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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1908
Page
6
Boston daily issue from May 9 1908 features local news and notices. Archives show city updates, market reports, and community items from the Boston Post published by Post Publishing Co at 250 Washington Street.
The Post lists subscription prices for PCally-one Font and The Sunday Post with annual and quarterly rates, Canada copy price, and payment notes. It warns subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration. Contact editor FE A Grozier and publish offices on Main for delivery issues.
The article notes a promised or strongly intimated emergency currency bill to be decided by a Washington House committee on Monday. It argues political necessity pressures action to fulfill campaign promises, but doubts any measure will yield stable value. The urgency is tied to campaign optics, not lasting reform.
Postmaster General Meyer's plan prompted Senate discussion on a bill to authorize deposits in 6821 post offices. Senator Carter urged swift passage to mobilize hidden money, noting 3,021 offices nationwide with New England totals listed. proponents seek broader benefits beyond already well served New England institutions.
The Cole measure proposes a five member Governor appointed commission to advise Chelsea's Mayor and City Council. It may veto contrary actions and must approve key appointments, with power to assume control if matters worsen. Public hearings Monday are expected to raise objections.
Congress considers a measure to compensate United States employees in manufacturing sites navy yards or Isthmian Canal Commission work when injured on the job. The bill would grant one year of full pay after injury and, on death, equal shares to widows children or dependent mother for the remaining year.
The passage notes that with the referendum attached, Speaker Cole's bill would be unassailable, signaling a strong procedural shield against amendments or repeal. The wording underscores the political leverage created by the referendum in limiting opposition moves.
The Brownsville affair overshadows Republican politics in Washington with anti Taft activity led by Foraker and the Senate debate over the Foraker bill to reinstate the Twenty fifth Regiment seamen. The National Negro American Political League opens in Washington aiming to persuade Black voters against Taft or Roosevelt.
A delegation of business men and manufacturers who are large shippers spoke before the railroad committee led by Charles I Choate Jr counsel for the New Haven railroad. Orlando W Norcross a Worcester contractor and Charles H Hutchins of Worcester testified that the merger would greatly aid shippers. Other speakers included E Sawyer of Marlboro Paul D Morgan of Worcester and O S Bird of Walpole.
A letter urges thorough cleaning of horse troughs in all districts twice weekly to protect horses from filth and disease. The writer objects to Commissioner Norris's call to remove troughs, arguing such removal would harm poor horses in warm weather.
A column from Newton Newkirk titled All Sorts blends humorous country life notes from Old Saybrook Maine with letters from readers. It recounts life at a country villa, farmyard characters, clams in the sound, and a joke about extracting gold from a goldfish.
A note from Eleandrglinty Newton Newkirk announces a three week Boston Daily Post vacation to Maine for fishing. He invites readers to submit poems sketches and wise sayings for prizes and to manage the All Sorts column in his absence.
The Yale Daily News announces a management innovation establishing an advisory board. The board will include graduate school students, one from each of five departments, serving New Haven under the new structure.
A column highlights Costa Rica consul Guillermo Figueroa succeeding Judge Joseph J. Corbett, a Faust performance by colored singers in Jordan Hall, and dancer S Annette Washburn from the Massachusetts Normal Art School. It also covers a college reunion, pigeons fed atop a Columbia venue house, a police nurse at the station, a Somerville monument corner stone, local weather, and various social anecdotes.
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