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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1908
Page
6
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The entry of the taxicab into commission in Boston signals only a first step toward potential future retirements of horse cabs. Experience abroad suggests widespread demand for rapid transport, yet the traditional cabby will likely remain in service for now as various methods of conveyance coexist.
The intercollegiate football rules committee ended its New York session with amendments that limit the wild fling while keeping the forward pass legal, preserving its value in opening defenses. The revised code closely mirrors the past two years and has met general satisfaction.
The life of Louise de la Ramee, once a leading popular novelist of the 19th century, ended in penury and near-friendlessness after a brilliant yet superficial vogue. Her wealth from writing faded as time moved on.
The legislative commission on taxation recommends abandoning the stock transfer tax again, arguing revenue under 250000 and that tax would burden commerce without justification. They note speculation is not a productive industry and that such a levy would be unnecessary if adopted, despite parallels drawn with New York.
The Massachusetts Club gathering Saturday afternoon revealed broad distrust among diverse political viewpoints toward the mayoral plan to move city government from elected representatives to an appointed commission. Ex-Governor Long spoke against appointing such a commission except by the people’s chosen process.
Dr Henry B Blackwell denounces the plan as a deliberate robbery of voters rights in Boston. The more the affair is examined the stronger the cry against it becomes. Any attempt to force the scheme without refer endum indorsement will be a great political mistake by the Legislature.
The Attorney General moves to dissolve Harriman railroad mergers and restore stock, targeting a national transport monopoly between the Missouri River and the Pacific coast. The action shifts from individual indictments to a broad anti trust suit enforcing the Sherman Act against railroad combinations.
A longtime Boston letter from Isabelle describes a surprise party with social mishaps and jokes at a family gathering. The note mentions Miss Take, Annie Mallon, May Hogany, Rose Wood at piano, Kerry Lene singing, Clara Nett on a solo, and a sleighing quartet. It ends with anecdotes about manners, a White man's burden joke, and small-town life in Andrew Square. The piece closes with a snide remark about local lodge night and a quip about snow and hats.
The census bill proposes non competitive appointments to fill 60 000 to 70 000 positions and allocate them by Congressmen and Senators. It would allow spoils system hires to enter the permanent civil service, threatening efficiency and proper enumeration for 1910.
A Boston diarist recalls seeing four couples with infants on a subway car, multiple fathers carrying babies, and parents wheeling child prams along Columbus Avenue. He notes miscues on the Waltham and Newtonville trains, crowded skating at Public Garden Pond, a lively limerick prize winner, a joyful skirmish of a receipt and train ride, and a black cat observing sparrows from a tree. He also mentions widespread admiration for Dr Karl Muck and a Harvard Deutscher Verein banquet in his honor as Boston awaits his departure.
Dorchester correspondent F. R. scours Boston stores for bungholes for his cider barrel and jokes about stealing a ship’s porthole. An old Fitchburg farmer offers postholes by carload in Carload lots or straight sale at six or three for one dollar. A letter from Lynn, Massachusetts, riffs on a popular novel about a woman “bolting a door.”
A snippet quoted asks if my wife ever discounts notes she finds in my pockets, prompting reflection on trust and frugality in domestic life. The brief line hints at hidden finances or vigilant custodianship without revealing details.
On Feb 8 the annual regimental drills and medal presentation will be staged at the South Armory with Companies from Cambridge Taunton New Bedford Fall River Chelsea and Brockton taking part. Distinctive foreigner will be honored and preparations include a grand display by M V M artillery. The big toboggan slide at Franklin Park nears readiness as workers push to finish the venue. Rabbit hunters head Cape for snow and dogs track trails, filling the woods with baying hounds after fresh snowfall.
Mattie, a patched and dreaming girl of eleven, endures taunts at Foster Grammar School until Emily Richards, daughter of a wealthy local, intervenes. Emily invites Mattie to a party, shares chocolates, and helps mend friendships with Grace Hanson, Roy Wilbur, and others. Mattie’s mother secures work as a seamstress, lifting their family toward comfort as Mattie revels in a new dress and curling.
Dear Miss Champagne writes from a small Western town about a college man who drinks, an incident on a moving streetcar, and whether to trust him. The advice suggests forgetting the episode, stressing the importance of keeping promises in small matters and not dwelling on the incident.
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