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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1906
Page
6
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co dated August 7 1906 number 32 volume 184 lists office at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The Daily rate offers one year at 300 dollars with shorter terms listed as six months at 1.50 eight months at 0.75 and one month at 0.25. The Sunday Post pricing runs one year at 2.50 six months at 1.25 and three months at 0.65.
Note indicating second class mail status for the Post Publishing Company in Boston Mass. Advises sending money at the vendor's risk and to avoid cash. Requires checks drafts and money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery across the United States and Canada for 25 cents per month, with the Sunday Post also at 25 cents per month. Users may change their address as often as needed.
Subscribers must pay Post subscriptions in advance or they will be discontinued without further notice. If you cannot obtain the Post from your dealer, please notify the office at once. BH. A. Grozier, Editor and Publisher.
The article notes an extreme hot spell in Boston with high humidity and heat, causing slower street movement and heavy vacation departures. Residents adapt with calmer pace and use parks and shore reservations. officials advise taking it easy and avoiding haste until the wind shifts.
The piece urges a clear party stance on tariff policy at the Massachusetts GOP state convention. It cites Governor Guild’s position and opposition from stand-patters led by Colonel Clarke, arguing against compromise and stressing discipline. It weaves in various local notes and anecdotes.
The article assesses Russia’s general strike and sporadic disturbances, noting limited nationwide action and troop mutinies suppressed by force. It questions whether a revolution is unfolding or if revolts are ineffective, quoting a Social Revolutionary representative on decentralized leadership and the lack of a single driving force.
The Kaiser in a Paris Matin interview criticizes modern journalism as irresponsible. He claims public opinion is steered by young men who do not hold positions or responsibilities in the press.
The article critiques Emperor William's claim that journals lack knowledge and are irresponsible. It argues modern journalism is defined by rigid public accountability, and that newspapers may err but remain answerable to the public, a duty none of us, including kings or emperors, can avoid in the 20th century.
On August 7 1814 commissions from England and the United States met at Ghent to arrange a peace treaty while a squadron arrived at Portsmouth New Hampshire marking a notable wartime development.
A humorous Post editorial sketches reader and staff ideas to rescue Stealthy Steve from a dangerous fall after last night's cliffhanger. Proposals range from using a flagpole vault to a springboard dive and even a subway explosion, inviting reader input for the next chapter.
An editorial on the Worcester Street Railway collision highlights the need for extreme vigilance in interurban electric lines. It notes a head on crash likely caused by miscommunication of orders and right of way, and argues single track routes require stricter safeguards than steam roads.
The United Fruit steamship Admiral Sampson arrived at Long Wharf with 80 202 bunches of bananas after a fogbound voyage from Port Morant Jamaica. Captain Henshaw reported the fog was the worst in two years and the voyage continued to Quarantine. Among the passengers were banker Charles A Bassett of Fall River Henry F Kellogg of Wellesley and Miss Mary Brice of Manchester.
Alice Stone Blackwell defends women voters and criticizes Charles R Saunders after a hiss at the Iowa Republican convention. She argues if hissings condemn women as excitable, then the Republican party’s fitness would also be in question. The letter cites a past State House incident regarding suffrage.
A 20 year old man asks Mildred Champagne if he can support a wife on his weekly salary of ST while courting a 22 year old woman who has hinted at marriage. He asks whether his prospects and job at a steamship office justify a proposal.
The speaker warns that a wife would need a higher income than the husband’s current salary to be supported. He jokes about beauty as collateral for expenses and urges delaying marriage until a raise is secured. He advises kindness but firmness toward the girlfriend about waiting.
A tense exchange unfolds as Dubbe questions Grubbe about an onstage tramp role. Grubbe replies with a sharp line implying the scene conveyed hardship and realism.
Society notes add the engagement of Miss Agnes Blake of the Somerset Club to Mr. Stephen FitzGerald of Brookline. Miss Blake, popular in society, hosts a Keewaydin Auburndale home. FitzGerald is a Harvard graduate from Brookline with two sisters in Dedham and New York.
William A. Smith of Chelsea chief engineer of the Forbes Lithograph Works died at Massachusetts General Hospital after seven weeks of treatment. He was 54, lifelong Forbes employee, survived by a widow and four children, and was past worthy president of the Chelsea Aerie of Eagles.
Bruce Norton faces a crisis of the heart as he juggles memories of a trusted English sweetheart Ruth Hope with a dazzling New York beauty Miss Rose. He abandons a pursuing romance to hurry toward Saratoga, torn between past devotion and present temptation.
Dilemma Pictures invites PMt readers to submit ideas for summer novelty pictures. Send concepts to the Dilemma Picture Editor at the Boston Post for possible development and publication.
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