Boston Post November 29 1906 front notice and rates
The Boston Post issue from November 29 1906 lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. It provides prices for one year six months three months and one month and notes payment is in advance with notices to new distributors if delivery fails. Editor and publisher F A Grozier is identified.
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Post Publishing Co
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Boston
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Fdltor
Thanksgiving through the centuries in American memory
The article traces Thanksgiving from Plymouth in 1621 through Washington’s 1789 proclamation and modern observances. It notes early athletic features and religious services, urging present citizens to fulfill duties and avoid complacency while giving thanks for blessings and the nation’s safety and happiness.
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American Republic
Plymouth
Massasoit
Monet
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Congress
Tillman in Chicago Race Visit Provokes Mixed Reactions
Senator Benjamin Tillman of South Carolina spoke in Chicago on The Annexation of Cuba. Proceeds benefited Chicago Union Hospital. The crowd teased him but no major hostility emerged, reflecting Northern progress on race issues while Southern states face ongoing tensions.
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United States
Benjamin Ryan Tillman
South Carolina
Chicago
Cuba
Chicago Union Hospital
Carolina
Tillman
North Reflects on South Struggles Under Constitution
The piece notes that the North cannot fully grasp South difficulties and calls out Senator Tillman’s Chicago remarks as not enlightening the understanding. It frames the national Constitution as guiding regulator amid regional tensions.
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South
Tillman
Chicago
Abandoned Park Square Land Blights Boston Development
The piece condemns the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad for holding $5,000,000 worth of Park Square land unused for seven years. It argues the site blocks city growth, deprives tax income, and harms business, urging commercial groups to push legislative action. Mayor Witzgerald previously noted the issue in his January inaugural message.
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John Albree
Boston
Park Square
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Railroad Corporation
Reform through Suffolk Grand Jury urged for Boston grafts
A Boston reform plea urges citizens to bring knowledge of corrupt municipal spending to the district attorney and the Suffolk County Grand Jury. It says Fenway contracts are under investigation and that a targeted inquiry can proceed without legislative delay, while broader reform may await new authority.
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Boston
Grand Jury
Suffelk County
Celebrates His 75th Birthday At Dorchester Home
Andrew Ochs, a well known retired Boston businessman, marks his 75th birthday at 7 Cottage Park Dorchester with seven children and fourteen grandchildren gathering to sing and recite verses. Born in Baden Germany in 131 his family and long career highlight a life of migration and enterprise.
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Boston
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Ochs
Thanksgiving Perseverance in An Old Tale of Fat and Escape
A fragmentary fable narrates a fat eater thankful for survival after a farmer swings an axe, the narrator fleeing to the woods and remaining hidden. Another Turk receives the axe in the neck, while the speaker, an “also-ren,” refrains from danger, with a Sphinx aside about a wish bone bearing Columbia and an eagle.
Dining Room Comedy With Their Feet Under the Table
A family Thanksgiving farce unfolds around a table as Father attempts to carve a turkey. Chaos erupts with drumsticks, splattered gravy, a skittish cat and pup, and misbehaving Uncle Ben, ending with everyone exhausted by the blaze of slapstick.
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Grim reminder at Old State House links to John Brown
The Observant Citizen notes a display case in the Old State House holding the identical hook used to hang John Brown, drawing crowds gazing at the blackened iron. The piece contrasts with industrial scenes in the navy yard and mentions rolling mills, anchors, and steam hammers.
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John Brown
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Carnegie
Admiral Snow
Names of Ireland Echoes in Verse and Pride
The poem extols Irish names with musical cadence and rural imagery. It lists many surnames including Brannigan Flannigan Milligan Gilligan Duffy McGuffy Mullarky Mahone Rafferty Lafferty Connelly Dononelly Dooley O Hooley Muldowney Malone Maddigan Caddigan Hallahan Callahan Fagan O Hagan O Houlihan Flynn Shanahan Lanahan Fogarty Hogarty Kelly O Skelly McGinnis McGinn.
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Gilligan
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Mahone
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Malone
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Callahan
Fagan
O'Hagan
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Lanahan
Fogarty
Hogarty
Kelly
O'Skelly
McGinnis
McGinn
Suburban Life Dialog Reflects City Time Tradeoff
In a brief exchange, two speakers note that suburban life has merits yet acknowledge a substantial portion of a suburbanite's time is spent in the city, highlighting the urban suburban balance.
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