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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
6
Daily publication detail from Boston Post Publishing Co dated May 23 1907 No 46 Vol 187 announces office location at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
Daily rates list one year six months and one month prices with cents. The Sunday Post shows one year, six months, and three months prices. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office in Boston Massachusetts.
The Daily Post offers mail subscriptions across the United States and possessions for 25c per month, with the Sunday Post at the same rate. Change of address available. Payments must be in advance. discontinue after expiration. Send payments to Post Publishing Company. Editor and Publisher BE A Grozier.
Boston extends a sincere welcome to General Kuroki praising him as a warrior and symbol of ancient civilization. The piece notes Japan’s culture aligning with Western progress and hopes he enjoys his time in Massachusetts while being treated with respect.
The piece argues United Shoe Machinery Co with an ad agent pushed reading matter against a shoe machinery bill. calls for a law requiring clear "advertisement" labeling for editorial ads influencing public issues to protect fair dealing and public morality.
Governor Guild condemns the proposed act as special legislation and breach of the 1904 general law. He contends salaries for district, police and municipal court clerks should auto rise with population and cautions against piecemeal changes.
The Beacon Hill majority blocks ballot expression on electing U S Senators by popular vote. Public opinion leans toward the change, likely signaling a large pro plebiscite result if a vote were held, with the Republicans controlling the decision.
The editorial calls for referring the proposition to tax college property used for educational purposes to the next General Court. It asserts the lawmakers may properly consider the measure there.
A fragmentary line envisions a distant future when Massachusetts traditions fade and commercialism dominates New England, implying a critique of cultural decline and material values. The phrasing suggests a prophetic or satirical note on societal change.
Editorial urges the Senate to pass the anti smoke bill without weakening amendments and defends the House version. It warns that Senate allowances for six minutes of locomotive smoke and other changes would yield to railroad corporate interests and imperil metropolitan public health.
The article argues against exchanging Boston and Maine stock for New Haven stock, noting B and M’s stronger condition. It cites freight-rate comparisons and overall business to question any advantage. The piece urges stockholders to resist alien domination of the region’s remaining rail property.
The Dublin Nationalist convention signals no compromise on home rule, a fact the Irish people present to the Liberal government. Rejection of the council bill may delay, but it will not defeat the cause as the issue is now clearly joined.
The bicentennial of Carl Linnaeus birth is observed globally. He is hailed as the father of botany for expanding knowledge of nature and guiding the science behind agriculture floriculture and arboriculture that enriches modern life.
By a unanimous vote the Board of Aldermen granted ex City Auditor James H. Dodge a life pension of 1200 dollars annually. Dodge, ousted during Mayor Collins' term, has faced financial strain and poor health. A recent special act allowed the city to fund the pension. he served 25 years as city auditor and lives in Jamaica Plain.
The supreme council approved starting new members with a 1500 death benefit. Discussion on sick benefits followed, and the committee’s recommendations to address inequities and risks in the uniform dues system were adopted.
All Sorts correspondent recounts Baron Kuroki visiting Boston. The general notes the city’s courtesy and attempts to grasp Boston slang while joking about subway chatter and local phrases. The piece highlights cultural contrasts and light banter between the General and locals.
A humorous letter from Cyn thia the Chiropodist recounts witnessing a street urchin riding a street car. She gave the conductor a nickel to let the boy ride and then paid a pee rap e Hoelee, prompting an unequal reaction as the boy and another person jumped off the car. The piece ends with a puzzled question and Cyn thia's signature.
The tale follows Daisy Atherton and Everett Wight from a playful auto courtship to a dramatic accident. Daisy initially refuses marriage unless he can drive, but after a wreck and a fainting spell, she relents. On their honeymoon, Everett admits he fainted to secure her consent, which she grants with a smile.
The May 28 entry from The All Sorts HorrorScope predicts strange weather effects with ice and coal themes. It mentions frost risks and a need for warm or cool dress as Mercury and Neptune align, and jokes about axe to chop ice before night.
A humorous quip calls the genuine four hundred a pair of hardworking parents and their four daughters striving in society. The saying frames the family as the true social elite, numbered by two parents and four daughters.
A satirical piece depicts a phonograph performance honoring Baron Kuroki and spoofing ceremonial dinners. It includes mocked speeches by a senate figure and a parade of constant talking, concluding with a weary audience and a tired verdict on endless discourse.
The death of Thomas Bailey Aldrich and the Longfellow Centenary celebration spur revival of New England poetry. The Post will publish daily selections for a period, aiding teachers and scholars and inviting general readers to renew familiarity with favorites.
A poem recounts Roncador rising in the Caribbees to defend the deep from the formless thing that planned a stronghold. Galleons and conquerors fall as the mighty ship of war surrenders its flag to the ocean’s ancient threat.
A reader anxious about a long distance suitor asks if she should see him and how to win his affections. The advisor recommends better distance courting, a casual invitation, and controlling emotions to avoid appearing overly eager while the man prepares to leave Boston in two months.
A young woman, 19, writes of love at first sight with a man four years her senior. She notes repeated meetings at shows and places of amusement and that she will see him again on business in about a week.
Judge Flint of the Norfolk Probate Court allowed three wills with public bequests. Mrs. Alice Appleton Knowles of Cohasset leaves 683,929. Cohasset Unitarian Church $3000, Lowell ministry $5000, Cohasset Public Library $2000, with a water trough memorial at Atlantic Ave and Beach Street. Mary L. Talbot Brookline gives Perkins Institution for the Blind Calumet & Hecla stock share. Amos K. Tilden Cohasset leaves $250 to the Unitarian Church and $100 to the Boston Young Men's Congress.
Frederick A. Burnham indicted for grand larceny and forgery tendered his resignation as president of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Society. Archibald C. Haynes elected to succeed him. George D. Fldridge resigned as vice president at the same meeting.
The Open All Summer program at Comer’s Commercial School located at 120 Boylston Street invites students to enroll in shorthand and business courses. The ad highlights flexible schedules and extended summer sessions for practical skills.
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