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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1908
Page
6
The Boston Post dated March 8 1908 lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It notes advance payment requirements and discontinuation upon expiration. Editorial and business offices are at 259 Washington St Boston Massachusetts with phone numbers listed.
Postmaster-General Meyers will preside at the state Republican convention held about five weeks from now on April 10. Harbor Commissioner George E. Smith was chosen as chairman of the resolutions committee. The gathering is expected to reflect harmony on the national situation.
The idea to surprise Admiral Evans with a commission as vice admiral upon his arrival in San Francisco is welcomed. The people respect his rough manliness and patriotism, and a few vice admirals are useful for display of gold lace on reception days.
Colonel Albert Clarke argued that property owners should control property subject to public interests, but the law bars both direct and indirect acquisition of Boston & Maine stock by the New Haven road. He awaits Supreme Court ruling though the Massachusetts law clearly forbids the purchase.
Ex-Senator Chandler accuses the Taft Roosevelt plan of using Southern delegates to control the Republican nominating convention in Chicago. He cites Hanna’s bribery tactics in 1896 and warns that a southern strategy could repeat history with defeat.
Mr Chandler argues that if Taft is nominated by coerced or purchased Southern delegates the party may face defeat at the polls. He criticizes Roosevelt and warns white Republicans and white Democrats about future office prospects and Southern ostracism of colored people. His long association with the Republican machine lends weight to his practical political judgment.
The Finance Commission urges trimming Boston city government to resemble a business, abolishing obsolete bureaus such as wires and lamps, consolidating duplicated work like public grounds, and cutting salaries. It questions clerk positions while noting a 50 percent payroll cut as a starter.
A legislative committee hears Mayor Hibbard's crude plan to move Boston city elections to April while the city government takes office in January. The motive is separation from state elections, but critics say it would bring politics into City Hall with only three months to service the new administration.
A poetic piece in the Chicago News reflects a narrator waiting for a train. The speaker imagines telegraph clicks and misleading information fueling mental agitation and urgent impatience as delays loom.
In Newton Newkirk’s All Sorts column, a spoof cure for insomnia suggests taping a picture near a gas jet and watching it for 25 minutes to induce sleep, warning that failure to sleep would require a knockout. The piece mocks amateur scientists and defends cautious, credible research.
Morrison I Swift defends unemployed demonstrators against general labels. He urges charities to survey all labor groups in Boston to measure workless laborers and lodging-house residents before judging relief needs. He argues many needy will not accept alms and condemns rigid charity practices.
Wright Kramer of The Observant Citizen gains a new enterprise after befriending Burton Holmes abroad. Holmes will duplicate travelogues and films, and Kramer will tour territories Holmes never touched this spring.
Teresa Winn confronts past choices and debt as a mirror she once sent to her lover Gilbert Hadyn reveals his awareness of her. A letter from an old friend shows why he ceased writing, and her pride guides her response to love and fate. Leslie Raymond returns, testing Teresa’s resolve.
A poetic piece titled Irish Lyrics reflects on sea winds moorland and distant landscapes. It contrasts Moyle waters Antrim hills and prairie imagery with glens and snow season motifs in a lyrical contemplation.
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