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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
6
The August 80 1906 issue lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions. Daily rates include one year 3.00 dollars, six months 1.50, eight months 0.75, one month 0.25, plus a note on Boston mailing. Sunday Post rates show one year 2.50, six months 1.25, three months 0.65.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery to any US or Canadian address for 25 cents a month and the Sunday Post at the same rate. Address changes are allowed as often as desired.
All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration if delivery cannot be obtained from a newsdealer or newsboy. Notify by postal to FE A Grozer Editor and Publisher.
The Hon William Jennings Bryan returns to cheers from a broad American audience. Citizens see him as a weighty sane voice in a tense era, with growing public esteem from a decade in public life and his travels abroad. A formal New York reception tonight will reflect sincere and widespread approval.
Harvard eight impresses on Putney Mortlake course with times near Cambridge best on the English waters. Cambridge's Leander pace lags Harvard by 21 seconds on the same course. The squad, now well tuned, should be ready for the forthcoming Cambridge showdown and a strong showing against Oxford.
The speaker argues for government workers joining unions, citing the National Federation of Post Office Clerks as established. He says there is no oath forbidding union membership and contends that affiliation with the Federation of Labor would not harm the service or labor generally.
The piece argues real estate speculation helped topple the Milwaukee Avenue Bank of Chicago First National Bank of Chelsea and the Philadelphia Real Estate Trust Company while faulting bank directors examiners and officers for breach of trust. It calls for higher ethical standards and faithful duty in finance and trade amid warning of a potential broader downturn.
Judge Harris in Superior Court imposed a two year sentence on Walter F Clark for attempted bribery of a juror in the Sinclair trial. Two colored men involved received fines. The piece condemns jury fixing as a crime undermining justice and safety.
The article discusses Chicago post office clerks forming a labor union aligned with the AFL. It argues government employees retain citizenship rights and the ability to organize. The piece emphasizes that public service does not erase individual rights or affiliations.
Pittsburg police were asked to search for Benjamin Co. Tyler a Carnegie Steel heir who grew wealthy after a surge in stock value. He sold his stake after the Carnegie takeover and retired to a Rochester farm, but his health declined and he has since wandered away from home.
Ben M. Shaffner plans legal moves to suppress his wife Lillian Shaffner’s book Suzan na on Chicago society scandals. Bahai members, a several hundred strong Chicago group, defend the work calling it religious inspiration from Allah e Abha. They believe the Messiah’s second coming occurred in Persia and the imprisoned figure will be crucified in 1917.
London rumors say William Waldorf Astor may soon receive a baronetcy. His son, a Life Guards subaltern, rescued a drowning trooper at Windsor, prompting the King to praise the Anglo American and reportedly consider honoring the father.
Heart disease caused the death of John J. Taylor 45 of 6 Olive Place South End found dead in bed by his wife. Since the widow cannot cover funeral costs the State will provide a decent burial as the deceased was a war veteran.
A reader reports a man in the Park Street subway tried to catch a running inbound car. He pushed an elderly passenger ten feet, who fell and was injured. Witnesses fear more harm as such “hog a conts” continue to occur, though rarely reported.
Stealthy Steve faces twin brothers Vermicelli and Bonario Bonario as a Black Hand plot unravels at a wedding. One twin plots revenge with poisoned engagement ring while the other seeks justice. the sleuth contemplates return home to a deserted house and a wife’s ominous note.
Dilemma Pictures announces the closing date for its series and thanks correspondents for bright contest suggestions. Many ideas were received, though not all could be used.
Vermicelli Bonario returns to marry Vivian via a staged escapees plot and is bound to the heiress. The Black Hand case is handed to authorities at the wedding. Bonario and allies are convicted and sentenced to life annuities at Sing Sing. Stealthy Steve pursues the Massachusetts gubernatorial question.
In a Chicago Record-Herald poem S. E. Kiser urges resolve and action. The speaker rejects despair and urges productive use of time, saying to give the world the best one has and to accept life.
A crowd on Main Street recalls a southern Pennsylvania episode where volunteers and regular troops clashed in pride and merit. A volunteer rescues a woman from a burning building, aided by a second volunteer as a ladder proves too short. The officer scolds the farmer for a flawed salute.
A young man asks Mildred Champagne for guidance after sharing an engagement ring and facing a distant fiancée. The columnist urges mutual respect, warns against neglect, and suggests the woman may be testing loyalty while the man should consider balanced behavior.
The listing office at Police Headquarters 37 Pemberton Square opens daily 6 A M to 10 P M and Saturday Sept 1 until midnight as the 1906 listing ends. Boston male residents May 1 1905 who are not yet listed or who have six months residency may apply. unlisted voters cannot vote this year. Printed lists available at 387 Pemberton Square. Stephen O'Meara and John M. Minton Listing Board.
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