May 18 1906 Boston Post announces subscriptions and offices
The Boston Post issue lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and provides office addresses at 259 Washington St Boston. It notes payment in advance is required and directs readers to notify via postal mail if delivery is unavailable. Editor and Publisher B A Grozier is named.
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Public concern urged for open probe into legislative bribery
The House rules committee conducts a closed inquiry into bribery rumors, warning witnesses against sharing testimony. The public, and Massachusetts citizens, deserve full transparency of findings, with editors urging openness to preserve trust in government and media. The piece also notes high prices for serial rights to Conan Doyle and Hope novels in Sunday Post Magazine.
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House of Representatives
Commonwealth
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Weekly
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Sir Nigel
The
Sunday Post
Sophy
Kravonia
Anthony Hope
Elevating Boston Transit to Cambridge Faces Legislature
The extension plan for the Boston Elevate to Cambridge draws scrutiny by the Legislature. Key issues include crossing the Charles River and connecting with the northern terminal, with Basin dam use proposed as a practical solution while preserving the dam’s ornamental character.
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Boston
Cambridge
Bancroft
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Charles River
Basin Dam
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Against Monopolistic Trade Tactics
The court upholds a section of the Revised Laws protecting traders from discriminatory practices by a tobacco trust. It confirms the statute as constitutional, using police power to prevent contracts that would unfairly crush weaker dealers and harm the public by fostering monopoly. The ruling has broad implications for competition and consumer protection.
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Tobacco Trust
Wide
Wide Sn A Salar
Letter to the editor challenges gas rate fairness
Louis D Brandeis of Boston criticizes The Post editorial on General Schaff and the 6 percent dividend claim. He details the Consolidated Gas Company’s capitalization, debt, and cash paid in, arguing the 7 percent suggested by Schaff is misleading given overall costs and prior high dividends by other gas firms. Brandeis cites the cost of properties at 24.37 million and notes multiple cities paid 8 to 12 percent dividends.
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Consolidated Gas Company
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Schaff
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Gas Commission
Cambridge
Lowell
Lynn
Fall River
Springfield
Northampton
Waltham
Taunton
Louis D. Brandeis
Boston
Farlow Letter Cites London Cablegram on Manslaughter Case
The letter to the Post editor references a London cablegram about Major John Nicholas and a related manslaughter inquiry. It notes a controversial stance on religious affiliations and a suggested personal involvement, with unclear details due to garbled OCR.
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London
John Nicholas
Church
All Sorts challenging Boston Americans for a finish game
Chelsea Mass. captain Dolly Dimples of the Sweet Sixteeners proposes a benefit style game with whimsical and impractical rules. The plan requires moonlight play, silk yarn ball, ice cream sodas for Boston between innings, no spectators, and that the home team wins.
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Chelsea
Boston Americans
Boston
Dolly Dimples
Mass
Nutty Flavor Repeats In Food and Drink Notes
A letter critiques overuse of the term nutty to describe foods and beverages. The writer cites breakfast items milk coffee oysters and other dishes described as nutty and observes this phrase signals quirky or unusual flavor. The missive features playful language and a hometown flavor from Brooklyn.
Panama Hats Signal Market Trend
A compact note suggests Panama hats as a barometer of fashion demand and consumer spending trends, indicating how peak interest in the lightweight headwear mirrors broader money flow.
Scathing diatribe targets unsigned temperance letter
A Summerside PEI Journal letter attacks an unsigned piece titled Secretary Temperance Alliance. The author denounces filth and personal slander, calling out the temperance reformer as cowardly for concealing his name while defending himself against accusations.
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Roosevelt and Senators Stage Satire Mocking Truth Tellers
A political skit at National Capital Dramatis persoadel features Teddy Roosevelt, Chandler Tillman Bailey and others in a comic confrontation. The President heckles with the big stick while senators trade jests about truth and muck rake, culminating in a chorus about lies as fuel for mischief.
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National Capital
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Chandler Sisters Lose Award In Bird Estate Case
The Chandler sisters lose a $102,169 award from the Superior Court in the Albert H. Bird estate matter after the supreme bench rules they should be paid only for the value of their services. They were distant relatives and left teaching to serve as housekeepers after Bird's wife died.
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Albert H. Bird
Brookline
Massachusetts G A R sends aid to California commander
Commander J Payson Bradley of the Grand Army of the Republic Massachusetts department wired $1000 to the California department commander yesterday and said more funds would follow.
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J. Payson Bradley
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Massachusetts
California
Fragmentary Birmingham Note Yields No Clear Event
A garbled Birmingham snippet shows scattered names and numbers but no coherent action or report. The readable bits do not establish a person, place, organization, date, or outcome for a credible summary.
Society Headlines Arrive in New York from Europe
A wave of society visitors lands in New York from Europe, including Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Thayer and families touring Lancaster, Newport and beyond. Other arrivals include Mrs Ezra C Fitch, Mrs William Hamilton Harris, and families from Brookline and Back Bay preparing for social events. The piece notes Harvard freshmen concerts, numerous dinners, and preparations for weddings and obituaries among Boston society.
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New York
Europe
Nathaniel Thayer
Cornelia Thayer
Sallie Thayer
Lancaster
Newport
Herbert M. Sears
Lily Sears
Phyllis Sears
Eleanora Sears
Ezra C. Fitch
Commonwealth Avenue
North Shore
Harvard
Whitney Hall
Edwin Sheafe
George Lee
Thomas Aspinwall
Louis Cabot
George Faxon
Wallace D. Dexter
Frederick Clarke
George H. Francis
J. Murray Kay
Franklin W. Hobbs
Lilian G. Bates
Chestnut Hill
Benjamin E. Bates
Bates
Central Church
Edith Harlan Child
Erastus Corning
Washington
Louise Sargent
Nathan Sargent
Miss Bird
Miss Stevenson
Francis William Bird
Boston
Linzee Prescott
Beacon Street
North Pepperell
George Flagg
Buzzard’s Bay
Major
Henry JL. Higginson
West Manchester
Henry P. Jaques
Lenox
David T. Dana
Home Farm
Dana
Berkshire Hunt Club
Edward E. Bennett
Somerset
Belgrade
William G. Weld
Newport Villa
Ida Mason
Ellen Mann
Walnut Street
Rhode Island Avenue
Arthur B. Emmons
May 18 1864 bogue proclamation for more troops issued
A brief historical note marks today as the day a bogue proclamation called for more troops in 1864. It also recalls a year earlier when Boston's City Council condemned landlords who discriminated against children.
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Boston City Council
Social and local life notes from Boston area society
Last Tuesday in Boston a wedding unites John F. MacDonald of East Boston and Alice Jennings of Brookline. Other items mention Thomas Downey on vacation in the Adirondacks, John Connelley’s mysterious marriage joke, Mme. Bernhardt at Boston Theatre, and Cape Porpoise yarns about murder tales.
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East Boston
Alice Jennings
Brookline
MacDonald
Social Seven
Boston
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Boston Theatre
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