Boston Post Daily Publication Details and Subscription Rates
The Boston Post dated May 80 1906 issue lists office at 259 Washington St Boston Mass subscription rates for 1 year 3 months and 6 months and the Sunday Post price 2 50 per year with notices about cash payments in advance and discontinuation without notice if payments fail. Editor and Publisher BE A Grozier directs readers to notify if delivery is missed.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
POST
Daily Post
United States
Canada
Sunday Post
Newadealer
Newaboy
Memorial Day and the Civil War's enduring meaning
The piece reflects on Memorial Day as a memory that becomes tradition and links it to two war anniversaries the Revolution and the Civil War. It lauds the Grand Army of the Republic as living symbols of liberty and patriotism, whose example anchors the republic's future.
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Republic
Great Britain
Grand Army of the Republic
Boston Fire Insurance Rate Hike Faces City Backlash
The Boston Board of Fire Underwriters approves an immediate 10 percent premium increase to help New York insurers cover San Francisco fire losses. The tax, estimated over 3 million dollars in insured value, seeks to reimburse Bay Area costs with little regard for Boston risk conditions.
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Boston
San Francisco
New York
San’ Francisco
Ers
Fire insurance rates could rise for poorer districts
The plan to exclude sprinkler-equipped buildings from advance rate reductions may push rates on certain risks well above 10 percent and perhaps to 25 percent for poorer, congested areas. The move could trigger a revolt against the fire insurance system and demand for condition readjustments.
Governor's Pardoning Power in Tucker Case Central to Clemency
The Supreme Court confirms the Governor alone holds the pardoning power and may act without council input if no clemency is justified. Governor Guild plans a fair, impartial hearing with petitioners attorneys, Tucker’s defense, trial justices, and state prosecutors present to weigh rights and law.
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Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Tucker
Guild
Meat Report Demands Public Disclosure From Washington
The House seeks a rapid report from department experts on Chicago packing house conditions. The President reportedly ordered Neill and Reynolds to prepare the findings within 48 hours but would release them only if Congress forces disclosure. Citizens demand full facts to curb the beef trust and inform Congress.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Department
Chicago
Congress
Neill
Reynolds
Booming Boston at Mayor Fitzgeralds Luncheon
A Boston luncheon praised civic energy and urged faster development. Speakers urged creating a publicity bureau to promote Boston as a regional hub, arguing the city has historic strength and modern tools to attract residents, commerce, and industry.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
New England
North Atlantic
Flag Raising at South Bay Union Today
The South Bay Union at 0 Harrison Avenue between Malden and Dedham streets will host a flag raising at 2 15 this afternoon. The Lowell Post G A R with its band will attend in full, and a chorus of school children will sing from the balcony followed by a short address by Charles Russell.
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South Bay
Be Ours the Duty to Deck Fallen Soldiers Graves
Poem-like homage recalling the duty to lay flowers on Union soldiers graves. Mentions Mississippi, victory strains, stars and stripes, and rest in mother earth. Ends with pledge to deck graves with victor bays. 1980 memorial note.
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Victor
Columbia
Victor Bays
Hbioriat Pinadz
First Memorial Day Proclamation Issued by Logan
General John A. Logan, then commander of the G A R, issued the first Memorial Day proclamation on May 6 1868 designating May 30 for decorating graves of soldiers and sailors who died in the Civil War The document urges reverent observance, protection of graves from vandalism and the adornment of hallowed ground with flowers and the flag raised again to honor the deceased and support widows and orphans.
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John A. Logan
Ublic
Insanity Experts Target in Miss Terranova Trial
A newspaper column mocks the insanity tests used on Josephine Terranova on trial in New York. It ridicules the methods including electric shocks, needles, and trains, suggesting a commission review of the experts and proposing extreme, satirical tests to prove or disprove their sanity.
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Josephine Terranova
New York
The Irrepressible Locomotive and Night Whistles
A humorous letter mocks railroad engineers for nightly whistles around Hyde Park. The writer applauds a commission order limiting unnecessary steam, invites officials to study locomotive habits, and describes disruptive late night sounds and their effects on sleep and mood.
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Hyde Parkway
Hyde Park
May 30 1862 Confederate evacuation at Corinth
Observant Citizen notes May 30 1862 in Corinth Mississippi that Confederate forces evacuated. The item recalls a year earlier Admiral Togo recounting the great naval battle.
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Corinth
Miss
Togo
Shipping to Liverpool with Mrs Louise Moulton Aboard
The Saxonia departed East Boston bound for Liverpool with a full saloon list including Mrs Louise Chandler Moulton a longtime patron of Cunard from Boston. The item notes judges and locals, profiles postmistress appointment at Wellesley Farms, an artist portrait bust, a Melrose postmistress death, and local anecdotes on police work and a Boston Chinese mission official Yong Kay.
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Boston
Liverpool
Louise Chandler Moulton
Cunard Line
Cephalonia
Catalonia
New England
Harrison Avenue
Yong Kay
China
Inspector Schell
Long Wharf
Memorial Day 1906 Reflects on Sacrifice and Freedom
Memorial Day 1906 recalls soldiers graves and the cost of liberty. The passage laments a lingering cloud of sin while urging respect for veterans and unity in honoring those who died for the nation.
Time of Flowers Romance a Runaway Marriage
Carita Moreton resists society yet flees with John Worthing after a wreath night as memories of war and a vanished farm life haunt her. In the countryside he returns as a ghost of love, and their elopement is printed as a sensational romance in the papers.
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John Worthing
Flowers
Society Notes Open Season at Essex County Club North Shore
Memorial Day marks the opening of the Essex County Club with out of doors sports and bridge. Notable cottagers include T Dennie Boardman Reginald Boardman Robert C Hooper William Hooper Colonel Gordon Dexter Washington B Thomas Bryce J Allan 8S Van Rensselaer Crosby Edward W Grew Henry S Grew 2d Walter D Denegre and many more. General and Mrs William Draper visited Smith Point for the summer while Mrs P Coggeshall Chase plans a summer abroad. Miss Mariette Iasigi visits Stockbridge Clovercroft as the Dixeys delay their Tanglewood opening until July. A Cambridge wedding to be held next Wednesday unites Miss Mabel G Hopewell and Dr Clarence M Caseberry. John Torrey Morse 3d and A Paul Keith are seen in New York and Brookline respectively as cottagers prep for Oyster Bay and Pomfret arrangements. Harry Brooks Adams heads to the Pacific coast for mining interests before late June.
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North Shore
Essex County Club
Messrs
T. Dennie Boardman
Reginald Boardman
Robert C. Hooper
William Hooper
Gordon Dexter
Washington B. Thomas
Bryce J. Allan
Boylston Beal
van Rensselaer Crosby
Edward
New York
Cherbourg
Bremen
Chase
Boston
Berkshires
Mariette Iasigi
Otis Place
Oscar Iasigi
Nora Iasigi
Stockbridge
Clovercroft
Lenox
Richard C. Dixey
Beacon Street
Rosamond Dixey
Tanglewood
Cambridge
John Torrey Morse
Somerset Club
St. Regis
The
Institute of Technology
Ernest A. Bigelow
Alanson Bigelows
Chestnut Hill
Bigelow
Harvard
Eleanora Clark
Commonwealth Avenue
Pomfret
Conn
Harry Brooks Adams
Pacific Coast
Engine captain bans cigarette smoking in quarters
Captain John Madison, new head of Engine Companies 26 35 on Mason Street, bans cigarette smoking among the crew. He succeeds Captain John T. Byron, who led for nine years, and several firemen protest the lack of a formal rule against smoking in quarters.
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Madison
John Madison
Mason Street
John T. Byron
Senate Approves Post Office Bill With 192 485 000 Stated
The Senate passed the postoffice appropriation totaling 192 485 000 dollars and adjourned over Memorial Day until Thursday. Debates centered on the fast mail train to the South and second class mail matter including colleges universities and charitable educ institutions publications access to mail.
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Senate
Washington
Postoffice
Mildred Champagne Advice on Love and Sentiment
A shy young man with a small salary seeks guidance from Mildred Champagne on proposing to a returning love. The letter urges honest, simple speech over grand gifts and theatre outings, arguing that genuine feeling beats eloquence or silence.
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Mildred Champagne
Miss Champagne
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