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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1907
Page
6
The Boston Post edition from October 28 1907 published by Post Publishing Co with offices at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts. This card notes brand newspaper identity and date of issue.
Rates listed show Daily One Year at 3.60, Six Months 1.50, Three Months 0. The Sunday Post offers One Year 2.50, Six Months 1.25, Three Months 0.65. A one month option 0.25 appears for Daily.
Owing to higher postal charges to the Dominion of Canada subscription rates are listed for the Daily Post at 50 cents per month 3 dollars for six months and 6 dollars for the year and the Sunday Post at 9 cents per copy. All money sent at sender's risk and checks should be payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration. Editor E A Grozier.
The President's urged Thanksgiving date in November appears likely to be adopted by state executives. The piece notes early calls for fasting and humiliation but concludes prosperity has brightened the outlook.
President Roosevelt backs improving Ohio and Mississippi navigation and a plan to restore freight on the Connecticut River to Springfield. The piece warns that New England rivers need forest protection to maintain water supply for usable waterways.
Secretary Root argues that if U S battleships cannot sail the Pacific, Britain and France face the same restraint in the Atlantic. The main criticism concerns the enormous cost, noting ships incur heavy expenses while stationed at home.
The financial searing days in New York recede as banks issue clearing house certificates and hopes rise for European gold imports. Depositors are urged to exercise common sense to prevent further distress and promote stability.
The piece notes vows by both candidates to extend the corrupt practices act and curb campaign money use. Whitney pledges to push a reform in his message, Guild has already recommended changes, and the history ties the matter to a prior Democratic governor. Republicans show little enthusiasm for Whitney's call to ban party spending on get out the vote activities next week.
Postmaster General Meyer spoke to a Washington convention outlining a parcels post extension. He would raise maximum package weight to eleven pounds and cut rate to 12 cents per pound to align with foreign systems. The plan seeks parity with international mail and a smoother domestic rate.
A proposed change limits parcels post to free rural delivery with a five cent rate for the first pound and two cents for each additional pound up to 11 pounds. Merchants favor the plan as it offers 25 cent delivery for an 11 pound package, versus catalog houses paying 1.32 dollars in distant cities. The idea resembles a practical variation of the zone system.
The Boston Post rebukes the Independence League of Massachusetts as a corporation affecting politics. It notes the Aug 17 1906 charter and lists signers like William N. Osgood and James F. Davis. The paper argues the move weakens the Democratic party and urges Democrats to back valid nominations.
The Democratic candidate for sheriff Mr Donovan pledges to abolish the fee system if elected. He argues sheriffs across the state use dual salaries and fees to enrich themselves, with funds that should go to the county treasury. He cites Suffolk county as an example where the sheriff combines salaries, jail duty, and free housing with fees. The reform aims for fair salaries and elimination of fee-based income.
At a Boston Sinn Fein League meeting, Hon. T. J. Collins challenged British claims of improved conditions. He argued emigration rises, taxes nearly double, tillage acreage falls while grazing expands, and credited Sinn Fein with reviving Irish industry.
The Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, spoke on The Relation of the Woman's Ballot to Her Wages and Home. She argued women deserve the vote and a direct voice in elections will hasten laws that equalize wages.
ALL SORTS notes a Dorchester square unnamed now to be renamed Fitzgerald Square by the mayor. The column jokes about honoring officials with more place names and spoofs a future Moran Court Rue de O Meara and Bartlett Boulevard. The Sphinx Says features Professor Todd's Mars canal photos and a tease of a Roosevelt airship trip to Mars for canal study.
The Fisheries Bureau in Washington praises dogfish as edible yet an epicure might doubt the bite. A Boston sportsman story notes a wife asking a sporting goods clerk on Federal Street if rifle cart ridges are fresh, and receiving assurance.
Hank Bedlow fired at a singing cat under his window, missing the animal but striking the village editor in the shoulder. The doctor reports removing about half a pint of shot with more to come, and the incident sparks editor subscriptions concerns. Do be kind to editors.
Dr. Alphonse Wheeler, prominent Worcester dentist surgeon and dean, died at City Hospital from pneumonia. He was 89 years old.
A collage of short vignettes from Boston including a group of girls endearing a lone man in a Grove Hall car, cadet show plans at Lyric Theatre, bean shortages across the city, seasick fare on the elevated, police wage talk in Newton, and civic anecdotes from Dorchester to Roslindale. The items mix social frolics, public notices, and light community color with names and places such as Warren street, Lyric Theatre, First Corps of Cadets, Columbus Clubhouse, and Mayor Fitzgerald.
In a dreary river town a wedding proceeds despite floods when Jerome Berton arranges a no crossing plan using megaphones to unite bride Helen Bancroft and groom Jerome Berton on the shores. The minister on the far bank completes the ceremony as the couple sail toward Boston then abroad.
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