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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
6
Fragmentary notice from December 12 1906 showing publication details for Post Publishing Co with address at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
Subscriptions to the Post must be prepaid and will be discontinued without further notice for nonpayment. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly, notify us at the Malin business office. Editor and Publisher Grozier asks readers to report delivery issues promptly.
The Boston vote yields a satisfactory result with the Good Government Association endorsing four candidates. The Common Council appears Democratic while Street Commissioner Gallivan leads in plurality. Ellis wins another term on the School Board and promises more work. Municipal duties start soon.
President Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize honor is linked to forming a permanent industrial peace committee in Washington. The plan aims to foster equitable relations between capitalists and workers, aligning with the founder’s purpose of promoting just peace in both industrial and international realms.
A practical test of voting machines in two precincts showed satisfactory results. Machines allowed accurate recording with little effort, caused no major delays, and produced an unusually fast tally that appears accurate without need for a recount.
The Senate shows unprecedented hesitation in confirming Roosevelt cabinet changes. The delay is not clearly antagonistic but is exceptional, recalling historic conflicts with a hostile Senate. Confirms have historically been prompt with minimal committee reference.
The article notes a ten day delay since President Roosevelt sent his revised cabinet list, with Senators slow to act and queries about resignations of Shaw Hitchcock and Bonaparte. It mentions Cortelyou awaiting appointment and Albany Court hearings on George W. Perkins tied to campaign funds.
President Roosevelt urges Congress to grant full American citizenship to Porto Ricans and notes it would fix the Spanish citizenship anomaly while preserving a territorial government. He cautions against granting legislative or executive powers immediately and recommends a territorial framework during the transition.
Dr. Jeremiah Wight unveils Hygienic Skating Pond promising safer skating with a nonfreezing surface and danger signs at thick ice. A hot-water underflow and electrically powered foot warmers aim to prevent frostbite and pneumonia, with plans for roof gardens in eastern cities.
A satirical column features a reader query about dead trains and funeral rites for transit cars. It riffes on missed arrivals and quirky lines like Miss Discharged and Miss Got There Late. The piece ends with breezy quips about elections and local humor.
A local column recounts odd incidents from Monday in Boston including a well dressed man in sandals walking through slush. It reports on a charity fair at Paul Revere Hall run by Miss Elizabeth Power with Annie Niland in charge of a guessing contest. Also covered are a near miss on a station platform, Lynn factory concerns, and progress on the Boston Elevated Railway toward Forest Hills.
Mrs. Ellen A. Winslow of 89 Mt Vernon Street walked half a mile to vote in the School Board race as citizens faced icy streets and balky hackmen. She, a Charlestown native from the Bailey era, cast her ballot for Ellis amid strong interest in school matters.
Trouble in Boonville Indiana as the Boonville Church Ladies' Aid prints a cook book with a Bacchus mince pie recipe. Husbands test the pie, mischief follows, saloon sales drop, and a political clash looms with prohibitionists planning an anti mince pie crusade before the next election.
The Rev. Herbert M. Nield of Eastbrook Hall Wesleyan Mission in Bradford recalls an amusing incident from The Young Man about tipping Hackler's Pride to a crowd of 20600 working men. He exposes bookmakers touts and tipsters as part of a conspiracy, noting Hackler's Pride won the Cambridgeshire race and spread through city workshops.
A humorous exchange features a friend describing a well off man on Commonwealth Avenue. The punch line reveals the man supposedly eats eyes every morning, heard by chance during a casual overheard conversation.
In Malone New York four local men publish sleighing season rules. Driving with one hand is fine. chaperones are banned in cutters. moonlit lovemaking should not breach promise actions. Ostracize girls who refuse rides after engagement and payment. Avoid romantic roads and limit complaints from older girls unless exceptionally pretty. Mothers of best girls may be taken to demonstrate safety.
New Orleans reports plans for a nearly mile long roller toboggan slide to be built with smooth pine boards and rollers. Proponents claim speeds near 70 mph on sunny days, though risk units warn a guard rail mishap could be fatal. Construction expected within a month or two.
Reports from Prince Albert describe a week long snowstorm with six days of snowfall reaching nine feet in open areas and drifts up to fifty four feet. Settlers dig tunnels between houses and may live under the snow through winter. Some plowing continues with reduced cooking and light. Ladders and trap doors manage surface access and ventilation.
Engaged Clarisse laments lack of reply from Clarence in a lighthearted exchange. Ethel teases the late letter as Clarisse notes she wrote over two hours ago and used an immediate delivery stamp. This humorous dialogue captures domestic chatter.
In Nome Nome Alaska bitter cold prevails for ten days with fires burning as red ice. The fiery orator John Hare gave a lecture while the frost turned rhetoric to ice. Edward Long’s frozen leg after exposure to a tent pinhead sized opening. Livestock and kitchen tasks suffer as eggs, milk and frying pans confront extreme chill.
Russell avoids candy until Aunt Flo invites a beechnutting trip. Connie, upset after a fall at school, reconciles with Russell as Flo contends with jealousy. The trio heads to the east pasture to gather beechnuts while Richard Townsend arrives, prompting Flo to forgive and reaffirm affection.
Humorous exchange from Ally Sloper features Gladys praising Herbert as born to be a writer with a fine ear for carrying a pen. Selected from current comic papers in England.
A tiny yellow canary fetched £25 at Yarmouth, as the London Opinion notes the bloaters hum a nostalgic tune about wishing to be a bird.
In a dialogue whetting wit and finance, a millionaire counsels his nephew on honesty as he reflects on a life of success and shrewd enterprise, while the boy questions the price of wealth. Ally Sloper's bustle of mischief frames the exchange with a touch of period humor.
A humorous Tit-Bits snippet shows a waitress dismissing a fuss over a fly in tea while a customer objects to mixed bathing in the cup, highlighting witty wordplay and period tone.
In Hornsey churchyard a memorial reads To the memory of Emma and Maria Littleboy the twin children of George and Emma Littleboy. The couple had two Littleboy children who are noted as girls in a curious turn of phrase the tale recounts as a riddle.
Jones ends a long five hour wait with a bite while a playful inspection of the catch unfolds with a bemused Little Stranger asking if it is bait in a Glasgow Herald moment.
The Manchester Chronicle notes a shift as France moves to end capital punishment while England shows greater readiness to use it. The contrast frames a broader international debate on the role of the death penalty in modern democracies.
An exchange shows an angry employer confronting a bill distributor over litter on the pavement. The distributor defends the practice as a time saver for delivering handbills to people.
A motor car on Regent street suddenly struck a wig-maker’s shop window. Reportedly several wigs were damaged and escaped without a fall of casualties.
In Pearson's Weekly the cartoonist Ebony Stain says no sketches accepted yet but is posting banns of marriage as a plan to publish. Higgins asks if any sketches have been accepted.
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