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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1906
Page
6
The Boston Post issue dated January 17 1906 from Boston Massachusetts lists subscription rates and office contact details. Editor and publisher E A Grozier is named.
The article honors Benjamin Franklin born in Boston two centuries ago, praising his universal genius as statesman diplomat scientist and writer. It highlights his enduring influence on American institutions and the world, noting Boston’s connection through The Post’s birthplace site and the journal’s effort to honor his memory.
The House approved a partial free trade bill with sugar and tobacco taxed at 25 percent of Dingley rates for four years. Democrats favored a fully free trade alternative. The vote showed a notable GOP insurgent influence and potential tie scenarios if Democratic votes aligned differently.
The narrative traces Marshall Field from a Massachusetts boy born in Conway to a farm upbringing and limited schooling. He starts as a Pittsfield dry goods clerk and rises through mercantile genius, transforming American retail. The piece frames his career as a fairy tale of enterprise.
The passage praises air of Chicago figure Field for turning talent into success, building one of the world’s greatest commercial houses. It notes his great wealth and generous benefactions to public education, describing him as both accumulator and almoner. His life stands as an encouragement and inspiration for what a poor boy can achieve in our land.
The Post urges swift action to uncover where funds went in the Provident Securities & Banking Company swindle. It calls for recovering money for depositors, punishing the true managers, and proving false pretences used to mislead the public as to supervision and safety.
Congressman McCall urged Congress to amend the Philippine tariff bill to declare the U S should not permanently retain sovereignty over the Philippines and that the islands be prepared for self government at the earliest practicable moment. The House ruled the amendment not germane by 198 to 123, signaling mixed reactions to Roosevelt and Taft positions.
A compilation of skeptical and evolving views on modern women from era writings. It contrasts Victorian ideals with contemporary images of independent, educated, and assertive women, noting how male observers frame domestic power and social change through biting, satirical, and admiring tones.
A 200th anniversary tribute recalls Benjamin Franklin's Boston birth on January 17 1706 his early poverty and apprenticeship in Boston Philadelphia London and finally his rise as editor postmaster and statesman. The piece highlights his electricity experiments Poor Richard almanack and key role in Independence and the Constitution noting his later life achievements and burial in Philadelphia with wife Deborah.
The Observant Citizen reports on denial of 1 cent engravings of Ben Franklin by several Cambridge post offices, notes Sarah Bernhardt's new audience-tracking chair device in Paris, and covers Boston cultural events. It also mentions local police honors, the Polish Club in Andrew Square Hall, and a Boston Public Library Franklin collection exhibition.
A satirical verse on morning wardrobe woes, oversleeping and forgetting cuffs. The speaker laments empty coatsleeves and visible underwear while socializing with a city visitor, reading others' judgments about his shabby appearance and the strain of being in society. The piece ends noting personal discomfort after social rebuffs.
Mrs Delia W Bradford wife of Brockton mayor traces ancestry to the Mayflower She is a descendant of Edward Doty Plymouth 1620 She has lived in Brockton 18 years and is active in Diane Assembly Pythian Sisterhood and the Universalist church Her Brockton home is 199 Highland Street and she has one child Marold L Bradford aged 33.
Edward Gray of the Somerset Club has gone to Palm Beach while Eugene Thayer sails for Europe on the Baltic. The Ayer dance at Commonwealth Avenue headlines a busy social week with Memorial Hall events and patronesses listed. Harvard ties appear in mourning for Horace Cunningham. Miss Eleanora Sears shines in a theatre party with Miss Carrie Dabney and chaperones noted.
A narrator waits for Margaret and her poodle. Florrie hints at two minutes. Misread timing and a planned revenge lead to a mistaken suitor reveal. Margaret confesses, and Wright reconciles by kissing both Margaret and Pinkie in public.
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