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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1909
Page
8
Official notice from Post Publishing Co dated January 7 9 9. Includes office address 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts. No additional details provided.
The Sunday Post lists subscription rates including one year two fifty and six months one twenty five with Canada copies nine cents per issue. It notes second class matter entry in Boston and urges advance payment and non cash payments by check or money order to the Post Publishing Company. Editor A Grozier asks readers to notify by mail if delivery is missed.
Two months after $30,000 spent to perfect Riverside Drive in New York, the road is ruined by chain shoes used on autos to prevent slipping. The author argues at fifteen mph there is no need for anti slipping devices and that speed causes road damage. if chauffeurs drive slowly they should face the consequences.
Joh W Gates writes to Speaker Cannon arguing a 50 percent tariff cut would not hurt iron and steel manufacturers. He notes Andrew Carnegie’s view is bolder yet agrees that a $15.50 structural steel tariff is excessive for U S industry and profitable for the Steel Trust. The piece claims U S steel costs are lowest to produce but priced high at home due to Republican protection.
City Engineer argues meters should cover all households to curb waste and replace costly mains. Current waste exceeds 60 gallons per person daily as only a subset are metered. He cites cheaper universal metering, stronger plumbing inspections, and compares gas metering as a model.
A House committee report on the Presidents secret service message is expected tomorrow signaling a possible clash. Roosevelt sends to the Senate a sharp rebuke over Atttorney General Bonaparte not suing U S Steel and its Tennessee Coal & Iron deal. He declares ministers answerable only to him, urging Senators to stop questioning clerks. The piece notes the President holds the advantage of position as the session nears its end.
The Brookline representative, praised for practical address, tells the Republican caucus that lawmakers must act for the public good rather than party. He warns that failure to bear responsibility could cost public trust and urges charter changes for Boston to enable self government.
The piece notes New York State spent about 63 million dollars last year on tuberculosis. It cites Dr. Woods Hutchinson urging a 16 million dollar plan to isolate patients, with wider calls for quarantine and ventilation to curb the white plague.
President Roosevelt asks Congress to amend the Interstate Commerce Act following the Harriman decision. He urges strengthening commissions power to delay rate increases and to place railroad regulation under the commissions control for prompt federal action.
A reflective remark contrasts wisdom and love and notes how such pairing often fails to align with human affairs. It suggests the deaf and mute alphabet illustrates the limits of mute communication in social life.
Poem fragment describing a street seller named John Devine Inflater who makes lines, birds, blooms, and heroes fail to sell. The speaker compares himself to Homer and notes working days in a store selling sheets while craving artistic passion.
A humorous old column offers over the top guidance for a man about to propose. It suggests dramatic theater, a staged sofa scene, a kneeling plea, and effusive compliments ending with a firm ask for marriage. If the plan fails, the editors offer to propose for him.
Two women missed the last Dudley terminal train and waited for the next which was not due until morning. The tunnel was locked at night and they were saved by a passing watchman who gave them a transfer to the street. They joked about the tunnel and its expensive lodging.
Congress faces a decision on marine status as the Naval Affairs sub committee asks Secretary Newberry Admiral Dewey and other naval officers to testify on why marines were removed from naval vessels. The Marine Corps contends it costs 467000 more to man ships with sailors only than with sailors and marines.
The column notes a pedestrian lovers lane under Newspaper Row from State to Milk streets. It reports Joseph P. Butler recovering from throat surgery and praised by South Boston teachers. Also covered are a typographical society meeting, Benjamin Franklin's birthday observance for relief funds, a court officer election, a Roxbury shooting victim, rivalry between Engine 9 and Ladder 2, Home Savings Bank director Trowbridge, and upcoming Catholic Total Abstinence Union lobbying for district option liquor laws.
An interview aboard the River Queen at Hampton Roads features President Lincoln recounting a tale about slavery and emancipation and a hog herd anecdote from Illinois. The narrative includes remarks attributed to Secretary Seward and remarks from a California visitor about Campbell and Lincoln.
The article notes a club reorganizing with winter social plans and a party set for January 15 at Armory Hall in East Boston. J George Reidt, tobacco expert, discusses the Messina earthquake destroying Sicily's tobacco region delaying production of black cigars in corn husk wrap.
A young woman arrived in town wearing a thin suit and wrapped a Christian Science Monitor around her shoulders and chest to avoid the cold as evening weather neared. Mrs. Jennie Barber, notable in North End Italian circles and Swain's Pond Company Club president, aided by several other young women.
Railford H. Barnes of Dorchester plans to submit a measure to the Legislature banning knowingly or wilfully spreading misinformation to newspapers magazines and other periodicals with a minimum $50 fine per offence The sponsor argues much news is unreliable and the law would promote truthful reporting across press outlets
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