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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
6
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City Treasurer Crocker reports strong demand for Boston 8 percent bonds totaling 2 416000 with oversubscription and late offers. He favors pro rata distribution after fully satisfying small bidders, to spread securities widely and encourage public participation in the municipal enterprise.
Report by Chairman Shonts argues sanitation made progress on the canal project but figures show a high mortality rate among isthmus employees. The 53.78 per 1000 isthmus death rate contrasts with 25 per 1000 for canal workers, and October deaths total 55 among 19,685 workers, versus 161 in 1884 French regime.
A fragment notes that the barricade proved obsolete in Moscow street fighting, its era ending as revolutionists slaughter demonstrates the changing tactics. The comment frames barricades as historic, surpassed by modern warfare methods.
The piece argues that revolutionary eras reduced the effectiveness of street barricades as armor and defense. It notes the shift from barricades to firearms, including flintlock era limits, then to machine cannons, with Moscow's barricade builders facing fatal outcomes.
The piece laments tax dodging in Boston and urges moral reform. It proposes forming an Anti Tax Dodgers Society to mobilize public sentiment, led by civic leaders, to attract residents back to taxed homes. It argues that reducing dodging would lower municipal costs and restore civic spirit.
The piece argues for testing free trade by loosening tariff ties with the Philippines while Spain’s treaty rights remain. It calls the Philippine commerce small, suggests disruption to tariffs would be minimal, and claims the situation offers a rare practical test of free trade theory.
A collection of opinion quotes on courtship norms and women’s behavior. It cites a man’s test for a good girl based on daily interactions, reports a Perry Oklahoma assault conviction involving Mrs. Ethel Jakeway, and notes a London fashion trend of standing after meals for digestion.
Archeologists near Rome uncover Julius Caesar’s throne buried deep in ruins. The throne is shown to reveal era life, with marks, nibble damage, and dents while Caesar dictated to the Senate and plotted campaigns.
The American Alpine Association held its fourth annual dinner at the Exchange Club. General Hazard Stevens, who first ascended Mt. Rainier in 1870, delivered the principal address. Tufts professor Charles K. E. Fay presided as remarks by H. G. Bryant, Rev Ia Noyes, Rabbi Charles Kleischer, and Miss Annie S. Peek followed with stereopticon views.
Mrs Whooper-Why chides for spending. Whooper-Yes says funds go to purposes other than water.
A playful exchange about counting to ten before fighting with a humorous twist about lasting only fifteen. The dialogue shows a cautious stance and a teasing response among youths.
The Observant Citizen reports on gifts for actor Charles Mackay and a misdirected fake check involving Council member George Scigliano. Other items note a City Hall dinner for James A. McKibben, Chelsea minstrel prep, eel fishing near Saugus, and a new painting for Cambridge’s aldermanic chamber.
A committee appointed by Governor Douglas urges purchasing and placing a portrait bust of United States Senator George Frisbie Hoar in the State Library. The panel notes Hoar was a scholar fond of books and delighted in early Commonwealth history, including bringing from England the Bradford manuscript.
Dunstan meets a brown eyed seminary student during a woods shoot. He lies about owning the land but confesses after she confronts him. She reveals her father, Mr. Lee, is the owner and invites him to return at the home that evening.
A humorous verse notes that true manhood and wisdom come with age and steadiness not youth. It rejects strict age cutoffs for perfection and jokes that a man need not be blushing or scandalous to earn respect, praising a mature, steady character.
Joshua Crane and Thomas Pettitt travel to Tuxedo for interclub court tennis at the Tuxedo Tennis and Racquet Club with a large crowd expected amid the season's ball. Receptions and assemblies mark Beverly and Beacon Street social life, and memorial services honor Arthur Sturgis Dixey as Harvard alumni gather. Edith Austin visits Providence for Walter Hackney ball, Katherine Roosevelt debut dinners, and social hostesses entertain at Bowlker and Molleson gatherings.
A young man asks how to handle his fiancée who writes to other men. The columnist cautions against extreme jealousy, urges trust in the partner, and suggests that innocent letters may occur. She concludes the fiancée should strive to deserve his faith.
In Boston unlimited tele phones cost 162 dollars yearly while Glasgow city owned lines earn 108000 dollars annually for the public purse. The piece highlights world lessons and Rus sell’s fact stories in Everybody's Magazine, January issue, 15 cents.
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