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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1906
Page
6
The Boston Post published by Post Publishing Co announces subscription rates and policies for daily and Sunday editions. Details include prices, advance payment requirements, and contact offices at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts. Editor is BE A Grozier.
Boston led the national response to the San Francisco earthquake with rapid fundraising and aid. Within six hours $25,000 was telegraphed to the city mayor and, within 24 hours the total rose fourfold. Food supply trains followed within 48 hours supporting the hungry and homeless.
Amid San Francisco wreckage laborers clear debris and bank vaults while fires burn out. The scene shows grit and unity as workers probe ashes, cleanse sites, and prove the resilient American spirit enduring through three days of disaster.
The article quotes Dr. Hovey of New York noting scientific uncertainty about earthquakes, yet argues Boston is geologically safe. It contrasts earthquake-prone California with New England, asserting solid foundations and no vent holes for volcanic activity, and adds that past history suggests New England will remain secure against major catastrophes.
The article argues San Francisco will rise from the earthquake and fire rebuilt stronger and more beautiful. It says plans already center on a city designed to resist future perils and to better serve its commercial role, with the ground cleared and a wiser layout ahead.
Boston and Massachusetts have pledged half a million dollars for California disaster relief with $168,775 received by Kidder Peabody & Co. The mass meeting at Faneuil Hall aims to swell the fund further, as Governor Guild and Mayor Fitzgerald urge rapid, broad giving to aid food clothing and shelter for the stricken.
The column notes today in American history April 21 1898 marks the declaration of war against Spain. A year ago a gas wave in Boston and nearby areas sickened many residents.
A column recalls Mrs Reginald Vanderbilt and guests at Mrs E H Crosby's 67 Mount Vernon street event. Reginald appears indolent amid remarks on Miss Mary Forbes Miss Miriam Bagley and other prominent attendees. Also notes recovering Lt Charles H Porter and Wakefield lawyer Charles Walsh routines as well as Mayor Fitzgeralds Patriots Day. Goodwin 81st birthday. Miss Teresa Mahoney concert success. Captain Bill Pierce and Jones Associates summer plans. and Alderman Andrews car exit answer.
A collage of verse on Spring, city scenes, and a plea for aid. The piece blends poems about seasons with quirky newspaper bits about post offices and a coda urging charity for the homeless, signed by Newton Newkirk.
The Saratoga Club is formed by members of the Palestine Commandery Knights Templars of Chelsea. They plan to attend the grand encampment of the United States at Saratoga Springs in July 197. Eminent Commander Charles H. Faunce Rev. R. Perry Bush and Harry G. Crocker head the arrangements committee.
The Rev. Charles F. McFarland of Maplewood Congregational Church was offered a call today to become pastor at the First Congregational Church of Norwalk Connecticut.
A reader asks which of two admirers to choose. The column advises not to force a choice and to focus on the man you love, noting the other suitor may care more than expected and urging clarity to keep options open for the right partner.
A young girl 18 writes from a diffident heart praising the bashful E T B as a desirable potential partner. She recalls nervous chills at dances but notes she has persevered and begun to talk. She closes with appreciation for the advice column.
Joseph M Curley a Chelsea figure serves as clerk of the Municipal Court. A Boston University law school graduate, he has held Chelsea court clerkship since 1892 and now begins a third term as exalted ruler of the local Elks lodge. Born in Chelsea in 1864, he has lived there all his life.
Miss Kitty Cheatham led a morning children’s concert in Jordan Hall attended by Boston society figures. Mrs Roger Walcott and other hostesses helped arrange the event. George W Chadwick Clayton Johns and Miss Margaret Lang contributed pieces to the program. The outfit included a white chiffon gown with blue sash and pink rose accents. Young society girls served as ushers. Proceeds benefited the Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union.
A humorous exchange centers on a birthday math mix up between Mrs. Gushington and Kiddleburg. She notes it is the baby’s birthday. he corrects with a playful time-difference joke about being ten years older than at the child’s birth.
Sporting and literary editors quarrel over a supposed finished writer named Poemly. The exchange reveals frustration as both claim another author may have completed the piece first.
In Bourneville the famed mystic Sarif Ali ends his dramatic departure by astral projection from the Home Bank building. The following morning $12,000 is missing from the Bourneville Home Bank under Mahatma Hall, with a note signed Spike Hogan claiming the theft to fund a sanitarium for harmless mystics.
The Major P. J. Grady Camp No. 3 United Spanish War Veterans of East Boston asks relatives and friends of all Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection veterans who have died since to send names for proper grave decoration on Memorial Day May 30. Send all names to Commander W F O Brien 116 White Street East Boston.
Contributions continue for the relief of Vesuvius sufferers. Lee, oe & Co. acknowledge to date $4402, with Andrew A. Badaracco raising $617.5. Recent donors include James M. Morrison, R. M. Pratt, E. S. C. Brown, Durrell Company, $100 each, plus Mrs. John E. Hudson, Vicar-General William Byrne, G. Stabile, and Elizabeth W. Roberts, $50.
A cablegram to Boston officials from Rome dated April 20 1906 in praise of Archbishop O Connell and the reception and banquet held in his honor. The response from Mayor Fitzgerald and committee members gratefully acknowledges the Holy Father is blesssing the event.
The Ate women of the Catholic Young Women's Union of Charlestown opened their Easter bazaar on 274 Bunker Hill Street last night under favorable auspices. The effort was led by committee chairs Miss Mary B Herrick Miss Annie J Murphy and Miss Minnie E Gleason. Matrons include Mrs John O'Brien Mrs John Gavin Mrs David Tong Mrs Helen Gleason Mrs David Robinson and Mrs Peter McDonald. This afternoon the bazaar will be arranged to please children invited to attend.
London April 20. There is no truth in the U S report that Waldorf Astor married Mrs Nannie Langhorne today. Mrs Shaw says no date has been fixed for the wedding which may take place at the end of May.
George R. Emerson, 63, assistant treasurer of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics' Association, was found dead at his rolltop desk in the Mechanics' Building in Boston. Thomas J. Burke, owner of a Tremont Street exchange, was found dead at his desk in the morning after allegedly being stricken while counting receipts.
A cablegram from Florence Italy reports the death of Horace B Howlett a prominent Cambridge real estate dealer He and his wife traveled to Europe for a long pleasure trip A later cablegram said he underwent an appendicitis operation and another despatch announced his death
Heirs of Stephen Salisbury challenge control of a 2 to 5 million estate residue bequeathed to the Worcester Art Museum. The museum says it may own 1.5 million under law and currently holds about 1 million, leaving 500 thousand to the charity and the rest to heirs. A quo warranto petition seeks court action with notice pending.
Elm Hill Council of Roxbury, known as the newspaper council, will stage a memorial service for departed brothers at the Colonial Theatre on Sunday afternoon May 2. Manager Isaac B. Rich has lent the venue and an archdiocese priest will deliver the sermon with a 50 voice chorus.
The Supreme Court ruling on the unlawfulness of divorces leads Mrs. W. Ellis Corey to abandon her divorce suit. She is the wife of the president of the steel trust and had accused her husband of friendship with a chorus show girl.
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