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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
6
The Boston Post issues notice that during vacation time the Daily Post and Sunday Post may be mailed to any U S address for 25c per month. Address changes allowed and subscriptions must be prepaid. Contact RB A Grozipr editor with subscription inquiries.
Registration for the State and national election remains open in Boston through Oct. 14. Election Commissioners have opened their books at the central office in the Old Court House and will stay in session to add names to the registered list, a few minutes by the clock to secure voting rights.
The piece argues Count Zeppelin's airship advances herald a new era of aerial fleets in Europe and anticipates test flights by the U.S. War Department. It warns that without a Hague ban on launching explosives from balloons, Zeppelin craft could threaten American towns before defenses are ready.
The Finance Commission urges reduced city clerk expenses with Priest implementing economies. Critics note overpayment for an assistant clerk, arguing Priest now holds both title and duties, shrinking the office’s responsibilities to a mostly record keeping and technical bookkeeping role.
Mayor Hibbard asserts a broad principle that public service corporations must give the city a more appropriate equivalent for benefits granted by locations. He states the time has come for such compensation, applying the principle to the current freight track order dispute before the Aldermen.
The article notes an $8000 to $10,000 added expense to strengthen the Northern avenue bridge so Union Freight can use it without payment. It calls this an extreme example of public service corporation abuses and says the Mayor will seek a general law next winter to reform franchise practices in highways.
The Democratic National Committee declares immediate day by day publication of all campaign subscriptions, prohibits corporate donations, and bars contributions over 100 dollars within three days of the election. It questions Taft’s pledge to reveal funding only after voting and contrasts with Bryan’s transparency.
The L Street public baths on Dorchester Bay face worsening conditions this season. It remains the citys most popular bathhouse serving men women and boys. calls come for better regulation funding improved policing and rebuilt locker facilities to curb theft and misuse and restore decency in the mens area.
A reflective poem by Newton Newkirk recalling boyhood days of fishing and farm chores. The narrator entreates summers by streams, school days with a birch rod, and the passage of seventy years shaping memory. The piece weaves nostalgia with aging and names Solomon Solong Solon as a closing signature.
Whispers of a Georgia legislature bill by Congressman Glenn would declare marriages null if a wife used scents powders or cosmetics to attract a husband. The column mocks the proposal arguing women choose independence and questions Southern chivalry and the need for such control over female appearance.
A reader from Massachusetts asks about labeling body parts that appear in common phrases. The letter muses on locating organs once unknown and notes several figurative injuries described in daily speech.
The 10th anniversary of the fall of Santiago will be informal observed at the cavalry and signal corps encampment in South Framingham tomorrow. Massachusetts volunteers who took part in the siege will don revived uniforms and arms as hosts extend generous hospitality to guests.
A morning tale covers a Roxbury restaurant incident where a young man helps a frightened girl then is pushed away by a police officer. Other notes follow Perc y Fitzpatrick planning summer travel through New Hampshire and Maine and Francesco Delgado’s Yale honor and voyage toward Manila via San Francisco. Also mentioned are Jimmy Lee’s London training, Charles Smith’s Augusta trip, ex Mayor Weis’s popularity, and the Fitzgeralds sailing to Europe aboard the Cymric.
The Boston Post announces a series of e Journeys to Interesting Places for readers during vacation season. The first week features Quebec and its surroundings as the city marks the 300th anniversary of its founding about July 20 to 31.
The Beaupre shrine in Quebec attracts pilgrims from America and Europe for 250 years with cures and devotion. A Basilica houses the sacred spring and a Holy Stair, with crutches left as testimonies and a statue of St Anne towering above. Tomorrow a visit to Falls of Montmorency is noted.
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