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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
6
Post Publishing Co issue dated November 15, 1907 number 40 volume 189 lists office location at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
Daily rates list one year six months and shorter terms with prices. The Sunday Post offers similar terms. Subscriptions must be paid in advance and discontinued at expiration. Editor and publisher Be A Grozier directs payment by check or money order to the Post Publishing Company.
The yesterdays primaries produced the expected result with Hibbard winning the Republican nomination by a wide margin. Fitzgerald secured the Democratic nod and Coulthurst the Independence League. Voters cast few ballots for the top ticket and aldermanic ambitions were severely damaged by voter discrimination.
The story notes Princeton’s 6 point win over the Carlisle Indians and Yale’s potential upset over Princeton. It warns of excessive Yale confidence and suggests Harvard’s forthcoming clash with Dartmouth may be the more telling contest for prospects.
A new Russian Duma convened in St Petersburg marking a third attempt by the Emperor to create a popular assembly with a legislative character. Previous Dumas dissolved amid turmoil as revolutionary zeal hampered constitutionalists and paralyzed proceedings. Supporters of popular government view the current session with guarded optimism for steadier purpose.
Florence observatory director Signor Alfani predicted disturbances with solar activity but the period has not expired. A newly discovered comet heads toward Earth while Mercury transited the sun and November meteors stream across the sky, stirring public concern.
A partial sentence mentions mundane affairs and possible cosmic disturbances causing anxiety, suggesting a reflection on everyday life disrupted by unknown forces.
President Charles Mellen at the National Grange session in Hartford denounces politicians and blackmailers pressuring the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad. He cites federal inquiries and Beacon Hill merger delays as political interference harming business, saying accusations risk hurting his company and Massachusetts. He questions public belief in his charges.
The article mocks Professor William James of Harvard for advocating a sporadic spree calling it an eccentric activity. It notes the editor’s skeptical view that such indulges do not sharpen the mind and describes the after effects as nauseating.
A sharp quote questions how a modern provider would be judged if they treated customers as the Boston Elevated Railroad did. The remark, attributed in local chatter, contrasts past transit practices with contemporary expectations of service and respect.
A North Conway reader using the name Egg-in-the-Head asks how to identify which of nine hens laid a daily egg. Letters from readers Jim-Jam and Tight Wad debate methods while the editor notes comic absurdities and lampoons the egg problem. PD Whittensville Mass and Boston correspondents weigh in with spoof solutions and rebukes.
The piece notes cooled British sentiment toward Germany despite a new century of diplomacy. It cites Britain Japan alliance and China stance, Franco-Russian alignment, and a Guildhall speech by Kaiser Wilhelm that praises peace, while predicting Britain will not view him as a peacemaker.
W H M S met at Bromfield Street Church to set the annual program. Mrs George F Durgin was elected president to succeed Mrs Chadwick who resigned due to illness and impending trip. Rev G Fr Durgin and Mrs Oliver H Durrell spoke. Miss Ruddick Miss Young and Miss Clementina Butler named for the Cambridge district meeting set for March 20 at Flint Street Somerville.
Birmingham businessman Belton Gilreath heads a coal firm and backs negro education in the South. Miss Cornelia Bowen, a Tuskegee alumna, leads the Waugh Industrial School and chairs Alabama’s Colored Women’s Clubs federation. Booker T. Washington also speaks at 7:30 p.m. with Dr. George A. Gordon presiding.
The Salvation Army Morgan Memorial and several groups mobilize for Thanksgiving dinners and donations. The Deaseness Home Italian Mission Hall Street Settlement and Baptist Bethel in the North End also offer cheer and comfort while Associated Charities assist isolated cases without running a general banquet.
Howell Hansel returns to old moorings at Castle Square Theatre for a Friday matinee playing Captain Swift with his pupils. The piece evokes seafaring youth, skippers at the T wharf, and the enduring lure of the sea for boys and families.
An escaped convict and former pilot Number 1947 takes control of the burning steamer Macomber. He guides the ship to land as 400 lives are saved and receives posthumous praise from Captain Randlett.
William E. Reed of Boston married Miss Mary Webster Heustis in Saratoga New York. The ceremony at noon drew several hundred guests from New York City Boston and New England. Maid of honor Gertrude Reed best man Irving Harry Rosenbaum bridesmaids Gertrude Gleason and Margaret Curtis.
A local retailer promotes boys clothing with references to a Revised Mother Goose tale. The ad emphasizes Adams Square window display featuring all wool Junior Overcoats priced at $7.00 for sizes 3 to 9 years, claiming superior value versus competing $10 coats.
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