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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1905
Page
6
An inquest finds no one to blame for the Brockton boiler calamity though experts long warned that lap seam boilers are dangerous. The piece argues owners and mill workers face risk from the widespread use of such boilers and urges action before another tragedy occurs.
Ex Mayor Matthews' gas bill sparks remarks as Governor Douglas urges laws to enable cities to acquire gas and electric plants. The piece argues home rule and expediency should guide decisions, noting water works ownership is settled but gas remains open to local choice, with Boston cited as a case where municipal ownership could outperform a large trust.
The article praises Theodore Roosevelt for pursuing the Panama Canal as a lasting achievement. It lauds his resolution to employ capable men and end junketing, signaling a decisive push to complete the canal with qualified personnel.
The speaker notes a seven member commission is too large though required by law. The President suggests centralizing the task by a fiction while keeping seven, by assigning three members to bear the burden and effectively manage the canal project.
A New York gas investigation opens amid claims of monopoly and high bills for public lighting. The city refuses roughly 5 million dollars in charges as 2 million too high and considers a municipal lighting plant. Prominent backers include leaders from First National Bank City Bank and Morton Trust, marking parallels to Boston yet with greater impatience toward delay.
The article questions what happens if Nicholas II declines to sign a peace accord. It argues Russia faces humiliation yet could rebound later, warning that continued war worsens the disaster and may end the Romanov line. It notes the logic of events could tempt a pivotal choice.
A Herald correspondent reports from Puerto Plata Santo Domingo praising a four term American mayor and the town's civic virtues. He notes its schools water works sanitation churches and libraries and its citizens leaving doors unlocked for Mardi Gras revelry. Puerto Plata is described as foremost in enterprise on the island Columbus helped found.
WALTHAM March 30. The Board of Aldermen approved a 1000 dollar appropriation to fight the brown tail moth. Lincoln Moody, agent of the Board of Health, will deploy five gangs of expert tree climbers to remove nests. Work aims for economy and thoroughness, with focus on riverbank trees near Newton street reservation.
The Rev. John Kay Applebee was installed as pastor of Pilgrim Church in Attleboro. Dignitaries Rev. Thomas R. Slicer of New York Rev. E. A. Horton of Boston and Rev. Burt Estes Howard of Cambridge spoke. Applebee previously led the First Parish Church in West Roxbury.
The Dolphin arrived in Fernandina Florida with Secretary Morton and party. After a 50 minute Board of Trade entertainment the guests departed on a special train to Jacksonville and then the night train to Washington.
A New York Sun poem mocks faltering spring inspiration as a hot March day rises to 74 degrees and urges spring to brace for summer with renewed energy. The pieceplayfully questions the era of airy verse and mocks the seasonal mood with meteorological humor.
The Navy Department received a favorable report on Captain Swift who is ill with typhoid fever and being treated in a Havana hospital.
Winnipeg report states the lake terminals of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway will be located on Mission Island at Fort William, announced today.
Special to the Post notes 29 years ago pineapple culture expands in the district. Soil rich in silica and open culture yield high profits per acre. Pineapples mature in June and July with sheds for air and rain. an 80 car pineapple train ships northward during the harvest.
The article notes the importance of orange crops, describing an orange grove visit near Fort Pierce with 2300 trees and 4000 boxes shipped yearly to New York and Boston. It discusses lower costs per acre for oranges versus pineapples, winter frost impacts, and simple tests to detect frozen fruit.
Captain Bartlett, commander of the White Star liner Canopic, visits Boston after a trip through Newton Watertown and Cambridge in a 30 horsepower National motor car loaned by Mr. Linscott. He praises the car and Boston’s surroundings as unmatched by European cities. Highland Grammar School class of 1898 forms a reunion banquet with officers Albert E. Hughes and Miss Lottie Rice among leaders.
The notes record an April 27 social event at Flemming Hall Somerville with guests from New York and New Hampshire. It notes Malden’s 99 year old resident Thomas Martin Servier living at 250 Pleasant Street and describes his health. It mentions conductor Steven Nichols’s return to work, school official Dr Harkins convalescing, fashion warnings about wearing red, and Chelsea principal Chester H Wilbar leaving for Boston. It ends with town meeting plans for a $59,000 Y M C A lot project on Main Street and local competition for plans.
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