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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1907
Page
6
Daily publication from Post Publishing Co dated June 4 1907 issue 56 volume 187 based in Boston Massachusetts with office at 259 Washington Street.
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The wheat boom brings high profits to farmers while the rising price of flour worsens the family food bill. The cost increase outpaces the grain price rise, impacting millions.
The Yale crew travels to New London this week to race in three weeks. Harvard follows next Monday. The interval before June 27 will sway supporters as per recent signs. Harvard aims to defend last year's victory while Yale shows strong form.
Premier Campbell Bannerman withdrew the Irish council bill after the Nationalist convention in Dublin rejected it. The move signals respect for Irish opinion and recognizes imperial respect for Dublin. The Nationalists claim a negative victory as concessions and grazing policy tensions raise new difficulties.
The Waters-Pierce Company faces a Texas verdict of 1 623 900 in a suit brought by the State to oust the company. A three week trial yielded a compromise with farmers on the penalty, while Chicago authorities seek 126 000 000 and Judge Landis may impose around 1 450 000. The case highlights the push to curb the oil monopoly and its high prices.
The piece critiques indirect methods to place railroad transportation under foreign control, arguing existing law requires public approval for franchise mergers and questioning the legitimacy of indirect actions that bypass legislature. It raises concerns about sovereignty and proper authority.
The writer criticizes merger advocates for using evasive legal tricks to bypass state law via a New Haven road. They urge open legislative debate and demand clear legalization. The passage argues evasion reveals a fear of the law and questions the benfits claimed by merger proponents.
The bill to allow savings banks to offer industrial life insurance and annuities faces the House with strong backing. It has insurance committee approval, ways and means endorsement, and broad labor support, while opposition comes from traditional insurers and cautious savings bodies. The measure is voluntary, non disruptive, and seeks to lower costs for workers' future protection.
All Sorts announces a Franklin Park mass meeting next Sunday at 4 AM to celebrate the Open Street Car Season. Speakers include Tennyson, Owen Seaman, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Longfellow with performances by unions, poets, actors and moving pictures. Admission is free. bring your own strap.
At a Technology Corporation meeting the appointment of Dr Benjamin Ide Wheeler to the Tech presidency was confirmed. James P Munroe said no word has been received from Wheeler regarding his decision. Wheeler was traveling east to visit Boston and the institute but there is no word on his whereabouts or acceptance. faculty view the delay as a favorable sign.
An editor letters column respondent argues the Roosevelt Long controversy and supports the President having the savage joy of killing to curb railroad power. He cites phrenology and boxing as analogies and urges bouts to provoke public resentment against a railroad merger. Anson B. Edg iarly signs from Boston. June 1.
A comic piratical fantasy features Captain Shedd Gore clinging to a ship as a goat butt attack looms toward Boston Harbor. Gore recalls past voyages while a shark eyes his dinner and a sun melts butter, ending with a sociable Know Boston contest tease.
Billy Sphinx reflects on marriage and wealth noting many June brides who dream of eloping with a dark-eyed Romeo will instead find happiness as wives of a Fal staff member with a big waist and a bank-roll. The sentiment contrasts hopeful romance with financial security and status symbols.
A reader notes an advertisement for Public Opinion circulating in American mails and recalls Thomas Carlyle valuing the London journal. The observer then describes a windy afternoon display of spring hosiery at Tremont and Boylston, noting many low shoes and unusual hot socks.
Notes recount experiences aboard the power yacht Profit anchored in Dorchester Bay and describe civic events including a silver loving cup presentation to Mrs. Ralph M. Kirtland for five years of service as regent of the Minute Man Chapter D A R. Also mentioned are indoor Institute of Technology exercises, street hazards on Beacon Street, a London pilgrimage anniversary, plans for a Marine Park shelter, submarine command changes, a Cambridge mayor at Arlington centennial, navy yard police access, and Henry Alexander entering musical comedy in The Girl From Vas sar.
Reverend Septimus Mildmay eyes Betty Fuller as his choice while widow rival Jane Hawkins sulks after a heated church meeting. He interrupts the Washeen Sodality to declare the fund’s future and asks Betty to walk home with him, provoking a sharp retort from the widow.
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