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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1907
Page
6
Publication header lists date October 5 1907 and issue details for Post Publishing Co Boston Massachusetts. No article content provided to summarize.
The notice lists Pile One PERC and six month and one month rates. The Sunday Post offers one year at 2.50 six months at 1.25 and three months at 65 cents.
Owing to postal rate increases to the Dominion of Canada subscription prices are listed for Daily Post and Sunday Post. Payments must be in advance and sent to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. Details include 1 month 50 cents, 6 months 3 dollars, year 6 dollars, Sunday 9 cents per copy.
The group of counsellors includes Charles W. Eliot from Harvard University the Rev Father Gasson of Boston College and Henry S Pritchett formerly of MIT They are described as highly distinguished and trusted to provide a solution to the Mayor s enlargement questions.
The Liberal Association of British Columbia asks Sir Wilfrid Laurier to apply exclusion laws to Japanese as to Chinese and to abrogate treaty obligations. While Liberals hold power, action may follow at Ottawa. Meanwhile, more than 3500 Japanese in Canada have taken oath of allegiance to Great Britain.
The Gould Castellane scandal seems to end with Castellane debts settled by the ex wife and the count’s refusal to appeal. Simultaneously Miss Gladys Vanderbilt announces engagement to a Hungarian count in Newport, a striking international match amid Consuelo Vanderbilt’s noted fate.
The Finance Commission advises the Mayor to extend the wage assignment ordinance to Aldermen and Common Council members. It recalls five years ago Mayor Collins urging departments to address wage assignments for employees under their control. The letter praised the issue but suggests moral suasion or abolishing salaries as possible methods to enforce it for council members.
District Attorney Moran secures indictment of the telephone company and several politicians in alleged illegal employment cases. The court must determine culpability, if any, as prosecutions probe abuses of jobs used to influence legislation. The matter stems from revelations about the so called phantom brigade exposed by Edmund A. Whitman.
An ongoing telephone inquiry reveals a persistent attorney for the Post petitioners involved in the case. The dialogue centers on legal strategy and procedural questions surrounding the petition.
The Massachusetts Democratic convention at Springfield is urged to adopt a firm anti merger plank. The piece recalls 1900s anti monopoly stand against Boston and Albany lease and warns against the Boston Maine and New Haven merger. It calls for a solid principled platform to keep Massachusetts a Democratic state.
New Bedford police halted a penny coin doctoring scheme that circulated for about two weeks. Inspector Gendron identified two young men as the originators and released them on promise to stop after they used a chemical coating to make pennies resemble ten cent pieces.
J H Emmerton of Boston, secretary of the New England Federation of Natural History Societies, opened the autumn meeting in Portland Maine and displayed a traveling spider collection.
Charles W Morse of Consolidated Steamship Company plans a modern steamship line on the St John River between St John and Fredericton Newfoundland press notes state the venture would extend the operator’s Atlantic coast routes with new ships and services awaiting approval and funding as of October 4.
Mrs. Mary J L Jackson of Spokane wife of John H Jackson of this city appeared with counsel before Judge De Courecy in Equity Court seeking an order to require Jackson to keep their 6 year old son within the court's jurisdiction. Jackson had previously filed for divorce and gained possession of the boy. the case is set for hearing later.
Officers from Station 2 arrested John A. McGuinness 41 of Roxbury after a larceny of a case of eggs from Goldsmith Wall Company 67 Chatham Street. Eggs left at the door were followed and McGuinness was captured nearby.
A carefully compiled daily horoscope series by a reputed astrologer is prepared for readers. The program notes that it should intrigue all, even skeptics, and will appear in the pages as a regular feature.
The text describes a mixed day with a favorable path for sellers and best prospects for salesmen between 8:30 and 2. It warns of impeding epidemics in Central Europe and eastern Asia, urges caution with fire, and forecasts cautious speculation for those born on this date. The boy is urged toward steady work. the girl toward careful companionship.
A reader recounts an overly earnest palmistry scam from a distant concern near Boston. A sarcastic tour through readings, chalk lines, and trips ends with the narrator paying 1.25 dollars and escaping a sales pitch for more.
A Park Theatre matinee featured Willie Collier performing Caught in the Rain and critiquing notables. Frederick Hastings, named director of music at Omaha College Honolulu, was signed for concert work by R E Johnston. Hastings learned Governor Carter of Hawaii is his cousin, aiding social ties. Next Wednesday Castle Square debuts The Beggar Student as a testimonial for Miss Hattie Belle Ladd, a longtime opera company star.
Mrs Lawerence and her husband drift through a faltering marriage marked by thrift and pride. A sudden crisis forces a painful truth as she confronts him in his hotel room and learns he faced potential ruin with courage. Their reconciliation reveals the danger of misjudging small acts.
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