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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1907
Page
6
Daily and Sunday Post subscription rates listed for 1907 with payment terms. Notices request advance payment and discontinuation on expiration. Editor and publisher is BE A Grozier. Office addresses provided in Boston Massachusetts.
Berlin consul notes billboard advertisers pay about 400000 marks yearly for space while Boston authorities use boards for official notices and censor ads. The article then offers a suggestion to make Boston busier and richer.
In a dialogue with ICC counsel, FE Harriman challenges the plan to place 19 million dollars of common stock on the public market claiming no dividend was promised. Harriman counters that the public was never guaranteed regular dividends, underscoring a warning motto for finance.
An uncanny theft at the U S sub treas ury in Chicago has left investigators puzzled as a man fled with 173000 in currency. The suspect Hondin was in Boston at the time, complicating the case and prompting questions about the method used.
The speaker questions whether conscientious Jews barred from Sunday activities should be allowed quiet, lawful work on Sunday. The Supreme Court rules against extending protections under current statutes. The text argues statutes should reflect the diverse beliefs affecting many citizens and promote respectful conduct.
The new non-resident tax in New York struggles to collect on personal property as multi millionaires swear off assessments. James J. Hill reduces $500,000 to zero while Frederick W. Vanderbilt drops $750,000 to none. George J. Gould lowers $750,000 to $150,000. In the first year nearly one third of the list is sworn off.
The article warns that a four foot drawdown of Rangeley Lake for power would ruin trout spawning grounds and damage Rangeley's fame and tourism. It notes Maine’s summer visitor industry brings about 20 million dollars annually from sporting tourism and urges protection for Rangeley trout alongside agriculture.
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company faces criticism over inflated capital and 6 percent dividends. Records suggest half of the $3,895,200 plant value came from a license gifted by Bell in stock, with no cash payment, making dividends far above actual cash investment. The public questions whether the 12 percent yield reflects real cash input or fictitious capital.
The Panama Canal will be dug by the U S government with Theodore Roosevelt as engineer in chief and a detail of army officers directing the work. The plan aims for high quality results without contractor profit, with private bids rejected but later contract work possible as the project progresses.
A vitagraph crew photographed Mayor John F. Fitzgerald in front of City Hall with Dick Field as companion. The footage shows the mayor discussing Boston debt and urging energetic civic effort while delivering dramatic poses with the city as backdrop. If public interest grows, he may consider a future presidential run.
Wealthy New Yorker Colonel Stanley H. Lewis seeks cosmetic help and proposes a baboon trial to prove a beauty surgeon can transform a homely countenance. If the baboon shows improvement, Lewis will pay 80000 more and undergo his own operation, testing nature as a face maker.
A reader asks if a girl may nod to a Boston man who fancies her. Champagne cautions that such a nod is indiscreet and improper, as it signals ease and may prompt the man to seek an introduction without effort. She advises restraint to maintain respect and proper reputation.
In Chelsea a woman refused to exit a Boston & Northern car with her dog, drawing parallels to a Stoneham incident and delaying service. Nearby events include a driver guiding a brewery team down Bowdoin street hill without speaking, ice floe in Dorchester Bay, scarce squirrels in Harvard yard, and notices about local residents’ activities and society gatherings.
Great Barrington Feb 7 The Egremont couple Mr and Mrs Andrew Karner will celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary tomorrow after a month of planning how to observe the day.
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