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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1906
Page
6
The Boston Post announces subscription pricing for the daily and Sunday editions including one year rates of seven dollars and six months at one dollar fifty, with monthly and quarterly options. It also states payment in advance, mail handling notes, and editor publisher contact details.
Harvard departs for New Haven to contest the Intercollegiate prize of football. The piece emphasizes Harvard's spirited impulse and broad support, noting Yale's long sports superiority and suggesting a Harvard victory could shift rivalry dynamics and delight Boston supporters.
The piece argues Theodore Roosevelt backed by public stance, while Secretary Taft overruled orders to discharge three colored troops. It describes Roosevelt’s firm leadership, Taft’s administrative error, and the President’s swift reversal. It suggests no cabinet split but notes Taft’s continued value.
In Puerto Rico Roosevelt spoke to Ponce crowds from City Hall balcony. The Unionist party swept elections for the insular House of Representatives, wiping out Republicans and drawing Labor voters away. No Porto Rican member of the House is elected to represent U S federal interests.
The text argues that despite a united call for local self-government and citizenship in Porto Rico, legislative change is blocked by an Insular Senate of Washington-appointed officials. It cites Munoz Rivera urging elected House and Senate, governor-appointed cabinet, and executive control, critiquing Roosevelt’s rhetoric as hollow until those reforms occur.
At the Massachusetts Civic League annual meeting the billboard report condemns advertising of obtrusive signs. It urges protests to advertisers and taxes on landowners who lease walls for such displays, calling for government action against deceptive enlistment material from army and navy ads.
The Municipal Register is published and sold at City Hall via the messenger department. It covers 11 months since the city government began January 1 and goes out in about six weeks. The critic questions the value of a time-worn compilation produced by the statistics department and printed by the municipal printing office.
Boston City West End residents request a public hearing on a subway route from the Cambridge line to existing subways. Daniel J. Kiley letters the Boston Transit Commission dated November 22, 1906, urging citizen input on the proposed path.
Humorous letters from Boston, Cambridge, Brighton, and Cohasset recount quirky experiences with decanters, rings, parrots, lotteries, and wills. Each short note ends with a pun or playful twist, reflecting everyday misadventures and social foibles.
An anthropologist joke explains why Native Americans supposedly lack beards. The column narrates a mock history from facial painting with white lead to bald ancestors, detailing why whiskers vanished and asking why bald heads are rare among Indians.
In a Huntington avenue car a stylish woman blocks the aisle with a poodle on a long chain as a crowd jostles. An onlooker muses about a life line system and a beggar pleads for help, while youths drop coins in response to a kneeling man and a jeer from nearby riders.
Observant citizens remark on Boston's large acquaintanceship as locals mingle at Wood Pollard event in Paul Revere Hall with a bright social calendar. Edward P Barry recovers from illness and thanks supporters while Harvard Yale football delegation led by Colonel Erb and Freeman Bill plans cheering for Crimson. William Sherlock heads to Seattle after years with Douglas Shoe Co. A Boston doctor woman fears nothing but chats with a sailor in the Common. Port collector George Ly man enjoys duck hunting in Virginia. Mary Richardson returns to Canton studio with outdoor figure studies. Lowell police captain William Kew cites finger print system as recent convictions rise. Boston police remarks noted.
A frail violinist in a women’s orchestra collapses on stage during a performance at the Royal Theatre. The audience witnesses a dramatic orchestral climax followed by her death. a Tribune telephoned notice misreports apoplexy. Voltaire later mentors her as a famed violinist.
Mrs. Experience Taft Leland, the town’s oldest resident, died early today from old age. She was 99 years five months and 21 days. Located in Grafton, the obituary notes her long life and age.
A long standing note praises Morse-Made Clothing for over 500 years of patronage and steady growth. It highlights Morse-Made Overcoats as a key stock item with prices ranging from 10 to 50 dollars and a furnishing department offering 43 cent cravats in a broad silk assortment.
A humorous note from the Louisville Courier Journal features exchanges about marriage and yachting. The quip contrasts romance with seafaring duty and urges perseverance. The snippet captures a lighthearted period tone and witty banter between unnamed speakers.
Cyrus declares the farming season over as harvests finish and fields rest. He sits by the fire with old Joe Wilkins reading local news and discusses modern farming, cows that milk and crops that pave the way. Fox prowls the moonlit yard as autumn settles in.
Thanksgiving china and glass department offers extensive stock from economical to premium. Oyster plates, soup sets, entree and game sets plus crystal and new cocktail designs. Royal Worcester Minton Doulton Copeland pieces, mantel decorations, and remnant lots at one third off in the Art Room. Inspection invited.
Mildred Champagne counsels a woman infatuated with a wealthy hotel guest who is engaged to marry another. The adviser urges confronting the man with rumors, avoiding legal action, and choosing honorable resolution to win his love or, if needed, let him choose the rightful fiancé.
Major Holman F Day Maine poet and novelist will speak this evening at the State of Maine Club clubhouse on Ashburton place. He serves as one of the vice presidents of the club.
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