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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1905
Page
6
The Boston Post announces daily and Sunday subscription rates for 1905 including one year $3.00, six months $1.50, three months 75 cents, and one month 25 cents. Editor and Publisher B A Grozier leads the paper from Boston offices at 259 Washington Street.
Editorial warns of an acute herring crisis as Newfoundland sends a cruiser to Bay of Islands to stop American fishing within three miles. It questions treaty 1818 limits, cites McKinley era Hay-Bond talks failing ratification, and argues for insistence on treaty privileges and U.S. fisheries rights despite Newfoundland retaliation.
Demands rise for punishment of life insurance officials who misused policy holder funds for personal and political ends. Western lawyers seek restoration of dissipated funds and removal of trustees while the Merchants' Association urges criminal indictments. They claim payments to a partisan committee violated business morality and amount to larceny. Retribution should proceed without waiting for the next legislative report.
In August, 63 409 immigrants entered the United States per the Department of Commerce and Labor. Nearly 50 000 arrived in New York and 3 000 at Boston with others at various ports. Immigration from Italy and Austria-Hungary rose sharply while England and Ireland fell. The answer lies in education and familiar assimilation methods.
The article mourns the death of Sir Henry Irving, noting his stature as a great actor and the greatest dramatic producer of his age. It places him among other renowned actors who have passed away and reflects on his enduring impact on the stage.
The essay lauds Henry Irving as the greatest force of the past century in making classic drama vivid and sensory. It credits him with adapting spectacular devices to theatre, elevating sentiment and imaginative beauty. Oxford granted him an honorary degree and his sovereign a title, while American theatre adopted his emphasis on precise staging.
Registration for the State election on November 7 closes in Boston and other cities next Wednesday and in towns a week from Saturday. A full vote is urged, with emphasis on tariff revision and reciprocity. Citizens are warned that delays may reduce polling. update lists now, as time is short.
Observant Citizen reports actor John Craig purchased a Clifton residence between Beach Bluff and Marblehead on about three acres with a modern house and barn. He hopes to occupy it next summer if his engagements permit. The column also notes social tidbits from Boston and Charlestown, including a running joke about Friday the 18th, local gossips, and local events.
A satirical court scene features Jawn, an insurance president, debating salary figures and conscience with a lawyer. The exchange covers pay, ethics, and Lawson, ending with a judge ordering Jawn to attend morning proceedings. The piece hints at ongoing courtroom antics.
A jumble of quips and notices from broadcasts of daily life. Jokes about storms in Ohio tests of patience with a lighthearted tone. A nurse inherits $60 000 prompting a cheeky theme idea. Divorces surface over bath habits and chronic drunkenness, with a judge humorously noting the man’s weekly liquor spend.
Editor notes a lighthearted tribute to Georgie M Dermott former All Sorts editor and office boy. The piece teases his fluent pen and laments his departure, invoking Newt and Newtile’s early larks while praising Georgie as a daisy and urging him to return.
Republican candidate for lieutenant governor Eben Draper declares he is a protectionist and will back tariff revision. He says the tariff issue belongs to the dominant party in Washington and disputes the idea of being a stand patter. He supports petitioners and hints at facing Mr. Whitney on tariff questions.
A Father Mathew celebration will be held tomorrow at Rathbone Hall 694 Washington street under the auspices of the Hibernian Total Abstinence Association. Mayor Daly of Cambridge will speak and the public A. O. H. members and auxiliaries are invited.
A fragmented note depicts a hurried walk to the depot with uncertain speech about a man named Potcash and a changing decision. The wording is garbled but suggests a tense moment at a railway stop.
A humorous exchange about a singer facing voice loss and the torment of uncertainty. The remark contrasts a known loss with the fear of not knowing when it happens.
The battleships Maine Missouri Kentucky Rowrancee Iowa Massachusetts Alabama and Illinois, sailing from New York, passed through the Virginia Capes at 12:30 this afternoon and proceed toward Hampton Roads.
A fragment reflects a boarding house scene where Arctic explorers once endured hunger and wore rubber overshoes for warmth. The speaker muses on a hopeful future and the boarding house as a training ground for explorers.
President and Mrs Roosevelt entertain at dinner with Secretary of War and Mrs Taft Postmaster General and Mrs Cortelyou assistant secretary of war and Mrs Oliver together with Mr and Mrs Bish Bishop General Dodge and Kepley.
J Pierpont Morgan contributed 10000 dollars to aid sufferers from the Calabria earthquakes in the province. The donation arrives as part of relief efforts organized to assist affected residents and communities.
Actual wear proves value in clothing with style fit and price. Our boys' department offers suits at 3 to 8 dollars for ages 8 to 8 years, 2.50 to 10 dollars for ages 8 to 16, and 8 to 22 dollars for ages 16 to 19. Ask to see Educator shoes. Open Saturday night until 10.
Walter E. Beckwith born August 27 1850 in Lempster New Hampshire died at his Salem Massachusetts home after a short cancer illness. He served as Chicopee Falls High School principal, Adams Mass superintendent, and State Normal School Salem principal since 1896. He leaves a widow and a daughter.
At the Cabinet retreat members refused to reveal details of the session. They debated the fitness of candidates for federal judgeships and U S attorney posts and discussed campaign contributions involving judges. The Venezuelan question and Judge Calhoun’s report were also noted as topics.
Boston residents travel to Catonsville Maryland for the wedding of Miss Jane Harvey to Eben Esmond Whitman of New York. The ceremony at St. Timothy's Church is followed by a reception at the Harvey home. Attendants include Hannah Palfrey with a Boston ushers group of Harvard classmates. also on the steamer Arabic are Miss Marjorie Appleton and Mrs. F Gordon Dexter. The debutante scene and Symphony reception highlight the social page with gowns and outfits among Mrs Curtis Guild Miss Phyllis Robbins and other society figures.
An American man recalls meeting Renee Joinville in Orleans and later eloping to France with her against her father M Pierre Joinville of Clery. After the steamer La Bourgogne disaster, he survives while Renee perishes, leaving the Loire valley villagers with a tale of forbidden romance and loss.
A 16 year old asks about quitting family opposition to go on stage. Champagne advises listening to wiser family guidance, stressing maturity and consequences. The reader is encouraged to wait for the daily Post’s answer.
A 20 year old man seeks guidance about a female co worker who meets him socially but may have a steady partner. The columnist warns against pursuing a flirtatious woman with a rival and advises caution, urging the man to avoid relying on her and to consider his own chances alone.
In Lewiston Maine the Rev Frank W Sandford of Shiloh was sentenced in the Supreme Court to pay a $100 fine plus costs for cruelty to his son. The judge noted no malice or evil intent and said the punishment risked the child’s health, though the affectionate father-son relationship endured.
A reader signs as Diogenes Americana to nominate Charles Evans Hughes for U S president. He praises Hughes for pursuing insurance company prosecutions, contrasts him with talkers, and hopes others will second the independence bid through The Post letters page.
A reader asks the editor to confirm the actual number of states in the United States noting schools claim 45 or 47. The inquiry is dated Boston October 138.
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