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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1908
Page
6
The Boston Post daily issue details the republishing paper header with the date March 21 1908 and the office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts detailing issue number and volume.
The Post lists prices for daily and Sunday editions including daily one year eight dollars and shorter terms. The Sunday Post charges two dollars fifty cents per year, with six months one dollar twenty five, and three months sixty five cents. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration. mail payments to The Post Publishing Company.
The people of Massachusetts rally as Curtis Guild Jr battles illness. Public interest soars with hourly bulletins and widespread sympathy for the ex governor and prominent citizen.
The article comments on cocaine law cases, urging strict enforcement and maximum penalties. It warns that traffic in cocaine is spreading, especially among youth, and calls for stamping out the drug with severe punishment.
A $1,000,000 annual appropriation under the law targets Boston schoolhouse construction to eliminate fire perils in districts where children are housed in buildings that could become fire traps. At a special school committee meeting on Thursday, preliminary action was taken. The Schoolhouse Commission report to the Mayor revealed a gravely alarming condition, previously unknown to the public, prompting calls for urgent improvement and continued energy in the safe houses effort.
Former Chief Magistrate William L. Douglas criticizes the Commission on Commerce and Industry subcommittee for secret inquiries and premature conclusions on the railroad merger. He argues the decision favored merger before full examination and highlights monopoly versus commercial independence as the central issue.
The committee on ordinances plans amendments to the Board of Aldermen including merging the department of public grounds with parks to save salaries and abolishing the statistics department to save $12,000 annually. The move reflects economy and aims to streamline city operations after William Doogue’s era.
A critical editorial blasts the transit department as a useless imported reform of the Quincy administration. It argues reducing commissioners from five to three is wiser than cutting salaries and suggests eliminating extra payments to the city treasurer for side services to other departments.
The mayor urged his acting streets chief to fix dangerous potholes on Boylston and Tremont streets at once. The piece questions whether repairs have begun, notes obstacles, and argues for swift action, indicting political posturing over concrete work.
William Baker aged 64, a respected Grand Army veteran and former Cour-tesy Contest winner, died at his home 28 Emerson street, South Boston, at 2 pm yesterday. He gave up his electric car seat for a woman, saying he acted for thoughts of his late-wife. Funeral Sunday at his home with Post 32 G. A. R. officers officiating.
Mayor Hibbard appeals to Legislature for economical administration met with prompt Senate action. On Senator Fisk's motion the bill granting the mayor power to reduce appropriations without vetoing entire items passed the Senate under suspension of the rules.
The New York postmasters named today include Ames W. Orr of Lindley Steuben County W H Eversmann of Massapequa Nassau County and Isabella C Beggs of Shandaken Ulster County with other appointments announced by Washington on March 20.
March 20. King Edward visited St Sebastian by automobile and met officers of the Regiment of Zamora of the Spanish army. He is honorary colonel of the unit.
Washington notes report Congress may authorize purchasing a Boston custom house site and a $3,000,000 appropriation for a new building. The House public buildings committee seeks at least $100,000 for new appraisers stores in Boston, as the $900,000 site and building fund is deemed insufficient. Several Massachusetts towns request public buildings funding, and Rep J J Ferber meets the President en route to Old Point Comfort. Clerks in the navy yard seek higher pay, Hardwick attacks Roosevelt over missing corporate information, and a bill passes to donate obsolete Springfield rifles to veteran militia groups.
A nostalgic verse laments aging and loyalty to a faithful companion the hair brush. The piece personifies the brush and recalls years together with affectionate imagery. It ends with a witty proverb about seeking advice for nothing.
A humorous take on Boston winters praising the city’s climate variety. The piece jokes about rapid shifts from warm to cold, daily cycles, and the inevitable pneumonia, peppered with playful references to doctors, Jamaica hot air, and M. D. signs across the city.
A cryptic line hints that a bookkeeper faces either a balance due tomorrow or a ticket to Danvers. The fragment implies a choice or consequence tied to a financial or legal outcome.
A humorous anecdote from Brighton Massachusetts about Berry family grocers. Berry Junior, trying to collect slow paying customers, sends a bill six months early and receives a witty reply praising delay. The note plays on Berry names and old business manners.
A reader on the B and O line in Parkersburg WV found a Boston Post from March 16, 1908. He praises the paper noting the Newlyweds and All Sorts sections and shares fond remarks about the paper’s humor and ads. He thanks the generous reader who left it behind and wishes the paper continued growth.
Miss Olga Nethersole launches a campaign to build a memorial for the late Richard Mansfield, praising his high stage standards and urging cross Atlantic support for the project. The effort is backed by General Benjamin Lincoln Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and local backers.
Nathaniel C. Fowler Jr spoke at the High School of Commerce about American advertising spending and history. He cited annual totals near 500 million dollars including newspapers and magazines and traced early ads from 1704 Boston News Letter to early display ads in 1790 and noted advertising is now a commodity and business necessity.
Attorney Louis D. Brandeis challenged the Commission on Commerce and Industry before the railroad committee, denouncing the commission’s good faith as he outlined the strategy in the Boston and Maine New Haven merger fight.
A traditional Irish-tinged verse laments a law banning the shamrock and wearing the color green. The speaker recalls Napper Tandy, notes Ireland’s distress, and vows to wear green until freedom returns, urging steadfast pride and resistance.
Brandeis reveals that United Gas Improvement Company acted on Philadelphia financiers advice to hide Rhode Island securities deficits. He recounts being invited to address the merger issue and expecting a hearing but finds only a transportation sub committee present at the conference.
In this issue Samuel G. Blythe portrays life in Spigotty Land near the Panama Canal with a soft spoken British persona among Jamaicans. The piece emphasizes a sense of personal correspondence and friendship, inviting readers to sample the magazine’s vivid storytelling tonight.
He told the commission the investigation would not satisfy anyone and that he received New Haven financial data from the commission, while President Mellen’s figures, showing different results, had not been submitted in any written form, according to Brandeis.
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