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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1907
Page
6
January 1 1907 edition announces subscription prices for daily and Sunday Post. Includes rates for one year six months three months and monthly options. Postal notice urges advance payment and disruption rules with publisher information.
A New Year toast reflects on 1906’s gains and moral progress and urges turning encouragement into action. It expresses optimism that 1907 will surpass 1906 in merit and prosperity, praising providence and the nation’s well being.
The piece argues against moving to biennial state elections, noting public touch with voters and past Massachusetts votes. It suggests Governor Guild should not push biennials in his legislative message, as it could politicize the issue and aid the Democrats in the looming campaign.
The new year brings a broad wage increase across many industrial trades in New England, with cotton manufacturing affecting about 175 000 workers and railroads and street railways reaching an even larger group. The rise is a recognition of higher living costs, not a gift.
The piece notes rising costs for necessities and a wage rise at the start of 1907. It argues wages do not fully match increases in provisions clothing and rent, but calls the higher wages a step toward balancing the disparity amid general prosperity.
An editorial criticizes free municipal rights granted to a telephone company as wasteful. It cites Mayor Fitzgerald’s veto and calls for legislation to require compensation for public franchises, arguing the Boston contest should inform public finance reform and monopoly limits.
Commissioner O Meara laments the low defiance against authority during the Sunday law enforcement. He notes many kept quiet after warnings, arguing residents respect law and officers and that stopping is not admission of guilt. He warns against viewing peaceable submission as guilt and calls the raid an unnecessary annoyance.
A comic vignette portrays Father Time greeting 1907 as the old year 1906 fades. The dialogue mocks insurance, industry, trusts, and social issues while praising prosperity and noting ongoing problems from trains to divorce courts and living costs.
Secretary of State Olin reports Massachusetts total taxable property rising to 3 408 893 165 on May 1 1906, up 92 638 002 from 1905. Real estate 2 668 110 610 up 67 665 464. personal property 786 782 555 up 24 972 538. Polls total 863 686, up 11 260 from last year.
Samuel Stork of 27 Bay Street Dorchester becomes the state’s first to obtain a naturalization certificate under the new law taking effect September 27. The act requires 90 days filing before action, and yesterday marked the first naturalization day at the federal courts since the waiting period ended.
Charles N. Gilbert of Great Barrington protests Worcester street railway crossing his land. He petitions the Selectmen to deny the road right of way and warns of court action if refused.
The notice jokes about the annual water wagon tour with absurd rules. It mentions transport routes B Z C R R and S N, advance ticketing, pet handling, confiscations for strong liquor, sleeper car at Dope Crossing, berth marks, and quirky penalties for misbehavior.
The Observant Citizen reports on a midnight New Year bell ringing honoring Tennyson, quicksand risk at Stony Brook Section 4 with contractor Fallon aiming to confine it within 48 hours, a Cambridge fire department job saving the University Laundry, and local color from dogs, romances, and road developments. It also notes ship captain Williams reuniting with his wife, engagements, and church closures in Roxbury and Cambridge.
A vivid catalog of witty contrarian prose on letter writing and criticism. It boasts sharp examples of English usage and playful admonitions about ink and snub pens, promising humor and social bite for readers.
A speaker urges securing a cottage after a woman leaves. He orders locking shutters and leaving objects untouched, insisting nothing be moved as if she might return. The dialogue closes with the speaker reflecting on dreams and the possibility of her coming back.
The piece extols winter evenings as prime for reading and study. It urges using two or three evenings weekly for two or three months to boost any man’s education, whether a college graduate or not, by self-directed learning at home.
In Wakefield half the police force is away for Pas teur treatment leaving acting chief James McFadden to run the town with limited officers. The Entre Nous Club forms a skating group at the M Street Playground with five leading social figures from City Point. Patrick Buckley is elected president of Division 9 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians at Millbury.
A narrator recalls Billy’s grandiose dream of Hebenliebenzek a city by day and night with a princess Hermia. The tale follows a masquerade, a romance with Hermia Silvence, and a plan to honeymoon in the imagined realm, leaving the narrator to question its reality.
At a meeting of the high standing committee of the M C O F at 17 Worcester Street last night resolutions were adopted protesting spoliation of enure property by the French republic denouncing cruel laws against our brothers of the faith in France and pledging loyalty to the pope in Rome.
The 1906 grain exports from Boston totaled 820,600 bushels from two ships Symra and Glenaen to Catania and Piraeus. The year saw 367 steamships depart with grain cargos of which 51 were indirect sailings, compared to 86 indirect sailings in 1905. A subsequent table compares 1905 and 1906 shipments by Wheat Corn and Oats.
The Tremont Temple Baptist Society welcomed the new year with a watch meeting at Lorimer Kell led by Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson. Visiting clergy spoke, Professor Charles E. Boyd directed singing with the church quartet, and a prayer for a happy new year closed the service.
A 20 year old writes about a surprise party and a Malden girl who ignored him on the ride home. The columnist counsels that courtesy matters and advises continuing the acquaintance if affection endures, noting jealousy should not rule.
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