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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1906
Page
6
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co dated June 23 1906 lists circulation policy and contact details. Provides subscription rules and office addresses in Boston Massachusetts.
The article argues for a lock canal over a sea level route in Panama. It cites President Roosevelt as the driving force behind the decision, notes quicker construction and lower cost, and mentions Engineer Shonts’s possible resignation if a sea level project had prevailed.
The Kansas City federal court recently convicted two individuals for securing rebates on railroad shipment charges. The sentences, if upheld, would be a novelty and demonstrate the sufficiency of existing law to curb public service abuses. Corporations faced heavy fines. two brokers got months in prison plus fines.
The Harvard celebration featured a class oration with a practical and plainspoken style, differing from the usual eloquent address. The speaker emphasized accessible ideas and straightforward understanding during the event.
A Harvard critic argues against extreme organized cheering in college sports. He says contests should remain games of skill and judgment, not tests of institutional stamina, and urges a return to genuine athletic competition while acknowledging the appeal of spontaneous, entertaining crowds.
Attorney General Malone with Governor Guild backs a bold 1906 legislature bill to dissolve foreign controlled Massachusetts street railways that own or influence local trolley lines. It would compel dissolution, seize assets, and stop foreign corporations from grabbing domestic lines, with swift court action and mandatory enforcement.
A fragmentary humor piece lists tongue in cheek “First Aid to the Fuddled” tips for a dazed recipient. Advice covers basic orientation on a moving sidewalk, locating home, handling unconsciousness, and light jests to provoke a response.
The piece notes denatured alcohol cannot be drunk and offers a vivid warning on its taste and effects. It suggests denatured alcohol may replace gasoline in engines and implies easy sale without licenses, urging cautious judgment until further tests.
Daniel J. Dwyer cites Moran, a legendary Irish lawgiver and chief judge, who declined the throne of Ireland to avoid illegitimate rule. He highlights Moran's integrity and wisdom, noting the golden collar symbolizing truth and the people’s belief in its power to punish false decrees. 655 Massachusetts Avenue.
Cleveland June 22 The Euclid Avenue Baptist Church Sunday school held its annual excursion to Vermillion and missed John D. Rockefeller who usually supervises and accompanies the children as superintendent and principal attraction.
Miss Gertrude Whitney Siders daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry F Miders of Wollaston becomes the bride of George M Hersey son of Frederick M Hersey of Hingham in Old Meeting House Hingham. The Rev Dr Samuel Elliott will unite them as Pastor absent on his honeymoon. The couple plan to make their home in Dorchester upon return from their honeymoon and many local classmates and friends will attend and serve as ushers.
The item notes June 23 1683 when William Penn made a famous treaty with Native Americans. It also recalls a year ago today Charles Estabrook died in a severe auto plunge at Marblehead.
A Boston boy Freddy Hutchinson son of Barnum Bailey associate director Charles Hutchinson gave a toy bear to a wheelchair bound patient at Children’s Hospital on Huntington Avenue. The act followed Freddy purchasing the bear with his mother during a downtown outing.
A letter from a young man asks how to handle a woman who pursues him. The columnist advises ceasing visits if he cannot marry and not pursuing platonic friendship with a woman set on marriage.
A 27 year old man asks whether to propose to a woman he has dated irregularly for a year. The columnist warns that the suitor must reveal his love first, as a woman's heart is assumed silent until spoken to, and urges him to speak to learn her view about sharing a home.
A Pall Mall Gazette poem contemplates a garden as a quiet front for mortality. The speaker notes aged ironwork, cedar shadows, and a sundial that marks fleeting time while hinting at hidden worlds of good and evil.
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