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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1908
Page
6
The Boston Post issue from May 12 1908 lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, notes Canada copy pricing, and provides postal and business office details. Editor publisher is B A Grozier.
The Somerville English High School evacuated 800 students in about one minute and a quarter after the fire signal. The drill proved effective as a real fire caused smoke and odor, reflecting well on the school's discipline and the teachers guiding the children.
President Roosevelt convenes the Governors in the East Room to debate national resource preservation and development. He also invites notable experts to join the discussion. The text urges Speaker Cannon to be reminded of opposing the White Mountain reservation bill.
The Chelsea commission proposal shows broad support for change but deep division over replacing elected government. Speakers urge a deliberative path with an advisory body and extended powers, warning against surrender of local rights and urging a referendum to decide public sentiment.
Secretary Taft returns from a world trip with calls for free trade with the Philippines. Porto Rico delegates warn that free trade with the U S would ruin the island unless a coffee tax is imposed. The article questions delaying the Philippine tariff bill as sugar and tobacco interests are cited as a factor.
The editorial lauds the trolley merger decision as a landmark for equal justice in Massachusetts. It cites Governor Guild and the Attorney-General for guiding the case against the New Haven railroad, stressing that even the richest corporation must obey state law and that the judiciary upholds the principle of one law for all.
The Senate considers Mr Isidor Rayner's speech denouncing the exile of Colonel William F Stewart to Fort Grant Arizona and calls for a military court of inquiry. The Foraker resolutions seek reinstatement of Twenty fifth Infantry members over Brownsville shooting. The piece weighs presidential power as commander in chief and its limits, noting precedents and potential arguments by Rayner.
Governor Guild will leave his Boston home today and travel to his Nahant residence for several weeks. He will break the journey by staying with E. A. Grazier at 168 Brattle Street in Cambridge. Despite the raw weather his convalescence allows a two hour daily drive and visits from supporters including Spanish war veterans.
Governor Fraser of Nova Scotia spoke to the House and received enthusiastic applause. He called the invitation to address the second oldest parliament in the world a great honor and invited attendees to visit Nova Scotia for its 160th anniversary celebration next August. He noted the province has copied laws and uses the probate act enacted by Massachusetts.
Captain Justus A. Bailey veteran pilot commissioner for a decade died at his Kingston home today aged 70. He served as a state pilot commissioner for ten years and was a respected maritime figure in the town.
While Newton Newkirk is away readers are invited to submit funny stories skits poems wise sayings and sketches to the All Sorts Volunteers care of Boston Daily Post Two prizes of ten dollars each will be awarded for best and worst contributions with Newkirk selecting the winners on his return.
A mixed page of light verse and humorous anecdotes from Charlestown and Brockton. A clock repairer recounts a lucky fix that saved his reputation and earned a cigar. A playful poem about a vanishing visitor charms readers. A baseball tale from Suttons Mills ends with a comic misstep and a mock arrest request.
A poem lauds the Merry Widow Hat with flowers and style at the opera. Men condemn the trend while women embrace its daisy appeal. The verse notes Maggie Kate and Mazie wearing straight, flat hats and hints at social fuss over the theatric fad.
A humorous stock of jabs on Mr Webster and his famed lexicon cites miscued definitions and mock credits. The piece lampoons barbering, schooners, and heat sense, then drifts to social quips about age, marriage, and rising living costs.
Miss Ruby Speyer of New York to marry Waldo Irving Shuman of Boston excites Boston society circles. The piece also reports on the Castle Square Theatre, a letter carrier reunion, Kneisel Quartet concerts, a Spanish–American War muster anniversary, typhoid cases, a Tamaha Club event, Grant's tomb remembrance, and local civic observations including Police Commissioner O'Meara and the Galen Street Bridge project.
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