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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
6
August 9 1906 Boston Post Publishing Co announces subscription rates for Daily and Sunday editions. It lists prices for 1 year six months three months and a 25 cent monthly option during vacation periods. Offices in Boston Massachusetts and editor publisher E A Grozier.
Grief over baseball's decline in Boston as the season opens with anxiety and turns to indifference. Clashes in New York and rowdy scenes in Boston reflect turmoil at games. Home teams cling to last place in the league as hope for dawn and next year rises.
Federal grand jury in Chicago returns a 19 count indictment under the Elkins law accusing Standard Oil of receiving rebates by exemption from storage charges. Conviction could incur fines from 1000 to 20000 dollars per count, potentially totaling 380000 dollars, with the broader aim to uphold anti monopoly law and curb rebates.
Assessor Daniel J. Daley of Brookline told a Legislature special committee that less than half of taxable personal property can be found and taxed. He urged raising yearly assessments and swearing statements, but doubts its effectiveness. He argued inheritance tax via Probate Court could reach wealth without distress.
The Newton Police Court fines for delivering short weight of ice should extend beyond drivers to uncover the broader fraud within the ice trade. The piece urges examining deeper origins of fraud, praising nationwide efforts to safeguard public comfort and health, and calls for wide-ranging inquiries into the ice business.
On a Tuesday Philadelphia authorities charged 14 Ice Exchange members with conspiracy to raise ice prices. Trials are scheduled for early September, and officials hope summer heat does not curb the prosecution.
A commentary argues the killing of five men on St Paul Island by fur seal poachers is an excessive punishment for protecting game. It warns of potential U.S.-Japan friction over Pacific power and trade, noting the Aleutians’ proximity and the risk of future clashes.
On August 9 1942 Harvard College held its first commencement in history. John D Rockefeller announced a philanthropic gift of 50000000 dollars to the University of Chicago.
In a melodramatic caper, Stealthy Steve plots to thwart the Black Hand while Bonario demands a ring change. Vivian denies, then Bonaro disguises himself as Steve to steal the engagement ring. The intrigue continues tomorrow with more cloak and dagger evidence.
Mrs Jane Churchill Satterlee wife of Bishop Satterlee will sell 300 picturesque islands in the Thou sand Islands district of the St Lawrence River on Saturday through State Senator George H Cobb. The islands once won by Henry Yates Satterlee in early 1850s college lottery contests are valued at over 50 000 and lie in a highly desirable section of the group.
Commander John C. Fremont United States Navy son of the late General John C Fremont receives orders to serve as naval attache in Paris and St Petersburg succeeding Lieutenant-Commander Roy C. Smith He will attain captain rank soon after beginning duty Born in California he joined the navy in 1868 by appointment due to his father's service
Henry G. Dillaway of H. G. Dillaway & Co. and Mrs. Louise E. Markoe were married at South Congregational Church by Rev. Samuel A. Eliot. Mrs. Markoe, widow of G. F. H. Markoe, has led the South End Industrial School. the couple planned to reside in Allston after a New Hampshire wedding trip.
Hanover Aug 8 James A Garland the Boston clubman is dangerously ill at Broad Oak Farm. Dr L Vernon Briggs says the crisis has passed but there is no hope of recovery due to heart injury from pneumonia poisoning. Despite the danger his vitality surprises physicians.
A question column from readers in Nashua Worcester and Charlestown asks about Dr. Morrison's fee for Steve the sleuth. The answer: billed by the job not per joint, $1000 charged.
The colonial cabinet enforced the head tax of 300 on every Chinese entering the colony after gaining imperial approval. The move follows a legislative measure and aims to block a plan to import 500 coolies into Newfoundland, St Johns.
Portland report says a servant girl who refused to work for the commandant's wife joined another officer's family at Fort Walla Walla. Captain H. P. Howard issued a special order requiring her removal from the military reservation. War Department investigation expected.
Theodore Roustan former French minister at Washington and key figure in French North Africa policy died in Paris aged 70. He guided the annexation of Tunis to French dominion and helped elevate the legation to embassy.
Edward B. Southwick of the park department said no trace of gypsy moths could be found in New York City trees despite reports. He noted tests showed no infestation in park areas as of August 8.
Franklin Abbott of the Somerset Club arrives in New York aboard the Zeeland from Antwerp after weeks in Europe. Mrs. Elmer C. Rice and Miss Rice also return aboard the same steamer. Lowell Blake plans a early fall abroad for Beatrice Blake and William Nickerson's wedding in September. Mrs. Eugene V. R. Thayer Jr. rejoices at her mother Mrs. Mortimer Brooks’s return from Liverpool with her brother Eugene Higgins and niece Mrs. John R. Livermore. Lewis Cass Ledyard Jr. and wife arrive at Newport, hosting gay events at the villa of his parents. Mrs. Ledyard, formerly Ruth Langdon Emery, is a Cambridge native, with a late-rose wedding memory.
The Boston Post invites readers to submit concepts for a series of dilemma pictures to provide summer amusement. Send ideas to the Dilemma Picture Editor at the newspaper.
Silas admitted taking 20 bottles of the famous patent medicine. Then the discussion moved to whether he signed a testimonial. He answered no and stated that he signed the pledge instead.
A dialogue about ancestors and money ends with a humorous blunt remark about not having funds to buy a toothpick.
Poem by James Whitcomb Riley describes a hot summer day with lazy cattle and deserted threshing, a restless river margin, and children’s voices blending with bird song. The scene shifts to a dusty highway, a silent forest, and a night that follows a sweltering day as heat intensifies.
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