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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1906
Page
6
The city shows courage and energy as evicted firms reopen and rebuilds begin. Banks open for business, postal service resumes, and municipal crews clear streets and repair mains. Retailers and wholesalers abroad promise to fulfill orders as authorities permit amid nationwide aid.
The piece argues that living costs have climbed by one third to one half over ten years while prosperity spreads unevenly. It calls for proportional wage increases to match higher prices, noting profits accrue to some from general price rises and urging fair distribution for workers reliant only on labor.
A determined effort seeks to end the traditional petty graft of free trade, with cautious optimism for success and ongoing government resolve to curb corruption and improve fairness in markets.
The House considers the agricultural appropriation bill as members debate reviving a seed distribution provision. Critics say distributing seeds by Congress members is an useless patronage relic and urge its removal to align with modern agricultural functions.
Scientists debate how disturbances in the earth's interior reach the surface. Some connect Pacific earthquakes with Vesuvian activity or Mont Pelee forces, while others see global subterranean pathways spreading convulsions. Public speculation runs from Oregon tremors to Dismal Swamp mud roiling.
The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce delegation arrives in Boston to meet with Governor Guild and Mayor Fitzgerald. A luncheon and evening banquet, presided by John Mason Little, will showcase the model civic organization’s housing, parks, skyline protection, and nonpartisan community work.
A fragment from New York Press notes Easter bride beliefs and asks how many misses and burns a child may endure. It cites superstition on colors predicting fate, highlighting white marriage as favorable and various colors signaling distant travel or misfortune.
The speaker asks for true happiness found not in wealth or status but at the hearth of virtue and kindness. The poem contrasts princes, paintings, and luxuries with the quiet joy of the Golden Rule and gentle deeds. It asks for inner contentment and guidance to stop murmuring.
A jumble of quotes and vignettes mentions Mark Twain retirement and political musings. Notes on Chauncey, Roosevelt, Kodama, Rockefeller, Bryan, and other figures mix with local dispatches about Gloucester and San Francisco, ships, and memorials.
April 24 1704 marks the Boston News Letter as the first newspaper in the New World. The note adds that Boston clubs win their games in contemporary matchups.
Walter E. Perkins, a Boston actor, reports escape with life after the San Francisco earthquake while at the Majestic Theatre. He loses all belongings. Harvard’s Seismograph tale contrasts with urban chatter about trains and suburban strap hangers.
Collins is a prominent Lexington man born there 25 years ago. He attended local schools and Harvard, then spent ten years in an official role with the Boston and Maine railroad. A well known club man active in political circles, he is seen with his trotters and latest automobile hobby.
The Boston society page previews the Vincent Club operetta The Merry Marquis in Jordan Hall with Olivia Thorndike and Margaret Winthrop among soloists. A benefit for Mr. Gericke draws a large subscription, while Audrey Stanwood and Edward Isham's broken engagement sparks chatter.
A moonlit prairie scene frames a doomed romance as John Arden contemplates leaving his beloved Zah for a life in the East. A telegram, a ruined fortune, a dead wife, a cold mistress, and a loaded pistol collide in a tragic twist of wealth and longing. The photograph he clings to hints at a return to what truly matters.
A photographed girl, a fiery mustang and a doomed lover frame a tense western scene. The man, torn between wealth and love, contemplates suicide until a mysterious woman enters and reveals she is the guardian spirit of the prairie girl. They watch the sunset as fate shifts.
Mrs James I Ryan a half sister to the late Mayor Collins and sister to Judge Burke of the Municipal Court died at her home SS8 Howard avenue Roxbury of pneumonia She leaves one son Fred and two daughters Dorothy and Katherine The funeral from St Peters Church Meeting House Hill will be held Wednesday at 10 am.
Miss Jane Olmstead of New York, a noted pianist, married Edward Thaw of Pittsburgh brother of the Countess of Yarmouth, at her aunt's Detroit residence in a quiet ceremony.
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