The Boston Post January 12 1907 edition details
The notice lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday issues, with prices for one year six months and three months. It notes current publication details including office address at 258 Washington Street Boston and editor publisher E A Grozier. It also warns subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued on expiration.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Iass
THE
Sunday Post
Maia
T Post Publishing
E. A. Grozier
Federal government abandons gipsy moth extermination plan
Professor Marlatt told the House committee on agriculture that extermination is impossible and only parasite breeding offers any relief. Washington scientists have made little progress, similar to Massachusetts commissioners two decades ago.
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Marlatt
House Committee On Agriculture
Washington
Massachusetts
Is an Auto a Carriage Sunday Privilege Debate
A public stance argues that automobiles should share Sunday church access with horse drawn carriages. The writer claims the auto can serve worshippers better and aligns with Mosaic conduct by allowing faster travel and rest for horses.
Ancient and Honorable Privileges in Jury Duty Exemption
The piece argues against ongoing exemptions from jury duty for members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. It recalls similar protests from prior years, notes the removal of ferry operator exemptions, and urges ending the privilege for the Ancient and Honorable Ancients who remain active while avoiding service.
Sunday law absurdity prompts relief on theater transfers
A Boston Sunday law enforcement quirk blocks moving theatre scenery after Saturday shows. Scenery must be moved by train for Monday performances in distant cities, but the 12 o'clock labor deadline causes a midnight violation. The call asks Legislature to amend the law to prevent such technical hardships and improve reasonableness.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Speedy Telephone Relief Boosted by Boston Merchants
Leading Boston merchants join the Post petition to push telephone rate relief. Under 1906 legislation the State Highway Commission can hear 20 customer complaints and may set charges and improve service quality. Advocates seek swift relief via highway commission appeals rather than new competing systems.
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Boston
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Board of Aldermen
Bell Company
Telephone Reform Appeal Aims for Six-Week Start
The appeal to the Highway Commission is designed to set the telephone reform plan on its feet within six weeks. The move is presented as a chief advantage of appealing under the special law for such contingencies in Boston.
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Highway Commission
Boston
Frank J. Flanagan
Brittany
Mayor Ends Boston Dog Shooting Panic With Court Orders
The Boston mayor halts dog and cat shootings after hysteria spurred by proclamations from state boards. Police over-enthusiasm led to injuries and deaths, including a wounded officer and a killed cat and stray dog. The city adopts calm, lawful methods over vigilantism to protect animals and public safety.
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Boston
State Board of Cattle Commissioners
Fitzgerald
Jamaica Plain
St. Bernard
Charlestown
Official faults curves after elevated derailment at Castle and Washington
An official of the Elevated road argued that accidents reveal needed safety changes. He said a derailed car on a sharp curve shows even well maintained trains can leave the track and urged straight routing for the West End to East Cambridge extension, opposing curved alignments.
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Castle and
Washington Streets
West End
Cambridge
Mayor's paper urges probe of state institutions
Mayor Fitzgerald's paper calls for a ten-year public investigation into Foxboro State institutions detailing alleged extravagance and inmate neglect. It warns that public disclosure could trigger a mass political upheaval and urges Democratic lawmakers to seek comprehensive information on expenditures and receipts.
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Foxboro
Fitzgerald
Fistfight Nearly Breaks Out Between Two Congressmen
A near brawl on the House floor pitting Rep. John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee against Rep. Mahon of Pennsylvania ended when fellow members stopped them. The incident arose from Gaines accusing Mahon of 95 percent absence and Mahon retorting about Gaines being a liar. The columnist lampoons the episode and suggests turning such bouts into weekly entertainment with public bets and film crews.
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Tennessee
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Washington
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Mr. Gaines
Congressional Record
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Representative Mahon
House of Ananias
Prince Albert
Congress
Panama Canal
Adamless Eden plan scorned by male columnist
A Chicago woman, Mrs. Mary I F Hayden, buys 50 000 acres in Texas to establish an Adamless Eden where women live apart from men. The piece mocks the project noting men are needed for affection, protection and social balance, and predicts the plan will fail.
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Mary If’. Hayden
Chicago
Texas
Hayden
Gibson Urges Lodge to Press Congo Reforms
Charles Gibson writes to Senator Lodge urging action on his Congo reform resolution. He cites strong banker and business interest support for stopping brutalities and oppression in the Congo in humane effort.
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Gibson
Lodge
Congo
Charles Gibson
Alien contract law challenged as unconstitutional opinion
To the Editor the Post discusses that alien contract law contradicts the U.S. Constitution. The writer argues Article 10 reserves powers to the states and that hiring arrangements do not fall under Congress power to regulate commerce with foreign nations. The piece critiques a state ruling on importing alien laborers.
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Cigarmakers’ Union
United States
Congress
Rabies Declared a Real Dangerous Germ by Letter
A reader to the Post warns against hampering health measures to eradicate hydrophobia. The letter argues rabies is a real, practically incurable infectious germ disease, despite praise for Pasteur.
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Angell
The
Humane Society
Pasteur
Inspectors Warn Farmers on Mail Receptacles in Lockport New Hampshire
Postoffice inspectors in Lockport district report rural free delivery requires proper mail receptacles not made from milk cans or soap boxes. They cite two routes where hens laid eggs in mail boxes, a violation of postal laws. The warning stresses compliance and notes hens risk punishment by the government.
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Postoffice
Lockport
N. H
Tech Alumni Plan for Big Banquet
Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni gather for their annual dinner at the Hotel Brunswick with guests including President Henry S. Pritchett Lieutenant Governor Eben Draper and Dean Wallace Sabine. The meeting will address athletics progress and plans for the coming year.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hotel Brunswick
Henrys. Pritchett
Eben S. Draper
Wallace C. Sabine
Lawrence Scientific School
Frederick P. Fisk
The
Corporation
Dugald C. Jackson
Technology Electrical Engineering
The Pity of It Western Bride and a Fatal Western Trade
A bride-to-be consoles herself with a photo and letters before a ceremony. In Metal City a stranger matches a bank robber's description, drawing suspicion from Sheriff Maxton. A staged pursuit ends with the stranger killed by the sheriff. The widow Patricia Islington receives a letter from her late husband, revealing a doomed past and prompting a final, haunting lament.
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Metal City
Jack Manby
Bill Maxton
Manby
Jack
Patricia Islington
New York
John Phillip Islington
Love and Sentiment Advice Column From Mildred Champagne
A reader asks how to handle a devoted suitor whose affection currently outpaces hers. The columnist argues the changeable mindset may return, warns the man of lingering pursuit, and suggests testing distance while noting some women undervalue a good partner until it is lost.
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Miss Champagne
Wes
Fis
Tie
Home for Destitute Catholic Children Directors Meet
Annual meeting on Harrison avenue presided by James W. Dunphy. Superintendent Patrick Hayden reports 173 children in care, 1395 received, 77 placed in families, 679 restored to relatives, with 22 424 in receipts and 20 974 in expenditures for 1906. Officers elected: President Dunphy, Vice President McNellis, Secretary Porter, Treasurer Manning, and an executive committee including Neagle, Donovan, and Bruen.
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James W. Dunphy
Patrick Hayden
John P. Manning
Bernard McNellis
William J. Porter
Richard Neagle
Patrick J. Donovan
John A. Bruen
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