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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1906

Page

6

Post Publishing Co Daily August 1 1906 Postal Notice

Daily issue of the Post Publishing Company outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include 3.00 per year, 1.50 for six months, 0.75 for three months, and 0.25 for one month. Sunday Post priced at 2.50 yearly and 1.25 for six months. Payment guidance and mailing details listed.

Post Publishing Co Office Washington Sst Boston Mass Sunday Post

The Post in Vacation Time

The Daily Post offers mail delivery nationwide for 25 cents monthly and the Sunday Post for 26 cents monthly. Subscribers may change the address as often as needed.

POST Daily Post United States Canada Sunday Post

Post Subscriptions Due In Advance Discontinued After Expiry

Subscribers must pay all Post subscriptions in advance or risk discontinuation without further notice on expiration. If the paper is not obtainable from a new dealer or newsboy, notify FE A Grozier at the main office. Editor and Publisher.

USA FE. A. Grozier

Will of Russell Sage Fails to Stall Contests and Steel Dividend

The Sage will faces challenges from relatives seeking more than the $25,000 each. The column praises Mrs Sage's potential control of vast wealth and warns against delays via contests. It also condemns the United States Steel Corporation's 13.4 and 1 percent dividends as excessive, funded by high tariffs and consumer burdens.

Russell Sage Samuel J. Tilden New York United States Steel Corporation Steel Trust Andrew United States Liverpool

Old Ironsides Given Exact Restoration From Historic Plans

The frigate Constitution is being rebuilt as nearly as possible to its original form. Funds from Congress enable the work, with plans found in the Salem Marine Museum aiding a faithful restoration that will teach naval construction history.

Boston Great Britain New England Congress Bureau of Construction and Repair Navy Department Marine Museum Salem Ironsides

Bell's Airship and the Dream of Human Flight

The article notes many look to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell for the solution to man flight, believing the telephone inventor could realize the centuries old dream with airship progress and his genius. It highlights Bell as a key figure in early aeronautics speculation and the quest for powered flight.

Alexander Graham Bell

Bell’s airship dream fuels hope for flight and wind

The article reviews Dr. Bell’s Cape Breton summer experiments, noting a new expandable cellular kite and a dirigible balloon as steps toward aerial navigation. It contrasts Bell’s optimism with Langley’s failures, arguing flight will require propulsion and steering, not merely lighter gas.

Dr. Bell Cape Breton Langley Bell

Italian designers plan an advanced battleship to outrun the Dreadnought

Colonel Cuniberti outlines a new ideal Italian battleship armed with eight 13.5 inch guns. The design features four two gun turrets at rhombus angles enabling single or broadside fire. The ship would deliver 7500 pounds forward or astern and 10,000 pounds broadside, about 50 percent more than the Dreadnought. The piece questions future naval arms competition and US involvement.

Cuniberti United States Navy

Missing You on the moorland in Glengariff

A poems description of longing for a lost lover, achree, amid moorland mist and sunset skies. The speaker recalls trysts by red clouds and peat fires, hearing banshee moans, and envisions the beloved beckoning from a shadowy border as August Reader credits Elsie Casseigne King.

Glengariff Achree Evenfall Alanna Misty Elsie Casseigne King August Reader

Colorado Admitted to Union as State On Aug 1 1876

On this day in history Aug 1 1876 Colorado joined the United States as a state. A year earlier John B Moran announced his candidacy for district attorney in the region.

Colorado John B. Moran

Globe Notebook Highlights Travel Plans and Local Things

Howell Hansel and wife plan a two week yacht trip to Newport starting tomorrow from Boston, stopping at Province Town, Cape Cod, Chat ham or Osterville, then Newport. London visit recounts with Marjorie Spaulding and stork fascination. Boston society notes Mary Young’s reception, autos parrot tale from Hingham, and Cambridge Somerville bridge chatter. John D. Long's Havens and Fifth Regiment preparations for Ottawa are noted. Joe Goode welcomes new child and plans Brownies enrollment.

Howell Hansel Newport Provincetown Cape Chatham Osterville Hansen Castle Square

Stealthy Steve Slides Down Chimney to Escape Enemies

Stealthy Steve a Six Eyed Sleuth dives into a chimney to evade the Black Hand pursuers on the roof. He uses the chimney as an escape, landing feet first and braking with his arms, as the Black Hands hurry to basement pursuit. to be continued tomorrow.

Steve Black Hand Bogardo Honduras Black Hands

Fire Brings Bold Rescue and Resolve in Hurtland Tale

In Hurtland a mill fire tests John Younge amid wage woes and a planned strike. He dodges layoffs to reach the office safe for funds intended for Carleton Cowles. Ellen Ralston aids with the combination as the crowd rallies amid the blaze.

Hurtland John Younge Carleton Cowles John Ellen Ralston Ellen

Monument to Yale defense of New Haven in 1907 unveiling

A unique statue in New York studio by James Edward Kelly will be unveiled July 5 1907 to honor Yale students who defended New Haven on July 5 1779. The group shows three colonial era college boys operating field artillery as British forces attacked and burned Fairfield.

New Haven Yale College James Edward Kelly New York Colonial Times Ington West Point Stiles West Haven Garth Yale Broadway

Cautious counsel on first meeting a courting canoe invite

The columnist urges meeting first at home with parental knowledge. She should avoid early canoeing with a man, as this may imply casual dating. If he is earnest, he will understand. The advice emphasizes getting to know him well before social outings.

Miss Champagne The Post

Fire rescues, money box saved. mill workers get wage raise

John rescues Ellen and a money box from a dangerous blaze in the mill. After the fire, Mr. Cowles hints at a raise for John and Ellen, and announces a wedding present. The next day notices post a wage increase of 83 1 3 percent dating from the fire day.

John Ellen Box Younge Mr. Cowles

Society of Boston elites enjoys yacht cruise and summer events

Major Charles Hayden entertains New York guests aboard the Wacondah yacht with a dinner at Narragansett Pier Casino. Notables include Effingham Lawrence and Arthur Comstock among others. The Isis communicates from Kittery Point with Spaulding owners aboard. Further summer plans feature Bar Harbor gatherings, Bar Harbor festivities, and hospitality at Dennison cottage hosted by Mrs. Quincy Thorndike and updates on the Coolidge family residence at Coolidge's Point.

Frederick P. Whitford Walnut Avenue Roxbury Beech Street Green Harbor R. F. Daly South Boston Carney Hospital Whitford Charles Hayden New York Wacondah Effingham Lawrence Arthur Comstock Arthur M. Henderson Hugh M. Inman William S.S. Whitehead, Jr Major Hayden Narragansett Pier Richard Sears Mt. Vernon Street Kenneth Hill Brooklyn Isis Eastern Yacht Club Mediterranean Kittery Point William Stuart Spaulding John Taylor Spaulding Daniel Austin Brown Buckminster Beacon Street Oceanside Magnolia Louise Brown Alleghenies Marian V. Brown New Haven Vincent Club Philadelphia H. Radnor Lewis Ardmore William Stackpole Nahant Walter Hunnewell, Jr Wellesley George R. Fearing, Jr Newport Hunnewell Muenchinger-King Cottage Arthur Foote England Mildred Stimson Margaret Stimson Marlboro” Street Bar Harbor Moon Island Lake Annisquam Mrs. Coolidge Clara Amory Coolidge’s Point Manchester

Thanks for faithful sermon report in Park Street Church

John Sinclair of Brookline Mass writes July 30 1906 to thank The Post for accurately reporting his sermon from Park Street Church. He notes reporters are not theologians yet captured the main idea clearly.

Park Street John Sinclair Brookline Mass

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