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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1906
Page
6
October 15 1906 issue of the Boston Post Publishing Co lists office at 259 Washington Street with daily edition details and publication specifics.
The text shows subscription prices for Daily and Sunday editions. Daily rates include one year at 8.00 and six months at 1.50 while other partial periods are 8 months at 0.75 and one month at 0.25. Sunday Post lists one year at 2.50 six months at 1.25 and three months at 0.65.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery to any United States or Canada address for 25 cents per month and the Sunday Post for 25 cents per month. Address changes are allowed as often as desired.
The Post announces all subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be cut off without further notice at expiration. Readers missing delivery should notify the office by mail. Editor and Publisher E. A. Grozier signs the notice with contact numbers and office addresses.
The Democratic mass meeting at Faneuil Hall marks the ratification of the State convention. Speakers include District Attorney John B. Moran, E Gerry Brown, May or Fitzgerald, George Fred Williams, General Charles W. Bart lett, Congressmen McNary Kelch er, Andrew J. Peters and Joseph F. O'Connell, Edward P. Barry, William T. A. Fitzgerald, and others. Three weeks remain until election day as turnout aims to rally and unify Massachusetts voters.
Protest grows against demolishing Dr. Bartel's Church at Cambridge and Lynde streets in the West End. Opponents urge preserving the historic building to keep a public library branch and a small park, arguing the schoolhouse plan can be met by enlarging the Hawkins street school. The loss would diminish Boston's historic character.
The article reports on Brandeis urging cheaper life insurance for workers via expanded savings bank powers. He cites high costs in industrial policies, calls for banks to offer small policies with minimal commissions, enabling wage earners to secure safer, affordable coverage and reduce lapses while challenging insurer profits.
Professor Brander Matthews says no immediate results are expected from the new spelling. The Simplified Spelling Board pinpoints long term success, with effects not visible today or tomorrow. Since Roosevelt urged public printers to use the orthography, no official documents reflect the Roosevelt spelling yet.
A recent test on public roads showed highway racing risks and spurred plans for a privately built speedway. Foreign contestants demanded protection from spectators and racers, and a fenced course with paid seating is proposed to ensure safe, orderly events.
The Rev. R N Holsaple of Travers City Michigan, earning $500 a year, claims to be an heir to a fortune of about 20 trillion dollars left by Thibad Metzgar, Governor of Holland in 1691. He told a Toledo visitor of the claim and bought his Sunday dinner with cash he says comes from the inheritance.
A humorous column notes that Queen Margherita sued a Paris tobacconist who claimed royal supply of cigarettes to her and other queens. It jokes about the queens smoking, rights, and the danger of luxury smoking spreading to pipes or perfectos.
What the Sphinx Says notes a report that Upton Sinclair will appear briefly in his drama The Jungle. The piece adds humor that beef tea will likely be served between acts and Sinclair will pour.
Walt Wellman postpones the North Pole discovery project to the next year. He will spend the winter training his balloon to behave, signaling no rush and a patient approach to the expedition.
Mrs White wife of the Chewing Gum King is divorced after years of joint business effort. They worked side by side from humble beginnings to wealth, then separated despite a long partnership. The note ends with light quips about autumn odor and other jokes from the period.
The quip pairs a Bernard Shaw line about entering America quietly with a biting response from Barnyard figure. The exchange reflects literary feud tone and public theater satire without specifying event details or dates.
A humorous眞 note describes a made up "automobile heart" illness said to affect only drivers. It mocks the idea that owning a car causes the condition and portrays the moment of a fast horn and sudden evasion as the true symptom.
Farmington Missouri October 14 the weather worn Kew Acres home of Jacob Abbott author of the Rollo books is being repaired for use as the Abbott School dormitory. The end room where he wrote is reserved by students of the old Farmington Academy. A historical tablets committee seeks donations to preserve Abbott furniture and life artifacts and to erect a memory tablet.
John K Hastings, famed publisher connected with the Christian and the Anti-Infidel Library, died at the New England Sanitarium Melrose of diabetes. A Harvard Divinity School graduate, he studied anti slavery landmarks and authored Anti-Slavery Boston. He was known for Broad friendships and thoughtful lectures.
Observant Citizen marks October 15 1775 as the birth of artist S John Vanderlyn noted for portraits of Washington. A year ago today Sadie Doherty aged 17 saved 84 people from a fire, celebrated for courageous life-saving deed.
Miss Harriet Curtis of Essex Country Club won the national women’s golf championship, defeating Miss Mollie Adams of Wollaston Club to keep the trophy in Boston. The piece also mentions local civic figures and social events including Sergeant John Crowley praised for courtesy, Clover Club talents, and attendance at the Orpheum Theatre with actors Bernard Daly and Williams.
A Boston feature notes Mrs. Oscar Whiting’s charity push for Amabile Luigi, purchasing a new organ after a local appeal by the Thursday Thimble Wielders. The gift lifts spirits briefly, but the organ’s haunting tune soon returns as the recipient reverts to hardship and the coin cup stays half full.
Sheriff Grisscom and 12 deputies searched a Gypsy camp in Carmi Illinois on a complaint by Gus Mitchell claiming $1000 was stolen. They found more than $50,000 in gold and currency including $1000 bundles, $15,000 in gold and a $25,000 certificate of deposit from First National Bank Chicago. Mitchell's loss remained unproven.
A reader asks how a reserved young woman should approach a new office colleague. The columnist urges finding a happy medium between reserve and forwardness, watching the man’s cues, and giving him space to initiate. Tact and subtle encouragement are advised, avoiding traplike behavior.
The letter from Miss Mabel in Boston describes a young man who has known the writer since childhood. He confesses love and asks for marriage, but she does not love him and fears his jealous temper and threats. Her mother urges caution and autonomy in choosing a partner.
Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Indiana visited the White House where President Roosevelt watched a portrait painted by the Marquise de Wentworth. An assistant with a camera urged Beveridge to pose, and he agreed, reportedly in 20 different attitudes, in the president's office.
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