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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
6
Daily record from Post Publishing Co. dated September 7 1905 notes issue number 50 in volume 180. Provides office address at 259 Washington street Boston Massachusetts and branding for the daily publication.
The Daily Post offers mail delivery to any U S or Canada address for 25 cents per month and the Sunday Post for 25 cents per month. Address changes allowed, second class mail at Boston facility. Do not send cash. Checks and money orders payable to Post Publishing Company.
The Post reminds readers to pay subscriptions in advance and states accounts will be discontinued on expiration without further notice. Readers without regular delivery should notify by mail immediately.
Daily and Sunday Post publication prices list various subscription options with durations and rates. Be A Grozpr editor and publisher credited at bottom.
The piece notes a bare majority at a meeting endorsing Guild for Governor and Hall for Lieutenant Governor, tied to a reciprocity plank. It laments the Readfield murder of Mattie Hackett, urging persistent pursuit of justice to avoid Maine’s reputation for unsolved crime and ensure accountability.
Envoys of Japan and Russia return to promote peace and internal reform. Reports from Tokio describe demonstrations against the peace terms and police clashes. In Russia anti-Semitic violence and unrest continue as the Czar advances a representative assembly and M. Witte touts national unification. Japan hopes for a new alliance with Great Britain. The plenipotentiaries depart, with peace fruits already forming.
The Supreme Court enjoins the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from proceeding under the 1903 act to build on open spaces the institution occupies and prohibits selling the land for building. The petition was brought by property owners on Newbury Street opposite the square.
The court holds the 1861 grant to the Technology land Institute invalid after a 1863 legislature relief from grant restrictions, noting the act aimed to boost value for surrounding lots and cannot be altered by the state. The ruling preserves private citizens’ rights and the street’s appearance in Back Bay.
Great Britain leads in applying steam turbine engines to naval ships. Five sea going destroyers will feature guaranteed speeds of 33 knots with coal for a 3000 mile radius. The note urges President Roosevelt to recognize the need for more battleships as war at sea could reach U S shores any day.
Senator William J. Bullock announced three candidates to Governor Douglas for the State Board of Pharmacy successor to President Ripley. Levi P. Snow of Fairhaven Charles F. Ripley of Taunton and Cornelius P. Flynn of Boston were named as association nominees for the post.
Bridgeport Connecticut dispatch reports Catherine Keating a wealthy spinster past middle age disappeared after a siege by two sheriffs. She barricaded her doors three days ago to resist a writ of replevin filed by cousin Marie Donnelly to recover personal property. Keating reportedly has been involved in more lawsuits than any other Connecticut woman.
In Kansas City Kansas on September 6 members of the Split Log Baptist Mission Chapel erected a 24 by 50 foot building seating 200 in 10 hours and held an early evening service. Three years earlier a similar structure was built in the same time. A 1908 flood lifted the church from its foundation and a barb wire fence was found wrapped around the structure securing it.
Thomas F. Phelan of 82 Adams Street criticizes Michael J. Mettrick, candidate for Ward 17 Legislature, for alleged ties with public service interests and Tammany Club endorsements, urging scrutiny of his independent congressional canvass and past letter.
A synopsis notes Nifty Nat’s wife and child killed and scalped, fueling his vow to kill all Indians. He pursues Indian tracks, his pony escapes, he recovers it and infiltrates an Indian camp only to be captured and scalped.
May asks Maud if they will marry and Maud replies yes. Jack has already given up smoking before breakfast.
Local column recalls Wilkins bragging about never walking home after breakdowns while a companion jokes he was carried home on a stretcher. The exchange highlights humor about roadside mishaps.
A rambling dated comic piece presents Nifty Nat’s scheme to gain power as Pieyute chief by forcing Injuns to obey him. It follows his boastful plan to force sacrifices and wives, with rough dialogue and a cliffhanger note “To be continued.” It ends with humorous digressions and a stray joke about a janitor and a rat riddle.
In a playful exchange a man muses on being asked by every girl about first love while a woman smiles, noting the recurring question as a social curiosity and charming moment.
The piece recalls the 24th anniversary of the yellow day in Boston and notes the Boston Symphony Orchestra on its 25th season. It also visits Felix Fox the pianist, a birthday-like bouquet for Howell Hansel, and local Y M C A staff news plus a light vignette on odd packages and a beans tale in a coffee house.
The train arrives at a Wyoming Indian Reservation where Colonel Davenport pursues photo essays with his son. He meets Miss Ellis, the Reservation superintendent’s niece, whose charm helps him win her and, indirectly, his son's heart. The story ends as the train departs with a new passenger, Louise.
After aiding residents of a burning Green street building on August 23, Patrolmen Perley Skillings Warren D Hewitt and Reserve Officers James H Egan and Timothy F Gleason were commended by the Board of Police and granted one day’s vacation. Patrolman William B Walker of Station 11 was fined five days’ pay for entering a building not in the line of duty on two occasions.
Yesterday at noon Miss Lillian Gray Whitelaw daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert M Whitelaw and Mr Harry Bryant Center of Boston sporting editor of the Boston Post were married. They will spend a two weeks vacation at Weld Maine after the ceremony.
Mrs. Ella Cromack and granddaughter Miss Alice P. Cromack of Malden tour Montreal and Toronto and Miss Cromack will resume teaching duties in Dallas after graduating from Malden High School and Wellesley College. The text notes a Malden native, Fred J. Perreault, and a political visit by Colonel William A. Gaston amid local riverine and transit anecdotes.
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