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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
6
Daily and Sunday Post subscription rates listed for Boston Massachusetts. Postal notice explains vacation service and mail delivery options. Editor E A Grozier announces advance payment and discontinuation policy.
The article notes rising optimism for a record harvest across crops. It cites railroad and agricultural experts predicting the biggest wheat and corn crops in memory, with estimates of corn at 2 750 000 000 bushels and wheat at 754 000 000 bushels, along with potatoes and cotton projections. The piece links soil fertility to national wealth and prosperity.
An official St. Petersburg address urges officials to cast the late Duma as lawless and wicked and to push candidates for the new assembly who are not eloquent but experienced, patriotic, and conscience driven. It promises public happiness once a majority of such candidates is elected, but critics call it demagogic manipulation.
The silver cup sent by Sir Thomas Lipton as a prize for American yachts is held at Boston Custom House for duty payment. Value listed at $1000 with a $450 duty assessed, and the Treasury Department in Washington is expected to unwind the matter.
The argument questions taxing gifts from British sportsmen and urges remitting duties on raw materials like hides coal and lumber. Critics say protection is unnecessary for a $1000 prize cap and warn the current tariff policy creates a ridiculous situation. Republican economists insist the status quo must end.
Recess committee findings show sharp inequality in tax burden and widespread evasion through untaxed direct inheritances. Assessors cite Beacon Street owners as non residents who dodge taxes by securing legal residence elsewhere. Experts argue only a broad inheritance tax can stop these practices and ensure fair public funding.
A Dedham by law bans profane language in public places. During a severe heat spell a man was brought before the court, convicted, and fined one dollar for swearing in public. The piece notes the weather spurred oaths and mocks the leniency of local justice.
The Lowell nine touts its championship claim after defeating the Holyoke police team and eyes a further test against the Boston force. Captain Jack Donovan notes there are skilled Boston players, but hopes for another triumph. The piece also mentions Coburn slated to pitch for Brant Rock, summer resort baseball, and various local notes from Malden, Haverhill, and South Boston.
The conversation records Mrs Black claiming a drink cure added to coffee helped reduce her husband’s drinking. Mrs White questions whether it cured him, and Mrs Black confirms it targeted coffee drinking.
Rumors of Mary Hall returning to the city ease as New York reports she is engaged by Daniel V. Arthur and J. Fred Zimmerman Jr for the leading female role in The Measure of a Man. Robert Drouet Quincy Kilby will play the lead male role in the same production.
Conversation among staff recounts Splurger threatening to cause a racket over slow soup service. Comedic chatter contrasts his future dining glare with the waiter’s concern. The exchange highlights cafeteria humor and table gossip.
The tale recounts Stealthy Steve the Six-Eyed Sleuth escaping death after leaping from the Flatiron roof and being washed to a Brooklyn dock. He hides, retrieves the engagement ring from V Bonanno's fiancée Vivian De Peyster, and disguises himself as Bonano to claim the ring while Bonario probes the mystery. The scene ends with Steve discovering a crucial clue and promising continuation tomorrow.
A Post correspondent suggests a new take on Stealthy Steve’s escape from destruction. He claims high winds around the Flatiron building blew Steve miles offshore while clinging to a broken flag staff, which kept him afloat until shore. He says Steve was rewarded with cigarette money for returning the staff, a theory the All Sorts column does not vouch for.
Expressions of sympathy pour in for Harold Blanchard in illness at Corey Hill Hospital as families and friends travel and host gatherings across Bar Harbor Nahant and Brookline. Notices note deaths and bereavements including Dr and Mrs Vassar Pierce and Donald M Hill with travel and European sojourns of Gordon and other society figures.
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