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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1915
Page
16
Daily issue from Boston Post Publishing Co. dated May 6 1915 includes city news and notices. Offices listed at 259 Washington Street Boston with issue number 4 in volume 344.
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Attorney General Atwill argues a Massachusetts jitney bill is unconstitutional because it imposes a stiff bonding requirement on jitneys while exempting taxicabs. The essay calls for public safety and fair treatment, noting similar services should face similar bonds.
Governor Walsh proposes that the Gas and Electric Light Commission study the price to be charged by the Boston Consolidated Gas Company after June 1916 and whether the sliding scale can be kept without more legislation. He notes the 1906 act grants some power, but clarity is lacking. The governor recommends adopting the resolve for a full fact and cost study.
Newspapers in Germany condemn Dr Dernburg over his peace terms letter to the Portland mass meeting calling it a political folly and an incapacity. Critics say peace talks are premature and that the German government has no spokesperson on such discussions in the United States.
Metropolitan Fire Prevention Commissioner O Keefe proposes using the 4 4 fire signal taught to Boston schoolchildren as the official signal for factories, department stores, and office buildings with interior alarms. Children respond calmly, a habit that could persist into worker life in mills and large businesses.
The text praises a plan to beat an orderly retreat as simple and effective, arguing it could save lives and those of many others. It frames the idea as a stroke of genius due to its practicality and potential lifesaving impact.
New York City faces intensified federal drug prohibition enforcement with prisons and hospitals strained by addiction. Officials warn morphine users commit crimes for supply, noting 40 to 60 percent of inmates in prisons and asylums are drug users, with prices rising up to 1000 percent as reforms begin.
On the old Fort Independence site along the Hudson in New York relics from the Revolutionary era were unearthed. Washington had ordered burying the arms ahead of a Hessian raid, revealing cannons and ammunition including a 100-pound bar shot and a 50-pound mortar shot. The piece contrasts past and present weapons and questions world peace.
Mayor Curley secures a highly competent head for the reorganized Boston Health Department with Dr R H Creel of the Federal Public Health Service accepting the post. Creel, assistant surgeon in the national service, distinguished himself in the bubonic plague fight in New Orleans and brings practical and theoretical expertise to Boston.
Justice Charles E Hughes states he disapproves of having his name used in the 1916 Republican presidential bid. He says he has no desire to return to politics and, as a Supreme Court member, is not available or a candidate in any sense. His clear stance ends the speculative discussion.
The Oldest Inhabitant cites a 35 above zero coldest on May 5 in 1874 91 and 07 and 83 above zero warmest in 194. Official figures list yearly highs and lows for May 5 from 1905 to 1914 with conditions noted each year.
Butler tale to appear in the next Sunday Post Magazine as part of a collection of mirthful stories. Ellis Parker Butler is the noted author behind the humorous piece and other light fiction.
A reader recalls a printed version of the old verse Strawberries and Shad, shared from a memory of a childhood meal with shad and strawberry shortcake. The note mentions verse recitation taught by a mother and a variant ending attributed to Amesbury with a regional sign-off.
A Cambridge correspondent suggests an unorthodox breeding plan to Newt involving crossing shad with boneless cod to create a boneless mongrel fish. The note promises royalties per boneless shad and roe, arguing it could quickly yield a safe to eat delicacy.
A tongue in cheek letter from OLD POP OLIBUT of Saugus Massachusetts to Newt critiques his shad knowledge. It humorously claims shad have hind legs and migrate seasonally none the less, and describes unusual shad scratching habits and bubbling purrs near bridge piers.
The article recalls Napoleon Bonaparte’s six years at Brienne Academy in Corsica born from exile in which he faced taunts and fights. It notes his solitude and early longing to return home and the seeds of his determination to excel despite abuse.
Former Congressman Richmond P. Hobson spoke to the Connecticut House of Representatives today in Hartford as part of a statewide tour promoting the prohibitory movement. He addressed lawmakers and urged support for prohibition measures.
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