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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1907
Page
6
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co dated October 23 1907 item No 20 Vol 189 lists news briefs and notices from Boston Massachusetts with local items and public notices for readers.
The Daily One year rate is 0 percent per year with six months at 1.50 and three months at 0.65. Monthly rate is 0.25. The Sunday Post offers one year at 2.50 six months 1.25 and three months 0.65.
Owing to higher Dominion of Canada postal charges, the Daily Post costs 50 cents for 1 month, 3 dollars for 6 months, 6 dollars for a year. the Sunday Post is 9 cents per copy. Subscriptions must be prepaid and are discontinued at expiration. Editor E A Grozier directs Post Publishing Company.
President Roosevelt defends policies as a fight against dishonest conduct, insisting the Wall Street scare stems from his anti corruption drive. He notes if markets fear reforms, that reaction is their concern and not a misstep.
The commissioner of pensions reports 644 338 Civil War survivors and 31 201 deaths last year. The pension rolls see new names from the Spanish War era as old list grows brighter with fading numbers yet remains a record of Union valor.
Pittsburg astronomer Mr. Brasheart reports six to eight days of intense sunspot activity with five large groups reaching the equatorial region and a single group covering about 100000 square miles. The phenomenon arrives too late to aid Wall Street speculators.
A Charlestown navy yard man revived speech after a reverse battery shock, touted as modern therapy. The prose rails at the cycle of medical advances and cites a century old verse about clever but foolish harm. The piece ends noting true practitioners must reach the ladder’s top rung of professional attainment.
The piece defends Postmaster Hibbard's right to seek the Republican mayoral nomination, arguing party bounds govern the move and he should resign from the federal post if nominated. It condemns the impropriety of a federal official using local patronage for election and cites Cleveland as civil service precedent, while dismissing Roosevelt's Chicago actions as nonprecedent.
Attorneys for the Standard Oil Company reveal unofficially twenty five grounds they will pursue to sustain the appeal of Judge Landis sentence. Most are technical and of little immediate consequence, with a few remaining points attracting attention.
The core issue is whether the Elkins Act holds validity for the Standard Oil indictment and $29,240,000 fine. If the law is sustained by the Court of Appeals, public power to restrain and punish restraints on trade is affirmed, with three months to hear the appeal.
The piece urges calm amid the Knickerbocker Trust Company suspension and wider banking strain in New York. It argues that runs on deposits threaten liquidity, urges level headed judgment, and warns against hysteria to protect commerce and confidence.
The entry notes Scorpio begins October 28 1907 to November 22 with intense, determined traits. It forecasts a strong day for trade land and farm dealings, urges push in business, travel, and work search, and warns natives of anxiety in the coming year. It also provides guidance on remedies and a strict upbringing for a boy born today.
Charles F Finklestern invites applicants for a boys orchestra at Paris Street East Boston. The group seeks 40 players aged 18 or younger with needs including three clarinets one double bass two trombones two French horns two flutes one viola one oboe and four cellos.
In a spirited defence of Moran, Mr. T. W. Lawson deploys quirky phrases like brick-a-bats and fisippio, inviting readers to parse his meaning. The Goo-Goos rate Postmaster Hibbard as a weak mayoralty candidate, while Dennison questions Moran’s source with a hoarse-toned appeal.
Local fashion experts state a hungry man may eat in the dining room of Boston’s swellest hotels without a full-dress suit. The ruling comforts free lunch patrons who may now breathe easier and say they are let out of the dress code.
Charles Frohman plans a series of monthly performances by noted American actors at the White House. After the stars entertain the President Frohman would tuck a placard on them reading a playful title. The Sphinx Says offers a quip about clean living versus behavior.
Statistics show per person meat intake in the United States falls sharply. The text notes high prices for sirloin from Texas sold at six cents a pound in Chicago and aged in Eastern cold storage, pushing people toward a simpler diet of breakfast foods and vegetables.
Billie of Boston asks why a man exiting a bar looks both ways then hurries inside for a long stay, wondering about the behavior after leaving a liquor establishment.
A collection of short, unrelated passages describes Mr. E. D. Smith in Maine, a possible engagement of Dr. J. C. Hines, a humorous car encounter with a fat woman, a whimsical cat tale, a joke about Jones and losses, and a note about the Sonoma Club’s annual party in Winthrope.
The Roxbury group celebrates newlyweds and a baby while noting School Board name confusion between Kenny and Kenney. Other items recount a Newton Upper Falls hunter hawk, Fr Gasson plans for Boston College, and a stormy village walk ending with a grateful reunion.
A woman described in autumn attire walks into a wood alone facing an incoming storm. She pretends happiness and independence, enjoys nuts, and grips her Tam o Shanter as autumn winds whip her locks. The scene hints at an approaching tempest and a solitary mood.
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