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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1908
Page
6
The Boston Post issue dated March 4 1908 from Post Publishing Co lists subscription rates and advance payment rules. It notes daily and Sunday editions with prices and cautions readers to pay in advance, with editor and publisher Be A Grosier.
The nationwide liquor question shows limited shift locally. In Massachusetts eight towns that were dry last year voted for licenses while six licensed towns moved to prohibition. Vermont shows a clearer swing toward license. The article argues final outcomes depend on local sentiment and prudent laws.
Secretary Straus orders immigration commissioners and inspectors to cooperate with local police to identify and deport aliens who have not resided in the United States for three years. The aim is to send suspected anarchists back to their origins, citing recent violent acts as justification.
Taft was proclaimed the Republican candidate for President at a Boston event last evening. The crowd at Symphony Hall heard a stock speech deemed not inspiring, though the real estate men at their dinner elicited a stronger, more dramatic response.
The text describes Secretary Taft praising Roosevelt and denouncing detractors, portraying Taft as a strong defender and showing he has made a good impression personally and politically. The passage ends by questioning whether the matter is settled.
A Massachusetts discussion opposes federal 50 cent per 100 shares levy on corporate stock transfers as overreach. It argues tax powers belong to states, cites New York's success and warns invasion of local taxation threatens federalism while pledging stronger state inheritance taxes and stock transfer levies.
A legislative committee hears heated debate on bills regulating medical practice especially regarding Christian Science. Advocates stress patient choice while concerns rise about reporting infectious diseases and death certificates. Proposals aim to resolve conflicts without fierce professional clash.
Benjamin A. Ham of the firm Collins & Ham hay and grain dealers at 15 Salcombe Street Dorchester filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy stating a partnership liabilities of 22 984 and assets at a modest figure.
A poem of spring imagery and dawns with humorous pieces from All Sorts column. Reader letters and satire critique class, labor, and baldness with mock anecdotes. Notable lines reference The Yawning Gentleman and Autocrat in Overalls.
A column of short town notes recounts Mayor Hibbard visiting the South End sewer yard and aiding an injured worker, a crowded Elevated train seat exchange with a boy demanding a window view, praise for Fireman John J. Fitzgerald at a Columbia Street fire, a trolley rope incident, local club elections, a Tufts banquet, and a Tremont Theatre performance of The Man of the Hour. It also notes granite quarries at West Quincy and maritime reminiscences from an old sailor with Civil War yarns and earlier voyages.
The New England Congregational Congress met at Plymouth Church Worcester on March 3 with about 3000 delegates. Speakers urged unity and modern approaches to reach immigrants, while discussions considered central authority akin to a bishop and a future political leadership. Officers elected included President W F Whittemore and Secretary F J Wills.
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