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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1906
Page
6
The editor attacks Speaker Cole's rules committee for excluding public access to its inquiry. Secrecy invites accusations of whitewashing regardless of the verdict. The public demands open disclosure of evidence and investigative methods to reveal the truth.
President Forbush of the New England Insurance Exchange announces an imminent rise in fire insurance premiums. Details and the application plan remain to be settled in underwriter conferences as heavy losses from San Francisco force the industry to seek recovery through higher future premiums. Local burdens will follow in areas with strong conflagration protection and robust business activity.
A fragmented piece notes the passing of old veterans from World War I era, with references to dwindling Grand Army of the Republic members. It highlights remaining younger veterans and the changing guard as the war generation ages.
The Post receives many inquiries that illuminate conditions in the republic’s strenuous days when patriotism united generations to rally around the flag. Respondents include nearly centenarians and Boys at Lincoln’s first call, some aging into enlistment by misrepresenting their years. The answers tie to Memorial Day memories.
The dual meet between Harvard and Yale opens the season with close scoring and three intercollegiate records broken. Harvard also suffers a baseball loss to Princeton in Cambridge while Holy Cross defeats Yale 15 to 4 in New Haven. National league attendance hits 35 000 in Chicago as Boston Americans drop 16 straight games.
George E McNeill a leading labor figure for nearly fifty years dies at about seventy in Massachusetts birthplace and career. He was known as a radical with rugged conscience and strong beliefs whose work helped shape the eight hour day and industrial relations. He published widely and was regarded as a good citizen and humanitarian.
A letter from the Letter Carriers Mutual Benefit Association of the Boston postal district expresses gratitude to the Boston Post for its support. The group credits the May 2 Mechanics Building reunion and concert with success and thanks Editor C H Lincoln and the Post staff for kindness and generosity.
Charles H. Fox from Brookline writes May 18 1906 to commend The Post editorial on President Roosevelt. He praises the piece as admirable and expressive of fair minded sentiment and lauds the newspaper's editorial page for its judgment and taste.
A garbled excerpt from a Pall Mall Gazette page includes partial words and phrases, hinting at a London newspaper item but lacking coherent context or identifiable events or names.
A man buys only parts of a suit for 14 years to wear out old clothes, swapping trousers and coat-vest pieces as needed. He chronicles his long, frugal experiment, noting dwindling satisfaction and a planned final relapse to a full new suit in 1926.
A letter asks the artist who draws Buster Brown to muzzle Tige until the Boston mad dog scare ends, warning that failing to do so may push the comic into a crisis and disappoint many child readers. The note highlights public affection for the dog and fears for the strip’s future.
Today in American history the head of the Department of Agriculture joined the President's Cabinet. A year ago ex Governor John L Bates announced his support for a Guild for Governor.
A newspaper note recalls President Roosevelt's cautious style of stating facts, arguing it clashes with strict veracity standards. Critics label the approach as evasive, while supporters defend measured truth telling in public discourse.
A narrator recalls a June day visiting a laundry owned by a witty woman and finds a white kid slipper from the Rogers family. The item prompts him to deliver it to Helene, rekindling a past romance as Ethel guides him to a bedroom where Helene lies recovering, awakening a deep mutual confession.
The Boston Daily and Sunday Post will award a jeweled G A R badge to the oldest and youngest Civil War veterans in New England. Entries with portraits and war records must be received by May 30, 1906. James Sullivan of the South End, born November 9 1849, enlisted as drummer boy in Company F Twelfth Massachusetts Infantry in 1861 and served until discharge for disability in 1864.
Archbishop Ireland of St Paul Minnesota and Bishop James McGolrick of Duluth Minnesota arrived in Paris on May 20. Ireland plans a week in the French capital before returning to the United States. McGolrick will tour Ireland following the visit.
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