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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1907
Page
6
Boston Post issue details subscriptions rates and contact information for the Post Publishing Company. It lists daily and Sunday Post prices for domestic and Canadian readers, notices about advance payment, and editor publisher contact details.
In Boston eight-cent milk is sold at the doorstep while nine-cent milk is delivered. The cheaper milk is described as equally good and profitable for sellers, accusing the Milk Trust of milking consumers.
General Charles R. Brayton announces retirement from Rhode Island Republican politics in a letter to the GOP governor candidate. He argues his continued fight could drive voters away, yet many Republicans revolt against his boss rule. Brayton’s exit may not stop Governor Higgins’s bid for re election.
The voter registration lists are incomplete as Boston races near the deadline. With three days left, qualified voters must file at the Old Court House election commissioners office, open 9 to 5 and 6 to 10 in the evening, and ensure their names are on the rolls by 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Cape Cod Bay target practice by battleships has set a world record for naval gunnery. The crews take pride in their achievement while the ships endure heavy gun stress requiring extensive repairs.
The Royal Swedish Yacht Club plans a formal America's Cup challenge and would send a 70 foot yacht. The New York Yacht Club is expected to respond with higher expectations and greater spending. Sweden aims to raise $70,000 to cover boat and race costs, far less than Lipton’s Shamrocks.
The naval expedition to the Pacific coast will use 157000 tons of coal at an average $3 per ton totaling $473400 with transport costs of $755880, pushing fuel bills to $1229280. Foreign-flag ships win the contract after bids from United States Shipping Co and American Transportation Co exceed the domestic total.
Meyer's address at the New England Postmasters Association framed a parcels service extension. He proposed reducing the rate to 12 cents per pound with an 11 pound limit and creating zones for lower rates. Rural route and city mail orders would cost 5 cents per pound for the first and 2 cents for each additional pound to 11 pounds. Local merchants expect increased sales. express firms would adapt under zones. The cost to establish the service will be studied, with public advantage guiding the decision.
This daily horoscope guides readers to seek wealth in soil and earth related ventures. It notes the Moon in quarter phase, Mars entering Aquarius, and Saturn aspects shaping luck. Advice urges dealings with miners farmers real estate rents gardens and prudent health and youth training.
Miss Helen Reverly a 22 year old bookkeeper for the Postal Telegraph Company living at 228 West Fourth street was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital with laudanum poisoning after taking some by mistake while treating a tooth. Doctors walked her for miles Friday night and Saturday to keep her alive.
A scant OCR fragment echoes a line about fate shaping our ends with imagery of hats and shoes. It hints at destiny and social role but provides no concrete event, person, or place. The readable phrase centers on metaphor and theatrical diction rather than specifics.
A nostalgic verse from Peekskill about youth fashion and bravado in prep school days. The speaker recalls his own past vanity and asks, Was I ever that big a fool as I observe modern youths with folded gloves and flashy clothes. The piece reflects a sportsman's self-critique and humor.
The editor presents a brain teaser about trains between Chicago and New York with two daily departures at 6 am and 6 pm and a 10 day travel time. It asks when the third New York train meeting the Chicago train on day five departs and when the sixth Chicago return train meets the third New York train. The reply declines by noting busyness and mocks the puzzle as a joke for readers.
A brief humorous note appears as a quip from a Mars gentleman about food physics in an oven. The joke contrasts a turkey roasting while a planked fish bakes when subjected to the same heat.
An editor reports his marriage on January 2 1907 in Albany and announces the safe birth of twin daughters named Bostonia and Almostin. The couple plans a Boston itinerary via B and A line with expected Pittsfield arrival next week and asks for information to reach Worcester before January 1 1908.
A reader asks about securing a coal trimmer position in Boston noting no current vacancies at City Hall but predicting openings after the Finance Commission completes its work. The letter hints at potential political pressure and future applications.
A Boston column recalls Harold G. Spencer and Burton Porter elected freshmen leaders at Boston University who plan medical study and a Vermont visit for a ailing mother. It describes sunset seekers on Great Blue Hill Milton, a toddler’s Abou tale at the fair, postmaster data on 1906 foreign mail, a carrier’s wait dispute, a mother on an elevated train saving her child, Minnie Hoyt’s engagement to Edward Morse, and lively street scenes including a Buckminster stir and local police Brookline domino win.
The Pittsburg, Penn., story notes Zachariah Cruikshank Jr. sent his 19 year old son Zach to Millwood Michigan to avoid charms of country girls. There he met Laura Childs, storekeeper’s daughter, and within two weeks they married.
Thieves robbed the movable contents of the flat occupied by Mrs. Thekla C. Beck at 52 West One Hundred Sixteenth Street. Beck is a visiting teacher for the New York Association for the Instruction of the Blind.
A new island appeared in the Bogastoff group off the Alaskan peninsula about 60 miles from Unalaska. It rises 400 feet high and 1700 feet wide at its base, increasing U S land area.
A young man asks how to gain his sweetheart’s father’s approval to visit her at home after weekly meetings at Boston Common. The letter counsels respecting the family’s wishes, understanding social pressures, and following the girl’s lead while hoping for trust and discretion.
Raymond Sturtevant j, rector, announces a series of sermons at the Channing Unitarian Church on East Cottage street Dorchester. The talks begin next Sunday and run through November 10, focusing on the church’s principles of faith.
A reader asks if it is proper to ask to call on a young lady by telephone and the reply defends telephone etiquette. The note praises the telephone as a handy aid for social advances and notes its distant yet intimate role in romance.
The Columbia Road Gymnasium reopens this morning marking its fourth season. Instructor George DeCost will oversee classes including Ta dies' Monday and Thursday evenings, schoolgirls' Wednesday afternoons, matrons' Monday and Thursday afternoons, men's Tuesday and Friday evenings, and boys' Saturday afternoons.
Eight blows sounded twice on Somerville's fire alarm will signal highway workers to assemble at the city stable for emergency service. Street Commissioner Asa B. Prichard devised the local innovation for rapid response.
Oceanic Steamship Company steamer Mariposa, three days overdue from Tahiti, is 87 miles off the Monterey coast with no fuel. First Mate W D Watson rowed the full distance to Monterey to report the steamer's condition.
On a journey to visit Evelyn’s uncle, Grayson reconnects with his wife and daughter after five years. A revealed past links Evelyn to her father Paul Berwin, banker implicated in a bank wreck, and the trio confronts pain, forgiveness, and a renewed vow.
Mrs. Winkley of 11 Louisburg Square owns a cat that climbed a tall tree to escape a bulldog and would not descend despite coaxing or the fire department. Sunday morning the tom cat came back home. Dr. John Dixwell of West Cedar Street led the rescue efforts and secured apparatus after failing to coax the cat down.
A London suburb court judge faced Chilcott who slept in the dock during proceedings. After terse replies, he opened an eye, yawned, and returned to slumber as the justice weighed action. Report notes Britons claim he may be the laziest man on record.
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