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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1906
Page
6
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with annual and short-term options. It notes mailing details, advising against sending cash and directing checks, drafts, and money orders to the Post Publishing Company.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery in the United States and Canada for 25 cents per month and a Sunday post for 25 cents per month. Address changes are allowed. payments are in advance and discontinuation can occur without further notice. Readers should notify the paper if delivery cannot be obtained from their usual dealer or newsboy.
The piece laments the high price and control of the local ice trust during dog days. It argues ice is essential for babies milk sick and elderly and calls for action to curb the trust this season and protect future summers. It urges measures to force more equitable pricing and reliability.
The court warns automobilists against using technical interpretations to dodge the new statute. The Lynn decision is a bald technicality that undermines the law’s purpose and may be invalid if tested. Releasing name and address to arresting officers should not excuse lawbreakers, and cases must be decided on their merits.
Federal probes in Chicago target Standard Oil and connected railroads over alleged rebates and uncollected storage charges. Officials, including John D Rockefeller, face inquiry into a suspected grand junction conspiracy spanning shipments from the Atlantic to the Pacific and extending through Colorado Kansas and Missouri.
The article notes federal preparations for a grand jury in Jamestown New York to hear the United States against Standard Oil for violations involving independent operators and refiners. Government actions suggest the current campaign may yield definite results against railroad and oil monopoly efforts.
Harvard University rowing team lands at Bourne End on the Thames and plans a full month of practice before facing Cambridge on September 8. They are said to be powerful, heavier than Cambridge, in excellent health, and expected to put on a strong showing once acclimated to the course and conditions.
The article notes a severe mosquito invasion linked to a late spring and wet summer. Experts report over two inches above average rain last month and record heat boosting breeding. Despite science and methods like screened windows, the swarms persist from Maine woods to coastal seas.
Observant Citizen notes a nationwide Thanksgiving on Aug 6 1863 honoring Union victories in the Civil War. The item also marks the arrival a year earlier of Sergius Witte the Russian envoy in Boston.
A compilation of social and civic items from Boston area papers. Judges recovering in Medford, Panama travels, Fells line construction, prank by a South Boston patrolman, Jamaica Pond swans feeding, abandoned Governor's Island tents, Magnolia carnival, Lynn Beach loon capture, Mattapoisett summer home visits, Dr. Nee's Kansas City move, City Point society leader Avrroll, Caledonian games spectator, Washington Street heat, Ensign Downs promoted to lieutenant, Day sisters tour Europe then Alps.
Dramatic synopsis shows SteaLthy Steve clinging to a fallen flagpole from the Flatiron building. He climbs upward along the pole as it descends toward Broadway, hanging on while the crowd below gasps. He contemplates home and family as he braces for impact, cigarette tempting as a stunt. To be continued tomorrow.
The Daily Mail apologizes after publishing an unsparing Corelli profile claiming the author expressed personal man hating views. Marie Corelli denies the quote and threatens libel action while unusual publicity surrounds her new novel and frontispiece photo.
H Percival Dodge, secretary of embassy at Berlin, is moved to Tokyo to share first secretary duties. The transfer follows Secretary Root’s policy limiting posting durations. Dodge, a Massachusetts appointee in the diplomatic service since 1899, succeeds Huntington Wilson who moves to a State Department post.
The corner stone of a new church in Rome's Quartiere Ludovisi district was blessed by the Pope on Thursday. He insisted the stone be brought to the Vatican where it was consecrated with church ritual before being returned by cardinal's carriage to the construction site for placement by Cardinal Agliardi.
The Rev. Charles E. St. John, secretary of the American Unitarian Association, told congregants at King's Chapel that a person loses influence and usefulness when unable to keep abreast of the times. He warned aging individuals their faculties may decline and strength slips away.
A Cambridge girl, calling herself a sailor's sweetheart, writes to the Post defending bluejackets. She condemns rude treatment ashore, praises sailors for upholding national honor, and urges courtesy toward service members and their families.
A reader urges attention to the mistreatment of nurses in insane hospitals noting nurses endure 6am to 8 or 9pm shifts behind locked doors while facing abuse and injuries for little pay. The writer argues nurses deserve better pay and sympathy, challenging critics who advocate only for patient welfare.
A fragmentary exchange ponders a poet’s line about sorrow. The speaker questions the meaning and offers a sharp aside about a morning after attempting to drown sorrow. The mood is noir and reflective.
A major strike paralyzes traffic on the L. and D. railroad and prompts a mob to push a loaded flat car toward a deadly downgrade. Dick Hunter, an engineer, stops the car by leaping aboard and using the brake, then improvising a rail shield to prevent catastrophe. Grayson, the rival, halts the run as the car overturns and Hunter is injured but survives. Mollie, the woman involved, reconciles with Dick as the strike ends and he is praised for his action.
Recent arrivals include Mr and Mrs William P Shreve of Brookline and daughter Carmelita visiting Miss Margaret Cobb at Lake Sunapee New Hampshire. The Shreves will join Miss Wilhemena Shreve at White Fair Inn Lake Placid. Other gatherings feature Mr Frederic Tudor visiting Lake St. Joseph Quebec and the ailing Mrs Edward P Bliss in Lexington Cedar Croft.
A reader asks how a shy young man should pursue a Boston romance and when to propose, while a 17 year old girl seeks guidance after a suitor misses a visit. The columnist advises patience, preparation, and discreet inquiry before acting, suggesting timing and approach to win and maintain affection.
A light anecdote tells of an average husband who, after years of marriage, dismisses his wife’s plea for affection with a gruff claim that he has not ceased to love her. He asserts love is stronger than life itself and demands quiet to read the paper.
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