From Bank Or Window Quote

A quoted complainant laments the risk of financing, saying whether a draft comes through a bank or a window, the result is the same “in the neck.” The remark reflects frustration with restrictive credit or harassment in seeking funds.

Square Egg Venture Prompts Fowl Supply Pitch

A humorous exchange from the Plymouth Rock area features Henery Henderson offering hens that supposedly lay square eggs. The ad claims hens hatched in Egg leston square and glibly offers any investment amount. The reader questions whether any feed or method can force square-laying, prompting further editorial comment.

Newt Eggleston Square Henery Henderson Plymouth Rock Mass

Model square egg sent from F B Childs in Boston

An editor notes receipt of a large square egg from F B Childs of Boston 22 Chapman Place. The egg, claimed to have descended in the family since 1492, is described as hand made or not and valued for its age and historical associations.

F. B.'Childs Chapman ‘Place Boston

Black Hand and Crime Threats Raise Public Alarm

The article denounces foreign blackmail and extortion linked to the Black Hand and calls for deportation of undesirables. It contrasts this with the Denver murder by an anarchist, urging harsher action against clergy attackers and warning of organized crime.

Piscopo United States Father Heinrich Denver Gostal Jara

Boston flashbacks and city notes from Beacon Street to Cambridge

The Observant Citizen reports icy conditions on the Beacon Street south side and Common paths, questions Boston’s cost cutting. Captain Halford welcomes a baby girl, while a man climbs an elevated train car roof to wind an eight day clock. Immigration head Sargent visits the city. Straus comments on sites and Boston’s interests. Sargent plans address at Channing Club and immigration employee banquet.

Halford Witthrop Highland Dudley“ Street Terminal Frank’ P. Sargent Essex Boston Oscar 8. Straus Department of Commerce and Labor Channing Club Boston Immigration Office

City Hall Notes on Hibbard Plans and Staff Shakeup

City officials discuss Old Colony readbed improvement with the South Boston Citizens Association. Secretary White denies immediate layoffs in the assessors department though a department shakeup is anticipated after the mayor gains reorganization power. Also noted are salary talks for the new assistant city clerk Wilfred Doyle and a recital featuring Miss Bertha Wesselhoeft Swift and others marred by illness but praised by a friendly audience.

Aseept Hibbard South Boston White Hibbard Francis J. Horgan Samuel Borofsky John. T. Priest

Kate Kearney and the Banks of Killarney Ballad

A traditional Irish lyric warns of Kate Kearney living near Killarney whose spellbinding eye and smile conceal danger. The verse cautions listeners to beware her looks and her dangerous charm as mischief hides in every dimple and breath.

Lady Morgan Kate Kearney Killarney Fatal Gale

Brice Trio Gives Varied Concert in Potter Hall

The Brice Trio with Miss Pearl Brice violin Miss Katherine Hadley cello and Miss Margaret Gorham piano presented a program in Potter Hall featuring a Beethoven Trio in minor a cello Adagio by Bargiel solos titled Vito Spanish Dance by Pepper a Sinfonico in D major opus 122 and a first Boston performance of a piece by Sor Etssi and others including a violin solo by Dmil Seuret.

Brice Pearl Brice Katherine Hadley Margaret Gorham Potter Hall Beethoven Bargiel Vito Popper Joe” Etssi Poston Dmil Seuret

The Post Letter Box Charm of the Irish Lyrics

To the editor of the Post Jennie Devin thanks the Post for publishing Irish Lyrics that stir memories of childhood in Ireland though she is not a singer. The letter speaks to exiles and readers who feel the charm of the verse.

Post Island Jennie Devin

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