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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1907
Page
6
Publication details for the Boston Post issue dated March 6 1907 include prices and subscriptions, office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass, printing at Post Office Box, and editor publisher credit to B A Grozier with editorial and business offices listed.
The New York editor urges arrest of the entire New York Central Railroad directorate over the Woodlawn wreck, delaying action until the grand jury responds. He favors prompt leniency before formal charges, recalling a London Punch idea to curb collisions by restraining directors on locomotives.
A legislative hearing at the State House explored the reasons for an inheritance tax in the direct line. Representative Dean argued the tax is not a double tax but targets property that would otherwise escape taxation, with no avenue for tax dodgers in Probate Court.
Congressman Livingston, in a minority speech on the appropriation bill, laments the cost of the Philippines versus Alaska and Spain, suggesting the islands add up to a poor national bargain for the United States. He advocates abandoning the Philippines to Japan.
The legislative agriculture panel on Beacon Hill faced intense public testimony about dog laws. Dr. Peters and Chairman Prouty appeared responsive, with a promise to allow dogs to roam if owners accept existing measures. The piece argues dog laws are sound and warns against raising license fees, which would burden poor families with pets.
Counsel for the 2700 Post petitioners say they will cooperate if public hearings resume and witnesses are summoned for lower rates and better service. In a private inquiry they decline to participate, raising a question of how far an executive board may exclude the people from rights given by law. The steps to this anomalous situation are recent and notable.
February session of the Highway Commissioners confronted a boycott by telephone company officers who failed to respond to summons, delaying testimony. The chair announced a continued hearing to be set later, but reversed course and ordered a private inquiry instead.
Bernard Shaw threatens a five act comic drama in which George Washington appears in the title role. The set pieces range from a cherry tree scene to a Delaware crossing with real ice and water to a White House cabinet meeting, ending with Washington on his Mt. Vernon piazza. The piece ends noting Prince Henry of the Netherlands receiving The Order of the Bath, humorously framed as a Board of Health conferment on a vagrant.
The second Russian national assembly convened in St Petersburg with a peaceful start. The Opposition majority united around Constitutional Democrat Feodor Golovin as President, signaling moderate aims and potential progress toward constitutional governance. The governing autocracy faces pressure to concede to avoid renewed factional strife.
A Detroit Free Press exchange quotes a man and a woman debating social flirtation and norms with wry references to arranged traditions and Western dating ideas. The dialogue highlights cross cultural views on wooing.
Mr. Comrox says his greatest enjoyment of automobiling is the relief of ending a trip without anyone being hurt, a sentiment noted by the Washington Star.
Observances include Mr Francis Hurtubis Jr speaking at the Castilian Club on The Catholic Church in France at 418 Pierce Building Copley Square. Reports describe a political hearing on agriculture and a chaotic scene with horses cows escaping a fire near Charlestown.
A 25 year old man asks how to handle an engagement to a 23 year old woman who lacks dignity and steadiness. He fears her boisterous behavior and poor dress sense will hurt married life. The adviser urges reflection on character, caution about breaking the contract, and suggests love may improve her.
Two college friends Ted Lovell and Harry Blair wander the Mt Xineo pines on an Indian summer day in northern New England. Their guide warned against overhunting while hopes for venison rise despite slow luck and a looming return to camp.
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