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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1905
Page
6
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co dated December 18 1905 announces office location at 259 Washington Street Boston Mass and issue number 67 volume 181. Contains brief notices and internal information for readers and vendors.
The Board of Police enforces a strict screen law affecting Boston druggists who sell liquor for medicinal use. Pharmacies may surrender licenses to avoid removing sign displays, risking public access to medicinal liquor at times when no other source is available. The case prompts debate on law clarity and potential revisions this winter.
The Panama Canal relief appropriation grows as Senate amendments urge regular public estimates of salaries. The $184 million project has spent about $76.5 million so far, with decisions pending on sea level versus locks. April funding of $10 million is requested to continue work amid risk of waste and graft, calling for full publicity of all details.
President Paul Morton of Equitable mails a circular urging policy holders to influence lawmakers against what he calls unreasonable life insurance laws. He warns of danger amid current revelations and notes dividends would be higher by about 10 percent if not for state taxes and license fees the society must pay.
The writer argues that high life insurance costs come from internal waste rather than state fees. Emphasizing Mr. Morton’s pledge to end political subscriptions and invest surplus in real estate mortgages and solid local securities, the piece praises removing policyholders from risky syndicate ventures.
Baer and associates press demands amid Shamokin talks while barbed wire fences go up around mines. Outside labor imports are reported as a spring strike is anticipated, with the coal trust stockpiling millions of tons and ready to push prices if a walkout occurs. Massachusetts urged federal action to curb coal price gouging.
Secretary Taft argued against lowering Dingley rates on Philippine tobacco, saying U S tobacco output dwarfs Philippine trade. He asserted even with reduced tariffs American manufacturers could undercut Manila made cigars, despite protests from Connecticut Valley New York Florida and Georgia growers.
A New York reader questions Boston’s beaneating standard postulating that 68 782 barrels of beans are consumed yearly for a 560 000 population. He calculates 194 quarts per person and debates whether Boston natives or foreigners dominate the beaneating rate. He muses on fag production and whether Boston’s atmosphere shapes beaneater capacity.
A burglar robs a mansion but meets a pleading child who asks him to change his life. The thief contemplates his wife and children and, in an unlikely twist, resolves to live differently, becoming a life insurance president.
A French scientist reports that injected formic acid can cure laziness, citing trials on a Paris hobo a copper and a messenger boy. Subjects showed increased energy and productivity with brain activity rising, though the race of tests remains in infancy.
Brief items include the Water Wagon departing Jan 1 with seats selling fast for a one-way trip to Good Endeavor, free water en route, no transfers, no stopovers, and return not until Jan 1, 1907. The notice notes high demand and no transfers.
The annual winter Sunday concert by the Waltham Canoe Club was held this afternoon in Waltham. The orchestra, directed by Edward F. Balch, performed to a large audience turnout.
The United States revenue cutter Gresham raced through a ferocious gale to aid the Nantucket Shoals lightship crew after Boston-based relief was deemed necessary. The ship arrived in Boston with coal low, having averaged 15 3 knots despite heavy seas, while the lightship had already been towed by the Azalea. The item also notes other local events including a New England domino tournament, an English customs anecdote, and a Vendome hospital fair raising funds.
Will Craig, after ten months of marriage, returns home from a bachelor banquet with a bunch of green grapes as a peace offering. His wife applies mustard plasters to "draw blood," leaving him blistered and in pain. Dr. Clark calls to treat him, and Craig's friends later tease him about the Keeley cure.
In Lincoln Nebraska a corn only banquet will honor Nebraska corn growing contest contestants. About 500 public school students who planted corn under the state instruction program will attend with Secretary of Agriculture Wilson as guest of honor. The menu features corn soup popcorn float corn pudding and corn cake among many maize dishes and corn husk cigarettes.
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