Boston Post March 25 1908 subscription notice and masthead
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday papers with advance payment required. Editor EB A Grozier notes newsdealer availability and urges readers to notify by mail if the Post is unavailable. The notice lists prices and addresses in Boston for the Post Publishing Company.
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Sunday Post
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Post Publishing Company
EB. A. Grozier
Roosevelt to Send Message to Congress Likely Containing Reforms
The anticipated presidential message to Congress is seen as foreshadowed and modest. It will press child labor regulation, employers liability, Sherman act amendments, a currency commission, and tariff revision prep. The overall tone aims for conciliation and moderation amid the campaign for Taft.
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Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Mr. Roosevelt
Chicago
Taft
Boylston Street Bridge Repair Action Looms
Representations have been made to the Legislature committee that delaying action on Mayor Hibbard's petition for authority to repair the Boylston Street bridge could push the Common Council to approve funding tomorrow night. Support for 50 votes is reported, and legislature action may precede Beacon Hill if the council approves.
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Common Council
Boston
Beacon Hill
Back Them Up Finance Commission Urges Continued Support
The Finance Commission reports ongoing municipal work extending beyond earlier findings and asks for $35,000 more from the Common Council to fund further investigations. Aldermen approved the appropriation. council concurrence is sought to back the unpaid civic body and its public-spirited mission.
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Finance Commission
Board of Aldermen
Common Council
Not So Many Departments Prop open Consolidation Plan
Mayor Hibbard proposes reorganizing city services to consolidate lamp, street cleaning, sanitary, street watering, paving, ferry, bridges and sewer departments under civil service. Aldermen approved the ordinance, likely to gain Common Council approval tomorrow. The plan aims to assign salaries to work rather than titles.
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Board of Aldermen
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Aldermen
Supreme Court weighs party status in Massachusetts
The court considers whether the Democratic and Republican parties remain the two leading parties in Massachusetts or if the Independence League has crowded out the Democrats. The dispute stems from a split in the Democratic vote in the last state election with Whitney and Bartlet nominees.
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Massachusetts
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Whitney
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S. Gilbert Till
Lowell
Ballot Law Commission
Court weighs ballot designations after late withdrawal
The commission decision prevented withdrawal of names so Bartlett and Whitney appeared on the ballot under different party designations. The court considers whether the Democratic vote was split between the two and, if so, whether those votes should be combined to measure the party's total. Until a Supreme Court ruling, analysis remains speculative and guided by common sense.
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Supreme Court
Morality by Legislation on Intangible Tax Debate
A three mill tax on intangible property is praised as a moral remedy but experts from assessors bankers and officials across the state doubt its efficacy arguing it would not curb concealment and would shift the burden to real estate and productive sectors. They warn five times more intangible property would need to be disclosed and still the result remains dubious.
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Secretary Metcalf acts to avert navy yard layoffs
Secretary Metcalf asks Congress to authorize 2 million dollars for immediate navy yard bills to prevent mass layoffs at Boston and other yards amid fund shortages. He told a workers’ committee that no further lay offs would be necessary and discussed salary increases for postal workers. Senator La Follette warned of impending influence by wealthy interests.
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Tale of the Sea and a Jersey Tale in One Sketch
A fogbound tale follows the fishing schooner Jane returning home after a voyage from Boston Bay with 16 crew aboard. The voyage ends when the skipper, angry at a broken compass, drifts ashore by the bank, while a later Jersey cow anecdote recalls a humorous chase and old farm memories from Pigeon Cove Massachusetts.
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Jane
Jefferies
All Sorts Rim Question Sparks Wagon Wheel Debate
An editor replies to a reader puzzle in All Sorts asserting the wheel’s bottom rim touches the ground and, as it rolls, the lower rim remains stationary while the wheel turns. Ex wood worker from Greenfield New Hampshire signs the letter.
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Vanderbilts cited as seeing the handwriting on the wall
Mr Sulzer of New York moves to strike from today’s record the speech of Mr Dalzell of Pennsylvania from March 18 on House rules claiming the speech was never delivered. He notes Dalzell asked to extend remarks but then denied any remarks.
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New York
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Pennsylvania
House
Odd Clock and City Snippets from Shawmut to Roxbury
A tired clock atop a German Catholic Church on Shawmut Avenue fails to move past 2 45. Tales of nudging rope lines, pugilist Jek Sullivan riding the Elevated, and a hero motorist saving cars near Scollay Square weave through city life. Lectures, social gatherings, bar association dinners, and local fauna rounds out a lively slice of Boston society.
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Shawmut Avenue
John 4
Sullivan
Scollay Square
Roosevelt ideas on race visit would dispel belief
A Boston observer recalls President Roosevelt and notes a street scene on Washington Street with youths 10 to 15 years old. The man comments that Roosevelt’s ideas on race would be dispelled if he visited Boston. It is observed that Dillaway School on Kenilworth Street had closed for the session and many pupils were heading home.
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