Post Publishing Co. issue notice from March 21 1905
Daily publication details for the Post Publishing Co include date March 21 1905 issue number 77 volume 178 with office addresses at 259 Washington Street Boston and 1004 Main and 428 Main for business and editorial rooms. Subscription policy requires payment in advance and discontinuation after expiration without further notice. Editor and Publisher B A Grozier is named.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Gesta
B. A. Grozier
Brockton Horror prompts push for factory safety reforms
The Brockton disaster underscores risks in crowded industrial spaces and prompts calls to probe the boiler failure. Critics argue law exists to safeguard workers but enforcement and funding lag, urging immediate safety measures and stricter compliance.
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Brockton
Inflation schemes in gas company finance revealed
The text recalls Addicks using New Jersey and Delaware charters to issue bonds and stock backed by Boston gas stocks. It notes Massachusetts law blocked inflating stocks and that the state did not aid him, though it later offered help to other outside capitalists.
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Addicks
Boston
Massachusetts
Hardihood
New Jersey
Delaware
Gas Trust Capital Puzzles New York Critics
The New York World exposes the Consolidated Gas Company's finances noting nominal capital of 17 million dollars, yet real capital reportedly 39 million dollars and total value up to 92.8 million. Directors include Henry H. Rogers and James Stillman. The piece questions management and references Massachusetts and Boston tensions with Standard Oil influence.
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Addicks
New York World
Consolidated Gas Company
Consolidated‘Gas Company of
New York
Henry H. Rogers
James Stillman
National City Bank
Standard Oil Bank
Massachusetts
Boston
Standard Oil
Gothamites
Timorous Military Folk Over Japan Philippine Fears
The piece argues Washington officials exaggerate Japanese plans to seize the Philippines after Russia, noting little evidence of such designs. It criticizes an Orientalist view urging Eastern unity under Japan and warns against meddling in Asia, asserting Japan only seeks self-respect without aggression toward the Philippines.
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Navy
Washington
Hull
Japan
Philippines
Russia
University of Tokio
Hardihood
Far East
China
Fixing Grain Prices Through International Conferences
The piece condemns a Vienna meeting of King Victor Emmanuel’s allies to form an international agricultural association to fix grain prices. It argues such price controls are futile and harmful, favoring free markets that let cereal prices fall to production costs for the public good.
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Philadelphia
Victor Emmanuel
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Spain
Italy
Vienna
David Lubin
United States
International Agricultural Association
Prisoner’s Longing For Freedom Ends in Death
A 19th century revolutionary poet, jailed for 20 years in Schlusselbourg fortress, is released with shattered nerves and soon dies by suicide. The poem laments lost liberty and enduring isolation behind damp walls, bidding farewell to freedom and hope as life’s journey ends in oblivion. Alice Stone Blackwell, Dorchester, Mass.
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P. Polivenov
Schlusselbourg
Alice Stone Blackwell
Dorchester
Mass
Two times in Savannah and a third kind of time
De Soto Hotel in Savannah Georgia on March 20 1905 recounts the city time versus railroad time and a Savannahian adds a third kind of time. The wit notes how time confusion helps miss trains and irritates travelers as they try to plan journeys.
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de Soto
Savannah
Time in Savannah Told by Old Hand Narrator
An anecdote recalls two time systems in Savannah city history with Sir Walter Raleigh as the first visitor in 1584. The tale mentions Raleigh paddling the Savannah River, landing at today’s town site, and a tense encounter with a warrior named Pie-Face-With-a-Pimple-on-His-Nose.
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Savannah
Sir Walter Raleigh
Walt
Pie
Mr. Raleigh
Sir Walter
Savannsh
Savannah Landmark and Sherman Headquarters Story
The writer recalls Savannah as the seaboard terminus of General Sherman’s march to the sea and notes Sherman’s headquarters in a historic yellow stone house. He describes Forsyth Park’s beauty, lingering trees, brown blooms, and mockingbirds, with a recent loss of the old flagpole.
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Savannah
Seaboard
General Sherman
Atlanta
Georgia
Forsyth Park
Charles Green
Newton Newkirk
Observant Citizen and Local Notes From Malden to Brookline
A youth seeks rights at Malden police on family dispute over earnings and independence. Reports on state labor data push for industrial training and trade schools. Firefighter Driscoll recovers after leg injury. Irish Society leader absent from meeting. Melrose youth group forms M Y O B Club at a grammar school. Brookline to debate monument at next town meeting era.
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Pidgin
State Bureau of Labor Statistics
Douglas
Labor Bulletin
James Stimpson
Fire Department
Stimpson
Brookline
Expect School Bill Up Today in Boston Legislature
A plan for a new Boston School Board of five elected members to replace the current 24 member board will be reported to the Legislature. The bill, similar to the Stor row proposal, sets staggered initial terms of three two and one year, then three year terms, forming a corporation with full school board powers.
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Boston
Committee On
Senator Taylor Pushes for Four New Boiler Inspectors
The Brockton disaster sparked Senate discussion over Senator Taylor of East Boston and his bill to appoint four additional boiler inspectors in the police force. Senator Parker of Springfield opposed the measure, which the public service committee had reported. Taylor argued more inspectors are needed to oversee boilers under state police jurisdiction.
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Brockton
Senate
Taylor
East Boston
Parker
Springfield
Ways and Means Committee
Committee On Public Service
May Not Be Change in Boston Ward Lines
Representative Hannan of Dorchester startled Boston lawmakers by saying there would be no change in the Boston ward lines this year. The bill would set ward committee choices after any change. He moved to lay the measure on the table as unnecessary. The matter was postponed until Monday.
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Malden
Everett
Hannan
Dorchester
Boston
House
Douglas Industrial Commission Plan Defeated Again
The Douglas industrial commission plan to investigate tariff conditions was defeated in the House upon reconsideration. The vote stood 128 for and 66 against, led by Mr. Allen of Brockton who dissented from the committee’s adverse report.
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Douglas,industrial Commission
Allen
Brockton
Committee On Federal Relations
Grady Targets Padrone System in Metropolitan Parks
Representative William P. Grady leads a bid to ban padrone practices in park work with a $2 per day wage for eight hours. The measure faced opposition from the metropolitan affairs committee and was sent to ways and means, which also rejected it. Friends argue funds exist to pay $2 daily this year to counter the bill.
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William P. Grady
Ward 17
House
Commission
Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs
Committee On Ways and Means
Friends of the
Grady
Ways and Means Committee
Metropolitan Park
Senate favors suffragists in school committee caucuses
The Senate voted 14 to 12 to allow women to participate in caucuses for school committee candidate nominations despite an unfavorable committee report. Senator Caeney of Lowell spoke for the measure, while Senator Taylor of East Boston opposed it in the debate.
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Senate
Committee On Election Laws
Caeney
Lowell
Taylor
East Boston
Bill on New England railroad purchase postponed
The engrossment of the bill providing for the purchase of the New England railroad by the New York, New Haven & Hartford was postponed to Thursday.
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New England Railroad
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Worcester Licensing Board Bill Faces House Vote
The Worcester licensing board bill reaches the House today after Mr. O Rourke secured a reconsideration yesterday, overturning the committee on cities which opposed the measure and had its report adopted.
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Worcester
O’rourke
Committee On Cities
Pensions Rejected by Probate and Chancery Panel
Old age pensions were turned down yesterday by the committee on probate and chancery. Four dissenters are reported in the committee of 11.
Brewster Fights Tax Bill Before Committee
Former Representative E. H. Brewster pressed the taxation committee to save the corporation tax bill that his committee reported in 1908, making a notable push yesterday.
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E. H. Brewster
Committee On Taxation
Chadwick denies Carnegie paternity and alleges unfair officials
Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick, in her Oberlin Jail cell, denies claims that Andrew Carnegie is her father. She clarifies Judge Taylor’s fairness, accuses Prosecuting Attorney Sullivan and Marshal Chandler of bias, and says she will testify in bankruptcy court, hinting at new disclosures.
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Andrew Carnegie
Cassie L. Chadwick
Oberlin Bank
Taylor
Sullivan
Marshal Chandler
Cleveland Banks
Archieburgh and Marjorie in a Death Row Tale
A death row inmate recalls his past as a thief who fell for Marjorie at college and proposes his doomed fate. He admits to killing a watchman at the Fourth National and faces execution with cold resolve. Marjorie’s memory haunts him as his life spirals from youthful mischief to crime.
Suffolk Court Records Repair and Printing Authorized
The Board of Aldermen approved 8200 to repair and publish Suffolk county early files charged to county accounts and 1700 to publish and repair Massachusetts Bay Court of Assistants records from 1630 to 1692 handled by Clerk John Noble of the Supreme Court.
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Board of Aldermen
John Noble
Supreme Court
Suffolk County
Noble
Court of Assistants of
Massachusetts Bay
Pretty Back Bay Party Promotes Society Spotlight
Society notes recount Mrs Augustus Thorndikes Mother Goose party with many Back Bay children including the Bennetts and Waver Ames children. Boston leaders plan European travel with Mrs Jere Abbott and Mrs Boylston Beal among others. Professor Wendell begins lectures in Lille and a reception for Edmund Breese’s group is planned.
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Augustus Thorndike
Back Bay
Jere Abbott
Beacon Street
Boston
Campobello
Tyn-y-Coed
Abbott
Ivernia
Lillie Bangs
Lakewood
Baxter
Boylston Beal
S. V. R. Crosby
Manchester-by-the-Sea
James H. Beal
Ida Beal
Judith Beal
Europe
North Shore
Ezra C. Fitch
Commonwealth Avenue
Paris
Barrett Wendell
Geneva
Athenee
Wendells
Lille
J. Hallett Gilberte
Boylston Street
Edmund Breese
Robert Edeson Company
Nawn Holds Boston Common Storage Amid Subway Work
Contractor Harry Nawn occupies 8000 square feet of Boston Common for storage to support tunneling for the new subway. The Boston Transit Commission and residents object as no removal plan is shown and Mayor Collins is pressed to convene with officials. The contract allows the space under grounds regulations with restoration to original condition. The boys’ playground remains cluttered with tools and supplies, with a decision expected this week.
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Harry Nawn
Boston Transit Commission
Boston Common
Nawn
Boys
Boston
Transit Commission
Rapid Transit Commission
Big Cave In on Federal Street Endangers Teams
A 100 yard stretch of Federal street between Milk and Franklin caved in after recent water works digging. The section settled about 6 inches creating a wide gap and forcing mail teams and carriages onto one side, risking capsizes and causing a traffic jam.
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Federal Street
Milk
Franklin Streets
U. S. Mail
Franklin Street
Colonial Club Musicale Sings at Dorchester Hall
The Dorchester Colonial Club hosts a musicale under Ernest C. Schirmer tomorrow evening at Washington street hall. Soprano Mrs. Blanche Heimburghe Kilduff will perform Michaela's aria from Carmen along with Carlo Buonamici the pianist Henry Yoneli bass and Archibald T Davison Jr the pianist.
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Ernest C. Schirmer
Dorchester Colonial Club
Washington Street
Blanche Heimburghe Kilduff
Michaela
Carmen
Carlo Buonamici
Henry Yoneli
Archibald T. Davison, Jr
Funeral Rites for Mrs Catherine Kelley of Brookline
Funeral services for Mrs Catherine Kelley of Brookline were held at the Church of St Mary of the Assumption yesterday morning. High mass was performed by Rev Father Butler. A longtime Brookline resident Mrs Kelley was honored by many floral tributes with interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Catherine Kelley
Brookline
St. Mary of the Assumption
Father Butler
Advice Column on Love Tests and Study Priorities
In a response to a reader, Mildred Champagne advises not to sacrifice dental studies for romance. She suggests waiting to test lasting love, avoid rushing toward marriage, and focus on self-improvement while the couple maintains trust despite potential rivals.
Age Double Game in Love Letters
A young widow asks if she should hide her real age from a fiancé two years younger. The adviser says love should be reliable and if secrecy helps happiness, keep it, noting a woman is as old as she appears.
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Miss Champagne
Woburn
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