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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1907
Page
6
The Boston Post issue dated October 8 1907 reports on local events and notices from Boston Massachusetts with multiple short items and community updates. Readers are directed to city information and advertisements typical of early 20th century daily papers.
The Daily rate offers one year for 3.00 and six months for 1.50, eight months for 0.75, and one month for 0.25. The Sunday Post costs 2.50 per year, 1.25 for six months, and 0.65 for three months.
Due to higher postal costs to the Dominion of Canada, subscription prices are listed for the Daily Post at 50 cents for one month, 3 dollars for six months, and 6 dollars annually, while the Sunday Post costs 9 cents per copy. The notice from the Post Publishing Company, Boston, advises advance payment, no cash, and discontinuation after expiration.
The merger of the Boston and Maine with the New Haven systems remains unresolved after Saturday conventions. Officials on the state ticket have little to do with the issue, as the Legislature must act to protect public interests, making the merger a top statewide concern in every senatorial and representative district.
A New York clergyman cited Rockefeller saying he is a trustee of others property and a steward of vast interests under God's providence. The ongoing suit portrays merciless handling of others rights in relation to this stewardship and the coal industry context.
The piece notes rising Japanese immigration to the United States via Mexico and Canada. Government inspectors report that arriving Japanese in Mexico or Canada are bound for America, with Hawaiian inquiries revealing organizations seeking Japanese laborers for U S work, prompting American labor protests.
The struggle for the world championship in baseball begins today in Chicago. Detroit won the American league and Chicago the National league titles, with Boston out. The series spans the week with a potential seventh game, and tickets are unavailable in Detroit and Chicago.
Worcester county producers, supplying 10 000 to 15 000 cans daily to Boston, demand 38 cents a can while contractors sell at 76 cents. They seek rail facilities on fair terms to move milk to other markets and challenge the milk trust. Backing them is urged to curb monopoly and aid humanity.
The Superior Criminal Court prepares to hear indictments against New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and city and state officials. The Post’s counsel, Edmund A. Whitman, argued that telephone rates were maintained at a level that requires illumination during proceedings before the Highway Commissioners.
District Attorney Moran announced charges accusing the Telephone Company of payroll misuses including hiring politicians and friends for excessive wages. Superintendent Dressar admitted about 10 percent of underground construction wages, roughly $9219, paid for labor not fully rendered. If found guilty on all 24 counts, the maximum penalty is $2400, prompting calls to cut subscriber costs instead of such expenditures.
Democratic papers condemn the Springfield convention fraud as a grave assault on fair representation. They urge delegates to withdraw and run on nomination papers, insisting Massachusetts voters will demand a square deal and proper counting. The incident is described as larceny of a convention affecting both parties.
A letter from Erving Winslow discusses the Philippine Assembly elections, arguing that criticisms of Filipino governance echo American elitism. It contrasts alleged irregularities in Manila with a claim that recent elections were generally fair, urging Massachusetts readers to refrain from judging Filipinos as unfit for self-government.
A pink rose named Alice Roosevelt will enter the Chicago flower show as a challenger from the West. It is expected to contend for honors previously won by the Mrs Marshall Field rose over the last two years.
William K. Vanderbilt Jr was fined ten dollars in Long Island City Police Court for violating automobile speed laws. He corrected the record to add Junior to distinguish him from his father and avoid his sins being credited to the elder Vanderbilt.
The astrologer notes a cautious, peaceful day with a warning against foolish anger. Domestic duties shine, baking is encouraged, and reproof should be delayed. A strong twelve months loom for those born today, with a headstrong son and artful daughter shaping future paths.
The column notes how Park Street draws crowds while Boylston sees the leftovers in a humorous street scene written by Newton Newkire.
A column rails against modern magazine poetry for its obscurity and lack of meaning, praising Malden poet Clinton Collard for the piece Matelick and highlighting its planned wider post publication exposure. It also includes a humorous note on Bear hunting reports and local notices from Boston and Malden.
The Observant Citizen notes Count Szecheny’s fiance Gladys Vanderbilt is mispronounced frequently, while Halifax baseball expert James M. Powers travels with a party to Chicago and Detroit for the world series. Powers, a Halifax umpire, remains a keen observer of American baseball and a source for local fans.
Billy Denman, an American trader among Aquanni Indians, marries Cherry the chief's daughter after nursing him through fever. Years later, grief over his dead child and homesickness drive him to return home, where Cherry dies by a self inflicted overdose as he arrives to find her. The scene closes on Denman's long sorrowful recall.
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