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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1906
Page
6
Daily and Sunday Post pricing announced for Boston readers. Subscriptions listed include yearly 2.00, six months 1.50, eight months 1.25, and monthly 0.25. The Sunday Post rates: yearly 2.50, six months 1.28, three months 0.65. Mail payments payable to Post Publishing Co.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery to any address in the United States or Canada for 25 cents per month and the Sunday Post for 25 cents per month. Address changes are allowed as often as desired.
All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post from your newsdealer or newsboy, notify us by postal at once. E. A. GROZIER. Editor and Publisher.
The article defends the course of the Mayor and schoolhouse commissioners on Huntington avenue foundations for the Normal Schoolhouse. It notes open letters from District Attorney Moran, pending expert examination by Worcester Swain and Thompson, and an inquiry into cement quality and contract compliance, promising final, conclusive results.
The piece argues that widespread prosperity hides inequities in profit distribution and calls for government action to ensure distributive justice. It cites Judge William J. Gaynor urging equality in public services and railways as essential public highways for all, not a few.
Nevada court heard vivid testimony in the Corey divorce over custody of the 16 year old son. Miss Addie Corey criticized wealthy New York men as unfit guardians, though she implied not all are, and noted wealth often corrupts the young. The piece argues demoralization from wealth is a widespread issue, not unique to New York.
In Goldfield Nevada Martin Gorman was ordered to two hours daily tied to a post with a placard reading Wife Beater for beating his wife. The piece praises Nevada law for punishing the offender and protecting the abused spouse by public shame and deprivation of support.
Mayor Fitzgerald told the joint special legislative committee on taxation that Boston has lost about 20 million dollars in taxable property to corporations over 12 years while gaining only 1.7 million. He urged local assessors to tax Boston corporations directly, noting examples where firms pay tax on pre incorporation goods but the city receives no personal tax, and warned that large concerns may shift taxation if not checked.
Observant Citizen notes a Brookfield Massachusetts battle with Indians during King Philip’s War on August 2 1675. It marks an event described as a historical day in early colonial conflict. A year earlier on the same date detective George L Fraser was shot dead in Somerville.
The World’s Christian Endeavor convention in Geneva concludes with consecration meetings and an Esperanto session. Amos R. Wells of Boston leads a daily School of Methods while Rev. Francis E. Clark serves as honorary president. Delegates from India Egypt China Japan Turkey Australia New Zealand South Africa Europe and America attended. Geneva lights the lake at night to honor visitors.
Stealthy Steve the Six-Eyed Sleuth, escaping the Black Hand, plummets inside a tall chimney. A run-in with a supporting iron beam snaps the obstacle, letting him fall to a dingy basement kitchen. Two scullery attaches rise in fear and flee as he emerges.
Steve, covered in soot, slips from a basement room through a locked door using a hidden key. He vaults a 15 foot wall into an alley and blends with a crowd in his chimney sweep disguise as pursuers close in. The scene ends with a tease for tomorrow.
A Keene of Boston society details May through August travel and visits. TheAdamowskis return to New York from Cherbourg aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse after a European visit and plan Bar Harbor entertaining. Other notable travelers include Willis Farrington Arthur D Little Edward A Taft families, with Bar Harbor and Montreal summer stays noted.
A Salem man recalls a spring meeting with a charismatic inventor who pitched a limitless fuel car using a dangerous explosive. The plan collapses as an explosion injures a street worker, and the inventor is revealed among the injured bystander.
A casual encounter reveals a stranger openly asking for information and admitting they had not been introduced. The brief exchange captures a moment of surprise and curiosity between two individuals.
The resignation of Patrolman William P. True of Station 16 was received at police headquarters yesterday and takes effect immediately. He will leave soon to accept a lucrative position in Oakland California.
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