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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1906
Page
6
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The piece argues a coal concentration by owners of production and transport gives a near divine right and vast power, notes Pennsylvania law bans it, suggests federal action could curb the monopoly, and reports the item was postponed but may be attached to a broader bill in the Senate.
Boston dealers cut anthracite coal prices for all domestic sizes by about 50 cents a ton from winter rates, aiming to restore summer levels. The adjustment, seen as a concession after labor tensions, will likely be permanent for the season as operators and miners maintain the agreement and guard against famine prices in Boston.
The anti lobby bill advances in the Legislature while debates focus on penalties for unregistered agents. Observers propose channeling lobby funds through the State treasurer to ensure publicized expenses and harmonize state government with a formal Third House.
A historical note discusses the Elkins amendment and its possible inclusion in a railroad rate bill, noting it as one of the few amendments likely to endure the legislative process. The text reflects editorial opinion on the Edkins variant and past amendments.
Returns from Sundays French election show strong public backing for the government. Voters re-elected many deputies, suggesting a stable republic with no predicted disorder despite May Day disturbances.
The call for aid to suffering San Francisco remains urgent with needs in sustenance sanitation and rehabilitation. An estimated one million dollars is required to feed the homeless over three months while hospitals run about 150000 weekly. Despite 225000 leaving the city more than 200000 still need relief and a typhoid outbreak looms as a further threat.
A rediscovered love letter from the late Lord Lytton appears in print praising a poodle with playful praise and exaggerated romance. The missive includes phrases about happiness, meeting tomorrow, and “twenty million kisses” in a lighthearted, affectionate tone.
MAX HENRY NEWMAN urges readers to resist Progressive changes eroding historic sites. He warns that commercial encroachments on the Boston Common Boston Common Old State House and burying grounds threaten patriotic heritage and urges public protest.
Fragmentary lines caution against disturbing creatures from a boat of old sayings. The verses reference a bowlegged bulldog and a tiger, owl, mule, and bird, urging restraint and restraint, with a weary note on memory and letting things be.
Newton Newkirk reports a Boston suburb stage show titled Under the Window. Cast includes Mr James Seldom Sleep and Bill Sykes among milkmen and street vendors. The piece features a dawn setting at 5 am with a comic yet tense exchange and a nervous gun moment.
In a staged comic piece by Newton Newkirk, Mr Sleep endures a morning of disruptive street sounds. From barking dogs and ringing doorbells to clattering alarm clocks, the scene follows his futile attempts to sleep through Act I to IV. The urban cacophony escalates until he erupts, tossing objects and vowing arrest.
A Leavenworth man asserts he can compel his wife to do anything she desires. The report cites Mrs Helen Hefferan addressing mothers groups on education reform and the training of children as a science, noting her leadership in mothers’ circles and her high school advocacy.
Cambridge social column notes Alphonse plans to settle on Babcock Street with Mr. Reynolds. Charles B. Little earns praise for stopping a runaway horse in Watertown. James O Lyford of Boston Naval Office recovering from pneumonia returns to desk. Fifth Regiment M V M plans May 17 benefit at South Armory to fund Ottawa Montreal trip. Miss Mary N Richardson Newton finishes portrait of I G Pratt hung at Newton hospital Nurses Home. David C Hickey Brookline receives a cane from a San Francisco disaster survivor. Maurice Johnson Ernest Smith Lawrence parade in Essex Street in first straw hats amid rain.
Melville confronts Berkely about a past act that robbed him of a love token. Berkely admits intercepting the signal and warns Maude needs Melville. Berkely dies in a horse accident as a letter reveals Maude awaits help, with Francois hiding a glittering trinket that ties to the cross.
Carlson Callahan, a Belfast youth visiting Boston, heads to New York in pursuit of Bernard Callahan who may have changed name and lived as a day laborer after a family quarrel. Royal and civic notes follow, including golf prodigy Clean Chase in Boston and California relief funds debated by Colonel Sohier.
Thomas F. Kelly, 88, Watertown’s leading eligible bachelor and a noted teaming contractor, loves fast horses and long drives. He previously ran for Selectman and lost narrowly. Residing at the Spring Hotel, Kelly belongs to the Bay State Driving Club Eagles Elks and Knights of Columbus.
Boston society notes anxiety as the Kaiser Wilhelm passengers from Cherbourg to Paris were aboard a wrecked transatlantic flyer. Mrs. George von L. Meyer and her two daughters were aboard but escaped with only a fright. Other Boston women are abroad or arranging summer plans including Mrs S Van Rensselaer Thayer in Atlantic City and Miss Ellen Parker of New York.
A 22 year old woman asks Mildred Champagne for guidance after her fiancé ends their engagement at a resort. The adviser urges self respect, freedom from an unhappy union, and to view the episode as a brief life event rather than a controlling relationship, encouraging independence and future options.
A lecture under Division 31 A O H Dorchester will be at Bloomfield Hall Dorchester Sunday evening May 27. W J Walshe with his scenic concert company will entertain members with Irish impersonations songs humor and legend.
Charles O Clark a prominent hotel owner and former Boston Old National Hotel steward died in St Louis after a surgical operation. He was a native of Belfast Maine and long active in local lodging business.
A brief, lively note extols Pfaff's Beer as a pure beer on tap, suggesting it brings vim and cheer when poured to the brim. The fragment hints at social conviviality and the appeal of fresh glasses and clinking chinks.
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