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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1906
Page
6
Subscriptions to the Post must be prepaid and will be discontinued without further notice for nonpayment. If the Post is not received regularly, notify us by mail at once. FE. A. GROZIPR, Editor and Publisher.
The present Legislature will likely change statutes governing automobile use. Debates split between more liberal and stricter rules, but a balanced code should protect public highway rights while preserving car enjoyment. Experience supports drafting a practical framework for a lasting, fair system.
Senator Foraker proposes that Arizona Territory voters decide whether to accept the act. The piece argues for testing the will of the inhabitants, opposing a forced union with Spanish New Mexico. Senate action on the bill expected this week, with Democratic backing for the amendment and Republican support to block compulsory statehood.
Commissioner Garfield’s pledge to shield packers from consequences of their confessions has backfired as the defendants claim information to the government equates to immunity. The situation grows tense and Attorney General Moody travels from Washington to participate as proceedings resume today.
The columnist cautions that a Packers immunity plea could unravel prosecutions of railroads for rebating. It urges independent inquiry by skilled investigators to uncover needed facts without shielding probable offenders from disclosure.
The article notes Japan proposes warships to reach 400 000 tonnage and Britain expands naval forces after observing Japanese vessels in the Russo-Japanese War. It argues the Anglo Japanese alliance could tilt world sea power, while warns against matching European armament and questions the Dreadnoughts invulnerability and longevity of such battleships.
The Democratic Senate caucus shows splits over supporting or opposing the Santo Domingo treaty. Four members oppose a binding anti ratification resolution while Patterson acts on personal judgment. A two thirds majority remains uncertain and caucus authority may not bind. President Roosevelt risks a fragile position without Senate approval.
WALTHAM Feb 4 Members of the Knights of Columbus Hibernians temperance and other societies will assemble at K of C Hall at 2 pm Monday to attend the funeral of Bernard J. Madden the young Waltham merchant whose tragic fate has become a noted episode among his considerable circle of organizational affiliations.
A reader from Boston notes a Post editorial crediting the Evening Traveler for exposing gambling dens in hotels. He praises cross-paper recognition, while the Post asserts it has long emancipated from old Boston rivalries and regularly acknowledges contemporary public-service efforts like the Traveler’s bucket shop crusade.
Newton Newkirk argues football rivals prize fighting for brutality in a humorous column. He recalls prize fights, cockfights, and bullfights with vivid, graphic detail while noting the spectacle and danger. He suggests Harvard athletes seek gentler games, even proposing bridge as an alternative.
A slight basement fire in the Hotel Rexford laundry rooms of Win Sing yesterday around five o clock caused a brief panic among nearby residents as onlookers crowded the narrow streets. The blaze was confined to the laundry. Sing was away at the time. Damage was slight.
Charles H. Sawyer of the Amherst class of 1880, known as Tom Sawyer, dies in Muskogee Indian Territory after a life as a left handed pitcher, lawyer, U S consul, prosecutor, and Dawes Commission member. He campaigned for Garfield Arthur Harrison and McKinley and was a trusted Amherst figure and friend Charles Libby.
At Elm Street Synagogue a mass meeting of Chelsea Young Men's Hebrew Association added 200 members to the group. Speakers included Rev J H Landau Isidore Phillips Boston Y M H A David A Laurie Chelsea Y M H A Louis Levenson and David I Garb. A later mass meeting will promote the building fund.
On a bright October afternoon Alice Morri son and her brother Edmund Morri son stop to help a muddy stranger in the street. The man is revealed as Henry Farnham, a memory-haunted figure from Alice's past, and she faints upon recognizing him. The truth unfolds that the man before them is actually William Smith, and a tense scene ends with a quiet blessing as Farnham walks away.
Hon. John Wilder Fairbank described a Sunday in Yellowstone National Park with vivid scenery and stereopticon views at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union. Next Sunday Rev. John Haynes Holmes of Dorchester is slated to speak with special music by the Philharmonic Orchestra and others.
A grim verse depicts Willie tying a baby’s ear to a chandelier and swinging him by the tongue while the baby chuckles. The scene shifts to other macabre images including a hatchet, a cauliflower head, and a nursery clock face, all presented in a fractured literary style.
Society in full force for the Stockton-Head wedding with many attending in grand attire. Notables include Mrs. Roger Wolcott and Miss Cornelia Wolcott, plus numerous Boston figures and guests traveling to the West Indies on the Trent and Plaza voyages.
Dear Miss Champagne the writer is 17 and handsome, in love with a 15 year old girl whose parents oppose marriage. They meet secretly with $15 weekly income and a bank balance. The columnist advises waiting four years, staying friends, and considering growth, responsibility, and the risk of changing feelings before eloping.
A young woman asks if she should accept a gift from a man much older than her while planning to marry her 19 year old sweetheart. The columnist advises not to accept unwelcome gifts, to ignore the admirer, and to involve her fiancé or a male relative if he persists.
Rev. Antone G. Singson of Holyoke Unitarian Church has accepted an invitation to become pastor of Bell Chapel in Providence Rhode Island and plans to assume the duties on March 1.
A collection of humorous quotes from newspapers. Highlights include a teacher recounting pupil responses about navigation and circles, a geography class joke on the mariner’s compass, a physiology quip about the trunk, and a pun about a substitute pen. Also notes Corean marriage customs valuing laundry skill as a marker of suitability.
In Dover NH, Nathaniel C Hobbs aged 84 is identified as the city’s longest-serving assessor, a 25-year veteran on the Board of Assessors. The note challenges a Boston Post claim about Edward J Moulton and calls Hobbs the oldest active officeholder in Dover and a Republican with strong mental faculties and city ties.
A government delegate told the sectional budget committee that Japan plans to increase the navy to 400000 tons by the end of the current fiscal year 1907 08. The plan reflects a significant expansion of naval capacity as tensions rise.
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