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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1906
Page
6
A majority-leaning report favors a sea level canal across the isthmus, but Senate backing remains uncertain. The committee signals opposition to the President while urging a quick start on either sea level or locks plans, noting cost and duration differences. Experts differ on long term effects, yet the aim is a ship canal of some sort as soon as possible.
The gas and electric light commissioners conclude the Boston Consolidated Company’s cost is 64.06 cents per 1000 cu ft with depreciation. General Schaff suggests depreciation is in repairs costs and that a 6 percent dividend suffices. He notes the company’s own price estimate at 80 cents and urges a safer scale on a 10 year span.
Governor Guild praised 249 towns for relief contributions to California sufferers. Jacob Furth, Boston’s relief representative, said aid must continue for months with shelter food and clothing needed as San Francisco recovers. Boston and Massachusetts will respond to the appeal for outside help.
The Senate committee on interoceanic canals moved past a deadlock after the return of Senator Car. Details remain sparse as lawmakers resume closed meetings to discuss the proposed waterway project.
The city adopts a referendum attached to a hotel licensing reform long urged by commercial and civic groups. The measure allows limited midnight operations but delays full effect until voters decide at the next election. Opposition in districts without hotels is deemed unlikely.
The editorial argues for full public access in any investigation of bribery accusations against House members. It criticizes secret sessions as weakening credibility, notes the rules committee’s grand jury analogy is improper, and asserts open proceedings best protect against misrepresentation while guiding toward clear, trustworthy conclusions.
A roundup from Newton Newkirk details odd wildlife and fishing stories across New England. Sam Winters kills a nine foot eighteen inch black snake with a rail in Kennebunk after finding a German band dated 1781 on its neck. Enos Wilson battles a dogfish in Belgrade, drowning it after the fish bit his canoe, the creature weighing 1914 pounds on its own scales. Bud Petersby encounters red white and blue striped snakes in Hyannis and keeps several, joking they may turn into polkadot elephants. Hi Doolittle boats a record Crystal Pond black bass weighing 19 pounds two ounces after a long tug of war with a massive catch.
Charles D. Livermore longtime chief operator and Portland Western Union manager died today at age 66 after 36 years of service. A Civil War veteran he leaves daughter Miss Elsie Livermore.
George P. Gutterson resigns as editor of a Nashua daily to become manager of the cataloguing department at a shoe machinery company in Everett. The move ends his tenure at the local newspaper and shifts him to the Everett firm.
Plans are under development to build an interstate trolley line from Danbury Connecticut to the Hudson River at Ossining New York. The project aims to connect regional transit and improve cross state travel between Connecticut and New York.
A satirical quip from the Louisville Courier Journal mocks misfortune by urging readers to blame their wife for every failing or mishap. The verse lists weather, stock, and social woes attributed to the wife, with a tongue-in-cheek refrain urging fault to rest on her.
Observances note Grant’s global voyage starting May 17 1877 and a year-ago pardon for Henry K Goodwin in Lawrence after 19 years for a murder. Mrs Edward Kramer sails June 5 for Cherbourg then Paris Madrid Gibraltar Naples. Boston notes include Claudia Albright joining Castle Square and art statue tidbits. Fishermen Tom Cummins Dan Ruddy Sewall Cobb plan Rangeley Lakes trip and Katharine Thursby bird anecdote. Postoffice Inspector Snow returns to aid Swift trial and Malden Catholic Schools 25th anniversary prep led by Rev Neagle. Dr A Drew of Bridgewater described as healthful walker with daughter Ruth at rail station.
The London papers discuss a posthumous Curie succession idea with Marie Curie or her widow as potential head of the Sorbonne physics chair. They note her intimate knowledge of Curie’s methods and her own research, suggesting she could become chief laboratory assistant and successor. Also mentioned is Princess Elizabeth of Belgium, daughter of Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria, as a versatile figure with a medical degree who could serve as physician to her husband and children if needed.
Hetty Green boasts that she began life with 1,000,000 dollars and has made 50 for every dollar. The column quips about money, investment scent, and balance sheets, noting the contrast with small-start stories and the “million dollar stability” vibe.
A Buffalo doctor warns berries cause insanity though internal evidence suggests no real effect. The piece mocks the notion with a comic, surreal tale of a man driven mad by the chant “Strawbur-rees” ending in confinement at the House of Bug.
A reader reports a browntail moth nest under a window filled with tiny brown moths. The insects will soon grow and roam, causing itchy red welts on skin as they land on people. The note ends with a jest about the irritation becoming unpleasant.
The St Charles choir will hold its annual May party on Friday evening May 18 at Lyceum Hall. The group includes 30 young men and women from Woburn.
A granite mausoleum costing 76000 dollars will be built on the site of Colonel Ethan Allen’s old Bennington home in Vermont.
A fragment quotes a pupil offering a dollar and seventy five cents for a blooming goldfish. The odd barter adds color to a school day moment. The source keeps the line as a humorous aside reflecting classroom chatter.
A playful exchange hints at music starting a balky horse as Tony is urged to blast the plug with fortissimo. The dialogue carries light humor and stagey flair.
Alphonse McReady, 30, was fined $10 in Police Court for kissing Miss Mary Boyden, 20. The report notes Lynn kisses have previously cost $50 each.
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