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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1906
Page
6
Daily circulation rates list subscription prices for one year six months three months and one month The Sunday Post annual price and shorter terms are shown Also notes payment in advance and discontinuation policy and provides contact details for subscriptions and editor publisher PD A Grozier is identified as editor and publisher.
The Patterson resolutions urge Senate independence from caucus dictation, arguing Senators must vote per oath and duty. The piece condemns party caucus control as outside constitutional reach, applying the idea to both treaty ratification and private pension bills, while praising independent judgment.
A newly formed corporation has acquired about 100,000 acres in New Hampshire including the Presidential Range and pledges scientific forestry to preserve the growth while allowing iron ore exploitation. A forestry bureau exists but lacks funds and enforcement. The plan may avert disaster, yet a broader federal park proposal remains unaddressed.
A resolution attacking Standard Oil has been introduced in New Jersey Senate and is to receive a committee hearing after a week in the Legislature. The action signals formal consideration of anti trust style measures and possible broader political pushback. The piece notes ongoing legislative scrutiny and upcoming committee procedure.
Senator Minturn seeks rapid action to annul the Standard Oil charter citing lax New Jersey corporation laws and alleged rule violations across states. The resolution calls on the New Jersey attorney general to file actions against Standard Oil and its subsidiaries, a measure that has broad public support locally and may gain wider endorsement as steps proceed.
An editorial denounces the frequent cutting of girls hair on Boston streets as a shameful act. It warns of possible maniacs or copycat crime, urges strong police action to catch the culprits, and fears a spreading craze that could endanger young girls.
Attorney-General Moody arrives to press the government’s case against the packers amid muddled defense tactics. He rejects immunity claims and says sufficient evidence exists beyond privileged confessions to proceed, urging decisive action in the Chicago prosecution.
A Boston Post reader criticizes Washington’s budget cuts, noting soap allowances for clerks end January 1 and rises in overtime while sick leave and vacation pay are reduced. The letter attacks government economy as harming hard working clerks and warns democracy could suffer under bureaucracy and elite schemes. The writer signs as a Boston Post Office clerk.
A child narrates the stress of a papa feverish at home. The family reacts with heat bags, doctor visits, and emotional strain as the sick father groans and threatens to die. The doctor reassures it is only a cold, but the household remains worn from the illness.
A Carlisle Indian School wedding of a Crow maiden and a full blood Sioux is noted with playful lines. The column teases upcoming events including Chinese visitors, jokes about public figures, and a quip on deposits from the Providence Bank collapse.
A swindler named Haase posing as an oculist preyed on people by claiming defective vision is caused by bones in the eye. He examined victims, theatrically removed bone fragments, and charged high prices, enriching himself while draining victims’ purses. If approached, notify the police.
President Roosevelt informs James and Mrs. Hunt of Hartford City Indiana that no $100 prize for triplets is awarded, causing disappointment after their claims of three offspring. The note adds wry commentary on political support and the era’s sensational claims while mentioning Tom Lawson in Chicago.
A letter from Charlestown, Mass urges President Roosevelt to move San Juan Hill from Cuba to Oyster Bay by public subscription. The writer notes Oyster Bay’s Sagamore Hill as summer residence and argues the historic Cuban hill would enrich the nation as a wedding gift to Miss Alice.
Hundreds of jonquil and narcissus bulbs bloom in the sunny windows at 8% Newbury Street, home of author Margaret Deland. On Saturday afternoon the public is invited to inspect and purchase from the assortment. If Saturday is stormy the sale will move to Monday.
A terse catalog fragment shows prices such as 5.00 and 70.00 with 68.00 90.00 65.00 40.00 and 50.00 linked to Parlor Chamber items. No further context or identifications accompany the sums.
A fragmented price list catalogs dining room pieces and prices for assorted suites and chairs. Items include Turkish sofas and arm chairs, damask sofas, mahogany pieces, and Dutch marquetry sets with various prices and discounts.
Community notes describe Thomas Riley’s improving health with a Lakewood stay, Boston publisher anecdotes, and civic recollections. Highlights include Jane Briggs’s 82nd birthday, Deputy Marshal Ruhl’s famed arrest record, William Garland’s six week Europe voyage, a Highland district minstrel show, Dorchester political club speakers, Dedham Neanett Club make up march, Alaska ex-Governor Brady’s Brookline arrival, and plans for a woman sanitary inspector. Jack the Slasher fear spreads to Medford and Malden, and Mrs. Margaret Jordan celebrates her 92nd birthday in Malden Maplewood.
Mrs. Johanna Quinlan of North Amherst hatches 21 chickens and receives a compliment from the Agricultural College acting president who remarks she has beaten the State experimental station in a light, humorous note from Amherst dated February 6.
In Roanoke Virginia on February 6 a well dressed man found dead in woods near the city is believed to be Starley Armstrong the missing barn cashier from Pittsburg Pennsylvania who disappeared earlier.
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