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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1906
Page
6
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co lists subscription policies and advance payment terms. Editor publisher B A Grozier directs readers to arrange delivery by mail if not available at dealers.
The Board of Police begins listing all voting age residents in Boston on May 1. Citizens must aid by supplying accurate household resident lists, as the police enumeration forms the basis for election registration. The process lasts one week under statute.
San Francisco relief directors report a cash shortage despite Congress allocating 2.519 million dollars. Only about 218 thousand dollars remained available as authorities diverted 2.2 million toward East coast supplies, prompting renewed calls for private donations to aid cleanup and wage payments.
The anthracite miners show reluctance to continue the strike and have largely yielded their top demands. They accept the old strike commission as arbitration, abandoning insistence on union recognition, while pushing for wage increases that, as calculated, will not add more.
The article argues Mr Baer and associates refuse to arbitrate a disputed point, opposing the strike commission’s judgment. It suggests the anthracite coal trust wishes the strike to continue, risking public backlash as the American people once grew weary of the crisis.
Reporters note San Francisco will rebuild at its old site with confidence. Engineers say no rock subsidence and no tidal threat. a Pacific cable remains intact. Tremors ease as strata re settles. Pacific coast commerce is expected to grow with Seattle's rivalrous rise.
In a House speech Congressman Williams denounces trusts that sell goods abroad for less than U.S. prices. He argues surpluses sold overseas profit manufacturers and raise freight-free home prices, noting rails cost less abroad and Mexican railroads pay higher prices than U.S. ones. The Dingley tariff breeds graft for monopolists.
William J. Bryan, visiting Jerusalem, addressed a special Christian Missionary Alliance meeting in the Tabernacle. He spoke for seventy minutes on the life of Christ and his teachings, lamenting the small numbers of Christians in America and Europe who visit Bibleland.
A reflective poem on forgiveness as night descends and stars rise. The speaker contemplates faults, missteps, and lingering feuds, urging forgiveness for wrongs spoken or caused by rumor and pride. The piece evokes a pine scented night by a river with dreams of reconciliation.
London April 29 Richard Burke master of the Tipperary Hunt announces he will give up shunting and will sell his establishment after marrying wealthy American Miss Donoghue.
Newton Newkirk describes a mock tour through a hospital for billboard addicted Boston residents. Each cell houses a different case from a financier to a painter, all driven mad by ads and billboards, with satirical notes on their past lives and current fates.
The Sphinx Says column notes Kenyon College awarding Andy Carnegie an LL.D. while lampooning the oddities of honorary degrees. It questions wealth and fame as prerequisites and admires Andy's achievement, imagining the hotel register moment.
In Rome on April 29 Father Ruggaro Freddie is named general of the Jesuits known as the Black Pope. His life work centers on reforming young criminals through the order.
A fragment reports a ceremony at St. Petersburg where Grand Duke Vladimir was honored. The event referenced a lecture and a prominent declaration, with mentions of the evening's proceedings and dignitaries present.
The Observant Citizen notes that on this date last year Joseph Jefferson was laid to rest in Sandwich. The brief remembers his prominence and the local impact of his death.
A Cambridge area column recalls a Harvard man from the South who jokes about kisses, a Boston pedestrian officer who distances five miles in under an hour, and the tough life of a guard in Scollay Square. It also mentions railroad ties experiments, a Boston priest, a Fordham College president visiting, and memorials for local figures.
A memoir fragment traces Prudence Hathaway from childhood taunts to a debutante era. She recalls renaming pressures, social bans, and a pivotal New York encounter with Betty Gibbons’ brother’s chum, the chilling gaze amid foggy Albany Station.
Mrs Georgia Allen Peck of Dorchester and Burton Munroe Firman of Boston wed at the First Baptist Church in Adams on Saturday with Rev A B McLeod officiating. Mrs Peck, notable in literary circles, edited the Boston Commonwealth. Mr Firman is vice president of the Boston Banking Company at 27 State Street. The couple will live in Dorchester after a Southern tour.
New York reports Charles Francis of Troy, who succeeds Bellamy Storer as American ambassador to Austria Hungary, has sailed for his post, departing for duties in Europe.
Alderman John W Enwright of Medford is described as a popular 37 year old bachelor born in Medford and educated in public schools. He has served in the Common Council and Board of Aldermen and emphasizes walking as healthy exercise. Flo is portrayed as quiet and courteous. Enwright belongs to several social organizations and lives on Fellsway West.
In a dramatic recounting the speaker recalls a rail travel mishap where a sharp jerk, a crash, and smoke followed a blackout. She clings to a young man who protects her and hints at an engagement ending her days as Prudence with a vow to marry him.
Archbishop J. J. Williams of Boston arrives in Baltimore to attend ceremonies with Cardinal Gibbons marking the centenary of the United States first Catholic cathedral.
Dear Miss Champagne I have dated a young man for almost three years. He often stays away eight or nine days claiming illness. I want him to write or contact me during his absences and wonder if I am too loyal. NAN suggests he should call or visit, and urges an honest talk to clear up the situation and show how much she cares.
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