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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1906
Page
6
Daily issue details and subscription notes from the Post Publishing Co at Boston Massachusetts with instructions on mail payments, advance subscriptions, and contact addresses for the publisher A A Grozifer editor and publisher.
A 1905 special legislative committee issued a report on railroad and street railway laws. It urges limited merger rights for Massachusetts companies, extends eminent domain to interurban lines, and argues electric railways resemble steam railroads in service scope. The proposal keeps safeguards under Board of Railroad Commissioners oversight and aims to guide future legislation.
At a meeting of manufacturers yesterday in Lenis City the New England Shoe and Leather Association discussed plans to enter upon a price adjustment program for footwear.
A proposed $100,000 fund to educate the public on the need for higher shoe prices is discussed. The piece notes price increases reveal industry costs and outlines efforts by manufacturers to explain the beef and leather trusts' role in footwear costs. It argues that clear explanation could fuel opposition to the Dingley tariff on hides.
The city of Melrose received 152000 of a 175000 payment for Spot Pond takings, with 23000 to the attorney handling the case. The attorney reportedly took the 23000 as a contingent percentage after a 500 retainer. The piece questions ethical standards and calls for reform in lawyers fees.
A poem from MecLandburgh Wilson in N Y Sun contrasts a family chasing education with a father who handles finances, cooking, and signing. Each child pursues schooling while Pa remains the constant learner in life’s college, described as a senior.
A vivid visitor’s guide to the Boston Art Club 78th oil and sculpture exhibition at Dartmouth and Newbury streets. The piece appraises numerous works with cheeky captions, noting portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and a sculpture stand, while wryly commenting on lighting, crowd behavior, and gallery quirks.
In a tense scene, Margaret decides to leave but returns after Rupert Elling urges effort. She travels to the Fast to her old life, while Elling admits love and determination to improve. Tears and reconciliation follow as they vow to stay and try again. The couple confront five years of strain and hopeful reconciliation.
Miss Marion Lawrence, eldest daughter of the Right Rev. and Mrs. William Lawrence, to Harold Peabody is announced amid others arriving at The Breakers in Palm Beach. The piece also mentions recent marriages in society, a forthcoming musicale, and attendees at a Harvard graduate wedding in New York.
A Boston Observant Citizen column recalls class of 92 graduates and their wide achievements, naming Walter Brinckerhoff and others. notes Louis Kronberg's Judith at Boston Art Club exhibit. Describes Carroll D. Wright’s labor stance, Cambridgeport theater plans, a Watertown police St Bernard, and a comical South Station cape mix up.
A Boston reader lists Union Club officers H H Longfellow president Roy Mooar vice president H W Kimball secretary and John Seabury treasurer. The piece also mentions Japanese residents numbers and social classes in Boston.
In an autumn dawn Robert Eling lies bedridden after a drunken spree while his wife Margaret, weary and sorrowful, prepares him coffee. She reveals two pictures from their marriage, one of youthful trust and loss, the other of a husband drawn to vice and ruin, and she plans to tell him the truth about their life together.
Professor Edward C. Pickering of Harvard Observatory notes data from 17 kite flights in the 60th annual report. He confirms a return trade wind pattern blowing from a general southerly direction at considerable height, reflecting measurements from the kite observations.
A column reflects on Chicago’s kirmess performances with praise for Isther Brunot and Neuman Jones, and notes a surprising family story of Mrs. Milton Jones’s son’s musical talent. It also mentions Mrs. E P Felton’s long life in Clinton and identifies Jennie Taylor as the territory’s first woman bank manager in Melvin.
A reader asks which lawyer defended Lizzie Borden in the parents murder trial. The names Andrew J. Jennings and ex Governor Robinson appear in correspondence. The letter seeks clarification on the defense counsel for Lizzie Borden.
A reader signs as CONSCIENCE offering guidance after a man notices a young woman in a station. He recommends not pursuing a sneaky approach but instead seeking a proper introduction through legitimate means. The letter argues a friendly start is preferable to an intrusive pursuit and should lead to respectful acquaintance.
A Maine reader asks how to resolve a driving quarrel with a girlfriend who insulted him after a riding trip. The adviser suggests the issue is not a major offense and urges magnanimity, noting both can err and forgiveness is appropriate.
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