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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
8
The Boston Post issue details rates for daily and Sunday editions, advance payment policy, Canadian delivery, and mailing instructions. Publisher B A Groziopr notes subscription discontinuation on expiry and requests postal notice for irregular delivery.
The Republican campaign outlines Taft as candidate with Frank Hitchcock as general manager and George von L. Meyer handling contributions. Rewards promised if Taft wins include Meyer becoming secretary of the treasury and Hitchcock postmaster general. The plan is advanced but opinions and votes remain to be cast.
The piece argues against Hammond as Republican vice presidential nominee and endorses Curtis Guild Jr. Governor Guild is praised as a strong choice to shore up Taft’s ticket, addressing concerns over minority support and public record. It urges Massachusetts and New England to back Guild.
The piece argues Massachusetts Senate backs the New Haven influence by a narrow party-line vote and predicts the merger bill will move to the House as a party measure. It warns a House split could trigger a statewide campaign and asserts the House should reject the method and deliver a public warning.
The piece argues that regardless of who serves, appointing Chelsea city rulers without public consent endangers democratic ideals. It cites partisan dominance, lack of minority representation, and an overreach of authority undermining the state's governed liberties.
Acting Governor Draper set up a Chelsea commission that critics call anomalous and unprecedented. They argue its creation erodes popular authority and should have required a referendum for public consent.
Bids received for nearly four and a half million dollars of Boston bonds show strong confidence in stability and gradual financial recovery. The issues finance improvements subway work drainage highways schools and other projects, selling at a premium around 108 and a fraction despite depressed industrial returns.
The International Cotton Congress adjourned in Paris and will reconvene in Italy in 1909. A key resolution invites all cotton producing nations to join in coordinated curtailment during periods of distress from over or under production.
Dorchester Catholic Club urges Boston in a June 1908 letter to the editor to address Savin Hill Beach conditions. The group notes the beach is unsafe and uncomfortable and calls for immediate placement of quality sand to ensure bathers can enjoy a proper facility before the season.
A reader challenges a Post editorial claiming suburban streets lack watering. He reports seeing an economy watering cart wetting Canterbury Street though no houses exist, while dense areas like South Boston Dorchester and Roxbury receive no water.
A cautionary fable follows a man who doubling profits through stocks and cornering corn ends with unsustainable wealth and a doomed fate. Fortune misleads him as his cornbased empire collapses while others profit from cheaper imports. The tale closes with a moral about excess.
Mrs A P G of South Boston asks for the return of a manuscript sent for the Eleanor Glynn competition. The paper reports that manuscripts not sent with stamps were consigned to the waste basket while those with stamps will be returned as soon as possible.
Colonel William D. Sohier is named to the State Highway Commission, described as fit and active with practical road-building expertise. The report notes his ideas and actions, plus the city’s planning for a new dramatic season in Boston with Polly of the Circus and Wilton Lackaye’s return.
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