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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
6
The Boston Post issue details daily and Sunday rates for one year six months and three months with prices. Notices payment in advance and discontinuation policy are listed. Address and editor publisher contact channels are provided.
Auditor states city and staff plus dependents used 23,671.50 dollars in street car rides last year. This equals 473 430 free rides by employees or friends, more than four years ago when about 600,000 rides were paid.
A new elevated railroad fender caught a four year old boy who tripped in front of a car and was carried along uninjured. The report suggests the device may mark a successful end to the search for a reliable fender.
Lawmakers examined multiple bills regulating billboard nuisances. The legal affairs committee reported a leave to withdraw all bills, saying they are unconstitutional. The speaker urged drafting a valid statute in constitutional form to address the issue.
The New England Dry Goods Association will host a dinner and reception for Governor Charles E. Hughes of New York at Tremont Temple next Tuesday evening. The event signals a notable political moment as Hughes addresses national issues, guiding the Republican nomination discussion. The association aims for business networking and broader interests in transportation finance ethics and public improvements.
The Aldrich bill faced renewed opposition as the Boston Chamber of Commerce issued a forceful rebuke in its stance on pending national legislation. The strong blow from a leading business body signaled heightened Senate scrutiny and unsettled prospects for the measure.
The passage argues that a temporary, makeshift approach risks becoming permanent. It praises Mr Storrow’s report for a substitute plan that combines stability with automatic elasticity to bridge gaps until Congress acts.
The Nebraska Democratic convention endorses Bryan for president and drafts platform items aligned with Roosevelt era reforms. It calls for outlawing railroad rebates, limiting corporate campaign contributions, strengthening anti trust enforcement, and broad interstate commerce control. The piece notes these items, while Democratic in origin, are presented as Roosevelt aligned rather than Republican doctrine, and predicts the Chicago convention will not fully endorse Roosevelt’s policy stance.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra will appoint a new conductor next season along with a new concert master and a new second concert master to replace Carl Wendling and Richard Czerwonky. Wendling will not remain in America beyond this season and may join the Wagner festival in Bayreuth next summer if his health permits. Czerwonky leaves to pursue a virtuoso career.
President Roosevelt supports congressional enactment of a bill regulating child labor in the District of Columbia and territories if states fail to act. Senator Fulton reports an omnibus claims bill with a $2,393,642 appropriation, higher than the House total of $315,545.
The column All Sorts by Newton Newkirk features a witty line from The Sphinx urging that absinthe stirs fond memories. Readers may enjoy a playful, period voice reflection on popular drink culture and its social impact.
A reader asks how Venus de Milo lost her arms and a columnist muses on possible theories. The exchange notes lack of contemporary light and suggests playful speculation about the statue’s missing limbs. The letter also ponders authorship of a famous epigram and admits occasional memory lapses.
A reader asks why a neighbor’s rooster crows at 4 am and how to stop the noise. The editor’s lighthearted answer links crowing to spring, hens, and the morning shift, noting roosters wake the flock and go to sleep earlier. For the second question the reply wittily suggests “buy the rooster and serve him a la Maryland.”
A Dorchester mother asks who takes in the moon at dawn. The answer: the same man who blows out the stars takes in the moon in the morning.
A famed salesman argues that high earnings tempt buyers who do not want the goods, highlighting tension between sales incentives and consumer choice in a modern market.
Entries recall a fire company drill at the A Shuman store with a brigade structure and smooth school drills in Jamaica Plain. Reports mention a Halifax street dust cloud, horticultural lectures, a Vermont Senate appointment discussion, and local public notices from Roxbury to Wakefield.
Boston officials deny a Boston and Maine railroad strike by firemen conductors and trainmen. The workers say negotiations continue along established lines and a strike is far from their intent.
Jog Cone presents a humorous portrait of Bill Jones who runs a quiet grocery store and listens to local sellers. He notes their tall tales and jokes about aging traders, joking that if they keep up the talk they would be two hundred years old and have caught a million fish.
William Welthorpe Beauclerk, British minister to Peru, died in Lima on March 6. Born in 1849 he was a descendant of the eighth Duke of St Albang.
Poem lines envision Ireland’s glory and the return of exiled sons. The speaker yearns to see Ireland rise from sorrow, dreaming of a victorious procession and shared national joy. Strong imagery of shamrocks and reunion underscores a deep patriotism.
A witness described the floating of the scout cruiser Birmingham into the Charlestown navy yard dry dock for overhaul. The vessel will be air tested as work proceeds in winter downtime. Mayor Hibard and wife left Boston for Fitzwilliam New Hampshire to stay with a friend, returning Tuesday morning.
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