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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1906
Page
6
Post Publishing Co issues dated February 6 1906 with subscription rates for six months and one year. It lists office addresses in Boston Massachusetts, notes advance payment policy, and requests notification if the Post is unavailable. Editor A Grosier presides.
The piece warns that a Western strike starting April 1 could extend to anthracite miners, risking widespread hardship, price rises, and winter shortages. It urges urgent, good faith negotiation between organized labor leaders and coal operators to avert civilizational disarray and protect consumers from bearing the cost.
The article notes a genuine winter blast sweeping from the northwest across the country, reaching the Gulf of Mexico area. It contrasts this with earlier mild New England weather, arguing real cold brings vigor, and expects a moderate to satisfactory ice crop, boosting trade and industry.
The Logan arrived in San Francisco from Manila with 50 men ordered deported by Philippine secret service officials. Desperadoes and convicts in murder robbery and embezzlement terms were included. After police displayed the criminals they were released, an astonishing condition of enforcement at the port.
Opinion argues the United States should stop inviting criminals from the Philippines, warning that open doors and government transport attract crime at public expense. The writer claims moral contamination and criticizes cheap import of criminals under the Dingley tariff, urging protection and reform.
The editorial argues the municipal lighting vote favors gas and electric monopolies. It asserts the law fixes outcomes, warns of high purchase prices and damages if referendums pass, and calls for a political fight on Beacon Hill to push municipal ownership. The stance is explicit and protective of the Post's view.
Reader letters recount a hen laying an egg each morning and a man’s watch stopped by an express train after he was struck, prompting humor questions. The note also critiques meat adulteration, joking marketmen could craft lamb chops from scraps and even build a steer from hoofs to horns to pad leftovers.
The Havana report notes Santiago mayor plans to present the plantation at San Juan Hill as a wedding gift to Miss Alice Roosevelt in memory of her father. Plans advance with Roosevelt administration not opposing Cuba’s gift, amid verses on the Maine and Spanish War and local notices on events and new Boston cars.
A reader reports Lowell’s Representative Martin Conley walks long distances at dawn in sweater and business attire, shaping his robust image. The column then pivots to a scientist’s claim birds prevent desertification by curbing pests, noting gypsy and brown-tail moths drew more birds, with blackbirds and songbirds increasing in the area last year and expected again this year.
The article laments the Castellano scandal and Anna Gould's unhappy marriage to Count de Castel Lane. It argues international marriages driven by social ambition and mercenary motives often fail, praising American matches as likelier to avoid such misery.
In a society update Mr Longworth selects Frederick Winthrop to serve as usher, echoing an old compliment paid at a former marriage at Emmanuel Church. Dorothy Amory, sister of Mrs Coolidge, is linked. Thomas Nelson Perkins will be best man, and he resides in Westwood with wife Louisa Adams. Many social hosts entertain, with Miss Alice Sargent joining invites, and Mrs Herbert Thorn King praised from Pau. Other society figures attend parties and recitals with patronesses named in Brookline and Boston locales.
The armored cruiser Tennessee arrived from Philadelphia for official trial trips on the Maine coast and was placed in the dry dock at Charlestown naval station yesterday to be scraped and painted. It is the heaviest ship placed in the dry dock since its completion several months ago.
Florence postmaster George P. Bliss died here today aged 7 He served on the Northampton City Council and was in the First Connecticut Artillery during the Civil War He leaves a family here.
Labor leader Frank I K. Foster spoke at Old South Meeting House on The Franklin Institute in Boston. He described Benjamin Franklin’s life and outlined the fund’s purpose and the institute’s planned departments.
A letter to The Post defender of newsboys says a seven year old girl was arrested for selling papers in Boston. The writer argues detectives should curb crime rather than police youth, urging fatherly guidance instead of punishment and warning against steering children toward wrongdoing.
Bradford L. Crocker treasurer of Washington Mills Emery Manufacturing Company of North Grafton died at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday at age 54.
Mrs. C. M. Perry of 615 St Paul street Kansas City Iran believes in using her fists after a man insulted her while she admired jewelry on Twelfth street near Grand avenue. Elmer W Hale 19 a carpenter of 1231 Jefferson street was struck and left with a black eye and a lump on the jaw. Hale was arrested by Patrolman John Crane and held for investigation.
Norman woos Bess after she rejects him, she resists, then a dream inspires him to take a bold step. A friend teases their engagement, prompting Bess to confront him at his office. Norman confesses he will take her by storm and risk all to win her, and Bess accepts with love.
Henry C. Morgan of Colchester, assistant quartermaster general on Governor Roberts' staff, collapsed and died on a Hartford trolley car after leaving his Capitol office.
A reader asks if a groom should give a wedding ring before the ceremony. The writer notes that placing the ring on the bride’s finger occurs at the wedding and that many see pre wedding wear as unlucky, though not necessarily forbidden.
A young woman aged 18 writes seeking guidance after juggling two suitors. One loyal admirer ends their relationship after discovering she encouraged the other man. The columnist urges honesty, forgiveness, and a hopeful reconciliation if genuine love remains.
A guidance note urges F. S. of Warren New Hampshire to visit the recipient and demand a straightforward reply from a woman. It warns against repeated letters and suggests offering marriage as a definitive test of love to secure her happiness.
President Roosevelt notified Mr and Mrs James Hunt of Hartford City Indiana that he will not award a 100 prize to parents of triplets. The couple had written that they named the babies Theodore Alice and Ruth.
The Rev Father Thomas B. Murphy S J., named new president of Holy Cross College succeeding Rev Father Joseph F Hanselman S J who becomes provincial The change comes as shock but is described as a promotion for Hanselman who doubled enrolment and built an alumni hall Murphy, 66, formerly led St Francis Xavier College New York and joined the Jesuits in 1875 He will rest in Keyser Springs Conn for two months before assuming new duties as provincial.
Senator William Taylor has pushed to abolish the 1 cent toll through the East Boston tunnel. A hearing by the committee on metropolitan affairs was postponed at his request. He consulted officials and attorneys, reporting broad support for removing the tolls after the Atlantic Avenue station opening.
In June tech alumni start annual contributions exceeding $200000 for five years to support the Institute of Technology. The drive aims to build larger endowments later. By Feb 1 total subscriptions reached $211000 from 1100 donors.
Malden, Feb. 5. The Rev Charles S Macfarland, pastor of Maplewood Congregational Church, resigns but stays until June. He will spend summer abroad lecturing and preaching in England and a summer theological school near Oxford. In his letter he notes gratitude for six years and cites need for a different mode of service and work for which he feels less equipped.
The Rev. Levi Henry Cobb D D secretary emeritus of the Congregational Church Building Society New York died of pneumonia today at the home of his son in law the Rev E F Hunt pastor of the Congregational Church in Maynard. He was a Dartmouth and Andover Theological Seminary graduate and served as pastor in North Andover teacher at Kimball Union Academy Springfield Vermont and superintendent of the Congregational Home Missionary Society in Minnesota later serving as western general secretary. He held the secretary position at the Congregational Church Building Society for 21 years.
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