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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1906
Page
6
The Boston Post announces subscriptions rates and office contact details for October 1 1906. It lists daily and Sunday rates, office addresses at 259 Washington Street and 1383 1384 Main, and a policy that subscriptions must be prepaid with discontinuation on expiration.
Timothy W. Coakley, a Roosevelt Republican and Moran campaign force, declares Hearst will be Governor of New York and Moran Governor of Massachusetts. He predicts a Hearst Moran pair at the next Democratic convention and nominates Coakley for Secretary of War under President Moran.
Senator Beveridge of Ohio argues against annexing Cuba, claiming permanent American occupation would require bloodshed to restore order. He cites Taft’s temporary provisional government and questions widespread support for annexation as the best policy. He suggests wholesome intervention without annexation remains possible.
Sir Thomas Lipton signals willingness to contest the America’s Cup again under New York Yacht Club rules. He argues modern boats lack seaworthiness and suggests a revival of practical, serviceable designs may restore sportsmanship after years of machine rivalry.
Sir Thomas Lipton declares a race should favor crafts capable of a 3000 mile voyage yet fit for contest and not endanger crews. He notes Milne Fife and other British designers refuse old measurement rules and hopes the New York Yacht Club will ease red tape to allow real sailing craft in the Cup rivalry.
The first full test of the new football rules Saturday shows little radical change on Soldiers Field. The forward pass rarely appeared, and the 10 yard third down rule offered only modest gains in open play. Cornell and Carlisle used the pass with some success while Princeton scored twice, but overall adaptation will take time and may yield a more interesting game.
An editorial warns against hunting fatalities in Maine as the deer season starts. It notes deer abundance and urges caution to prevent shooters harming fellow hunters, calling reckless gun use criminal and urging stricter regulations.
President Eliot spoke at Ford Hall naming Meyer Hiller as the Newsboys Scholarship winner. Hiller, a English High School graduate, supports his widowed mother with his brother already at Harvard, embodying the fund's purpose to expand and aid many like him.
Leominster reports Frank E. Bowers, 62, a former Somerville resident and Boston milk contractor, as the third victim of the typhoid fever and diphtheria outbreak. He died today, and is survived by two daughters Mrs Fisher and Charlotte Bowers and a brother George Bowers of Leominster.
C. H. Ellis of Sutherland Road Brighton praises the Post for endorsing Bryan's railroad policy. He says newspapers often bow to vested interests, and commends the paper for supporting freeing travel and commerce from private greed.
The text presents a parodist’s song about a wife controlling a husband through jealousy and financial demands. It cites lines about alimony, taxes, and cigars as reminders of a past marriage life, with the refrain emphasizing the singer's sympathy and memory of the partner. The verses humorously mirror domestic power dynamics and economic strain.
A fragmentary item notes a proverb about appearances and a call to action to Beat It. It mentions mummies aged 3000 years and reflects on hygiene and public health with a Goshen Indiana death at age eighty without bathing. The piece questions why a board of health is needed.
A new law requires meat packers to place the government inspection date on all canned products. The provision aims to help future generations identify contents like potted ram and bevelled tongue.
Citizens report leaks from Boston soft coal smoke stacks and question whether chimneys have smoke consumers or escapes. They ask if smoke consumers actually function and note no widespread smoke consumption epidemic observed.
A collection of wry maxims on conscience, loneliness, wants and fears. It quips about speaking minds, the trouble of dyspepsia, opinions and enemies, self talk, and the vanity of foresight versus hindsight. It closes with the idea that a secret loses value once shared.
The piece jokes that Santos Dumont may have built an airship that will fly, an achievement certain to provoke reaction from other airship inventors. It wonderingly suggests the Airship Inventors' Union could discipline him or confiscate his craft for breaking etiquette.
Bill collectors have organized a union for mutual help. Our acquaintance notes their long standing zeal and persistence in their work and views the move as a matter of public interest but not our business. Their familiar faces and figures are described with admiration and mild surprise.
The Boston Nationals closed their season with a decisive 9 0 victory over the Chicago team in a farewell game. Key players delivered strong performances as the home crowd watched the final showdown of the campaign.
Francis A. Campbell, clerk of the Superior Court, seeks his Gordon setter missing since last evening from Aber deen street. He searched personally without success as society notices and local residents discuss neighborhood events and small town happenings.
A leading Back Bay event centers on the noon wedding at Emmanuel Church between Miss Lucile Fairbank of the Hotel Somerset and Mr. Howard W. Pillow of Montreal. The bride, attended by her brother J M Fairbank as best man, will be married by Rev. Edmund Duckworth with Dr McCoomb assisting. the couple formerly resided in St. Louis.
Edward C. Wall former Wisconsin Democratic state chairman and presidential nominee candidate announced engagement to Miss Martha Ahrendt his former stenographer and private secretary. Miss Ahrendt is 63.
Three young men from New York Boston and Maine share a destiny in engineering and dam building as a girl’s long letter reveals their entwined fates. Each suitor loves the same woman who juggles engagements with John Lane Paul Clyne and Harry Chace while a rich Mr Jones skews the match.
The speaker signs Minnie Morse's hopeful note about a probable engagement. John Lane and two others shake hands in approval. They decide the letter should go to Mr. Jones without comment, calling it a blessed act.
A string of brief vignettes covers Herr Carl Muck's arrival and South America curiosity, Queen Margherita's champagne gesture to French officers, Paris festooning for London’s Lord Mayor, and Walter Wellman’s North Pole airship expedition.
A letter from Anxious William asks how to pick a wife from two well-meaning girls without offending the other. The answer urges decisive choice, advising William to decide which woman he wishes to marry, gain her agreement, and devote himself wholly to her, while treating the other as a friend only.
A 22 year old man seeks guidance about a sweetheart who has missed two engagements. The adviser suggests trusting her unless proven otherwise, avoiding questions, and continuing to make new dates while preserving discretion and patience. The tone emphasizes faith, discretion, and the value of trust in love.
Miss Frances Webster, 12, daughter of Edwin S. Webster of Brookline, will christen the submarine Octopus at Fore River Iron Works on Thursday. She is granddaughter of Frank G. Webster of Kidder, Peabody & Co. The Octopus is among the largest in its class at Quincy, larger than the Cuttlefish launched recently.
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