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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1905
Page
6
The text reflects divergent views on Panama's ties with the United States, noting periods of apparent control and times of perceived loss of influence. It frames the dynamic as a recurring cycle of ownership and distance in bilateral interaction.
In the morning the submarine Loon sinks to the harbor bottom at Constantinople and Steve prepares to depart, gathering essentials, then surfaces and walks toward the American consul's office. He attracts attention as he questions a bystander, then correctly identifies the consul’s private office and enters.
A boy named Billy Boy decides to run away after his punishment for pinching his sister. He steals his jackety pants, climbs out through the alley gate, and imagines a future in Ireland or California as he starts his trek into the day.
A weary traveler, short of meals, plans to buy food at a station after walking and stealing a moment of rest in a shady alley. He clings to bank funds to ride, despite sore feet from railing stabs, while Maggie the cook and Norah joke about his failed escape and eventual return home.
Daily issue detail from Post Publishing Co. notes publication date May 23 1905 and issue number with office address 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The notice lists daily rates of one year three dollars six months one dollar fifty eight months seventy five cents and one month twenty five cents. The Sunday Post offers one year two dollars fifty cents six months one dollar twenty five cents and three months sixty five cents. It notes second class matter in Boston and warns against sending cash with payments and to make checks drafts or money orders payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Notices warn that all subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. Readers are asked to inform the office if the Post is not received and to report changes by mail to EB A. Grozier, editor and publisher.
Massachusetts will be grateful for money and men promised for this year's state encampment. Earlier the nation was too poor to aid the Bay State's camp of instruction. Now Uncle Sam is poorer than before, yet the state has secured funding.
The piece argues foreign opinions on U S rail rate regulation are limited and cautions against basing policy on foreign critiques. It stresses that private capital and public service roles in railways require state oversight if contracts fail and defends U S autonomy in setting railroad policy beyond foreign commentary.
Discussion in Washington centers on Panama Canal procurement and the tension between standpatters and administration plans. The piece notes no change in Roosevelt Taft policy while accusing manufacturers of seeking higher prices, and highlights steel rail price constraints as a potential obstacle to Panama purchases.
The East Boston relief hospital bill was passed by the Board of Aldermen over Mayor Collins' veto. The Common Council is urged to concur, deeming the move humane given frequent accidents on the island wards and delays reaching the city.
The piece discusses strained US Russia tariff relations over sugar duties and a new Russo German tariff, the impact on by products of petroleum, and Russia’s readiness to negotiate a most favored nation treaty while Standard Oil’s stake in Russian oil is noted as relevant for assessing treaty prospects.
Immigrants have entered Canada at a rate of 77 000 in nine months with 26 687 from the United States. Over 50 years US immigration averages about 400 000 annually, making Canada’s influx look modest yet promising for lasting settlement and wheat land development.
Bishop O Connell of Portland Maine returns from a European visit to a formal reception in New England. A cathedral benediction will precede a Lafayette Hotel banquet hosted by the Knights of Columbus with priests curates and Catholic laity in attendance. Governor Cobb of Maine and state and city officials are among expected guests.
A Six-Eyed Sleuth vows to free Agatha Parkenlard, held for ransom by Turkish brigands. The consul doubts progress, suggesting brigands enjoy Sultanate complicity, while Steve vows strategy or force as tomorrow’s events unfold.
A close-top goddard buggy nearly capsized when its forward wheel rode under the body at Chapman Place. By swift action a bystander and a cabman righted the vehicle and freed the wheel before harm occurred. An anniversary week forecast suggests rain.
Belle G Badman Mrs Brewer and Miss Deborah Benavente lead in the Athena Club Boston production of Wood cock's Little Game at Marion Street Unitarian Church East Boston. The show benefits charity and features leading Boston amateurs in principal roles. Hodges and Butler gain attention with new musical specialties as their act grows popular.
The Oak Hall store promotes L. Adler Bros. Co. Rochester make as the finest ready to wear clothing. It asserts comparable prices to other ready-made garments and emphasizes customer satisfaction with refunds on request. The ad invites customers to browse regardless of purchasing intent.
Friends announce Mrs. Wells and her daughter plan to join Colonel Thomas L. Livermore at Manchester by the Sea. Emily Wright and John A. Haskell wed at Emmanuel Church, with the couple to live on Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill. Baylies, Allen, Sargent, Stearns, Eustis, Greenough, and Bigelow families are shown arranging residences, arrivals, and entertainments for summer travels and social duties.
A reader asks how to win a reluctant love interest and whether to invite him to the house or write a loving letter. Miss Champagne counsels forgetting him for self respect and notes men seek those not chasing them. A second letter suggests using jealousy to signal seriousness and deter trifling.
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