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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
6
Daily issue of the Post Publishing Co dated November 30 1905 in Boston outlines mailing and payment instructions. It notes second class matter status and asks readers to avoid sending cash with payments sent by check or money order payable to the Post Publishing Company.
All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly please notify us by postal at once.
The Daily rates list one year at $3 00 six months $1 50 eight months 75 cents and one month 25 cents. The Sunday Post rates are one year $2 50 six months $1 25 and three months 65 cents. Editor and Publisher B A Grozier.
The essay honors Thanksgiving as a national holiday linking all regions and expressing home reunion, religious reverence, and benevolence. It highlights Boston's charitable spirit with open doors for the poor, noting the Salvation Army providing 5000 dinners and other groups extending aid today.
The Interstate Commerce Commission prepares a bill for Congress to broaden its power over railroad rates. It targets through or joint rates for shipments from the West to Eastern seaports via Canada and for Eastern goods to Western consumers. Penalties include tariff duties for enforcement.
The bill extends ICC authority to set maximum and minimum railroad charges within the United States. It allows rate changes, classifications, and book review of interstate lines. It faces strong party opposition but provides a court appeal option for carriers aggrieved by these powers.
The text argues Senator Joseph R. Burton of Kansas received six months in jail and a $2500 fine for using his office to aid a get-rich quick corporation. It condemns outside influence and urges strong enforcement to preserve congressional integrity.
The Columbia committee on student organizations moved to end football arguing it harms academics and endangers lives. Professor Lord defends the decree as radical to rid the university of the obsession, while Harvard President Eliot urges reform over abolition, noting cheating and brutality as core issues and calling for player-led rehabilitation.
A Christmas season advisory urges readers to start their holiday purchases promptly. The message emphasizes practical saves and prudent planning for a bustling shopping period.
The piece urges shoppers to buy gifts weeks early to avoid last minute stress. It notes fatigue among clerks, misfits in presents, and general holiday congestion.
President Roosevelt declares himself against outsiders dictating New York county Republican politics in letters to friends. He criticizes outside interference and suggests five or six men who could serve as acceptable president of the New York county committee.
A series of vignettes on dishonesty and social behavior from club women and newspapers. The anecdotes involve a streetcar scene with a mother and daughter, a geese hunting tale in Missouri, a British aristocracy jab, and a mother ruined by a son's theft, highlighting moral lapses and societal reactions.
In a snowbound library a bereaved couple receives an unexpected infant at their doorstep. Horace and Mary NewarkKirk, shattered by the loss of their son Carroll, find in the found child a chance for healing and decide to adopt. The baby’s resemblance to Carroll seals their reconciliation.
A poem by Minna Irving in Leslie's Weekly celebrates Thanksgiving with the turkey as the central, honored figure. It contrasts autumn fruits with the turkey’s rise to glory and the warm kitchen aromas of sage and spice filling homes as families gather and give thanks.
A reminiscence of a hillside gathering announcing Thanksgiving observances at Waltham. The verse invites assembling from the glen to share roast turkey pie plum pudding fruit cake and liquid refreshments while recalling memories and voices from the tomb in a festive old time manner.
The column surveys Thanksgiving week events with charity by Patrolman James McKenna aiding a hungry man, theatre plans for Miss Lillian Hennessey in Little Red Riding Hood, Hoffmann Quartet’s refined concert, and local figures like Miss Marguerite Peirce and Professor George C. Marshall. It also mentions a ship’s log gift from Martin Roche, a $5.25 relief for Mrs Brannick, and upcoming St Joseph's Guild sale.
Official state tally shows Curtis Guild Jr. elected governor over Bartlett by 22 558 votes. Eben S. Draper leads for lieutenant governor over Whitney by 1941 votes, with small totals for others.
In Nashua New Hampshire on November 29 the defunct New Hampshire Banking Company will pay a 5 percent dividend totaling $24 000 to its depositors. Receiver W A Farley will issue the payment on December 4. This will bring total deposits paid to 103 1 2 percent, with 3 1 2 percent in interest still included.
Fayetteville Ark reports ex Congressmen Hugh Dinsmore testified that he struck the first blow and would have struck others as well He was fined 1 for assault on Governor Jeff Davis and 50 for carrying concealed weapons The incident occurred November 29 with Dinsmore blaming the governor for the actions.
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