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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1907
Page
6
Daily issue details for March 13 1907 from the Post Publishing Co Boston including offices and rates for subscriptions at $3.00 yearly plus terms for payment advance notices for discontinuation and editor contact information.
Reports claim Chief Engineer Stevens overstated digging progress by counting half filled dirt cars rather than measuring the hole. Retaliatory spins are expected as engineers spar over the canal works.
The California Legislature postpones action after a White House hint. President Roosevelt overstepped norms in state affairs, but supports a cautious approach to avoid a mess.
Petitioners urge New York Central and Pennsylvania managements to extend the winter schedule to 20 hours between New York and Chicago, arguing the 18 hour pace is disastrous. They hope pace may quicken again in summer, but the winter lesson seems to be absorbed.
The article notes that peaceful naval disasters rival the Maine loss in Havana Harbor, citing events like the destruction of the French battle ship in Jena, a Japanese ship loss with nearly 600 dead, and incidents involving the Bennington, Missouri, a French submarine, and England. It argues modern warships remain perilous even in peacetime.
Speaker Canyon drew an enthusiastic reception in the pretend Porto Rico Legislature and urged citizenship. The reply from Mr Cannon framed US desire for progress and self government, described as a diplomatic speech but seen by some as a diplomatic slap at a patient people.
The article examines whether street railway companies can legally operate freight transport alongside passenger service. It notes these systems enjoy large privileges to move people and advertise, and wonders if authorizing freight would aid or hinder metropolitan operations while rural areas can already carry both safely.
Legislative committee on public health delivered an adverse but not unanimous report on a series of bills to ban manufacture sale or gift of cigarettes in Massachusetts. The piece argues prohibition is unlikely to succeed citing Liquor prohibition as a flawed parallel and notes cigarettes are less inescapable than narcotics.
The article argues adults find cigarettes detrimental to health while praising cigars and pipes. It notes Mexican smokers are physically sound, but warns cigarettes entice boys. It concludes that only home influence and laws can curb youth smoking, as legislative power seems limited.
Governor Hughes of New York matches President Roosevelt in contributing to the Russian famine relief fund and issues an appeal urging prompt, generous public support. Reports from famine districts detail extreme misery among Southeastern Russia peasants, with widespread starvation and improvised foods as government relief proves insufficient.
Editor letters discuss the proposed neutralization plan for the Philippine Islands. They contrast absolute independence under neutralization with U S advocacy, and compare it to Norway Sweden and Holland moves toward peaceful, fortification-free relations. ERVING WINSLOW.
Quebec March 12 The provincial treasury introduces a new corporation tax bill aimed at railways. Sleeping car companies would pay one third of 1 percent of capital in cars used in the province and $50 per Montreal and Quebec office. Foreign express firms taxed at half of 1 percent on gross earnings with minimum $800 annually. Main line tracks taxed $30 per mile plus $15 for each additional track, branch lines $20 per mile and $10 for extra tracks. Foreign corporations not taxed would pay $50 yearly per offence in Montreal or Quebec and $320 elsewhere.
Edward F. Lang, a United States marine, is slated for trial for his life in the United States Circuit Court around May 1 for the Guantanamo shooting of comrade Joseph Quinn of Manchester. Lang will be defended by Boyd B. Jones and John J. Casey, with Asa B. French serving as prosecutor. James E. Cotter will not participate in the Lang case.
A string of quick items from Boston including rail rivals and drinks. References to the L line freight plans, B & A competition, Jack the Hugger in Melrose, Jack the Lemon Squeezer in Chelsea, Thaw case rebuttal by Lawyer Delmas, Harriman and Roosevelt on railroad crash comparisons, a new Brown Tail drink, Moses during a blackout, Cupid at Harvard, and Nevada Utah stance by the State Street Sphinx.
The Sphinx notes Captain Bill McDonald of the Texas Rangers took leave to hunt after Major Penrose called him a liar. McDonald plans to seek proof with a 44 Colt. The piece satirizes Texas bravado and handles the episode with dark humor about threats, duels, and consequences.
A Lowell Mass reader appeals for a revised Sphinx illustration in All Sorts Art columns. He critiques the current depiction with a crooked neck and a facial tumor like a dental parlor joke. He urges a calm, forward gaze reflecting timelessity.
A curious verse recalls a cat on a garden wall and a little man leaping from bed. He hurls an ash can at the kitty, she dodges, and the narrator exclaims Gladly didn't in a brisk, playful tone.
New Orleans March 12. Captain J. T. Jones of Gulfport Miss president and principal owner of the Gulf & Ship Island railroad warns that with Roosevelt and Bryan as demagogues in the race or in the presidency it endangers business. He cites tax increases rate bills hostile juries and laws shaking railroad investment and delaying expansion.
Lectures on brokers commissions at YMCA real estate course attract law department members. Performances include Louis Albion at Castle Square and Signor Ermete Novelli visiting Park Theatre matinee. Roister Doister to be staged at Chickering Hall with noted cast. Also anecdotes on horses, ships, and immigrant arrivals at the Parker House and dockside scenes.
A cyclone and a tragedy split Tom Holden from his wife and daughter Margery. Twenty years later Alice Holden, sane again, learns her past when the prima donna Helen Van Norman sings the lullaby linking them, reuniting mother and child at a packed concert.
A reader writes about an unattainable yearly-visitor crush, refusing dances and colors, seeking guidance on forgetting him. The guidance suggests mind over fantasy, pursuing real men and accepting present realities to dissolve the imagined lover.
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