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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
6
Daily publication notice from the Post Publishing Company dated January 18 1907 in Boston Massachusetts. Includes subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and instructions for payment and delivery. Names editor publisher and office contact details are listed.
Rep Davis of Salem proposes a constitutional amendment process giving 50 000 voters initiative to propose changes. If approved by the General Court it goes to a statewide vote at the next election and if endorsed the following election. The plan speeds the process but requires an initial constitutional change to permit it.
The article details severe damage and rising death toll on Jamaica's south shore, Kingston worst hit, with vast property losses. It calls on Americans to help, noting relief efforts in London and other cities and expecting strong Boston involvement.
The State Board of Railroad Commissioners will not bear full responsibility for street car fender effectiveness. Companies must select the best fender at Newton tests and submit it for State House approval. The Boston fender, once approved, showed limited success. Experience shows fenders prevent harm only occasionally, but better options tested in Newton may save more lives.
Intercollegiate athletics see Yale telling Harvard no other contender is allowed to fill the vacancy left by Cambridge. Harvard may still return once authority is secured. dates kept open. The Harvard committee’s renewal decision unsettles future contests with Yale, ending a long friendly rivalry and casting a shadow over Harvard’s prospects after last summer’s rowing success.
Two bills introduced at the State House by Mr Meyers of Cambridge seek authority to sell or purchase stocks or bonds for others. Speculators on the exchange or curb call the measures drastic though surface readings suggest they merely aim to place transactions in paper representations.
The text argues that bills regulate broker activity rather than customers, requiring delivery of goods or readiness for delivery within a reasonable time. It claims such restraints may have limited tangible effects but could steady stock and bond speculation by aligning it with ordinary commercial conditions.
The campaign seeks a permanent endowment for the Lend-a-Hand Society founded by Rev. Edward Everett Hale as he nears his 85th birthday on April 3. The fund would support humane work in America and abroad, with HQ at No 1 Beacon Street and contributions received by Kidder Peabody & Co.
Medway January 17 The Honorable Rufus G. Fairbanks president of the Fairbanks Family Association and a noted Odd Fellow died at his home after a brief illness. An attorney and former district court judge he was a leader in eastern Massachusetts societies and founder of the Fairbanks Family Association. He leaves a wife and three children.
Veterans of the Forty Ninth Massachusetts Regiment Association gathered at Young's Hotel for their 31st reunion. Seventeen died among 21 who joined the association. speakers included Rev. Witchfield and Rev. Baxter. Colonel John Frankle urged erecting a monument in New Bern National Cemetery to Massachusetts soldiers. Officers elected: Fuller president, Leonard vice president, Merriam and Duncan vice presidents, Webster treasurer, Gardner secretary.
In January residents on a new city street nearly struck over a sign mix up. The street department had named it for ex Governor Wolcott, but a sign painter or prank led to a sign reading Walcott as Joe the pugilist spells it. Residents protested and the sign was changed.
The Hotel and Railroad Newsmen's Association promises a minstrel performance of unusual brilliancy. President Humphrey will act as interlocutor with humor. Ernest Drew of Goodrich and Drew, Bill Given of Given brothers, and Bert Spears will perform specialties with parodies in his inimitable style.
A poem satirically notes Chicago University ending coeducation while a student excelled in mathematics. The piece contrasts absent Nellie with Minerva and mocks academic life and social change in a witty, verse form.
In a critique of urban life, Newton Newkirk praises New York’s fast pace while praising Boston’s restrained, steady spirit. He urges Bostonians to stay prudent, savor simple joys, and resist Gotham’s frantic tempo.
The piece mocks the idea of docking Congress members for absence. It argues such a rule would force reps to abandon corporate interests and vacations, and asserts that what a Congressman does outside deliberations is often his main focus, not a sideline.
A reviewer views The Old Farmer's Almanack with Hemp cover and 12 zodiac etchings as wholesome reading for winter evenings. It features weather notes, practical tips for farm life, humorous poems, and a back section on poetry and jokes, with Cheered by its nonvicious content.
The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra under Carl Ludwig of the Boston Symphony Orchestra will perform next Tuesday for the New England Order of Protection. The group was organized last August by mando lin soloist Harry A. Maier.
Prominent post office officials invited to attend Branch 34 National Association of Letter Carriers installation at 9 Appleton street. Ladies night features vaudeville and music by the Letter Carriers Band. Also notes a missing violin reward offered by K N Catlin.
Cambridge Council Knights of Columbus No. 74 held its 1th annual banquet at the American House last night and passed resolutions on the death of Rev. William Orr. Speakers toasted several topics including The Church and Our Future, with Edward McSweeney warning of France's church-state conflict and a clash between religion and government.
Great Barrington claims Roy I. Sabin as the champion Sunday school scholar of the state. Sabin, a Searles High School student, has 11 years of perfect attendance with no absences.
In a Pasadena hotel tale Edna Brayton a fiery curls theft and Sidney Crowthers clash when he secretly cuts a golden curl prompting a love letter conflict. The yellow imp in the ink bottle watches as fate nudges the couple toward reconciliation in a melodramatic ending.
A reader asks Miss Champagne how to win a widow who jokes about his youth. The adviser suggests persistence, noting her husband’s death five years ago and the idea that time could make them closer in age. The letter ends with encouragement to pursue the widow despite initial teasing.
The reader asks if height matters in love with an older, shorter man who is well regarded. The columnist notes public teasing and urges focusing on character and suitability rather than size, arguing many great men chose well regardless of height and that worth matters more than stature.
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