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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1909
Page
6
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A Massachusetts youth’s six month jail term for reckless driving is affirmed. In New York a grand jury indicts for first degree murder after a driver hit a boy and fled. The piece argues tougher, sober penalties over fines or traps to curb dangerous highway abuse.
The article argues for a rogues gallery on steamship and river packets to curb gambling excesses. It suggests displaying sharpers in smoking rooms as a deterrent and warns of moral hazards from female interest and illicit behavior.
The article notes a negotiated agreement between anthracite miners and mine operators accepted in good faith by both sides. It highlights miners’ mild dissatisfaction with some demands but praises their manly acceptance of the result. The public is assured the six year pact continues, expiring in 1912, with future strength for miners to press demands.
A spring reduction in coal retail prices has been implemented after earlier hesitation amid concerns of trouble. The move lowers costs for consumers and aims to ease burdens during the season.
The American Sugar Refining Company paid 2 million dollars into the treasury to cover unpaid duties over 12 years from alleged short weighting. Officials deny knowledge, while government aims for criminal prosecutions of sugar trust leaders. grand jury to be sworn next week to pursue the matter.
The Boston Herald ends its evening edition to focus on the morning field, argued as superior in care, balance, reach, and influence. The author notes major cities favor mornings and that Boston’s evening papers lag in sales and advertising stability.
The press agent with Theodore Roosevelt on his African trip recounts extraordinary incidents including three lions killed by Roosevelt’s rifle in a single day and a fourth by his son Kermit. The tale likens Roosevelt’s prowess to legendary frontiersmen and notes the unusual quick kill of a lion.
In Chapter 29 Stealthy Steve defers binding matrimony to King Bugolio's daughter Dusky over a prior marriage and seven American children. The king threatens death. Steve weighs honor and danger, declining to wed while noting he already has a wife and family at Suburbington on the Hudson.
Brigadier General William A Pew earns strong support from Adjutant General Brigham for summer war games spanning Hamilton Topsfield Wenham and Boxford. Troops bivouac near Hamilton July 31 with night marches and moonlight battles. Regular army regiment joins Pew brigade in the exercise. The Danvers Country Club steward captured two baby foxes nearby.
Bryn Mawr College honored Helen Taft, daughter of the President, as a freshman in the May Day ceremonies. She served as one of the maids of honor to the May queen, with the May pole set before Denbigh Hall where she rooms.
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