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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1906
Page
6
Daily publication dated September 4, 1906 from Post Publishing Co. provides issue number and office address in Boston Massachusetts.
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Vermont moves into fall elections with a heated campaign between Fletcher D. Proctor and Percival W. Clement. Despite expected Republican control in Washington, Vermont faces a tight race as Clement seeks an upset aided by Democratic and Independent Republican support.
A Labor Day report highlights a strong procession and public enjoying games, sports, and theatre. It notes rising earnings for some workers, while others still face inadequate returns, urging continued progress toward equitable distribution and broader well being.
In a great labor parade yesterday the Typographical Union drew praise for its large membership and proud display. The Post Chapel unit led the procession with the eagle emblem from the Niagara, eliciting continuous cheers from onlookers along the route.
In a letter to Public Printer Stil lings Roosevelt urges use of reformed spelling in all executive departments arguing to advance with public sentiment and educators. Critics call the argument weak noting eminent scholars oppose a forced spelling change and warn against presidential order.
Paris enforces a Sunday rest law effective this week yet reports show no demoralization as cafes and hotels keep serving. The alimen tation syndicates postponed any lock-out, and life remains lively while the law aims at one day of rest per week.
The 39th annual trades union congress opened at St George's Hall in Liverpool with a record attendance. Four hundred ninety delegates represented over a million and a half unionists, including thirty Labour MPs and a delegation from the American Federation of Labor. The Lord Mayor gave the welcome address.
Mrs. Walter C Baylies plans to leave Nahant with her children for a country home in Taunton while Mr Baylies joins later after a brief abroad trip. Boston society figures including Mr and Mrs Bayard Thayer Mr and Mrs J Montgomery Sears and others are enjoying Bar Harbor’s cottage colony. Nearby movers include the Parkers at Bedford after Nahant stays, Mrs Oliver Ames Sr visiting Magnolia, and Profile House arrivals Mr and Mrs J Livingston Grandin and Mr and Mrs John L Batchelder among others.
Editor All Sorts asks why Rockefeller Sr stopped drinking beer early in life. He supposedly feared beer drippings soaking his shoes and rotting leather. Depew faces a near five year Senate term, life imprisonment implied. Beach fashion mocks bathing girl hosiery with increased voyeurism and opera glasses in demand.
Advices from the south shore state that Mr. Grover Cleveland will soon fire the opening gun in the fall duck campaign. A Pennsylvania railroad clerk, saving thousands yearly from a modest salary, marries a Chicago girl who funds a large house with $10 weekly, suggesting a thrifty path to national influence and a risk to the capital.
A Bangor reader asks for a Roosevelt method spelling of a long Maine lake name but editors admit failure. The column mocks the challenge and notes the Republican party’s 50th birthday. Public Nuisance covers a New York kiss incident and Sarah Bernhardt’s tour earnings of $200,000.
The fourth biennial convention of the Irish National Foresters Rhode Island district opened in Lawrence with High Chief Ranger John J. Shea of Dorchester presiding. The afternoon session appointed committees. Meetings continue tomorrow and Wednesday with a banquet held this evening.
In today in history entry for Sept 4, 1862 the Confederate Oreto breaks the Mobile blockade. A year ago Boston hosts a Rainy Labor Day parade with about 3000 participants.
Jim, an Oxford-educated auditor and favorite of a Mexican mine crew, plans to marry a English woman. Finance issues surface when he cashes a company check for his own use and flees toward marriage, vanishing after a farewell note.
Mr Thomas H F Murphy a Faneuil Hall market man and Hendricks Club member in Ward 8 married Miss Catherine M Gallagher of Charlestown. The nuptial mass was at St Marys Church Charlestown at 8 am by Rev Father Phelan. Bridesmaid Miss Annie G Gallagher and best man James T Cassidy attended. They plan to reside at 8 Wigglesworth Street Roxbury after a Montreal honeymoon.
A monster mass meeting is planned for next Sunday evening by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to educate the Hebrew masses on immigration and unite Hebrew citizens for its defense. A hall or synagogue for 5000 plus will be secured with speakers including Rev. Dr. Louis A Alexander of New York author of the drama of Blood, Mr. Charles Barnett of Boston, and Abraham Alpert of East Boston.
Burlington dispatch details Vermont’s 1902 campaign with candidates for governor from the Republican and Democratic parties. Proctor leads the GOP field while Clement campaigns on state expenditure criticism and independent backing. The piece notes Clement’s past independent bid and GOP denials of a Proctor upset.
The article notes Bryan spent hours correcting proofs for The World's Greatest Orations to be published in ten volumes edited by Bryan and Francis W. Halsey. It also reports on popular books by Margaret Deland and Winston Churchill, plus Rowland Thomas's rise in short fiction and poultry farming.
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