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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1908
Page
8
The Boston Post issue from November 21, 1908 reports daily news from Boston and surrounding areas. It notes postal and commercial happenings, with local notices and brief items typical of a morning paper.
The Post publishes daily and Sunday subscription rates. One year costs 2.50, six months 1.25, three months 0.65, and one month 0.20 with Canada at 0.05 per copy. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiry. Editor E A Grozier publishes from Boston with main office at 1888-1384 Main.
Enthusiasm for this year’s Harvard versus Yale football game is high across Cambridge and New Haven and beyond. The rise in clean exciting play and strong belief Harvard will win fuel public excitement. fans value a fair contest and accept the result regardless of which team triumphs.
The case in New York targets Standard Oil over rail rebates claimed by John D. Rockefeller. It argues the firm used rebates to undercut rivals, dominate oil shipments of 2,000,000 barrels annually on the Pennsylvania road, and profit $570,000,000 in eight years. Opponents say many competitors failed or sold out.
The withdrawal of Senator Shaw of Manchester from the canvass for Senate president leaves Allen T. Treadway of Stockbridge with a likely near unanimous GOP path to the post. Democratic votes are deemed nonessential and may be cast for the favored Republican, reflecting house to house electioneering before the legislature convenes.
The Observant Citizen reports the White Star liner Republic near Newfoundland and due in port Sunday. It notes Captain Sealby will command the Republic. Salvation Army volunteers endure cold while appealing for Thanksgiving funds. Cambridge Walking Club plans an 11 hour 0 minute Thanksgiving trek to Providence. Fire Department new members granted one day off in five. Motormen on surface cars urged to heed signals. Peak's Island party by Roxbury women, and a D 60 Hibernians party planned for Thanksgiving at Catholic Union Hall.
The legislature lauds Senator Treadway for a meritorious record in both House and Senate. He backed key measures for state development including forest preservation highway improvement and tax equalization. He is deemed a worthy candidate for Senate president.
In Washington, Chairman Payne stages a critique of taxing coffee for Hawaii and Porto Rico while backing duties on hides coal steel sugar and tobacco for domestic trusts. He warns against denying the protective principle as applied to distant dependencies and questions the equity of broad tariff policy.
Chairman O Shea argues the department cannot be cut without harming service and cites expert knowledge on costs. He notes 55 54 dollars for a Metropolitan Park concert is insufficient to hire needed services and suggests reform could save about 12000 dollars yearly by using existing city administration. The issue mirrors the statistics department stance as to cutting a special board in favor of current machinery.
A short verse about a Scotchman in Milton who shivers in the cold and now wears a quilt. The verse is followed by Carol Vox’s note and a quip from the Sphinx about acts of kindness and remorse as dividends and assessments of happiness.
The Boston curb brokers contend their trade depends on loud shouting while Fisk building owners seek to eject them for noise. Testimony describes the racket as louder than an Yale Harvard game, a hubbub, and even the yell of Indians. Critics question how loud talk aids curb stock sales and compare it to selling other goods.
A South Portland letter playfully ponders how noises relate to oysters and other nouns. The writer questions whether a boyster-ous noise suits an oyster or if a barber-ous noise comes from a barber's tales.
An employee’s habit of being late to work generally relieves him of any work to do, reflecting a lax supervisory stance and a possible productivity issue in the department.
A Brockton correspondent asks if snow in Denver can stop football games and allow sleighing in Maine. The item shows how a comma can alter meaning and demonstrates the need for careful punctuation.
Mrs John J Gardner says Fenway Court openings extended two days due to high ticket demand. The new hours are 12 to 3 pm on Monday and Tuesday November 24 and 25. Dirk of P Robert Greene of the North Town praised for quickly extinguishing a store fire at Clark and Hagover streets.
Charles Klein's drama The Third Degree follows a rich set of New York City characters in which a dissolute young husband is framed for a mysterious death. A devoted wife battles the police and the system to save him, while the era’s elite guardianship of birth and money drives the plot forward. Edmund Preese, Helen Ware, John Flood, Catherine Countiss, and others star in this timely production.
A Boston morning report notes Mr. Greene saved a first floor shop blaze by forcing entry with a fire axe and extinguisher before firefighters arrived. The piece also covers a dachshund’s art critique in Copley square, a Chestnut Hill car scene with a dawn comment, Harvard Beale lecture on municipal government, a Dorchester street motoring absurdity, and Somerville fire department gains two chemical hose wagons.
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