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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
6
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Criticism arises over holding the Republican convention date in San Juan Porto Rico on Sunday March 29. The piece notes Porto Rico customs such as cockfights baseball games bailes and church attendance to argue that delegates sent that Sunday would not provoke sacral objections.
Automobile garages on Newbury Street oppose locating elevated railway tracks on Hereford and Newbury streets. The argument claims street occupancy by the railway does not exclude cars, while stressing public transit needs and urging railroad commissioners to heed public demands.
The obituary notes William J. Bryan of Florida among a string of senatorial deaths this year. It lists John T. Morgan Edmund Pettus Stephen R. Mallory A. C. Latimer Redfield Proctor William Whyte and Bryan, stating the changes do not shift party balance but mark an unprecedented upper house fatality at the start of the Sixtieth Congress.
Abe Hummel, just released after serving time, sails to Europe declaring he has one million dollars to spend for enjoyment. He says he bears no grudges and life is too short to dwell on misfortunes. The piece critiques the selfish philosophy it presents and contrasts it with finance ethics.
Harvard's athletic committee meets tomorrow to decide whether to follow faculty advice to cut the football schedule. The plan would limit the team to two games Dartmouth and Yale while maintaining similar length to last year. The move aims to preserve practice intensity and stadium activity.
The piece notes Yale President Hadley defends athletics arguing games deter mischief among students. It cites Yale’s Easter baseball tour cancellation while allowing football. Dartmouth President Lord likewise supports athletics as a substitute for amusement and opposes reducing them.
The Boston legislative committee on public service holds a hearing on Mayor Hibbard's bid to exempt removals and suspensions from civil service rules. Critics say the mayor seeks power to override established law, questioning his administration after three months in office and calling for adherence to constitutional processes.
At Toledo representatives of organized labor denounce Taft with a radical anti Taft stance. Resolutions target his injunction driven government and Supreme Court rulings on boycott and black list. They accuse Taft of decisions harming labor and warn of future actions if elected president. The Ohio delegation’s unanimity is questioned.
Poem and satirical column item recounts sharp verse on old comb teeth and aging, then a bizarre clipping about Adolph Kratzel of Frankfort Kentucky biting off his own nose with false teeth. It lampoons vaudeville tricks and dental mishaps, warning wearers of false teeth to heed safety.
A fragment from a memoir discusses twenty years of employing traveling salesmen and the persistent surprise of their expense accounts. The note hints at humor and the tension between expectations and actual costs in sales networks.
Dr Mack cannot conduct this week because severe neuritis has left his right arm disabled requiring rest. Mr Wendling, who led last week’s concerts in Washington and elsewhere, will conduct Friday and Saturday. The revised programme includes Brahms Fourth in F minor and new pieces, with Hugo Wolfero’s Penthesilea and Berlion works listed.
The Olive Branch columnist explains editorial we usage, noting it expresses dignity and not a crowd. He cites Bill Nye on using we for multiple persons or an individual, and even for a tapeworm owner, in a humorous defense of the practice.
Old Town, Me, March 23. Edgar B. Weeks Republican won the mayoralty by 47 votes over Cornelius Murphy Democrat in a total turnout of 873 ballots cast.
The Observant Citizen recalls Parker the Fire Commissioner and his boyhood mate Alfred R. Mitchell later a newspaper man. Other items mention a new opera house on Huntington Avenue, Governor Guild furl in old tales, Canal Zone initials C Z Z, MacDowell tribute concert, Miss Going hosting Commander Boynton, Dr Genevieve Clarke on Russia, Miss Blanche King, John J. McNally's Europe trip, composer Howard Herrick and his works, a Lynn salmon exhibit at the Oxford Club, and harbor yacht news including E P Scigliano eyeing a speed launch and Captain Lang’s fast boat claim.
The Public Franchise League attacks House Bill 736 proposing to extend the sliding scale system to other gas companies. It warns of asset recapitalization via valuation by rival experts, then stock cancelation and new securities up to the valuation. It notes potential 6 percent dividends and 2 percent depreciation, with possible 1 percent extra for price cuts, and a 25 year lock.
The poem speaks of freeing the harp of Ireland from silence and praising its light, song, and patriotism. It laments past sadness and bids the harp farewell until a more worthy hand inspires it again. The speaker credits the harp with arousing love, light, and glory, while acknowledging the poem's own limited role.
Critics argue the measure would force consumers to fund high gas prices and violate fair valuation. They warn three experts would determine worth with no public appeals and long 25 year price standards. The bill could force return on gas assets and allow revaluation without debt subtraction.
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