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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
6
The Boston Post daily edition dated October 12 1906 from Boston Massachusetts carries the standard issue text and masthead with publication details. This entry provides bibliographic context for the historic newspaper page.
The State Board of Railroad Commissioners issued a circular urging street railways to ensure complete crew understanding before changing schedules after a fatal interurban collision. The report faults management for lack of prearranged despatch rules and calls for recorded crew agreement before any change. It also suggests roofing tracks through dense districts to reduce nuisance, noting high costs but potential property value gains.
A sensational account details the capture of the schooner Frolic and its officers and crew. The smugglers’ voyage is likened to piracy era tales as the vessel evades authorities, endures storms, and slips into a quiet port with contraband cargo, signaling harsher enforcement of Chinese exclusion laws.
Reports from Cuba suggest a subdued crisis with insurgents dispersing and U S forces withdrawing while provisional governor Magoon assumes control. Back in Boston, Mayor Fitzgerald aims to refine ordinances on feeding birds and parks, and observers note weather forecasts, golf news, a Roxbury court quartet, a new amusement park at Point of Pines, and Providence smuggling probes.
The South End Improvement Association denounces steam railroad entry into residential districts as the city grows. It notes eliminated grade crossings, increased roadway openness, pervasive noise, and abominable smoke, calling the situation highly offensive and intolerable.
Mr C B Fillebrown outlines a plan to tax transportation franchises in Massachusetts to regulate public utilities without government ownership. He argues franchise value, estimated at $150 million for steam and street railways, should be taxed, citing Ford law and New York settlements as precedent for safe, impartial public gain.
All Sorts by Newton Newkirk presents a humorous problem poem by Sal Skinner titled Just for That about hidden mystery and plot thickening. The piece parodies verse and features playful animal imagery and wordplay as it critiques social routines.
A New York banker is reported to have stolen a million dollars in a high profile financial crime. Investigators say the case centers on internal transfers and forged documents, drawing attention to executive misconduct in the city’s banking sector.
Absent voters return home to boost morale. A man drinks to show character. Foresight outweighs hindsight. A pretty face seeks praise. Aiming high may miss, but beats shooting the chutes. Faith hope and charity are virtues, with gratitude the greatest complement. Conscience shapes actions, temper loses conquests.
A reader asks how to carve a porterhouse and the reply distinguishes genuine porterhouse from parodies. The humorous guide advises firm fork and knife grip, careful cutting, and avoiding dangerous antics, noting absurd methods for problematic steaks and preferring proper carving over reckless methods.
On a late Atlantic voyage a dance leads Jack Bond and Katheryn Severance to a tense goodbye. A note from Katheryn promises a later meeting, and two months pass before Jack travels West to join Katheryn Bond, sealing their reunion.
In Lenox, Mrs. Robert Gould Shaw hosted a stylish dinner at Belair with friends while Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis entertained at Clipston Grange. The Ames family, now back from Europe, will delay opening their North Easton town house. The Lothrop Ames residence is ready for occupancy. An Oct 24 wedding is planned between Marian Vincent Brown and Franklin Farrel Jr. The Berkshire Hunt will ride Richmond territory with breakfast at Overlea hosted by Samuel Frothingham.
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