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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
10
Official notices and subscription details for The Boston Post dated May 28 1908. Provides rate cards for daily and Sunday editions, prices for Canada, payment terms, and contact addresses for offices and the editor publisher F A Grozier.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe turned ninety and held a family anniversary yesterday. The New England Woman's Club honored her at its anniversary meeting where she has long served as president. Her enduring intellect and sympathies keep guiding and inspiring progress.
The city auctioned a municipal car bought by the late administration for 885 dollars, far below its likely cost. Several municipal stone crushers, once costing 100 000 to 200 000, sold cheaply as second hand goods. The piece asks why city ownership seems to ruin value and whether purchases are overpaid or overused.
Indicators of renewed steadiness in commerce and industry appear as investors flood new bond issues. The Chicago Burlington and Quincy 4 percent issue of 16 million dollars oversubscribed thrice, Tide Water 17 million dollars of 6 percent notes sold by midmorning, and Southern Railway 15 million dollars in 6 percent notes filled early this week.
The author denounces coercive tactics by party bosses to push a compromise emergency currency bill. He cites $32,000,000 public buildings spending as pork used to intimidate Republican members facing re election. The piece likens tactics to highwaymen and warns of electoral consequences in November.
A Massachusetts legislative rail road committee report on a merger with the New Haven road is described as a concession to a law breaking corporation. The piece argues the bill places the Commonwealth in a hole by failing to compel undoing past violations and mocks the idea of the governor signing such a measure. It warns the proposal conflicts with state laws, dignity, and the people’s authority.
While Newton Newkirk is away on vacation the All Sorts Volunteers column will feature reader contributions. Two prizes of ten dollars each will be awarded upon his return for the best and worst entries including funny stories sketches poems or wise sayings submitted to All Sorts Volunteers care of Boston Daily Post.
A Western Kansas scene unfolds as a lone rider in black arrives on a soot-dark broncho. He carries a rifle and a dress suitcase, weighed by memory and 50 pounds of gear, reflecting on home and a salty past while recalling his father’s admonitions. The piece closes with a quoted line about a herring in Quincy Bay from Rogers Payne Scruton of South Boston.
A Brockton letter traces witty maxims about life and love from the Merry Widow column. It includes quips on prudence, temper, and social habits, ending with a humorous tale about a rodent and a cement box used to test a rat at the High School in Boston.
Miss Anne Waite Lovell a noted Worcester society figure will be set apart as a deaconess of the Episcopal Church by Bishop Alexander H. Vinton at All Saints Church. The first Worcester woman to take the role she resigns from social clubs golf and tennis to aid the sick teach a Sunday school class.
Eva Jawornicka, a young Polish girl, defended a bank messenger from three highwaymen at First avenue and First street. New York officials announce a life income for her, replacing a one time reward, after a board meeting to honor her bravery and ensure long term support.
A man asks Mildred Champagne if he should declare his love to a woman he once knew. The response counsels a cautious approach, suggests sending a friendly letter first, and recommends building trust by sharing about himself and mutual acquaintances before any explicit admission of love. It urges patience to read her reaction.
A satirical line notes sweetness of bees and honey while mocking the G. O. P. in Worcester, suggesting shared profits and funds as a joke within a family setting.
Eph Skinner reports a Holstein calf run over by a car last week and quips he’s glad he ain’t a calf. Doctored by Doc Simpson who hawks Burdock Bitters. Barnyard mishaps, cures, and jokes fill this local page with small town color and gossip.
The poem contrasts a mighty rock with a torn ten dollar bill. It laments spending money and imagines how a simple child could move a broken bill, noting the bill’s value fades as it is used and eventually disappears like smoke. Chicago News.
A playful verse pair features a boastful suitor wishing to fly and a maiden countering with whimsical lines about flying fish and rare lobsters. The dialogue captures light, humorous banter in a rustic verse exchange.
Dialogue recounts a hurried proposal and a retreat after a scare. Harold recalls backing out upon hearing about earning nine dollars a week and a shotgun-wielding father.
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