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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1905

Page

6

Post Publishing Co Daily and Sunday Post rates

The December 25 1905 issue lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions. Rates show one year at 5.00, six months 1.50, three months 0.75, and one month 0.25. The notice notes second class mail status and cautions against sending cash with payments.

Post Publishing Co Washington St Boston Mass the Sunday Post Pont Maia Post Publishing Company

Merry Christmas Spirit Shines Across a Prosperous Nation

A Christmas message cites winter air and warm hearts as prosperity and public harmony uplift the nation. It speaks of full employment, living wages, and charitable aid for the less fortunate, urging acts of kindness in the spirit of the season and the teachings of the Master.

Trade with the East Shows Rapid U S Growth in China and Japan

Washington statistics show U S exports to China rising to about 50 million dollars and to Japan to around 46.5 million in the first ten months, up sharply from last year. China buys mainly cotton cloth and copper, while Japan imports raw cotton and electrical machinery, carriages, and flour.

Bureau of Statistics Department of Commerce Washington China Japan United States Philippines Porto Rico

Return of President McCall's Son From Paris Mission

The son of President John A. McCall of New York Life returns from Paris where he went on a mission to the absent legislative agent.

John A. McCall New York Life Paris

Massachusetts Governor-Elect Curtis Guild Christmas Message

Governor-Elect Curtis Guild extols the nation’s Christmas spirit. He urges peace on earth and good will toward men, expressing gratitude for the season and the country’s blessings.

Curtis Guild, Jr The Commonwealth Massachusetts John F. Fitzgerald Boston Europe

Restitution Drive Gathers Pace in New York Insurance Inquiry

Hamilton rekindles the mystery of a misused fund with Young Mc Call claiming a detailed statement from Hamilton will emerge soon. President McCall pledges to cover up to a quarter million if unsatisfied, with year end nearing. Officials foresee further suits to recover funds diverted from policyholders in other scandals, while McCurdys reportedly shift real estate and wealth to wives. The year’s end could bring a cleanup of the life insurance scandals in New York.

Hamilton McCall McCurdys New Jersey New York

New Premier Campbell-Bannerman Opens Campaign With Cautious Stance

The new premier’s Albert Hall address disturbs Conservatives by its radical tone yet pleases some Liberal progressives. He pledges to subdue military power to civil authority, supports South Africa policy on Chinese coolies, and signals home rule for Ireland while promising to place Irish affairs in Irish hands when possible. The speech frames a cautious, issue driven campaign ahead of Parliament’s next session.

Henry Campbell-Bannerman Albert Hall South Africa Lord Curzon Kitchener India Transvaal Ireland

Royal Arcanum rate ruling sparks court appeal

Justice Gaynor voided the new Royal Arcanum rate schedule in Brooklyn claiming it altered contracts with members. The order plans to appeal to a higher court citing a Tennessee case where injunctions in such matters were dismissed. The piece argues rates must adjust practically to keep the society viable and avoid collapse.

Gaynor Supreme Court Brooklyn N. Y Royal Arcanum Clark United States Circuit Court Tennessee Massachusetts Benevolent Insurance Association

Child Reaches Out During Holiday Sharing Outside Store

An observant citizen recalls a touching moment from the holiday season outside a department store on Washington Street. A small child, hardly capable of words, offered a simple gesture that warmed bystanders.

Washington Street

First Christmas Day Readings From Ancient English Bible

The article presents a fourteenth century style Gospel extract from Tyndall's Bible describing the Nativity in Bethlehem. It recounts the shepherds in the fields, the angels announcing the birth of Christ the Lord, and the sign of the swaddled child in a manger with a heavenly chorus praising God and peace on earth.

Eame Felde David Christ the Lord Bethlehem

The First Christmas As Told By St Luke

Narrative of the Nativity from Luke's Gospel detailing Caesar Augustus decree Joseph and Mary’s travel to Bethlehem the manger birth of Jesus shepherds visit angels praise and the shepherds finding the holy family in the manger.

St. Luke Luke Caesar Augustus Cyrenius Syria Joseph Galilee Nazareth Judea David Bethlehem Mary

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear Poem

A full text of the Christmas carol It Came Upon the Midnight Clear by Edmund H Sears is presented, tracing the angels song of peace and the world’s longing for harmony. The poem contrasts ancient heavenly music with human strife and ends with hope for a future age of peace.

Edmund H. Sears

In the Manger at Bethlehem Poem by Frances Bartlett

A devotional poem narrates Mary’s intimate view of the Nativity. It blends reverent imagery of the infant Jesus with personal longing and divine love as three kings approach at dawn to honor the newborn. The speaker reflects on fear, devotion, and the sacred mother child bond.

Frances Bartlett Herod

Christmas table dreams and a helping hand

A mother lifts her four year old to drop a coin in a Salvation Army box, prompting thanks from a lassie with a red cape. Pigs overshadow turkey as holiday meals rise in suburbia while a toy shop moment ends with a stranger buying a doll for a girl who cannot afford one.

Salvation Army Tommy Atkins Donnie Jennie

Christmas Scene At Bowdoin Square And Frog Pond

A local observer recalls Christmas warmth as strangers reward a doll and children flock to skate at the frog pond. In Bowdoin square two youths Johnny and Tim eye displays at a restaurant while pondering turkey and a pie as they wait for holiday treats.

Bowdoin Square Johnny Tim

Comparative Table of Talents and Panama Canal Debate

A spoof column by Newton Newkirk surveys a stacked ladder of theft terms and calls for serious public debate on the Panama Canal. It also riffs on school table lessons, local tidbits, and a quip about calendars from insurers, concluding with a dig at New York calendars and industry arrogance.

Telephone Heart Disease Emerges From Call Center Frenzy

A man suffers a breakdown after repeated busy signals during a chaotic phone exchange. Experts diagnose the case as telephone heart, a sensational new ailment linked to overlong ringing and misdialed lines.

Greetings to Labor Extended by President Joyce of C L U

Martin J. Joyce president of the Central Labor Union extends warm regards to the laboring class. He expresses hope that working conditions for daily sustenance improve and wishes all the best on the occasion.

Joyce Martin J. Joyce Central Labor Union

Miggs Leads a Christmas Delegation to the Church Tree

Six boys in Miggs alley plan a delegation to obtain Christmas gifts after hearing a plea from a church window. Miggs, 19, dresses as a delegate and delivers a short speech that wins aid. Presents are delivered to their alley, and the waifs discover the joy of Christmas.

Miggs Work Snips Migges Dickey Santa Claus Migues

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