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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
6
Boston daily issue from January 11 1907 lists Post Publishing Co at 259 Washington Street and issue number 10 volume 186. presents typical early 20th century newspaper format and masthead information.
The notice lists subscription rates for MAIlY and The Sunday Post including one year two fifty, six months one twenty five, three months sixty five cents, and monthly rates. It states second class matter at Boston Post Office and urges advance payment with checks drafts and money orders payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Billposters Association offers to place thousands of colored notices in towns to praise Boston. The proposal could provoke hostility from municipalities invaded. The piece argues for removing billboards to keep Boston beautiful amid increasing ugliness and busy growth.
The article argues a recent Commerce and Labor department ruling lets South Carolina import 475 workers with families under contract, challenging the alien contract labor law. The Cigarmakers' Union of Boston condemns the decision as undermining protections and urges Congress to safeguard the law.
A string of quakes marks the new year with tremors in Europe and the United States. Shocks were felt in Norway Sweden and across Russia with wide geographic reach while Pennsylvania mine region reports possible minor unrest. Overall the era begins with significant seismic activity and lingering doubt about certain events.
Letters to the Boston Post show broad support from small businesses and professionals for reduced rates and improved service. Prominent figures like Ex Senator Callender and Mayor Fitzgerald back the plan, while residents criticize high suburban charges and call for independent review of telephone books.
Biff the Boston terrier and Majesty the St Bernard debate the new muzzles as a Yellow Peril mongrel chides them for overdoing the trend. The trio banters about fear, taste, and life with or without a muzzle in the city scene.
The piece argues for former presidents serving as senators. It notes John F. Dryden’s term ending March 3 and suggests Grover Cleveland for New Jersey and Theodore Roosevelt for New York would elevate statesmanship. The essay urges New Jersey to set the example to inspire New York.
Ed ward Lauterbach of the Liberal Immigration League warns a compromise bill aims to exclude people deemed of poor physique via port of embarkation medical inspections. He argues this would arm distant medical officers with power to determine citizenship, risking arbitrariness and corruption. Public sentiment opposes such restrained immigration.
The New Jersey Legislature contends with the election of a United States Senator amid a stalled process and competing party positions. Key lawmakers and committees weigh next steps as session timelines press.
A Chicago firm issue lists twelve remembered maxims for employees. The rules emphasize time value perseverance work dignity simplicity character kindness example duty economy patience talent and the joy of originating to guide behavior in Boston and Chicago.
At the annual meeting held in St. Gerards chapel, Holy Family of Mission Church reported a rise of 300 members and improved finances. Rev Francis Kenzel led an organ prelude and sermon on baptism, followed by benediction by Rev Fr McCoring.
The Observant Citizen notes English pianist Miss Katherine Goodson will sail on the White Star liner Cymric and give Symphony concerts next week. Also mentioned are Lew Dockstader’s shortest joke, a Joseph Jefferson paintings exhibition, a Boston social society plan, and local police news.
Mayor Walter C Wardwell distributes inauguration flowers to homes and hospitals. Cambridge city council clerks and officers are re elected without opposition. Publicity efforts planned for Boston posters. local schools consider new buildings in Revere. police news from Wakefield Melrose and Chelsea.
A master orders the servant James to keep a door locked while he recalls a woman he once loved. The narrator reflects on the transformed wedding gown picture that now haunts him, revealing regret and tenderness tied to a past alliance and future claim.
A humor snippet from the Wiener Salonwitzblatt shows Herr Rummel walking late at night and saying he searches for an apartment. He quips that he seeks rooms in the middle of the night because he wants his own place.
A Wiener salon review notes a young boy who loves the piano and appears at performances. The playful exchange suggests the child enjoys the music and aims to “blow the piano candles out” as a humorous moment. The scene captures a charming cultural vignette within the salon setting.
A fragment shows Charles being asked who provided his cigar and whether the giver is a friend. He replies he does not know yet as he has not lit it. The line reflects a moment of intrigue and ambiguity in a dialogue.
Humorous ditty records a husband who mistakes a night noise for a burglar and vows to catch him while his wife warns it may be her brother. The quip, noted as a Neues Wiener Witz, plays on mistaken identity and family ties.
A teacher toys with a pupil by asking how to adjust meat weight if two pounds are needed but only a pound and a half are available. The boy replies that they would make up the weight with his father's thumb, a humorous ending to the math problem.
A brief exchange presents Frieda asking what love is and a teacher replying that love is an itching in the heart that cannot be scratched away, reflecting a literary dialogue from Die Muskete.
A lighthearted tidbit from Neues Wiener Witzblatt follows Elsie and a relative as they discuss a shopping swap. The punchline reveals the mother’s love of exchanging items at stores, ending with a playful quip about color choices.
The quotation attributes a witty remark by Figero about seeking funds from a muse to finance painting. The line reveals the artist’s vanity and practical need, underscoring a moment of witty self awareness in creative pursuit.
A playful exchange from Wiener Luft imagines a young woman seeking poem acceptance and an escort replying that self delivery would ensure it. The vignette blends flirtation with literary framing in a compact snapshot.
A Wiener Salonwitzblatt quotation asks about age and blindness, noting a figure of sixteen years. The fragment suggests a satirical or rhetorical line from a German satirical paper.
A damaged fragment shows a conversation about love and affirmation. The note includes lines about asking if love is present and a claim of being busy. No clear context or attribution beyond the quoted phrases.
A speaker recalls a lock of hair kept with great care, claiming it is the hair of his first love. The other character remarks the hair is white as snow, to which the speaker confirms the hair has been kept for 40 years.
An elderly father haunted by his daughter's defiance toward her late mother is awakened by a vision in his home. A tender encounter with his granddaughter reveals that gold and diamonds mean little beside love, and he embraces family warmth over pride. The scene ends with him taking the child to meet her mother.
Advice column item where Mildred Champagne responds to a 21 year old reader about turning down a persistent 18 year old admirer. The adviser suggests not dismissing him solely on sentiment and notes practical compatibility may shape a satisfactory marriage.
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