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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1906
Page
6
A terse note indicates Main Post payments are discontinued for Nos 1004 1005 Malin Nos 1283 1384 and related items. The terse statement signals a fee status change affecting processing and requires confirmation of current payment requirements.
The four hotels suspended liquor sales to guests due to screen law violations but now operate under a new license. The episode harmed business and guest experience while generating modest city and state revenue from fees. The broader point is to challenge irrational law affecting legitimate entertainment venues and bolster calls for legislative amendment in Boston.
The piece argues for absolute free trade with the Philippines as humane and beneficial to commerce, criticizing opposition to the tariff-cutting bill. Rep Hill of Connecticut backs reducing tobacco duty, noting Philippine cigar markets and wrapper tobacco potential, while sugar demand and foreign imports are questioned amid calls to buy Philippine sugar.
The new year brings several financing concerns in Bos area with delayed projects and tightened credit. Local officials say funding gaps threaten planned developments and demand review of municipal borrowing and private investment. Businesses report cash flow strains and slower expansion.
The piece warns against speculative stock gambling and bucket shops and condemns a collapsing banking and security company. It notes the need for stronger laws and enforcement in Massachusetts to prevent such dangerous schemes and protect savers, especially the poor, from losses and distress.
State House conference on enforcing the illiteracy ban for workers under 16 highlighted testing gaps in factory towns. Lowell, Lawrence, Fall River, New Bedford, Brockton and others show numerous illiterate children at work. Governor Guild urges truants and officers to seize illiterate children and refer cases to district attorney for prosecution.
The piece argues the approaching conference will directly involve France and Germany, while American power projection near Algeciras appears unnecessary. It notes Germany Britain and France may send fleets, but U S interests remain peaceful and no contingency justifies force. It credits Morocco and Barbary actions as irrelevant to present questions.
A reflective verse from the Detroit Free Press urges a boy to savor mince pie while youth lasts. The speaker warns that time will age him and weather, desires, and truth shift with age. The piece intertwines appetite, mortality, and parental guidance.
A tale of a fortune teller in Fall River who predicts marriage, relocation, illness, and a financial reverse for a man named Tle. The scene includes incense, candles, and cryptic lines about lines and signs. The piece ends noting Charley Schwab moving into a $5,000,000 house, contrasted with readers in modest homes.
In Parkersburg West Virginia Judge Hunter H Moss barred William Brown from wooing his wife Mary E Brown after she filed for divorce. The circuit court order, issued yesterday, halts his attempts to make love to her amid their estrangement.
A Roxbury woman about 20 lay seriously ill at City Hospital while her aged mother, caring for two grandchildren, faces destitution. Her husband, the non-supporting father, fled the city a week ago to avoid arrest on a warrant. The family at 13 Willow Park, Roxbury, first floor, owes rent. grandmother Burns seeks sewing and embroidery work to survive.
A letter from J C K Jackson defends medical reforms and argues for a commission of physicians to assess cases and end needless care for the insane and degenerate. He cites historical shifts in treatment and urges legislative action to allocate resources to the useful.
A collage of local vignettes recounts street mishaps a telegraph boy slips and breaks teeth then recovers to chase his call. A dog named Spot climbs trees in South Boston and musters rescue. Squirrels and skaters appear in Common scenes while a new rector emerges at Trinity Church and Myra Fairbanks plans marry Amos Taylor. Community notes cover tidbits from actors to council dinners and local sports winds.
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt discusses Swedens permissive view of women in work and public service, then shifts to Miss Gwendoline Murphys geologic wealth. She bought marshland for 1000 dollars and drilled a 107 foot well, draining the marsh by spring.
A terse note captures a blunt taunt as someone suggests a smoker should pay for cigars while implying they can freely take one. The line reflects a streetwise, dismissive tone and a casual challenge to cover the cost.
In honor bound the speaker vows to whittle toothpicks to pay for a meal, claiming a contract to supply wood. Maudie mocks Jimmy for failing to quit smoking, noting prior promises and trust issues.
A fragment from a dialogue presents a girl told not to cry, a friend questioning whether home cooking wrecked a life, and a character admitting to a grouchy act until his wife threw him out, illustrating a rough domestic scene with clipped street dialogue.
Fragmentary dialogue suggests a playful wager on golf with a boast about freshness and fatigue. The snippet shows a character named Tommy and a remark about a beastly game, indicating a lighthearted exchange from a diary-like or serialized piece.
A desolate passenger on a grand liner endures heartache as she pines for a distant lover. After a crush of unreturned feelings and a near suicide, she finds solace when he consoles her, shares plans about his perilous mission, and pledges to return to claim his bride, the daughter of a proud man.
Society notes reveal a Jan 23 wedding at St. Thomas Church New York with Miss Hawley and Joseph Myers as betrothed. Attendants include Clemence Crafts of Marlboro Street. Caswell family to roam Europe abroad this winter. many Boston society figures host gatherings while illnesses and a bereavement cloud the season. Thomas Lee Higginson, 19, dies in Geneseo, touching Higginson kin across Boston. Victoria Drummond Goodspeed anchors a Somerset recital with Carl Behr.
A farewell scene unfolds as a woman bids farewell to a man aboard a ship. She departs in a sudden, emotional moment while waves lash the night. The man reads a note, fear shadowing his face as he imagines a young life lost to the sea.
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