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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
8
Boston Post dated November 12 1908 reports daily edition details and office address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts for the Representative Democratic Paper of New England.
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Professor Richard C. MacLaurin is chosen as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after a long period of deliberation by the institute’s governing bodies. He succeeds acting president Dr. Arthur A. Noyes, whose administration is praised for stability and competence. Dr. MacLaurin brings wide recognition in science, executive skill, and deep knowledge of higher education systems.
Boston voices back a memorial led by Annie K. Brown calling for an independent Parkman bequest board. They seek income funds for irrigation, re grading surfaces, more shade trees, tree restoration, and active policing to keep the Common as a public park for citizens.
Congressman Payne's tariff hearings before the Ways and Means Committee are designed to show that industrial interests want no tariff changes except higher rates. Pleaders insist only a higher tariff benefits them, repelling the Roosevelt Taft "maximum and minimum" plan unless the minimum equals the current maximum. The people and any tariff reduction are sidelined.
A special commission reports on disposing garbage from homes by bulk collection and burning in dedicated furnaces to provide public relief and potential municipal power. It notes possible profits from heat for street lighting and stresses addressing sewage, with the Supreme Court affirming Haverhill's municipal reform under state authority.
The article notes foul refuse from a population of 2,000,000 is dumped into bays harming near shore fisheries and shellfish. It cites halting clam and oyster sales from contaminated beds and a state health board action in Lynn harbor as part of broader sanitation reform.
The piece argues Mr. Bryan’s optimistic post election rhetoric misreads voters and misplaces focus. It condemns his bank deposits guarantee idea as a distraction and warns it could fracture the party. It asserts true Democracy rests on republic foundations, rejecting Bryan’s free silver and reform proposals.
The Rev Maynard CC Newell assistant pastor of the Eliot Congregational Church of Newton has accepted a call from Pomfret VI The reception to the Rev William N Tufts tonight in the Union Square Presbyterian Church of Somerville will be a gala event for this church Frank Curtis known as the apostle of temperance and once an actor and journalist is to speak next Sunday night before the members of the first Baptist Church of Medford The Rev Dr George L Cady has been installed as pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational Church of Dorchester as successor to the late Dr Allbright Colonel Elijah Halford of the United States army will be the speaker next Sunday in the Old South Meeting House under the auspices of the Evangelical Alliance
A Newton resident who stayed overnight in Boston finds the trip back uneventful as a playful train horn prompts a quick return to Newton. The brief city-to-city jaunt ends with no further commuting.
A sensational note reports Tim the Tickler has been arrested in Pittsburg after a string of nighttime visits to lightly sleeping women. He carried a ladder, tickling the soles of the ladies to provoke hysterical laughter, then fled to the next house. He avoided men and is described as discourteous and fearful of confrontation.
A reader asks for Bingville’s location and is told Bingville exists in Maine California and every state. For old fashioned quiet towns without railroads or phones the note suggests a simple country village with a post office and a blacksmith, where neighbors share news nightly.
A reflective snippet examines how some shoppers with cash often mistreat clerks, suggesting courtesy costs nothing yet can protect workers' dignity while highlighting tensions between customer wealth and manners in retail.
Readers ask about a moth eaten buffalo coat hair restorer and warn against it. Providence and Boston distances are clarified, a 312 inch wide board measures 4 ft 2 in. Nothing exists as a word, yet the column jokes about seeing nothing with eyes open or closed.
In Wyoming Street Police Court, Mrs Leopoldine Kuro testified her husband John Kuro attempted a kiss and struck her three times after she refused. She fled, and returned to find her belongings missing, prompting a domestic happiness reading that drew court attention.
James Forbes follows The Chorus Lady with The Travelling Salesman a comedy about a railroad drummer Bob Blake who aids Beth Elliott against a land tax scam. Frank J. McIntyre stars as Blake with Gertrude Coghlan as Beth and a strong supporting cast. A scene from The Girls of Gottensburg will be shown tomorrow.
A windy harbor voyage for the Saxonia required five tow boats to reach East Boston. Through the mix of city vignettes a North Dakota visitor criticizes Boston. Major Augustus Sanderson lies ill at Boothby Hospital. Gloucester ship painted slate. crowds at Mechanics' Building. Mrs. Lowell drives suffrage work. a Park Street poodle rescue near subway. local marriages, convalescences, concerts, and Carnegie Library progress fill a collage of daily life.
John H. Flynn was promoted by the Supreme Court judges of Suffolk County to the position of assistant clerk. The appointment was made yesterday and the annual salary is $3500.
A reader seeks dating advice about a man who sun has not followed up after a pleasant evening. The columnist cautions that over eagerness may alarm cautious suitors and advises maintaining friendly, nonromantic contact to avoid pressuring him, hoping his confidence returns.
The message indicates the sender lacks a required address to deliver the requested information. No further details about the request or recipient are provided.
The Navy Department awarded the Utah battleship contract to the New York Shipbuilding Company of Camden, New Jersey, on November 12. The decision follows bids for construction on the Delaware.
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