24 Dec 1906
Page 6
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1906
Page
6
Daily newspaper issued by Post Publishing Co with issue date December 24 1906 and edition details.
The Daily rates show one year 6.00. Ely months 1.50. 8 months 0.75. 1 month 0.20. The Sunday Post costs one year 2.50. six months 1.25. three months 0.60. Entered as Second Class Matter in Boston. Do not send cash. make checks or money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Advertisements outline prepaid Port subscriptions and automatic discontinuation on expiration. Readers must notify the office with a new dealer or boy change. Editorial contact A Grozier, Editor and Publisher, lists main business office numbers.
The article describes a traditional Christmas Eve scene with fresh snow, ice covered fields, frozen ponds and lively street activity. Shoppers fill the retail districts as eagerly awaiting gifts and Santa Claus preparations shape the day before the holiday, marking a climactic prelude to Christmas morning.
The article critiques District Attorney Moran for misquoting the Sunday law and argues Sunday work must be both necessary and charitable. It cites projects like the Washington street tunnel and Stony Brook sewer as examples and warns a judicial ruling could clarify city authority to repair streets and sewers on Sundays.
Reports claim President Roosevelt intends to veto any congressional move to restore the dismissed colored Twenty fifth Infantry soldiers. The piece notes his prior repudiation of conversational reports and suggests Supreme Court guidance may resolve the dispute without a full executive legislative war.
A column recalls the great fog of December 21 1906 and a playful string of train jokes on the Boston and Albany line as Newton visitors recall. It also offers quirky old fashion Christmas gift ideas such as a Roosevelt Bear pin cushion a drum made from a tin dishpan and a toy train using an old dead train and pipe segments.
The Bakersfield miner Hicks is drawn from a shaft after being entombed for more than two weeks. The event stands out amid a day of routine news as rescuers prevail and the man survives a perilous ordeal.
In a California mine accident Hicks, buried under 60 feet of rock after a collapse that killed his coworkers, was fed through a tube for 15 days and rescued via a tunnel from a lower level. Celebrations with cannon fire followed his extrication, seen as a feat of engineering science.
The piece promotes the annual newsboys ben efit urging readers to give without taking change. It portrays the boys as merchants providing a public service and asks the public to recognize their effort with a donation during Christmas season.
A New York doctor explains a man may develop a rudimentary collar button growing from the back of his neck. The growth starts as a callous from collar friction and may evolve into a fully formed button providing a future where no one needs traditional collar buttons.
A observant city column notes a woman assists a shopper saving the other’s wish, church services fill auditoriums, and a charity fund of over $400 aids families. Quincy vows a new high school after holidays, and Boston youth join a rescue story with Good Samaritan Michael Fonseca. Police appoint Patrolman Thomas Kenefick to the Police Relief Association. trains curb rowdiness with new officers and fines.
A reader named Albert H writes about loving a 21 year old woman who pretends wealth but dresses shabbily. The columnist replies that untidiness in a partner leads to marital wrecks and urges men to shun such a woman, stressing cleanliness as essential to progress and civilization.
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