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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1907
Page
6
Daily publication note from Post Publishing Co dated June 26 1907 in Boston lists issue number and office address at 259 Washington Street.
The notice lists daily rates: six months 1.50, three months 1.00, one month 25 cents. The Sunday Post prices: one year 2.50, six months 1.25, three months 65 cents.
The Daily Post and Sunday Post announce subscription terms for domestic and Canada mail. Rates vary by plan with monthly, six month, and yearly options. Address changes, advance payment, and notices of discontinuation are outlined, with payment to Post Publishing Company and officer contact details.
The city notes relief from a severe heat wave that caused unprecedented prostrations and deaths. Authorities hope the respite lasts to enable residents to better care for themselves and recover from the strain of extreme temperatures.
A dozen or more expert entomologists will visit Massachusetts this summer to advise on gypsy and brown tail moth issues. Some have already arrived, with foreign shipments of parasites arriving in bulk. While experts seek suppression, ordinary residents wonder when extermination will begin.
A thoroughly drafted bill, agreed by both Legislature houses, forbids quasi public corporations or their controlling trustees from paying money into election funds with penalties. Public opinion is expected to enforce it. The Cortelyou campaign chest scandal of 1904 is cited to justify the measure.
The piece argues gas can be produced and sold cheaply in Boston as in New York but the Consolidated Gas Company of New York has resisted an 80 cent gas rate. It notes a 20 percent rate reduction over two years and rising stock dividends, with 75 cent gas seen as near. The author attributes the difference to public service duties of a utility.
The Yale team defeated its rival in the second game of the series on Yale turf, a result more decisive than expected. The win extends interest toward the decisive tie to be played in New York while New London prepares for morning rowing races setting the stage for the varsity eight contest tomorrow.
The Liberal government faces criticism over Lord reform and its aim to restrict hereditary power. Campbell-Bannerman’s proposed resolution is seen as merely symbolic with little real effect without a supporting bill. The piece likens Lords electoral reform to the failed Irish home rule effort.
A parliamentary discussion considers removing hereditary peers and dissolving the Lords from legislation. Lawmakers aim to test whether the British public supports abolishing the hereditary chamber and shifting powers entirely to elected bodies.
The House sent the merger bill to the Senate with amendments aimed at tightening restrictions on stock acquisitions by railroads. Critics say the bill still leaves loopholes, particularly on whether existing purchases by the New Haven road can be used for merger aims, and urges reconsideration to fortify its purpose.
Executive committee expands for the Boston Old Home Week automobile feature appointing J S Hathaway L G Hinchcliffe as treasurer and K M Blake as secretary with new sub committees for parade gymkana and hill climbing. Open houses and observances are planned by Metropolitan Lodge I O G T Caledonia Division 90 Sons of Temperance and Field and Forest Club. A Jewish Organizations meeting grants President power to appoint a coordinating committee.
Ex Governor Bates will be toast master at a farewell banquet for Reverend Hugh Roe O Donnell on July 1. Citizens of East Boston sponsor the event aiming to be the largest ever held with committee members striving for success.
Newton Newkirk writes from Boston offering several ready songs and scraps in hopes of getting a music publisher to examine and buy or set them to music. He cites his long writing effort and postal persistence, asks for return postage, and suggests visiting New York to discuss manuscripts.
The quote divides humanity into lifters who bear the load and leaners who rely on others. It asks readers to decide which group they belong to and whether they ease the burden on hard workers or contribute to burdened peers. It highlights a ratio of one lifter to twenty leaners and invites self reflection.
Observant Citizen reports Dr Frederick Drinkwater a surgeon on the White Star liner Celtic marrying Alice Wilbur Hill at Woods Hole with purser J A Shepherd as best man. Mrs Drinkwater sails to join husband in Liverpool as Celtic arrives.
Holloway stares from a shabby London studio as rain and fog press in. He faces the truth that his work fails to sell and his pride collapses under the weight of unpaid pictures and rebuffed dealers.
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