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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
8
Daily publication line dated June 26 1908 from Post Publishing Co Boston announces issue number and office address at 259 Washington Street.
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The North End Park bath must supply bathing suits for boys after a prompt mayoral order. Officials can buy 1000 suits at about 40 cents each, costing $40, but the bath department refused the expenditure citing economy. The critic calls this economical folly and urges prompt action.
The railroads report about 30 000 fewer idle freight cars than a month ago, with active transportation rising as industry outputs grow. Improvement is strongest in eastern middle and north Atlantic states, while Maine farmers anticipate a better hay crop and higher acreage yields. If cereal belt forecasts hold, a lasting recovery may begin after a subdued autumn.
The first week in Boston showcases a model convention with well run business meetings and practical ethical discussions. Tea parties receptions and excursions run alongside weightier sessions as delegates enjoy themselves and witness executive competence.
The 1895 Venezuela boundary dispute with Great Britain tested U S resolve. President Grover Cleveland halted European aggression, prompting British concession and a first clear Monroe Doctrine enforcement. Secretary Richard Olney framed the policy as protecting American self rule and futures.
The President told Congress the United States must resist any land appropriation or assertion of governance over territory determined to belong to Venezuela after investigation. He emphasized defeating such aggression by any means to protect U S rights and interests.
Harvard overcame Yale in the New London varsity eight race with superior power and stamina. The slow winning time drew criticism, and Yale’s collapse stemmed from a faulty stroke lineup. The piece hails Harvard’s skill and grit and calls for future repeats to prove lasting supremacy.
The article warns that Boston faces a proposed tax rate of 17 on 1000 this year and questions how salaries can rise to meet the burden. It argues that increased property assessment is unlikely to provide relief and notes rising living costs hitting middle and lower incomes hardest.
The Rev Dr Francis Rowley and wife plan a quiet vacation abroad with son Dr John Rowley in Heidelberg as he studies German and serves as a delegate to the International Peace Conference in London in August. In Manchester by the Sea First Unitarian Church Rev Samuel A Eliot delivers next Sundays sermon.
A verse piece by John Devine Inflater titled Lulu's Lute celebrates a musician named Lulu and the muses. The poems describe echoes, trees, and rivers drawn to Lulu's lute, blending vivid imagery of beauty and innerspiration. A brief interjection from What the Sphinx Says and a quoted hook phrase conclude the fragment.
Three Aurora men Mayor Becker Dr. Allen and Jim Brost plan a 60 day subsistence race eating only eggs peanuts and beans to test nutrition. The piece humorously predicts outcomes from pin feathers to a shell game and notes the impracticality of such a diet.
The Observant Citizen notes rapid half mast flags across Greater Boston for Grover Cleveland’s death. Local anecdotes cover legal mix ups with an exhibit for the Anti-Saloon League, a roses loving fed guard, a versatile carpenter Mr. Blank, and the eldest Fitzgerald child earning a Boston diploma. Also mentions Rev. Printon, a Goddard buggy replica, Big Bill Taft ties, Navy medal for Michael Crosson, Harvard cadets aboard the Mayflower, militia-bearing students, and the Middlesex Fells rail work set to finish before summer.
A witty note claims work originated in the Garden of Eden with the lemon episode refuting the apple idea. It satirically parodies patent notions by saying the patent on work has expired, urging Newt to stop fearing infringement and start working, while mocking those who avoid labor.
A Dorchester letter pitches a fictional Powderless Powder claimed as powderless yet sold as a powder. The note jokes that women would love it since it is carried without having it, as it cannot be applied. A Boston- area reply declines the New England agency, citing alternate tasks and a playful wireless or workless obstacle.
The poem notes spring’s call to fishers with April breezes and greening heather triggering trips to streamside locales. It contrasts winter’s retreat with spring birds, lambs, and farm life as trout fishing peaks, praising nature and renewal through Chesley’s verse from Sports Afield.
A Philadelphia girl elopes after declaring that her parents forced her to wed a suitor of their choosing. The action follows dissatisfaction with the marriage plan and ends in a private ceremony.
Mrs. Biefuss told the House of Detention she fled an unhappy marriage to marry her sweetheart George C. Biefuss. She said she persuaded him to wed and defended her actions, insisting her husband did not entice her from home.
Miss Elizabeth Culbertson of Wooster Ohio visited relatives in Pittsburg and brought her sable and white Scotch collie Montey. While here she found a lost dog, a deed that led to her marriage proposal and engagement.
Miss Culbertson mourns the loss of her dog Montey and pledges to reward anyone who returns him. Haldane T. Plante, a member of the
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