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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1906
Page
6
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At the Old State House hearing ex Mayor Green led a petition to retain the structure for memorial use. Governor Guild urged preserving the landmark, opposing further occupancy by transit and stressing the building’s historic value over costs.
A column argues Mr Baer and mine operators aim to prolong a strike begun April 1 by rejecting miners’ liberal wage concession. Mitchell’s miners offered near all operator demands, proposing a small pay rise that would only lightly raise coal costs. The piece accuses the coal trust of bleeding the public under the strike pretext.
Russia’s loan issue drew strong demand in Paris London and Berlin amid war debts and postwar concerns. The piece argues markets foresee domestic stability in Russia and notes a social push in Massachusetts to curb offensive billboards with women-led civic action and consumer boycotts.
The statement questions whether the sentiment of Aldrich and his committee reflects the public's needs as the bill sits before them. It notes little hope for a report that will satisfy public requirements.
A heated argument argues that easing internal revenue tax on alcohol would aid manufacturers and provide cheap fuel for heating lighting and industry. Opponents say lifting the tax would threaten Standard Oil and its monopolies, urging protection for Rockefeller at the public expense.
The Senate curtailed the insurance recess committee by stripping it of powers to issue subpoenas and compel testimony. Senator Taylor led the resistance to the weakened mandate, while President Dana said he originated the amendment. House battles are planned as lawmakers push to restore investigative authority.
An inventor sells a fly killer for 3 dollars and outlines a two block device using sugar bait to crush flies. The piece mocks mercenary motives and promotes universal access, including a note on a testimonial and a warning about flies returning in warm weather.
At Kenyon College in Gambier Ohio on Stanton day April 27 Andrew Carnegie was awarded the degree of doctor of laws during the campus celebration.
In port Said Egypt on April 27 the United States drydock Dewey entered the Suez Canal while en route in tow to the Philippine Islands.
The poem celebrates summer approaching with chants of joy and hopeful imagery. It highlights berries, cream, blue skies, blooming trees, violets, and singing birds as May and June arrive, capturing a nostalgic magazine-style tribute from the Detroit Free Press.
Observant note dates the founding of the Boston Society of Natural History on April 28, 1830. A year earlier a 4¢ Med Fac bomb startled 800 Harvard students at Memorial Hall, causing panic and disruption.
A brief exchange notes a request to help the daughter in a style of luxury. The speaker suggests they can bluff convincingly, matching the daughter’s demand for upscale presentation.
At John Alexander Dowie’s apartments in the Auditorium Annex today officials emphatically denied reports that Dowie suffers from organic heart trouble or tuberculosis.
Despatches report two fishing smacks seized near the Campeche banks off the Mexican coast while operating from Yucatan state. Officials investigate the incidents and determine the legality of the vessels’ fishing activities.
A letter requests readers who signed the Tucker petition donate to a San Francisco relief fund. It urges $1 from supporters of commutation to life imprisonment and $2 from those who believe in his innocence. The writer signs Peabody, April 26, G. W. L.
Alma M. Wilson chronicles Bill a stoic old man living at 55 Heath Street in Winter Hill. A lean young painter named Billy and Milly cross paths as they cope with family pride deception and a dramatic accident that reshapes their futures as the old man clings to a tin roof dream and a loyal cat watches.
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Princess Bariatinski among Paris bridge elites with weekly tables and refined society names. Meanwhile Missouri Wesleyan College students at Cameron staged a moonlight nightgown parade led by a trumpeter, shocking the board of trustees and others.
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