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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
6
The Boston Post announces continued daily publication during vacations with mail delivery options. Subscriptions are monthly with rates for the Daily and Sunday editions. Address changes and advance payment policies are noted, with office contacts and publishing details.
After the Merger bill failed, calls rise for the attorney general to force the New Haven Railroad to relinquish control of civilian trolley mileage in western and central Massachusetts. The piece warns of corporate lawbreaking and urges immediate legal steps or new legislation to restore Commonwealth authority and rescue the kidnapped lines.
The Common Council endorsed the Aldermen's order to spend 50000 for Mayor Fitzgerald to fund writing and publishing histories of Boston and its institutions along with related information. The plan, part of a bigger city advertising program, is to be matched by local business groups for a total of 100000.
The article argues for a general law governing electric railway incorporation and construction. It notes rising demand for electric service and predicts special legislation would occur without a comprehensive act. The bill, approved by a recess committee, has railroads and street railways committee backing and is seen as proper legislation.
The President disapproves the House committee version as inadequate. He argues genuine reform requires stronger action after Senate revelations about the packing monopoly and warns against House opposition influenced by those interests. Public support hinges on his perceived remedies and resolve.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court Justice John Wilkes Hammond ruled that the mayor's order to close public schools on circus day stands, leaving the schoolchildren to choose between staying in class or chasing the circus. The decision favors maintaining the status quo and urges a mutual agreement.
The Massachusetts House rejected the Merger bill 152 to 41 after a statewide outcry prompted by Post editorials and publicity. The decisive vote overturned early expectations of swift Senate passage and marked a public vindication against railroad interests.
Washington dispatch reports that the House has authorized President Roosevelt to act with full authority on a major policy matter. The decision follows months of debate and aligns with the administration’s wartime priorities.
A fully controlled airship piloted by Lincoln Beachey chased a course from Virginia up to the Washington Monument then the White House. It hovered within 400 feet and later passed over the Capitol before returning to Virginia amid wide public interest and cheers from thousands.
The Camp 81 Sons of Veterans in Chelsea condemn a song titled Grand Old, now Grand Old Flag, as insulting to the American flag. They appoint a committee led by Augustus Norton William Gilman and three Ladies Auxiliary members to protest public performances and publication.
A scented vignette from Campeigne France dated June 14 1906 features a letter from John D Rockefeller Jr addressing his son John with jests on tailoring cost and wealth. The elder Rockefeller jokes about $65 suits, recalls youth era clothes, and notes charity and prudence. He recounts golf ball hoarding and a hair treatment gag involving Ida Tarbell and a French hairdresser.
In a witty exchange Constant Ader of Boston questions death of Deadwood Dick and claims Stealthy Steve invented bullet catching. The All Sorts editor replies deriding the nut factory joke and mocks Constant Reader while warning of consequences if insult persists.
A humorous column from Newton Massachusetts answers a reader about keeping hair up after a shampoo. Evelyn asks for tips and the writer mocks the idea, praising carefree hair and noting personal difficulties with keeping hair in place.
Last evening a fire at 17 Spring Street Brighton destroyed Isaiah Gauley's greenhouse. Officials say spontaneous combustion caused the blaze and it progressed too far before the fire department could contain it, with heavy losses estimated.
John P. Dore longtime Boston street commissioner died at his Roxbury home after a weeklong illness of pneumonia. Born in Ireland he came to Boston at 18 and served over 50 years in public service, overseeing street improvements and leading fraternal and charitable activities. He left a widow and seven children including John B Frank J Ambrose Lee Clement Emily and Genevieve.
Congressman John A. Sullivan wins the prize package for Fourth of July orations and will deliver the principal speech at the Tammany Hall celebration in New York. The piece notes other Boston orators and local civic events including the McPherson tablet, Mayors Fitzgerald and McNary meetings, and a San Francisco disaster keepsake in Officer O Briens possession.
The Massachusetts Medical Society invited homeopathists to join the old school society, but the general view is they will not join until homeopathy is recognized by allopaths. About 50 years ago the society expelled homeopathy believers, leading to the formation of the Homeopathic Medical Society.
Jack Williston plans a one month vacation and wanders into a violet bed. A hopeful memory of Marion Hall therapy with a dance and a gift leads to a reunion when a child explains a teacher disliking violets. Jack meets Marion again in a white dress at the school.
A verdict for $130 was given James B Neil a teamster in the sixth session of the Superior Court against his former employer Hamlin F Lockwood. The line was set a load by timber portions on him and.
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