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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
6
Daily issue from May 26 1908 by Post Publishing Co in Boston lists notices and briefs. Detailing local items, public notices and short items typical of a city newspaper card.
The Post lists subscription prices: Daily One year six months 1.50, three months 0.75, one month 0.25. The Sunday Post one year 2.50, six months 1.25, three months 0.65. Canada copies 0.09 each. Mail details, advance payment rule, and editor contact E A Grozier.
The Republican Congress forms a special committee to manage the tariff schedules and another to investigate the currency problem and banks. Funds for other campaign needs are secured. railroads lack a specific provision. Rumor has Harriman may assist if New York risks Roosevelt.
The Finance Commission notes eight city crushers valued at about $120,000 have fallen more than $50,000 in value. Five units offered bring bids near $10,000 with the top bid about $3,815. Deterioration and nonstandard sale conditions explain part, but the drop shocks residents.
The piece argues for installing electrical push buttons at the clerk's desk to record each member's yeas and nays instantly. It states the Democratic filibuster delays business, but devices would force the majority to go on record on partisan legislation and reduce wasted time.
The mayor’s proposed ordinance to consolidate the Department of Public Grounds with Public Parks drew mixed reaction from the City Council. Postponed for a week, the measure faces likely rejection from the Common Council amid patronage concerns, as the salaried Grounds department shows council influence while the unpaid Parks board remains independent.
Public opinion stopped the Park Commissioners from destroying trees on Common wealth avenue, a move seen as more effective than protests over neglect on the Common. The Mayor is criticized for perceived municipal power concentration, yet this case supports his view.
Lawmakers confront the New Haven Boston and Maine stock issue amid federal injunction actions. Critics urge rejecting any state partnership with a company defying federal law, stressing the risk of evading national authority. The Legislature must oppose terms that bind the Commonwealth to a law-breaking corporation.
The piece notes the initial effect of General Whitney as state police censor on Sunday entertainments. Beaches and parks showed strong business, no major clashes between amusement and law, and officials display liberal conservatism. The author praises Whitney for avoiding drab, coercive enforcement.
Robert Luce spoke to Methodist ministers on the duty balance between church and state and warned that merger in the House would delay electric progress. He urged citizens to be good Christians and good citizens. Congregational ministers heard Arthur Fairbanks discuss the value and aims of art museums.
While Newton Newkirk is away on three weeks vacation readers contribute to All Sorts. Two $10 prizes will be awarded on his return for best and worst entries including funny stories poems sketches or wise sayings. Submit to All Sorts Volunteers care of Boston Daily Post.
A poetic notice describes sweet singers traveling from valleys and dells to perform. The piece hints at charm and rising popularity as a concert grows from a single spot to a band, inviting attention and favor while noting public indifference from some. Everett is mentioned.
A Westwood kitchen roof scene ends with a burglar caught by a ticklish hair brush that hid ostrich egg interior. The writer playfully labels the incident a dream and jokes about being tickled by police and by the burglar while seeking reader reactions.
A humorous episode from Charlestown features a footman who wears a hole in the toe of his boot and then bores another at the heel with a fork. He explains the aim is to let all wet entering at the toe run out at the heel, a clever shoeing solution.
A Boston notice reports Major Brewer S. Friend plans to become the standard bearer of the Prohibition party in the state at the fall elections. If he persists he will be tried before a drumhead court martial. Chaser Co sent two carboys of spring water to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Armory two years ago for future orders. The quartermaster notes they never use chasers. The piece includes a mix of quotes and personal notes from Boston and Brookline.
A brittle reflection on wisdom and marriage with lines about fools paradise and alimony. It mentions grafters and the repeated idea that memory’s golden flagons never empty, and ends with a romantic aside about distance lending enchantment to a freckled faced girl MM G 8.
The Right Rev. Fergus P. McEvay of London Ontario is appointed to succeed Archbishop O Connor who resigned as archbishop of the See of Toronto. McEvay has been prominent in Catholic educational work.
Governor Glenn predicts Prohibitionists will carry North Carolina tomorrow by about 50 000 votes with counties west of the Blue Ridge voting solidly against the saloon.
The Observant Citizen notes Geoffrey P. Rogers aboard the Romanic visiting Mer Kennedy in Rome and meeting Pope Pius X. It also covers a Jamaica Pond swan defending itself from a water spaniel, Edward Everett Hale's Unitarian attendance, Captain Austin Linscott’s Portland steamer, a Boston Normal School pageant preview, Avery Club festivities welcoming a newborn, spring suburban travel woes, a clergy sermon manuscript mishap, Cambridge police baseball plans, and Eleanor Gordon’s Zaza stage quip with a cat incident.
An upbeat message urges joining the Optimistic Club and promoting smiles as a remedy for troubles. It contrasts birds as symbols of outlook and extols Johann Hoff's Malt as life enhancing, noting physician endorsement for over 30 years.
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