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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1906
Page
6
The Boston Post announces subscription rates and contact details for the Post Publishing Company. It lists daily and Sunday editions pricing, office addresses in Boston Massachusetts, and payment instructions including discontinuation policy.
The wage rise affects 175000 operatives across New England with increases of 5 to 10 percent starting in Lowell for 10000 workers and rolling out before year end. The voluntary, nationwide raise signals strong business conditions and boosts household spending and community well being.
The piece argues a court martial should determine accountability for the Brownsville affair involving the Twenty-fifth Infantry. It contends the investigation should trace fault from noncommissioned officers to the post commander, and that the president’s swift discharge of enlisted men warrants formal inquiry to uncover the true facts and ensure justice for those harmed.
The Vatican clarifies that church authorities object only to clergy actions and laypersons may file notices for public religious assemblies. French government may require only yearly notices for religious gatherings, enabling a workable modus vivendi. About 80 parishes have already complied and many Paris churches filed notices through lay members to continue services.
Polls close tomorrow for trustees of Mutual and New York Life. Ballots mailed today must reach election offices to be counted as policyholders face solicitation exposure.
The piece urges voters to back the policy holders ticket and the policy holders' committee in light of the Armstrong bill. It argues the Legislature acted to curb corrupt management and empowers policy holders to reclaim control, stressing the community-wide stake and the harm of continuing the old regime.
A California Supreme Court test case will address whether the exclusion of a 10 year old Japanese boy from white schools violates federal treaty protections. The suit challenges state and local authority on race based segregation, with broader implications reaching Washington. The piece views the move as better than war or mobs.
Harvard seniors vote today to elect class day officers and committee members. Prominent candidates include Burnham captain of the basketball team Townsend hockey captain and Osbourne football man. Notable figures J J Ijams Harvard Crimson president Rowe glee club leader and others appear on the petition lists.
Paris report details King Alfonso rewarding Captain Schneider who guarded the carriage with King Alfonso and President Loubet during a bomb attack. The captain helped clear the way for safe progress as the crowd surged. Mme Schneider gave birth to a daughter named Madeleine and the King will be her godfather.
Stockholm reports a quiet day for King Oscar with four hours sleep and a temperature of 99.8. The heart action is unchanged and tracheal catarrh diminished, per the evening bulletin. earlier bulletin noted five hours sleep, somewhat disturbed rest, and unchanged lungs with irregular heart action.
George W. Walters an old-time actor dies in New York at age 78 born in Gloucester England. He was a leading man at the Theatre Royal in Edinburgh and worked with Sir Henry Irving in Scotland.
The Rev. Thomas Van Ness spoke on The Life and Personality of Christ at Second Church Copley Square yesterday morning. He traced Jesus from John the Baptist meeting to his mission among sinners and said his personality of good earned popularity and faith, noting everyone has some of it to aid humanity.
Teheran December 16 6 45 p m The condition of the Shah is unchanged Ali Mirza heir apparent arrived in Teheran at 5 pm He was met outside the city by war minister Naib Es Saltaneh a brother of the Shah who welcomed him and they went to the palace to be with the Shah
The item catalogs Newton Newkirk styled humor from the day’s news and adds light notes about communities and events. It captures a breezy, small town voice with playful jests and casual social observations.
L. B. Hicks, a miner near Bakersfield California, was trapped 60 feet underground when the mine caved. A speaking tube connected his chamber to the surface, and rescue would take five days. He endured a comical sequence of food attempts, from hot soup to a scrambled egg and grape nuts, ending with a request for a catcher's mask and gloves.
Ailing Antonio Cassiamano of Irvington seeks treatment from Dr. E T Smith after taking a two-part plaster. He fears a stomach pump but the tale shifts to a glamorous St Louis social event where Mrs. Thomas L. Anderson’s Paris hat catches fire and is dumped out a window. A vagrant Yohnnie Malaskis recounts two baths and dreams of soap as Congress raises the Vice President’s pay to 12000 dollars.
The fragment suggests a proverb-like guidance to start from the bottom and work upward rather than starting at the top and risking a misstep or error. It conveys a cautious approach to tasks.
A Boston Post reader urges recognition of clerks in handling a letter from Winchester to the Louis Street Theatre. The writer says the task involved multiple clerks at the Winchester box, Boston central, Essex Street, and carrier routes, not just carriers, and asks the editor to publish the note in justice to clerical staff.
A brain teaser yields a lemon prediction as a boy learns alphabets and post office counts. A bishop and sailor joke unfolds, and J A Barringer wittily critiques English education. Boston transit notes report subway conductors, transfers for East Boston, and improving car heating and tunnel routes aiding Noddle Island residents.
A geologist Peabody falls in a gorge and is saved by Hank Ripley family. Belinda, the mountaineer’s daughter, falls for the refined stranger as Peabody recovers with Miss Isabel King. Belinda thwarts danger when a snake menaces them, suffering wrist bites in the act. Belinda and Peabody’s bond grows amid jealousy.
An item from French comic papers translated for the Post features a joke about finding motor goggles to peel onions without crying. Pele Mele delivers the quip with playful wordplay on tech gear and kitchen tasks.
A new conscript replies he is an astronomer and is cautioned by the captain to make no observations within the regiment. The exchange appears in the Loisirs section.
A playful caption depicts a man and his companion entering a cab while the driver jokes they are riding in a hearse. The satirical exchange captures a dark, humorous mood from the Journal Amusant.
A sailor explains to a passenger that the lifebuoys are fastened securely and would require clever effort to remove. He stresses the danger of theft by imagining someone taking them.
A medical student asks what operation was done and for how much, a doctor replies five hundred francs, and the student presses for the patient's illness, prompting a punchline about the fee.
A wartime journal note uses a sergeant's line about scouting, urging recruits to move silently and stealthily, like a wolf or adder, during reconnaissance.
In a tense scene Belinda, bitten by a rattler, pleads for comfort from Isabel as Peabody calls for whiskey. Belinda admits deep resentment toward Isabel before succumbing to the venom. Isabel kisses her and is led away in tears by Peabody.
A celebrated physician recalls a shabby man who sought help for indigestion. The doctor later learned the patient was rich enough to afford an operation for appendicitis, underscoring the risk of misjudging patients by appearance.
A restaurant keeper laments spoilage of fish and the need to satisfy patrons to stay in business. Nos Lolisirs notes the dilemma of keeping customers by serving fresh fare versus waste from spoilage.
A father or mother instructs Jean to share an apple with her sister citing the idea that pleasure is doubled. Jean answers that sharing halves the apple, yielding a playful exchange about fairness and generosity.
A lady and gentleman sang through their noses in an interminable duet, prompting an audience member to call it a nasal combat as Nos Lolsirs observed the scene.
An elderly shareholder pleads for employment in Bon Vivant's office saying he invested in all Boursé companies and is ruined. Bon Vivant refuses, replying he seeks only intelligent men for his business.
A brief exchange shows a small boy begging for his supposed father who is described as an orphan. The dialogue underscores themes of charity and deception in a social vignette. The boy insists the plea aids his father, who is claimed to be an orphan.
A columnist advises that when a woman acts distant a man should take initiative and show resolve. He warns that a woman may signal with silence while a year of calling suggests asserting position and testing resolve. The piece frames dating dynamics and male assertiveness as the path to understanding.
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