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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1906
Page
6
Daily publication note for August 4, 1906 from Post Publishing Co based in Boston Massachusetts lists issue number and office address at 259 Washington Street.
The notice lists subscription prices for Daily Bulletin and Sunday Post with yearly, half year, quarter, and monthly rates. It explains mailed items at sender risk and requests not to send cash. Payments should be made to the Post Publishing Company.
The Daily Post announces mail subscriptions in the United States and Canada at 25 cents per month for the daily edition and 25 cents for the Sunday edition. Subscribers may change the delivery address as often as desired.
Post subscribers must pay in advance or be discontinued without notice. If not available from dealer, notify by mail. Editor and Publisher E A Grozier.
Collector Beollard reports strong progress in poll tax collections from May to August totaling 58,306 plus 5,000 from summons fees, with 131,836 collected this year versus 90,822 last year. The drive emphasizes renewed individual responsibility and a public conscience tempered by past coercion.
The piece argues Russia’s turmoil hinges on an unorganized popular force facing a disciplined, ruthless elite. It cites mutinies at Sveaborg and Cronstadt, the Pamyat Azova affair, and calls for a decisive leadership from industrial workers while noting uncertain Duma directions and the potential rise of organized labor as the movement’s guiding force.
Metropolitan Park Commission approves routes for Boston Elevated and Boston & Northern to reach the Middlesex Fells. The change will open the park to many who cannot reach it by private transport, following a pattern seen at Blue Hill Reservation where electric lines boosted visitation.
The text extols cheap 5 and 10 cent fares to open breezy woods, hills, and lakes near the city. It emphasizes healthful recreation for city tenements, workshops, and street children, noting these outings are maintained for the public good and are valued by residents who use them.
The District Court in Lynn questions an immunity interpretation for motorists who reveal their name and address to arresting officers. The piece argues immunity should be decided by the court, not by officers, and endorses common sense as traffic rules begin to take effect.
First Assistant Postmaster-General Frank H Hitchcock traveled from Washington to Boston to assess the Boston postal district. He met Postmaster Hibbard at the central office and began a tour of 42 stations. He will evaluate sites for a new North End postal station and consider adding 50 carriers to meet demand during his week in town.
A rhythmic verse urges listeners to see the sunrise each morning as the path to reward. The refrain emphasizes persistence, promising milk and honey if one follows the sun rise pattern. It repeats the dawn motif with a sprightly dialect flavor.
A July to August 1759 dispatch notes Crown Point forces capture by French and describe efforts to take control of the yellow fever situation in New Orleans with emphasis on public health and military events.
The third annual lawn party of the Working Boys' Home of Newton High Lands is today at the Newton Centre baseball grounds. Rev Father McDonough directs with help from Catholic groups, Foresters, Hibernians, and the home’s ladies aid. Mayor of Boston delivers 4 pm address. events include Water Town vs Newton Upper Falls baseball, vaudeville, athletic contests, a baby contest judged by a local undertaker, and a goat reception.
Stealthy Steve begins a dramatic descent from a flagpole atop the Flatiron building in New York, pondering fate and Broadway traffic as he plummets toward Broadway below. He notes the peril of colliding with horses and fixes on a hatpin danger as a woman adjusts her stylish hat.
Readers discuss Stealthy Steve, Chico the waiter, and Miss De Peyster in a Boston Mass serial. Mentions of Gridley’s lunch spot, Beatrice Bonamo ties, and Bon Ami banana-stain history appear in light commentary. Communications reveal playful cross talk among East and Back Bay correspondents.
A 19 year old man from Company E asks Miss Champagne to help find a mysterious admirer who wrote him from church claiming to be in love. He has no idea who she is and hopes the newspaper will publish a reply request to connect them. He wishes her luck in courting.
Chinese Minister to the United States Sir Chentung Liang Cheng and his two sons visit M. F. Dickinson at his Apple Knoll villa on Jerusalem road North Cohasset. The minister’s summer residence is Amherst, Massachusetts.
Dilemma Pictures invites Post readers to submit summer amusement ideas to be developed into dilemma pictures. Send proposals to the Dilemma Picture Editor at the Boston Post.
The Boston social scene reports William Amory and Mrs. Amory with daughter Harriet in town after tours of England Germany and Switzerland. A wide circle of society members including the Leeson Crocker BOrland Warren Hill and Arthur Davis are scattered between Newport Bar Harbor and Monadnock New Hampshire. Yacht life and recent travels to Halifax Needles and Peterboro anchor the season with arrivals at the Vendome Mt Pleasant and Fal mouth hotels as gatherings continue through July.
Somerville’s tax rate settles at 17.40 dollars for the year, down 0.99 from last year as valuations rise by over 1 million dollars. County tax up 4,000 dollars amid the Tucker trial. Wellington bridge assessment exceeds 9,000 dollars. assessed polls rise. city responsibility increases.
Al Harwood protects Little Man and fights a coal car fire after dynamite laden cars catch fire on a steep single track. He blasts 15 miles in minutes with Red the injured fireman, and the crew survives as the company rewards the boy with a debt paid and a blessing for his family.
The County Dublin Association of Boston will meet tomorrow evening at 694 Washington Street. It urges natives of Dublin or their children over 18 to attend or send addresses to join the association, which supports Irish nationalism and promotes Irish history and music studies.
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