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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1905
Page
6
The Boston Post listing subscription prices for Alta ARG SCAL criteria s ecies s ieces and options, including six months at 1.50 and one month at 26c, with Sunday Post rates at 2.50 yearly. It notes second class matter status and payment cautions.
The Boston Post argues for a modus vivendi to harmonize state liquor law with city life. It warns that full administration plans could provoke contempt for the law and public ridicule, urging reasonable provisions to allow sober lawful enjoyment.
The Association to Prevent Corrupt Practices urges stronger anti bribery laws after a New York municipal vote. Ex Mayor Low argues against disenfranchising voters for party misdeeds, warning the measure would punish honest voters and deny suffrage if adopted.
The investigation into New York life insurance firms may be incomplete without Postmaster-General Cortelyou. Although Mr. Hughes omits Cortelyou from his witness list, observers insist his testimony is essential as officials deny contributions to the campaign.
The article argues Mr. Cortelyou, collector and almoner, should disclose how much life insurance corporations contributed to the last presidential campaign. It stresses decisive facts are needed to determine praise or punishment and urges summoning Cortelyou to testify and reveal records.
The Moscow working men’s council plans a nationwide call for a general strike expected today, aiming to end postal and telegraph walkouts. Financiers warn a week of strikes could bankrupt provinces and ruin industries, while the army faces questions of loyalty as mutinies and defections grow.
Representatives Landis of Indiana and Ames of Massachusetts introduce conservative plans for federal supervision of the insurance business. The proposals cover the District of Columbia and Territories, seeking certificates of authority and revocation for noncompliance, aiming to set a national standard.
A row of paragraphs discusses evolving views on women and fashion, noting amethyst hair as a trend and deriding other eye and hair colors as outdated. It also quotes a Minneapolis Tribune correspondent on gender roles, and a humorous depot information exchange about travel names and accents in Minnesota.
The Guthrie Clarion comments that the Boston Post wonders about honesty in New York and suggests a congressional investigation could benefit the Boston paper and its readers.
A boxing bout between Bob Fitzsimmons and Jack O'Brien in San Francisco is billed as a world title clash with Fitz claiming multiple weight class championships. The column also ponders Boston mayoral ambitions, hands off foreign policy, a long line of aphorisms, and an ambitious Indian from Oklahoma seeking the U.S. Senate.
A lighthearted note reports Nicholas Longworth is bald yet wed the President's daughter. It recalls a New York dentist charging Prince Louis of Battenberg 1000 for four teeth, with the prince paying without complaint. The piece muses on royalty and dental prices and avoids international fallout. It ends with a bee speed joke about escaping a bee at 40 miles an hour.
The speaker laments being dragged to social events by a dominant partner, dreaming of independence. He notes his reluctance to rebel yet acknowledges the burden of obligation and a life that feels slow under the yoke. The Chicago News records this lament from a columnist perspective.
In a column of city observations from Wellesley and Boston readers, residents debate searchlights on electric cars, winter solstice notes, local curiosities, a theatre stage prop valued at 10000 dollars, parishions and public figures, and a humorous tale of Molly and young wife mania ending in a yellow kitchen floor mishap and marriage harmony.
Society notes detail a grand Somerset ball hosted by Mrs. Morris Gray on Commonwealth avenue for her daughter Elizabeth Gravy with green and scarlet decorations and a white satin gown. Also covered are upcoming marriage receptions for Miss Louise Shearer and the Boston visit of guests Chauncey Dewey and others at Manhattan events.
A 19 year old girl asks Miss Champagne for guidance about a Protestant friend who may be shifting from friendship to something deeper amid religious differences. The adviser suggests stepping back to avoid potential unhappy outcomes, noting religious differences often complicate marriages.
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