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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1908
Page
6
The notice lists publication details for The Sunday Post Daily issued by Post Publishing Co Boston Mass. It includes volume and issue numbers January 22 1908 No 24 Vol 190 and office address at 259 Washington Street Boston. Subscription rates and payment terms appear, with instructions for notices about discontinuation and advance payment.
The article notes Mrs. Eddy relocates to a quiet Boston suburb to stay close to the Christian Science church headquarters. It argues her residence near Boston better serves the expanding duties of her esteemed leadership and the church's growing, far reaching interests.
The Aldermen plan careful scrutiny of mayoral appointments to departments and officials and proceed with deliberate confirmation. The board confirmed George W. Morrison as head of the public buildings department, naming him a competent choice. They delayed William H. Minot as superintendent of printing awaiting a more expert candidate.
The piece criticizes erecting a Major Wirtz memorial in Savannah and the inscriptions as ill advised. It notes inflammatory language by Corporal Tanner and threats from Women’s Relief Corps placards. It argues Civil War memories are past and public opinion should oppose the monument.
The Hon. Joseph H. Choate addresses the New York Bar Association and presents a striking rebuke to President Roosevelt. He cites Roosevelt’s denunciation of eminent lawyers involved in inventing methods as an extraordinary challenge to the chief executive supported by high authority.
The speaker declares President Roosevelt knows of lawyers who may corruptly help clients evade the law and demands he name them for committee investigation. The question remains whether the President will identify these lawyers or stop making such statements.
The opening of Parliament promises interest as Labour has embraced Socialist doctrine at Hull, testing Campbell-Bannerman’s majority. The government faces a delicate balance with manufacturing towns at stake, while the Irish question and Lords’ obstruction loom over the session.
Porto Ricans urge tariff protection for coffee, arguing the Dingley act hurts their industry since transfer to U S control cut off European markets. The proposed French trade pact would admit Porto Rican coffee at minimum rates, easing conditions but not granting full protection.
The article argues that benevolent groups miss many unemployed families in need and urges direct neighborly aid. It reports Trinity Church last Sunday collection as an example of offering help from man to man rather than as a civic function.
A spoof describes a new Honeymoon Special train on C N U P and S P lines for newlyweds. It imagines private compartments for lovers with romantic antics, riceproof cars, and bolder displays, noting planned long artificial tunnels to ease travel.
A manicurist linked to a nail business party becomes a focal point as a friend reveals to his wife an important engagement. The tale centers on trust and possible hidden motives surrounding the social event.
The California orange harvest is pegged at 30,000 car loads or about 9,000,000 boxes totaling 1,350,000,000 oranges. Fruit exchanges project the harvest lasting until July 4.
An explosion at Boldt Glass Works in Cincinnati sent about 100 workers scrambling as a furnace discharged molten glass, creating a fiery blast worthy of Vesuvius. Despite the danger, only a small number were injured.
An anxious reader asks what makes a duck quack. The editor muses that the quacker in the duck’s thorax creates the quack, noting ducks can vary notes and joking that the duck is musically grouped with owl and crow.
Fragmentary verse recalls a secluded woman whose inner grace awakens desire in a solitary moonlit scene. Readers sense a distant, ideal longing and a perilous beauty that tempts the observer toward an unattainable ideal.
George F. B. Buell a retired hosiery manufacturer and prominent Franklin resident died at his home here today from Bright's disease.
The Observant Citizen notes announce the London marriage on January 14 of John Maynard Waite, a recognized Boston figure. The column also covers local social events, a sleighing scene, a public thanks from Howell Hansel, a Knox Club leap year party in Huntington Avenue, and various municipal notices from Boston and surrounding towns.
A young man writes of a past love in another state, now in Boston, asking whether to stop writing. The writer urges honesty, warns against prolonging the hurt, and encourages protection and kindness rather than revenge, citing literary lines about love and resilience.
John Mitchell travels back to find his deserted wife Caroline and their baby boy. A hidden mug bearing the inscription JOHN MITCHELL JUNIOR leads the couple to a final, tense reunion as the child cries Papa. The emotional stake centers on reconciliation and parental duty.
Franklin B Lord senior member of Lord Day & Lord died at his Park Avenue home after a brief illness. He led an unsuccessful stockholder suit against the Equitable Life Assurance Society to stop its transformation into a mutual company. He served as secretary treasurer of Barnard College and director of Lawyers Title Insurance Trust Company and was a member of several well known clubs.
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