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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1907
Page
6
The notice lists subscription prices for the Daily and Sunday Post. Daily rates are one year Six months Three months with small monthly 25c option. Sunday Post pricing shows one year and shorter terms. The item identifies Boston Massachusetts address and publication details.
The Daily Post offers mail subscriptions within the United States and possessions for 25 cents per month, with the Sunday Post at 25 cents. Subscriptions must be prepaid and are discontinued at expiration. Contact details for payment and address changes are provided.
The piece urges enduring protection for the Old State House through new laws. It notes previous narrow escapes from commercial pressures and calls this crisis a turning point, hoping the protecting arm of the law now extends to other early monuments.
The piece frames the Ruef confession and Mayor Schmitz abdication as a dramatic fall of municipal grafters in San Francisco. It argues the city, though scarred by earthquake and fire, is rapidly clearing and rising with a pledge of cleaner governance.
The Chicago wheat pit spurs a global surge to 1.25 a bushel as Europe orders futures. California buys half a million bushels amid reports of a shortened crop. experts call markets speculative and driven by unreliable crop forecasts rather than farmer gains.
Newport tests of the submarines Octopus and Lake reveal high efficiency in air management and nerve on long submersion. Fifteen crewmen aboard the Octopus surfaced with pure air and good spirits after the test. Endurance exceeded air supply needs with only partial consumption, indicating multi day underwater capability aided by gasoline engine and electric motor advances.
An editorial warns Boston and New England against absorbing ties to New York capitalists through a Boston and Maine and New Haven merger. It argues local pride and control of regional railways matter for future prosperity and warns of hidden costs and surrender to outsiders.
Denis M. Calnan, Commander and Chairman of the Memorial Day Arrangements Committee, thanks The Post letter desk for a full notice of the Memorial Day exercises. He notes the program informs friends that veterans remain active and invites support, praising the paper as the leading Boston daily.
A Taunton Mass letter to the editor questions why the eight hour law for state employees excludes attendants and nurses at Taunton insane hospital and other state institutions while including domestic workers laborers and farmers. The writer notes attendants endure 12 hour days and 15 hour days and requests public clarity, signing as ATTENDANT from Taunton dated May 16, 1907.
Sir Mr Joseph Lee urges a fresh game for children aged 6 to 11 using blocks four inches long two wide and seven eighths inch thick. Lumber companies can supply plain smooth waste wood blocks at a cent each, not polished.
The column mocks billionaires John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil, contrasting fines of 30 million dollars for 1462 proven offenses with harsher treatment for a gas house gang offender. It questions the justice of wealth versus punishment and lampoons elite culture and legal penalties.
All Sorts explores why Captain Shedd Gore needs a chauffeur on his pirate ship Quinine. The ship goes ashore as described in the forthcoming serial Bounced on the Bounding Billows. A brakeman on the pirate ship is credited with a cut from Gody's Ladies' Book of Painless Percy.
A quirky collection of witticisms and quips attributed to various figures. The lines mix humorous misattributions and wordplay reflecting public chatter on truth, names, and golf prowess.
Readers contribute humorous and varied meanings for Mollycoddle including a bushy whiskered man smoking a cigarette a bleacher fan who catches a foul ball and a man who guards his partner like a policeman. The notes also mention a John I. Fitzgerald who declines to run for Mayer.
Mister Jimmie Hanlon undertakes training as an avonant at the Boston Ballooning School, a noted institution of higher education in a field not widely known to readers.
A humorous piece laments Sunday music bans in Boston restaurants. The narrator vows to keep listening for live tunes despite legal curbs, praising a musical waitress who adroitly blends pie desires with playful song after asking, Ain't you wantin no pie.
A reminiscence recalls the 1898 Spanish fleet at Santiago and East Boston residents building bomb proof caves. It notes shifting attitudes as the era’s heroes fade and parodic humor turns to modern events, ending with a jab at Peary and fashion.
A playful 19th or early 20th century quip muses on the name Lena from Leominster and asks if christenings continue for girls named Lena or Bee. The fragment hints Lena’s appetite and a humorous scene of her eating, ending with a pun about Lean her.
A Providence paper boasts of a handsome mayor and mocks Taunton Mayor Tracy. The taunt provokes a sharp backlash as the rival figure is portrayed as a sobbing, desperate target in a public feud.
Mr and Mrs C H Bond of Commonwealth Avenue summering in Swampscott. Alice Nielsen sang for New Hampshire Conservatory pupils and received class ribbon. Harry Davies to sing at Trinity Chapel Welsh service. anecdotes of A J Duffy and George Evans meeting. Lofty clips of President Mellen, canoes, arm collection, Warren Square flowers, and local clubs.
A notice posted at the Iron Works in Fall River announces a 10 percent wage increase for 5000 operatives, effective May 27. The flat raise follows moves by Cotton Manufacturers' Association mills, though the six Borden Iron Works mills are not affiliated with the group.
Nettie’s push for luxurious furnishings blinds her to finances. Dick hides strain but admits misusing funds at work to cover purchases. Officers announce embezzlement, yet Dick confesses his need to pay debts. Nettie forgives and renewed trust follows their shared ordeal.
May 17 Great Barrington cards announce the engagement of Miss Ethel Quinn of New York and Roy A. Curtiss son of Mr and Mrs Frank Curtiss of 46 West Fortieth Street The wedding is planned for early June Curtiss and his father are in business in New York and Great Barrington and own an estate in Sheffield Mass where they will honeymoon
Not long before warmer days arrive and you may need a new suit. Our Spring Booklet explains what to wear and when to wear it. Prices range from 10 to 35 dollars and you can send for the booklet.
A 28 year old civil engineer asks if a young woman truly loves him and whether to marry. The response urges direct talk, proposing marriage when she is ready, and notes choosing between Georgia or Massachusetts depends on her decision.
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