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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
6
Daily publication issued by Post Publishing Co dated July 5 1907 number 5 volume 188 from offices at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
Rates listed for Daily One year 3.00 six months 1.50 eight months 0.75 one month 0.25. Sunday Post One year 2.50 six months 1.25 three months 0.65. In vacation time Daily Post to any U S address 0.25 monthly and Sunday Post 0.25 monthly. Address changes allowed.
Owing to postal rate hikes for the Dominion of Canada, subscription costs are listed: Daily Post 1 month 50 cents, six months three dollars, year six dollars. Sunday Post nine cents per copy. Entries to Boston post office. Payments by money order or check only.
All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly from your newsdealer or newsboy, please notify us by mail at once. EB. A. GROZIER, Editor and Publisher.
In St Petersburg a reactionary plot to blow up Count Sergei Witte reveals deep demoralization in Russian politics. Both conservatives and revolutionaries embrace bombing as persuasion. The plan is linked to a group recently blessed by the Czar for patriotic aims.
The famed Moroccan raider Raisuli, who kidnapped Mr. Perdicaris years ago, ensnares the Moorish sultanate's body guard commander in a fresh sensational bid for fame and money. The piece notes Sir Harry MacLean as the target and hints at a possible inspired dispatch by John Hay in 1904.
The Fourth of July celebration appeared perfect with pleasant weather and full participation. Citizens enjoyed a well staged program from the Faneuil Hall oration to the fireworks on the Common, all deemed a complete and distinguished success.
The forecast of prosperity comes with a West United call for harvest hands. In Kansas wheat country ten thousand workers are needed immediately. Farmers greet trains with carriages and autos to source harvesters, offering two to three dollars daily with board. Governor Hoch arranged rail transport at one cent per mile for labor groups. The immigrant tide to Atlantic ports grows louder.
Independence Day in Boston passed with good order and temper and a generally comfortable character. Police records show noise without disturbance, some accidents from carelessness, and no disasters. Commissioner O'Meara notes arrests skew toward adults, implying grown-up hoodlums need restraint to curb mischief.
On Independence Day crowds marked the centenary of Giuseppe Garibaldi the Italian national hero. The event sparked demonstrations worldwide with special observances in the United States highlighting Italian heritage and national pride.
The piece recalls Garibaldi living in the United States and his choice to pursue Italy's cause over naturalization. It notes Clifton New York's pantheon ceremony as a notable demonstration and describes Boston's impressive parade and ceremonies as among the day’s most interesting features, reflecting a strong sense of national tribute.
The piece critiques the metropolitan district’s smoke pollution from trains and power plants. It urges stricter enforcement of chimney limits, adoption of electric train service like New York’s Central Railroad, and greater use of coke in some railroads, arguing public pressure and railroad commissioner action can abate the nuisance.
The nation’s day was marked by ships in the harbor festooned with flags and bunting from stem to stern. Vessels across the port including the Wabash and Illinois saluted with flags, while steamers on the river and at piers such as the Yale, Onondaga, Boston and Yarmouth, Caledonian, Sachem, and Ruth E Merrill showed patriotic decorations amid a noon salute from the Gresham.
A bizarre double feature begins with Joseph Zeitlin’s 1024th birthday celebration amid claims of daily whiskey and tobacco use. The Atlantic City notes mock dress rules as officials require women bathers to wear mackintoshes over swimsuits, sparking ironical commentary on propriety and fashion.
The Rev L D Bass contends that more evil lurks in kissing than in any other vice. The piece imagines a teen romance under a moonlit park scene and mocks scientific germ warnings as youths ignore clerical caution, predicting a bold kiss despite alarms.
Chief Mullen of the Boston fire department was blown from his touring car by a fireworks explosion on the Boston Common last evening. The crowd of over 10,000 cheered as he stood nearby uninjured, while elaborate set pieces and meteoric showers lit the event into a grand, well behaved spectacle with few arrests.
J Anthony, 28, of 261 Adams Street Dorchester, collecting fares on a Field’s Corner car yesterday after noon, slipped and fell from the running board. He suffered a skull contusion and was taken to City Hospital.
A jumble of letters from readers across Massachusetts including Boston Dorchester Revere Beach and Malden sharing odd questions mishaps and curiosities. Topics range from eye color cork versus wooden leg to medical emergencies and a reader wishing the British had won.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Meaney wife of late Thomas Meaney a noted Boston contractor were held yesterday morning at the Church of Our Lady of the Rosary. Solemn high requiem mass was celebrated by Rev P B Murphy with Rev Dennis P Crimmins as deacon and Rev Frank J Kenney as sub deacon.
The Observant Citizen notes a decade of change at Boston Common from a bustling fairground to a tranquil space drawing mainly visitors from abroad. Trolley trips and beach outings pull crowds away, giving the park a Sabbath air on Independence Day.
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