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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1906
Page
6
The Post publishes subscription terms dated August 18, 1906, listing rates for Daily and Evening Post. It notes mailing to any US address, with price options, and reminders about sender risk and payment methods. The notice mentions vacation mailing arrangements and address changes as needed.
Notices warn subscribers that all subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance. If payments are not received, service will be discontinued without further notice on capitation. Readers are urged to contact the Post if they cannot obtain delivery from their newsdealer.
The Democratic State committee yesterday endorsed a resolution from wage earners clubs urging a Democratic wage earner who is a recognized labor leader be placed on the State ticket. The action aims to align the ticket with labor interests and ensure representatives of organized labor share in nominations.
The First National Bank of Chelsea failed amid allegations of excessive loans to insiders by the president and directors. The review emphasizes unfaithfulness to trust, moral responsibility, and the burden on small depositors and shareholders despite limited overall financial impact.
New York mayor in a Berlin cable interview argues municipal ownership of street railways fails. He cites Frankfurt Dresden and other cities where public systems under municipal control perform poorly and traffic remains weak. He warns American communities against adopting such models and calls municiperation the last des.
The article argues that private enterprise should be used first and only resorted to when it fails. It notes Mayor McClellan’s exception for Glasgow and concludes municipal ownership is not a universal solution but a context dependent experiment whose viability varies by locality.
The column discusses the New Haven system’s purge of Massachusetts trolley lines, contrasting with Connecticut where steam and street railways are unified. It notes potential legal outcomes, corporate restructurings, and the Massachusetts law mandating separation, followed by assorted local society notes and brief anecdotes.
The article links the western South American quake's damage to a broader pattern of cosmic disturbances. It compares the San Francisco event and Vesuvius eruption, notes a southward Pacific coast spread, and cites sun spot activity and Gulf Stream shifts as supporting signs of an era of upheaval.
The Temps profiles William J. Bryan, arguing the 1908 presidential race hinges on personality. It traces his world journey from Turkey to St. Petersburg during the Douma, to Coronation Day in Trondhjem, on to England and Paris where he spoke at the interparliamentary congress and met reporters, though offering only vague remarks.
Mrs L A Worrell of New York city asks the pension bureau to provide a husband after widowhood from the Spanish American War. She offers to forfeit her pension, but Davenport cannot assign staff support and the request is ignored.
Boston attorney Edward E. Clarke seeks disclosures at the Lexington Ky suits over the Southern Mutual Investment Company. Since May the firm has been under receivership across several states as it liquidates. Kentucky law makes stockholders personally liable to creditors.
In a bold chapter turn Stealthy Steve, a clever all seeing sleuth, quits his post atop the statue of Liberty to fight a ferocious shark and emerge victorious in a dangerous hand to hand clash.
Steve battles sea and wind after clinging to a shark as a mysterious alert cries man overboard. Stranded miles from land off the Atlantic, he swims toward New York then collapses. In a parallel tale, Natalie Page helps Rev. David Graham found a charity home, culminating in their marriage and the Pomfret Home.
A reader asks how to proceed after a summer romance with a middle aged professional woman in New Hampshire. The columnist advises writing first then visiting, noting the tearful parting and suggesting the couple share tea and warmth, concluding that loving her includes kindness to her dachshund.
A reader apologizes for rushing to a conclusion and commends Miss Champagne for wisely advising a young man to stay away. He notes his wife has met the columnist and that he has previously praised the Post in her praise, expressing willingness to be criticized honestly.
The Ward 18 Democratic club schedules an outing at Quincy tomorrow with speakers Councilman Thomas J. Fay and Daniel J. Curley both candidates for Representative. They will discuss the district attorney’s candidacy amid a clam bake and New England dinner.
PR readers are invited to submit ideas for a series of dilemma pictures to be used for summer entertainment. Send proposals to the Dilemma Picture Editor at the Boston Post.
Sympathy flows for Mrs. Elias J. Bliss and Miss Sallie Bliss on the death of E. J. Bliss in Brookline. A long list of prominent guests sails aboard Cymric led by Sir James Barr and Lady Barr, while Captain Candage returns to Kent Street. Notables Lucy Fay joins golf club, and Miss Caroline Fuller plans Brookline visits before winter. Society events include a charity tableaux at Mrs. Putnam’s Smith Point home for the Floating Hospital.
New York Aug 17 Though Senator Chauncey M Depew appears in public he is apart from his wife who lives at the Manor house near Dobbs Ferry and Irvington The senator stays at the Paton place with Dr Pond and R T Black as aide and chauffeur He suffers from violent nervousness despite outdoor trips.
There will be an important meeting of the Dublin County Association of Boston at 694 Washington Street Boston tomorrow evening. Natives of Dublin or their children are eligible and invited to attend.
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