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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
10
The Beston Post a daily paper from Boston Massachusetts dated December 30 1005 announces subscription rates and office details. It lists prices for daily and Sunday editions and notes advance payment requirements. Editor and Publisher E A Grozier is named.
The city expects a non political appointment for the streets superintendent. The Post urges Mayor elect Fitzgerald to choose a candidate with strong business capacity and character, free of political ties, to establish an administration based on sound principles. The piece warns that a poor choice would challenge public confidence from the start.
District Attorney French finds Fenway Back Bay improvement cost exceeded by 385 205 dollars. He cites obstruction from contractors who resisted cooperation, calling it a suspicious circumstance. The report urges the new city government to shed light on the murky affair.
In year-end trading the price of securities has climbed sharply as speculative buyers push up rates for Paper representatives of value. The text notes rising costs for those who bought on margin and paid less than full price.
The piece argues that money pressures and usurious lending distort stock values while a general advance in genuine investments remains, cautioning that speculative demand drives prices. It warns that the market is dangerous and should be avoided by sensible people, not left to gamblers on change.
An editorial criticizes the Boston Board of Police for delays enforcing the screen law on four top hotels. It argues the hotels deserve new licenses promptly to avoid ridicule and support lawful business, while noting the board should act with discretion amid ongoing disputes with Mr Moran.
An assortment of humorous reader letters and notes from Canton Massachusetts and Somerville Massachusetts. The items include a felon cure tip using ashes, a kitten named Newton Newkirk, a complaint about cat naming, a note on Oscar Michelssen and Haakon VII, a playful want ad about a groom for two horses, and a light closing line about water wagons.
The column reports on a busy Boston scene with Irish National Theatre plays at Colonial Theatre January 25, a new musical by His Majesty by Nelson Roberts premiering in Philadelphia then New York and Boston, readings by Charles Follen Adams and Sam Walker Foss, a Charlestown fire department commendation for Lieutenant B F Hayes, city clerks and armory party invitations, Berlin street stone throwing, visitors at the Constitution at Charlestown navy yard, a quip about Governor-elect Curtis Guild, and poet A T Donovan set to publish verses drawn from an Ireland trip.
A satirical sketch recounts Ponce de Leon’s failed search for youth in Florida and celebrates Lillian Russell as the timeless emblem of perpetual youth. The piece notes her enduring youth, beauty, and marriages, contrasting her with the legendary explorer who is now dead.
The Armstrong committee concludes its year long study of life insurance methods in New York. Officials of two major companies resign while a third may reorganize. Authors argue for strict regulation to prevent future corruption and protect policy holders, with legislative action planned.
A quoted remark describes a living fly as a speaking likeness and notes that turning the image upside down reveals a dead fly. The brief implies a visual trick or optical pun without further details.
A compact, dated reflection on temperance vanity and humor. It contrasts whiskey with temperance, jokes about locksmiths and fools, notes eternal vigilance for reputation, and warns against self-deprecation while praising words and dictionaries.
A poem notes that in January cold and frost hinder reform and the breaking of bad habits. The speaker and author John Kendrick Bangs suggest waiting for spring to shed vices, arguing warmer days inspire stronger resolutions and natural temptations fade with May sun.
A Providence Journal reader recounts a woman in a restaurant window opening oysters with ease while a Philadelphia Bulletin piece notes a bachelor girl reflecting on women’s unseen strengths. The observer, traveled from Philadelphia to Port Said, ponders gender roles and practical skill.
Charles A. Crane reports to The Post a brutal late night attack on two small men by a gang on Tremont and Boylston streets. He notes the seven assailants fled after striking and that the victims were sober and unrobbed.
A former president of the church responds to a newspaper reference stating he served as president only last year. Alfred Farlow notes the current president is Professor Hermann Hering and seeks to correct the record for fairness to all parties.
A narrator and a man nearly his double confront each other in a Boston courtroom over the Melton emeralds theft charge. After a penniless week in the city, the narrator accepts a stranger’s two hour offer to resolve a domestic dispute, leading to a mysterious residential rendezvous.
Despite rain the Symphony rehearsal drew a large audience with Mme Eames receiving high praise. Guests included Mrs. Wilhelm Gericke and daughter, Miss Bonnie Lyman, Mrs. Henry Howard Fay and Miss Mary Fay, Mrs. William Ames, Mrs. Neal Rantoul, Miss Rosamond Saltonstall, Miss Collette Dumaresq, and many others. The piece highlights society figures and debutantes amid visits by Harvard and Vanderbilt circles and notes Katherine Roosevelt and Lorraine Roosevelt among the winter debutantes in New York and Washington society.
A guest recalls being seized by a servant and two police amid a theft accusation of the Melton emeralds. The true thief, the host who invited him in, is intercepted returning from Canada with the loot. The narrator attends the trial and notes the thief’s calm demeanor and well wishes.
A 31 year old man seeks guidance about a 82 year old woman who alternately rebuffs and accepts his attentions. He explains three years of pursuit, prior break, occasional dates, and his night work limiting time. The letter asks whether to press for a steady commitment or move on, with a reply urging blunt declaration and exclusivity.
A young woman, 21, writes seeking guidance about commitment to a steady suitor who is described as a capable, gentlemanly partner. The adviser urges tying herself to one man promptly, warning against flirtatious doubt and urging prudence over social pressure.
Chicago report says Boston college women invite Professor Thornstein Veblen to lead a study year on the "Art of Spending" to curb conspicuous waste and oppose the leisure class mimicry by college women in Boston Hub society.
Mrs L M N Stevens national president of the WCTU announced she will go to Washington January 26 to push anti polyg amy and oppose the repeal of the anti canteen law. She said she has support from Senators and Representatives and will be aided by Congressman Charles E Littlefield. Miss Anna A Gordon will accompany her and state bills to bar liquor within three miles of army posts. Stevens plans similar measures in Oklahoma and Indiana Territory legislatures.
A Lewiston Morning News note describes a Boston Post cartoon titled The Best of All placed on many walls this week. It depicts a engaged couple at a table with the bride gazing at her ring and the groom smiling, conveying mutual pride in their gift as the best of all.
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