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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
8
The Post announces rates for daily and Sunday editions with prices for U S and Canada. It notes advance payment, renewal policy, and contact details for the Boston office and editor publisher F E A Grozier.
In a petition to the Legislature Dwight W. Sleeper seeks to bar sale of all matches except those lighting only on the box. The move would create a large monopoly for holders of specific match patents.
District Attorney John B. Moran, famed for political and legal battles, battles a serious illness in Arizona. Reports say he is failing fast, but Moran has repeatedly triumphed over adversity. Public sympathy awaits his recovery and future work.
Red tape hinders relief by delaying immediate funds for earthquake refugees in Italy. New England cables $30,000 more to Edmund Billings through the state Italian relief committee, showing a different way to mobilize resources.
An editorial argues that calling for economy in street maintenance leads to icy sidewalks and unsafe conditions. It warns that delaying street cleaning costs more in public health and safety, citing typhoid, ruined clothing, and a fall by a disabled person as unacceptable consequences.
The Harvard board of overseers endorses Abbott Lawrence Lowell as Harvard University president designate. He is described as a hard worker from a wealthy family with a reputation in government and academia, and his brother Percival Lowell is noted for astronomy and Martian canals verification.
The Post recalls a year ago urging cross party support to end a chairman vote stalemate. It notes Timilty backed a Republican in that instance and now six Republican aldermen fail to elect a chair, delaying city business while Democrats are urged to yield. Independent Democrats aided Republicans under a Good Government slate.
Attorney General Malone asks Legislature to decide on forfeiture of the Massachusetts charter of the New Haven railroad. The action cites Section 47 of Part 2, Chapter 463, 1906, noting unlawful capital stock increases expansions or consolidations can trigger forfeiture.
The article condemns the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad and Consolidated Railway merger without Massachusetts General Court approval. It cites capital increases from 47.5 million to 121.878 million and argues such actions violate state law, risking forfeiture of charter and making securities illegal for Massachusetts savers. It criticizes the railroad’s conduct, urging careful legislative action to force compliance.
A contemporary urging public spirited men to vote this afternoon for a competent Democrat as chairman if the board cannot elect a member of the same party on the next ballot, aiming to end the impasse.
A proposed use of crude molasses as a top dressing for roads aims to curb tire wear. Citizens compare it to prior dust-control experiments with petroleum on Back Bay streets and urge tests be done away from homes until benefits and drawbacks are fully understood.
Berlin report says Deutsche Bank sold four million dollars of Western Maryland Railroad Company bonds to a syndicate led by Blair and Co New York bankers. The sale marks a major financing move in the railroad sector.
The Observant Citizen reports a Women’s Christian Temperance Union lecturer advocating experimental alcohol use on dogs. A dachshund reportedly laps beer and a Martini without signs of inebriety, though the dog would not serve as a cautionary example.
Lawrence Weldon recalls Lincoln mulling a conflict over cotton in a rebel district and a tale of Bob Lewis from DeWitt county who risked his land title against a Missouri pioneer. The piece shifts to a haunted house scene with Carrie Alma May and Claude, where a lantern and a ghostly wail drive them to safety, later teased by the returning boys.
Alma Brown, Carries, and May join Claude and Bob Marshall for a dare to explore a haunted house on Blossom Street. The group, with Carrie's dog, meets at midnight as the church clock strikes twelve and slips into the ruined doorway.
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