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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1907
Page
6
Daily publication details from Boston mass listing office address and date. No specific news event or article content provided.
The Daily rate lists one year at 300 dollars six months 1.60 three months 0.75 and one month 0.25. The Sunday Post charges one year 2.50 six months 1.25 three months 0.65.
The Daily Post offers 1 month 50c, 6 months 3 dollars, 1 year 6 dollars while the Sunday Post is 0. dime per copy. Subscriptions must be paid in advance and are discontinued at expiration. Address and payment instructions are given along with editor Br A Grozier credits.
The piece notes debate over a new by law allowing an autopsy when a member dies suddenly without prior illness or injury. It argues public authority should align with public sanitation laws and individual protection, praising cooperation but condemning obstruction.
Henry Clews urged Kentucky Bankers to target guilty officers rather than levy large fines on corporations. He argued fines harm stockholders and that real reform comes from imprisonment of active law violators to fit the crime.
The Attorney General Charles J Bonaparte is praised for practical thinking but his ideas spark debate. He suggested towing Old Ironsides as a naval target and endorsed hanging habitual criminals after a third conviction. Critics warn such utilitarianism would clash with Christian ethics and humane governance.
Farmers threaten to stop selling milk unless prices rise from 30 to 40 cents a can, while contractors refuse. Consumers face higher costs as Boston's milk supply hangs in the balance. Babies and the public rely on milk, forcing a clash between farmers and buyers with no easy solution.
The Highway Commission, aided by Post petitioners counsel, urges reforms at the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company. They demand immediate disuse of phantom workmen, ending political employment for wages, and stopping free frank books and phones. Quarterly public reports of such gifts should be filed. Expansion of the inquiry to 1904 and 1905 is proposed for broader reform.
Boston and Albany protests by commercial bodies accuse the New York Central of failing to deliver promised service after lease approval. Merchants and Board of Trade leaders say trains are late and equipment deficient from Albany to Boston, with connections and timetables ignored. The lease termination question will return in the coming winter session.
United States naval training ship Huntress is two days overdue in New Orleans en route to St Louis. Despatches cannot locate her.
A humorous exchange features Newton Newkire's readers asking quirky questions. Topics include the relation between a spider and a frying pan, brown berries, and a Boston eatery employing only pretty waitresses, with witty responses from Newkire and Ed.
Leander of Peabody recounts a five mile walking race between his pet herring and a neighbor’s tom cod. The herring supposedly won by half a mile, but later tired feet and a fear of water collapse ended the fun. Readers are assured the story rings true by the editor.
A granite shrine bell at Melvin Adams’ island republic recalls schooling in Ashburnham and warns mariners. Boston notes cover the Boston Conservatory opening with marketing line on eternal vigilance, plus civic tales on Cambridge, theatre, and local curiosities.
In Lyons New York a Supreme Court exam for naturalization asks who Theodore Roosevelt is. A candidate answers King of America sparking thoughts on how foreigners see our republic.
Two young men seek dating tips from Mildred Champagne as two girls act as chaperons. The columnist cautions patience, advising a longer acquaintance before proposing and noting the chaperons may ease with time.
Emmy sits in the third pew of a church watching hat fashions. She longs to own Miss Phelps hat and frets as the minister scolds the crowd. The scene ends with Emmy pondering a single question as the benediction nears.
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