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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
8
Boston based Post Publishing Company issues its daily page dated January 8 1909 No 7 Vol 194 from 259 Washington Street detailing local notices and brief items.
The Daily offers one year at eight dollars and six months at eight fifty. Three months cost seventy five cents and one month twenty five cents. The Sunday Post lists one year two dollars fifty, six months one dollar twenty five, three months sixty five cents. Canada copies nine cents each. Entered as second class matter in Boston. All payments in advance. notices may be discontinued on expiration.
The text praises Governor Guild as a positive, practical leader whose constructive mind aided Massachusetts progress. It notes his youth, declares recovery may take about a year, and predicts many years of public service ahead as his experience and value grow. It ends with a farewell salute to his tenure.
Governor Draper proposes laws against reckless driving to use fines imprisonment and possible automobile confiscation as deterrents. He notes most drivers carry a "large roll" to pay fines and flee, arguing imprisonment or car seizure may curb wild driving. He suggests confiscating the offending vehicle for three to six months as part of punishment.
President Treadway urges a single rule for both houses to curb lobbyist access. He endorses excluding “legislative agents” from corridors and adjoining rooms, arguing the lobby degrades legislators and undermines honor. He proposes a joint rule to bar lobbyists from the State House entirely.
The piece cites William Dudley Foulke commenting on a potential presidential veto of the census bill. It argues the veto is unlikely but possible to strike for civil service reform, given a March reassembly and strained Congress executive relations, with Roosevelt’s opportunity to vindicate reform.
The draft Boston charter must include a referendum for the people to accept. It argues that denying it would degrade citizenship in the capital and violate decades of local self-government, as Speaker Walker questions if Boston can govern itself without state interference.
The speaker asserts Speaker Walker's right and urges a singular legislative focus. He expresses belief that the appointive nomination to the chair will be sustained, regardless of Finance Commission recommendations, and emphasizes the people of Boston.
A Boston editorial assails Mayor Hibbard's lodging house commission report as pointless and inconclusive. It condemns the lax regulation approach, notes the parlor idea would cause hardship, and argues the report fails to justify the commission or offer concrete remedies.
Governor Draper outlines a businesslike plan to cut nonessential spending, consolidate departments, and halt waste while boosting revenue through taxes such as automobile levies. He warns of rising state debt and highway maintenance costs, urging cautious reform.
At the meeting of the council yesterday the first session of the council of 1909 appointed committees on pardons finance harbors military State House with named members Lieutenant-Governor Bemis Barry Jones Cole Glidden Brightman Goetting Johnson.
Gardiner Maine January 7 7 The Rev Luther F McKinney formerly United States Minister to Colombia and twice a member of Congress from New Hampshire District One has been invited to become pastor of the Gardiner Universalist Church He has served in Manchester New Hampshire and Kansas City Missouri
A clipped aphorism notes that visibility equals exposure as the average man repeats errors and broadcasts his mistake to all observers. It emphasizes public embarrassment arising from mistakes.
Archibald Smudge, after paying a hotel bill, asks a conductor for the fastest way to South station in Boston. The conductor jokes that there are 17 routes and suggests walking may reveal more of the city. The tale ends with a tease of a continuation tomorrow.
A Douglas Dorchester letter writer seeks $1000 in 10 days to fund a square egg case venture promising vital business impact. Newt replies that the offer arrives after his investment in Gopher Holes for Western Consumption and questions the deal.
In Pleasantville New Jersey widow Ellenakettle paid a mortgage to Joshua Adams with kisses the judge ruled kisses have no legal tender value. The widow must still pay the interest. Joshua keeps the principal and the kisses do not alter the debt.
A Jamaica Plain janitor found three ragged men kneeling in a church upper church before dawn They rose and slipped from an open window onto the street No theft occurred and the incident sparked speculation Among Sandwich friends of Mr George Murray of Cambridge support efforts to aid in...
Alexander Rice recalls Lincoln's humor over pardoning a Boston boy and the issue of courts. Lincoln condemns courts cracking down on prisoners while noting mercies for war prisoners from Tennessee. A Chelsea church project details and funds for a new First Baptist building and mission realignments in Boston.
The Evangelistic Association of New England held its annual business meeting at Tremont Temple with Treasurer S. M. Sayford reporting receipts of 10489.80 and expenditures of 9668.60. Directors elected included W. Herbert Abbott and Henry H. Haskell among others. officer slate announced for the board. Henry G. Spaulding’s Harvard College Fifty Years Ago lecture was postponed to Jan 14. Post Office Mission Workers meet Jan 15 at 25 Beacon Street. Reverend Franklin P. Woods leaving Acton to lead Erving Congregational Church. Mt. Bellingham Methodist Church dedication noted.
Letter to the editor from Boston dated January 7 1909 urges keeping Abraham Lincoln portraits on postage stamps through the year to honor the 100th anniversary of his birth and the government he served and died for.
Mrs. George Arthur of 31 Mather Street Dorchester collapsed and died at Otis Street and Central Avenue while en route to visit Mrs. Francis R Neill at 67 Otis Street Medford January seventh reported today by local police.
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