Daily Post January 23 1908 Postal Rates Notice
The Daily Post announces subscription rates and terms for 1908 including six months for 3 and year for 6 with Canada rate adjustments. It notes all subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued on expiration without notice. Editor Be A. Grozier signs the notice.
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BE. A. Grozier
Meaning of party based board selection tested in Lowell cases
The statute requiring selection of bipartisan boards from the two leading parties is to be tested by Lowell case law. The Massachusetts Supreme Court bases decisions on common sense, viewing it as a technicality. If conditions change, the next election could rectify the anomaly.
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Lowell
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
McCall questions Taft on orders in Philippines raid
Congressman McCall asks Secretary Taft to inform the House whether troops in a Philippines expedition were told to kill everything that runs from the constabulary except women and children as reported in Manila papers. The remark touches on President McKinley's benevolent assimilation policy.
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Taft
House
Philippines
Manila
McKinley
Contested Irish Peer Seat Might Go to Baron Ashtown
The election of Lord Curzon to an Irish representative peer seat is challenged as ineligible on technical grounds. Baron Ashtown, ranked next, could win the seat if Curzon is disqualified.
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Lord Curzon
House of Lords
Ireland
Baron Ashtown
State finances spark calls for more light and debate
A Boston Post report on a recess committee audit reveals the state's spending as generous if not extravagant and warns that a 4.5 million dollar tax, up from 4 million, signals a rapid rise over six years. References to Carter era politics and Taft, Roosevelt, and Hughes frame a broader GOP nominating debate.
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Recess Committee
Post
Beacon Hill
Mayor Hibcard Demands Referendum Before Radial Boston Reform
The piece urges Boston voters decide on a drastic plan to suspend self government and install an appointive commission. It warns a referendum is essential to legitimize any charter overhaul and cautions against imposing the measure without public consent. A spring election should decide whether to pursue the heroic remedy.
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Boston
Massachusetts
The Color Line on Railroads
The piece discusses a push to end Jim Crow cars via federal law, noting the Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled separate cars constitutional if equal. It questions claims of humiliation for colored citizens, pointing out whites face similar exclusion from colored cars.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Interstate Commerce Commission
Editor defends accuracy of parents meeting report
Elisha B. Worrell of Dorchester rejects newspaper misreporting of his remarks at a parents committee hearing. He explains he condemned a transfer method as underground and slimy, then withdrew the word, and urges publication of his clarifying note to the School Board.
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Elisha B. Worrell
Dorchester
Jan
Crowded Cars on the L Line Prompt Reader Letter
A letter to the Post praises an editorial calling for more frequent rush hour service on the L line. James T. Ward from Malden thanks the editor and urges continued public pressure on the Railroad Commission and elevated officials to ease overcrowding.
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L” Road
Railroad Commission
Malden
James T. Ward
Drop Stitch and the Sphinx as Cautionary Verse
A humorous verse from Newton Newkirk satirizes a character named Drop Stitch and riffs on reasoning and perception. The piece ends with a brief Sphinx quip about a woman receiving repeated attentions from a man, hinting at love and irony.
Humorous reply to Shawmut Club invitation from H E Milliken
A long humorous letter from H E Milliken of Dorchester declining a speaking engagement with the Shawmut Club. He jokes about stage fright and asks about remuneration, suggesting pay, travel, or a grapefruit as compensation. He notes willingness to perform if terms are attractive.
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Greater Boston
Shawmut Club
Dorchester
H. E. Milliken
Dorchester Avenue
Stenographer’s Smell Sparks Curious Question
A riddle notes a stenographer who dislikes cigar smoke yet loves the odor of cigarettes suggesting a playful puzzle about scents and preference. The concise line hints at a clever answer linking smoke types to smell perception.
When Summer Passed Poem Fragment
A poetic fragment recalls a man and woman in a shaded hammock scene. The speaker recalls love and later hints at deception as the woman strings him along. The lines imply a shift from affection to betrayal within a quiet rural setting.
Boston notes. births, engagements and civic events
The Observant Citizen highlights a new father in a bank officers’ troupe, a sword presentation to Henry Treuthardt of the Spanish War Veterans, and Adjutant General Dwyer’s honor. Engagement news for Matthew Sheehan and May Conlin. Watertown field petition for skating rink. Economic Club of Boston dinner with William Ivins likeness to Rockefeller. Local incidents include a tax stamp mix up, a burglary in Sharon, and a milliner feather case. Requiem mass for Mrs. Phelan is noted.
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Henry A. Treuthardt
Legion of
Boston
John P. Clark
John J. Dwyer
Treuthardt
Matthew F. Sheehan
Dorchester
May Conlin
Sheehan
Boston College Association
Fifteen Massachusetts students seek Rhodes Scholarship
The Harvard Medical School hosts the initial exams for the Rhodes Scholarship selection. Fifteen collegians competed, with papers to be graded at Oxford. Finalists will face an oral exam before a Massachusetts committee led by President Eliot and other educators.
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Massachusetts
Harvard Medical School
Oxford University
England
Committee of Selection of
Eliot
George Martin
State Board of Education
William Orr
Springfield
Alfred K. Stearns
Phillips Andover Academy
Kvrederick C. Perry
Williams College
Harvard
Miss Maloney's Alleged Husband Must Explain
New York Jan 22 Another step in the suit by Miss Helen Maloney daughter of Martin Maloney Philadelphia against Arthur F Osborne of this city Justice Newburger appointed Daniel F Cohalan as referee to take testimony The case concerns Miss Maloney who disappeared last fall and was later found living in London Osborne says he married Miss Maloney two years ago
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New York
Helen Maloney
Martin Maloney
Philadelphia
Arthur F. Osborne
Supreme Court
Newburger
Daniel F. Cohalan
Admiral Paregor ic in Harper's Weekly parody of naval medic
A literary spoof by John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Weekly portrays a Medico-Admirers figure who calms seas with potions made from caraway seeds and squills. It describes medical methods aboard ship to seal leaks, sedate foes, and keep the crew safe, ending with a toast to the good ship and its crew.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Harper's Weekly
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