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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
6
The Boston Post announces daily and Sunday subscription rates, mailing options, and vacation service. It notes advance payment requirements and discontinuation on expiration, with editor F. A. Grozier as publisher.
Spectators include President Roosevelt and candidate Taft at the New London Thames race tomorrow. Both will follow the crews along the course, cheering for rival teams in an unprecedented intercollegiate sporting moment.
Yale defeated Harvard on Yale’s home field in New Haven to create a series tie and a deciding playoff game scheduled in New York next week. The Yale nine appears stronger, having corrected an earlier battery error that had doomed them on Soldiers Field.
The city assigns dog catcher duties to the Animal Rescue League with salaried officials and League accountability. Unlicensed dogs will be handled by the League at its quarters, promising fair treatment and potential cost savings compared with the old fee based system.
The court's decree by Justice Rugg affirms the Massachusetts ban on railroad companies holding stock in other railways. The case, initiated by Attorney General Malone for the people, targets the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad Company for repeated violation of the statute prohibiting such indirect holdings. The ruling upholds the law's validity and the authority to enforce it against defiance.
The decree restrains the New Haven Road and its officers from subscribing to or taking capital stock of six Massachusetts street railway firms and from exercising the franchise to do so. It also requires divestment of the stock within a year. The ruling serves as a test case clarifying merger questions and removing obstructions.
The article notes Congressman James S. Sherman’s sudden illness after being named as Taft’s running mate in Chicago. It discusses possible remedies and the constitutional path if a nominee dies or cannot run, explaining that electors determine the president and vice president and that the Electoral College would resolve such a vacancy. An 1872 precedent with Horace Greeley’s death is cited.
The Hon. Melville W. Fuller was re-elected president of the Harvard Law School Association at the Boston Bar Association rooms. Jurists and lawyers elected as vice-presidents include Oliver Wendell Holmes and Charles J. Bonaparte, with a long list of notable names and a council to serve through 1912. A later note reports Edward Sullivan found guilty of assault and battery for kissing Agnes Finn, prompting reflections on consent.
A satirical piece mocks a groom during a Detroit wedding spectacle. It ridicules his lack of status and presence while contrasting the radiant bride and extravagant ceremony. The verse suggests the groom exists mainly to pay bills after the celebration.
A satirical piece about Giles Gilbert the Duluth millionaire leaving $25,000 to Edith Vane for a smile. It contrasts bragging of a bright world with taunting lines about Bill Taft and political foibles. The humor hinges on personal fame, smiling women, and election-era quirks.
A Boston newspaper notes Commander Robert E Peary has raised most of the 50000 dollar goal for his next polar voyage with 10000 still needed and a July 1 departure planned. The paper jokes about contributions and volunteers, including offering to join the voyage to reach the pole.
Enos A. Mills of Colorado, a United States forest service authority, tells club women that in Colorado opponents of forest destruction have been women whose vote gives them influence. He argues universal suffrage would ease forest preservation and endorses equal suffrage after noting Colorado’s experience. Dorchester June.
The Observant Citizen reports on Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale in a Roxbury cab, Boston College class day alumni including Richard Sullivan and Edward J. Brandon, and comments on Harvard President Eliot. It notes East Cambridge’s bonfire decline, slow bridge repairs, immigration deputy Hurley’s return, Italian language skills of US Attorney French, water safety cautions after a Sharon drowning, a reckless sprinkling cart driver, and gun license enforcement trends.
The Cabinet introduced a bill in the Duma to raise Duma member salaries to 2100 dollars annually. The action aims to adjust compensation amid ongoing governance discussions in St. Petersburg.
Forty society women will wear white wings suits and spend the day cleaning streets and alleys of St. Louis. Each matron leads a district with local schoolchildren and city street cleaning department workers plus wagons to remove rubbish and dirt.
The All England lawn tennis championship began in Wimbledon on June 23 with Wylie C Grant the sole American entrant.
Columbus Ohio reports the withdrawal orders issued for state troops still on duty in Adams and Brown counties as of June 23. The move reduces military presence and clears remaining duties in the two counties.
A rustic preference is stated, favoring pumpkin seating and ox-cart travel over lavish velvet cushions and excursion trains. The speaker endorses Johann Hoff's Malt Extract as a remedy for convalescence and urges readers to ask their druggist for it.
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