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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1906
Page
6
The canvass of Republican candidates shows support for the overtime bill as a major factor in selecting the next Senate presiding officer. Voters favored the measure, and the 1907 Senate is expected to back its passage, guiding the Republican caucus to choose a president aligned with this issue.
Captains of fishing schooners, fishermen, and retail dealers denounce a Boston plan to form a fish trust that would set minimum prices and control market profits. They vow to charter or buy vessels to compete and warn the public that independent, seasonal buyers may be driven off the market if the scheme proceeds.
A historical critique condemns the Pullman Company as a monopoly in quasi public service. It argues the firm has built a $24,000,000 surplus through excessive charges, urging the Interstate Commerce Commission and Congress to enact or expand laws to curb abusive practices and ensure public protection. The piece notes patent control over cars underpins monopoly and cites back taxes owed to Chicago as evidence of aggressive financial tactics.
A circular from Standard Oil asserts no adequate reason for the suit and vows to test the issue in court. The company says it will fight the people and hints at possible immunity deals for individuals on criminal counts. The battle is expected to be prolonged with testimony starting after February.
The text discusses that if people are convicted the appeal process will start, with the outcome and end remaining distant and uncertain.
All Sorts editorial mocks Walter Wellman plan to reach the North Pole by balloon promising to reveal impracticalities. It argues extreme cold could freeze hot air bearings and axle grease leading to a crash or stranded voyage with poor rescue options. The piece cautions Wellman but says editors will not deter him.
Spectators saw entertaining play and cleaner competition as Soldiers Field and Princeton hosted top teams. The open style reduced injuries and penalties, Yale's loss at Princeton highlighted safety, Harvard’s big win over Dartmouth contrasted with Yale Princeton stalemate, and Saturday’s Harvard Yale clash promises a great, closely contested game.
Readers are invited to share a brief account of the sourest lemon they've encountered. Submit a short testimony to join the club, with candy-queue rules for entering or being elected, and a prize awarded to the best sour lemon tale.
A quirky item describes a full quart bottle of tartaric acid and a public call for membership in a Lemon Club. It hints at a local fish trust effort and uses tongue in cheek language about contributions and puckering.
Berlin reports conductor Nikisch angrily rebuked women in the audience last night during Bruckner Ninth. He rose on stage and said their staring with opera glasses makes him nervous and unable to continue conducting. Some say he imitates Wagner’s former conductor.
A collection of short satirical items references Sig. Caruso, alimony cuts in Cleveland, a Utica suitor’s lemon rejections, Boston Elevated wage hikes, stand in line for better public travel space, Jawn Dee’s oil losses, Sen Platt’s resignation chatter, Teddy’s Panama Canal comeback, and Maine’s Minot St Clair Francis whose name takes spotlight.
Dope DaBeAr reports Mrs Soloman Brodinsky crippled by Russian Hebrew troubles waits in a Liverpool hotel for immigration to grant passage to America. Her son Solomon and family left Elizabethgrad for the United States three weeks ago, while she remains without a return ticket and funds.
The Rev. H. D. Maxwell of Somerville preached on "The Responsibility for McKinley's Death" challenging Secretary Root's remark that the Democratic candidate was not guiltless of McKinley's death. He warned the topic is delicate and hard to prove to an unbiased mind.
A Dorchester reader asks the Post editor to press the elevated line for continuous all night service between Sullivan Square and Dudley Street. He argues night workers deserve equal transit, proposes half hour after 12:30 am, cites weather hardships and urges General Bancroft to grant the modest schedule change.
Lord Curzon travels to America for a final family conference with relatives of his late wife Daisy Leiter of Chicago. He brings a dozen photographs from a Cabanel portrait and a box of Lady Curzon’s books and keepsakes to distribute to friends as agregements.
Cambridge Terrace couple welcome a baby boy as Walter J. Murphy Jr. may enter Harvard football as a guard in 1925. Isaac Jackson nicknamed the skidoo candidate after a 23-vote primary. Local color covers a sea gull duel in Plymouth, weather shifts, a Newton car incident, street paving, naval industry clues, East Boston strolls, and a State House entry quirk.
In a humorous street episode several women juggle broken planks to cross a gap while onlookers laugh. A passing dray is enlisted to roll over the pieces, ending the obstacle as spectators applaud the improvised solution. The item also notes a florist bet about a Yale Harvard game and a Dartmouth performance with Quarterback McDevitt singing in the chorus.
Friends reveal no deed of separation yet and a divorce is possible. The duchess lives quietly at Curzon Street in a near solitary life and seems relieved that their crisis has arrived. The duke visited Lady Arthur Paget to show his distress and ponder a temporary separation for the children’s sake. Lady Arthur advised potential reconciliation in time.
Roger Camp trails the Purple Poppy through a crowded avenue and to a tea room. He discovers the girl wearing the glow of the mystery as a romance unfolds and a mistaken elopement plot is revealed. The sister’s lover and guardian are involved, and Camp ends up central to solving the puzzle of the night.
Depositions in the Bassett divorce suit will be presented to Justice Gould Thursday. Charles C C Bassett a topographer with the United States Geological Survey sues Fanny Rice Bassett. Rev E Lawrence Hunt formerly pastor of Washington Heights Presbyterian Church is named as corespondent. Bassett seeks custody of four children with a fifth disclaimed. The birth of the last child named Lawrence after Hunt provides much of the evidence.
Patrick Leary keeper of a tobacco store at 175 Dorchester Avenue reported a break in early Sunday morning. Goods valued at 14 dollars were stolen and no clue to the thieves is known.
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