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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1907
Page
6
City Hall dispute over the garbage plant prompts calls to abate the nuisance. Advocates urge first temporary measures to curb the odor and health impact while awaiting a safe and sanitary permanent process.
Pobiedo Nostzeff stepped down from representation to the people and retired. He believed a Russia he trusted was no longer possible and died at age eighty, likely a disappointed man detested by millions.
The editorial urges passage of a public opinion bill in Massachusetts to let the people express legislative wishes directly. It argues the measure is constitutional, educational, and strengthens democracy, noting House approval in two prior sessions and urging Democrats to back its third enactment.
The census bureau estimates national wealth in 1904 at 107,104,192,410 dollars. Since 1850 this value has grown by about 100 billion dollars, and 18.59 billion more in 1900 to 1904. Wealth per family has risen roughly 180 dollars annually for fifty years, painting a picture of enduring national prosperity.
The committee of 1000 charged with arrangements for Old Home week in Boston is the largest and most distinguished yet. A far larger public support exists, with about 600000 inhabitants of Boston ready to assist in this summer’s enterprise.
Hudson Maxim describes the evolving battle between armor and explosives as new bomb devices threaten armored ships. He argues the cycle will push harder armor, making ships of today obsolete in a few years while weapons continue to outpace defenses. The piece notes the rapid obsolescence of warships and the slow progress toward a true technological millennium.
Constantine Petrovitch Pobiedonostzeff, long head of the Russian Holy Synod, wielded autocratic influence for 25 years as Procurator. He backed reaction, opposed reform, and persecuted Jewish subjects, earning comparisons to medieval inquisitors as the Czar’s reform promises emerged.
The overtime bill to protect women and child workers in manufacturing moves for a second reading in the House and should reach the Senate by Thursday and the Governor for approval within a week. The measure faces little opposition and is urged to pass promptly with an emphatic majority, avoiding any sidetracking to seek a Supreme Court opinion.
The Rev J Francis argues that disloyalty to the flag and dissipation were not to blame for Russia's defeat by Japan. He contends political factors and strategy shaped the outcome rather than individual patriotism. The remarks were reported from a sermon discussing wartime accountability and national spirit.
Reverend J Francis of St Petersburg told Berkeley Temple that Russia’s defeat by Japan sprang from youthful soldiers lacking loyalty to the flag and given to dissipation. He spoke on the Russian Catholic church influence, priestly sway, evolving religious ideas, peasant Christian progress, and the nation’s gradual religious change.
Rome March 24. After Mer Rinaldini is elevated to cardinalate on April 15 it is believed that Mgr Della Chiesa the substitute papal secretary of state will replace him as nuncio in Madrid.
Local editors urge readers to submit spring pomes for the All Sorts column while noting possible title change to Summer Pome Carnival. They warn eight line limit and promise tomorrow’s batch if weather and optics permit.
The Chamber of Deputies backs prohibiting distillation importation traffic and sale of absinthe in France. The piece argues France should extend bans to manufacture and export of hair oil based cordials to the United States, praising Ed Pinaud and critiquing generic hair products marketed as internal tonics.
A directive imposes a 16 cent daily raise only for top performers and mandating weekly exams in executive offices to test knowledge of duties. Few pass at 100 percent as multiple workers struggle under strict scrutiny and the policy is noted in a memoir excerpt.
Sheriff Serven of Rockland County New York lies bedbound with bruised head after a prisoner Mary Leveny, known for a wooden leg, struck him with the limb while he walked the jail corridor. He was removed by ambulance for treatment and had surgery to repair injuries.
Mrs. Mary Niles of Pawtucket Rhode Island charged that New Haven railroad engines spoiled her washing. President Mellen ordered regulation of engine smoke to abate the nuisance in Pawtucket.
In Greater Boston a note on a new word overheard in a business college office sparks a memory of Thomas Bailey Aldrich meeting with a senior class near the State House. The report covers a seaside launch Arab exhibition, subway timing, Salvation Army fringe events, flounder fishing in North End waters, a Newtonville clergyman’s golf quips, and a looming Middlesex district attorney contest with Elks leadership selection.
The Postpublishes a daily selection from New England verse following the deaths of Thomas Bailey Aldrich and the Longfellow Centenary celebration. The series aims to aid teachers and scholars for class work and offer general readers a renewed acquaintance with favored poets.
A reflective poem about a vanished verse the speaker recalls in dreams and wakes to search for. The speaker compares the elusive melody to white roses elfin lights frosty nights wild winds and an unremembered word. The verse, promised in spring, remains unfound as the speaker awaits its return.
A cold morning in a fish house follows a tense scene with an examiner, bank associates, and an accusation. The unnamed man recalls the moment of suspicion and the path to potential escape as he faces the outcome of his actions.
A man fleeing in a foggy December day dives into a river to save a tiny boy stranded on an ice cake. He battles the freezing water and reaches shore with the child, while onlookers surround the rescuer and a wiry man escorts him to a carriage, hinting the pursuers tracked him.
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