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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1908
Page
6
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co announces subscription rates and delivery details. It lists prices for yearly and monthly terms, contact information, and editors notes with reminders to pay and discontinue terms at expiration.
In a tight economy, the Excise Commission resists a proposed $4000 yearly rent increase. City Hall faces a strain as lawmakers weigh the higher housing cost against a leaner municipal budget and current finances.
The article notes continued producer resistance to price limits despite patience from patrons. A new proposition to raise prices was discussed yesterday. The Post's prior advice to consumers remains valid: cut milk purchases if another price hike occurs.
The text argues that if Japan wants the civilized world to accept its good faith, it must keep its promises to China on Manchuria. It warns that breaking faith with China undermines trust from America and Europe regarding future dealings with Japan.
Rhode Island elected the Hon. George Peabody Wetmore to the United States Senate, resolving an awkward deadlock since March. With Aldrich in one chair, the other remained unfilled, leaving Rhode Island with limited representation in the upper chamber.
The Rev Herbert H Johnson urges a nightly bread line in Boston offering a loaf to any applicant after 10 pm with no questions asked. He argues hunger warrants relief regardless of whether the recipient is “worthy,” noting the need to aid those willing to endure a cold, long wait.
General Bell reports abolition of canteens at army posts increased desertions fines and disease. He notes a resistant craving for staff among soldiers who never used the canteen and argues a return to the old system would better sobriety and morality.
A fragment notes criticism of Mr. Ray Stannard Baker for overreaching by dragging in Harvard University. The text hints at a heated debate over scholarly neutrality and sensational rhetoric.
The article argues that Boston and Cambridge show less color prejudice than the South, praising Harvard for recognizing colored youths. It contrasts Beacon Hill and Brattle Street elites with colored students in sports and academics, urging Mr. Baker to reassess his view.
Boston Chamber of Commerce reports progress toward a 35 foot mean low water channel 540 feet wide above President Roads and 650 feet wide in Broad Sound with hopes to expand by 1911. The piece urges New England’s Congress members and railroads to push for faster harbor improvements to attract Lusitania and Mauretania sized ships within a decade and address inland transport congestion.
The 16 ship fleet under Admiral Evans moves from Rio de Janeiro toward the Straits of Magellan. With no cable to the Pacific, communications fade as they push into remote seas. A safe passage through storms is anticipated and Congress urged to fund coal and supplies for a Suez return.
At the AFL executive council meeting on January 21 the union adopted a motion asking President Gompers to address in the official paper the issue of secret detective agencies and their use by employers' associations.
At the annual meeting of the Federal Trust Company John T. Connor was added to the board of directors. The remaining officers were all re elected.
A reader thanks the Post editor for urging better care of elevated and surface car passengers. He recalls a rainy day jam in a subway car and argues for passenger limits and enough cars at rush times, comparing human transport to cattle transport and asking if laws protect people the same.
A Dorchester note dated January 20 mocks President Roosevelt handwriting and jokes that he could not work as a Boston office boy at eight dollars a week or pass a civil service exam.
The column presents a wry aphorism about a baby spoiled by constant crying. It frames the idea that indulgence teaches no restraint and hints at a broader social humor tone from Newton Newkirk. The quip closes with a witty general observation.
A young Boston reader asks how to handle male harassment in public. The All Sorts editor urges calm, outlines tactics to defuse situations on trains and streets, including asserting boundaries, involving others, and, if necessary, appealing to police, with a light warning against public exposure.
A Boston Observer column itemizes Mrs Charles H Bond heading to Cuba for a brief outing, a deck farewell for Edward Thompson bound to Liverpool, a vaudeville memory of the Dolans, and various local happenings. It notes Brookline town meeting plans, a Harvard Medical School fatigue talk, crow sightings signaling milder weather, and school athletic-field ambitions for English High School class of 98.
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