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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1906
Page
6
Issued daily by Post Publishing Co Boston June 25 1906 No 73 Vol 288 with rates for 8 months 750 3 a year 25c and 25c monthly subscriptions The Post offers vacation mailings and invites subscribers to change addresses Editorial contact and payment instructions included.
The governor urges the legislature to defend state policy against outside interference by foreign corporations and to pass immediate law abolishing trolley kidnapping. The attorney general draft should not be weakened by amendments and no commission should be appointed for next year. The session should adjourn by week’s end.
Harvard faces Yale in a highly anticipated New London race on Thursday with Harvard's professional coaching and strong crew in top condition. Yale’s squad reportedly shows weaker form than in recent years, but the rivalry promises a vivid contest and public interest in variety and doubt.
Formal announcement signals a serious government action. Cabinet discussions culminated last Friday with the Attorney General’s statement the next day. A large contract has been assigned to Moody for execution, highlighting the Standard Oil managers’ vast resources and influence.
The Attorney General Moody outlines aggressive steps to bring criminal proceedings in interstate commerce violations and rebates against Standard Oil. He aims to start cases immediately in suitable districts and hints at broader anti trust investigations. Moody plans to stay on until the affair concludes.
District Attorney Moran plans to present bribery and corruption allegations tied to recent House legislation before a special grand jury. Public demand calls for a thorough, conclusive inquiry beyond the House committee’s findings and the expelled member’s controversial confession. The public seeks full facts and corroboration to reveal truth.
A Sunday Post parody follows detective Stealthy Steve the Six-Eyed Sleuth as he wakes to a phone call, races to catch a special train, and confronts client Bonario facing threats from the Black Hand while a Boston page fills with local notes on sports, culture, and community.
The Springfield Republican editorial urges Attorney General Malone to pursue action against the New York New Haven Hartford railroad for evading anti combination laws by using a holding company to control a quarter of the state trolley lines. It argues Commonwealth supremacy over railroads, questions legislative inaction, and calls for stronger legal measures to prevent further absorption of trolley lines and to dislodge the company from current control. The piece stresses Massachusetts must enforce existing laws and consider new statutes before adjournment.
Hamburg America Line plans July service from Libau to Dover and New York in direct competition with Russia's volunteer fleet. The Smolensk will inaugurate the Russian line from Libau on August 8, amid German shipping interest. Russia aims to steer emigration traffic, potentially shifting flows away from Hamburg and Bremen if the volunteer fleet succeeds.
In New York a wiry man named Seth Smart introduces Stealthy Steve to Bonario via private secretary and a cab ride to a grand mansion. Smart pleads for Steve to protect Bonario from the Black Hand as the detective plans to hear directly from Bonario and think over recent telephone briefings.
Today in American history June 25 1876 marks the clash at the Big Horn where General Custer and 276 troops were killed. A year earlier a Peabody derailment injures five women and shakes forty five passengers.
A society note reports a downturn in European departures with Mrs. Hunt Slater sailing on the New York and other notable Boston figures including Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Kimball Mrs. Hugh K. Norman and Mrs. Edward Russell among those bound for summer in Paris Naples and Rangeley.
A dream poem in Yiddish by David Edelstadt translated for Alice Stone Blackwell recalls white blossoms touching a sick chest and healing tears. The speaker asks the moon who sent the Edenic gift, perceives a goddess amounting to liberty, and wakes to find the vision gone as memory lingers. Portland hotel, Portland, Ore.
Humphrey recalls Mabel Russell, a determined Vassar graduate who defies policy to join the Planet. She lands an assignment on Petroski the Anarchist, finds him in New York, and later uncovers his whereabouts through a diligent hunt in the North End. Her success reshapes Nicholson's stance and earns lasting respect.
Edith Daniell Richards and Jamalter Goldthwait marry today in Newton. The ceremony follows at the bride’s mother Mrs Charles Grafton Richards home on Austin Street this evening.
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