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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
6
Daily issue dated July 8 1907 from Post Publishing Co Boston announces news briefs and local notices for residents and businesses in Massachusetts's capital city.
The notice shows pricing options including one year at $2.50 and shorter periods such as six months $1.25 and three months 65 cents. Also lists other rates like 83 months and 75 cents per month.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery across the United States and possessions for 25 per month, with the Sunday Post at 25 cents per month. Subscribers may change addresses as desired.
Canada owing to higher Canadian postal rates, the Daily Post offers a monthly rate of 50 cents for 1 month 3 dollars for six months and 6 dollars for a year. Sunday Post costs 9 cents per copy. Reminds readers to pay by check draft or money order to Post Publishing Company and that subscriptions may be discontinued after expiration.
The Park Commission announces no more raids on trees along Commonwealth Avenue for the time being. With the annual summer assault approaching, residents fear leaving homes, but this assurance is welcomed as a pause before further “improvement” by stealth.
Authorities aim to enforce laws and ordinances to curb loud patriotic noise on the eve of the Glorious Fourth. The official night begins at 4 oclock tomorrow morning and no horn blowing will be allowed during that period.
The Philippines election date is set for July 20 with a census and voter registration under way. Official returns show about 50,000 of several million possible voters may participate, rendering the assembly unrepresentative as an object lesson in democracy.
The piece warns that summer brings more accidents from rushed travel and excursions. Trolley collisions, automobile crashes, broken machinery, and canoe mishaps spread injuries as revelers hurry to enjoy the season. The sole remedy is taking pleasures leisurely to curb impulse.
June brought over 10 000 arrivals at Boston port with a fiscal year total of 82 345. Head tax paid reached 164 690 though only 75 000 covered local expenses, leaving a nearly 90 000 balance. Officials praise the sturdy manhood and above average physical and mental qualities of newcomers.
An editorial notes John D Rockefeller is difficult to locate for a U S court in Chicago as citizens urge service of process. The piece questions his citizenship duties and criticizes evasion by law enforcement and leading figures.
A leading U.S. magnate becomes the focus of widespread scorn as critics question his wealth and influence. The report surveys public opinion, media reaction, and the implications for philanthropy and corporate power.
The governor plans to re-nominate Charles F. Pidgin to lead the Bureau of Statistics of Labor after a 6 to 3 council vote rejected him last week. The piece urges the executive council to publicly state grounds for objection and to hear Pidgin’s side, praising his inquiries on wages, hours, contracts, and cost of living.
Mayor Fitzgerald is reported to be recovering rapidly from erysipelas. Inflammation has subsided around his eyes and forehead while a swollen nose and slightly elevated temperature remain. He was briefly up yesterday but must receive no visitors and is confined at home until week’s end. He signed several papers from his office yesterday.
Ebenezer Seaver aged 90, second oldest Odd Fellow in Massachusetts, died at the Odd Fellows Home in Worcester. He was the oldest member of Siloam Lodge of Boston and had held many offices in the order. Once a Boston dentist, he claimed burial rights at King's Chapel burying ground but would not insist.
Frank Donahue Boston newspaper man wed Alice M. Lovely at Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Rev John T Mullen officiated. Best man Joseph Callahan and bridesmaid Emma S Lovely attended.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell has arrived at his Baddeck summer residence and resumed kite tests intended to lift a man. He expects a practical aerial demonstration by August.
The Rev. James J. McCafferty of St. Thomas' Jamaica Plain was appointed chaplain for the city institutions at Austin and Pierce farms by Archbishop Williams yesterday.
The speaker recalls nights of wind and rain and guests welcomed or forgotten. A figure named Love arrives, claiming neither friend nor foe but love. The poem contrasts hospitality given to some with the cold neglect of another. The voice laments forgotten guests and a missed affection, ending with a reluctant admission of memory and longing.
The essay muses on the nation’s independence centennial, praising patriotism yet warning that liberty wanes under concentrated capital. It laments a weakened eagle and Uncle Sam, calls out private interests, and urges a bright Fourth followed by sober reflection on freedom's current state.
A humorous yet cautionary guide warns readers about fireworks mishaps on celebrations. It describes sky rockets that misfire and peppering crowds, suggests safer handling, and jokes about hospitals preparing for a boom. It mentions cannon crackers, blank cartridges, roman candles, and torpedo pranks with warnings against rude stunts.
An assortment of city happenings includes an ongoing Washington Street sand storm as granite facings are cleaned, theater plans for Jay Hunt and George A. Schiller, and corrected birth news for a Meehan infant. Public figures ride in parades, a Rockefeller lookalike stirs a crowd, and a top police angler is highlighted.
In the self contained village of Sunnyville Milly Coburn loved as hero to the injured and beloved elder. Ray Stanwood returns after years away a poet and fortune seeker and declares his love for Milly not Debby. Milly’s selfless heart helps the couple face a village’s gaze and a hopeful future.
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