Post Publishing Co. announces Sept 8 1906 issue details
Daily and Sunday Post subscription rates and terms listed by Post Publishing Co. Boston. Newstand delivery rules require advance payment. notices on discontinuation and payment options. Editor and Publisher EH A Grozier listed.
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Harvard Cambridge Rowing Exhibition Sets High Hopes
The Thames race between Harvard and Cambridge is a friendly noncompetitive match without trophies. Expectations favor Harvard after favorable practice reports and strong conditioning, while Cambridge is viewed less promising though capable. The outcome remains uncertain but Harvard is expected to perform well.
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Putney-Mortlake
Cambridge University
New London
Yale
Roadway Preservation More Toll From Cars Quietly Tarnishes Surfaces
The piece argues for a durable surface solution to keep roads in good condition amid increasing auto use. It notes that a horsepower graded tax may help repairs but fails to address road construction itself. Past oil or coal tar surfacings smell and pollute, offering little success and widespread odor. A profitable breakthrough in nonoffensive road surfacing is eagerly sought.
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State Highway Commissioners
Treasury Chief Warns Banks Over Treasury Deposits
Secretary Shaw complains speculators misread the increased public deposits as approval for Wall Street lending. He issues a circular telling banks to stop directing funds to speculation, insisting deposits aid legitimate business, not market manipulation. The situation shows speculators prompting Treasury action rather than real business needs.
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Treasury
Wall Street
Prophetic financial foresight and treasury overreach
The speaker criticizes a secretary for proposing to place government deposits in miscellaneous securities. He argues there was no valid pretext for such action amid speculation driven money scarcity. A circular warning arrives too late and suggests keeping the Treasury out of the affair altogether.
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Treasury
United States Treasury
Rumpus in Cuba reflects on U S stance and Cuban turmoil
The piece argues Washington should stay hands off as Cuba experiences a summer of insurrection and proclamations. It calls the conflict a partisan Cuban struggle, not a true rebellion, and cautions U S interference would worsen outcomes. It notes commercial interests may push toward a stable, beneficial resolution.
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Palma
United States
Help Needed for Chilean Earthquake Relief Seeks Prompt U.S. Aid
President Roosevelt urged aid for Valparaiso survivors aided by the Red Cross but responses have been weak. The U S minister reports great suffering in Chile and calls for rapid cable donations, urging Americans to aid the quake victims promptly.
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Roosevelt
Red Cross Society
United States
Santiago
Cable
Chili
Inflammatory Observations Spark Mayflower Controversy
A Montpelier column mocks John Moran and pokes at public figures while lampooning a Kaiser comparison. It critiques Mr. Long’s Pilgrim Fathers remarks, quips about ancestry, and recalls a Maine explosion in a freewheeling, satirical voice.
Positions Open In Civil Service Examinations In Boston
The United States Civil Service Examiners list openings in Boston this month for positions including engineer draftsman, geological survey analyst, economic botanist, mycologist, interpreters for Syrian Russian Hebrew Polish Slovak and German, an irrigation and public land specialist, engineman in the quartermaster service, and scientific assistants in analytical chemistry and plant pathology. Salaries range from 900 to 2000 dollars with opportunities for promotion noted. applicants should request papers and instructions at the Postoffice building.
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Immigration Service
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Postoffice
New Newfoundland Fishing Treaty Under Study
Acting Secretary Bacon and A B Alexander of the U S Fish Commission held a long conference on the Newfoundland fishing dispute. President Roosevelt orders resumed study to enter a new treaty with Great Britain defining American fishermen rights in Newfoundland waters. Alexander will use the naval tug Potomac and act with State Department authority. Officials believe many seizures stem from captains ignorance of their rights and locations.
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Bacon
A. B. Alexander
United States Fish Commission
Newfoundland
Roosevelt
Great Britain
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Department of State
Department
Pension Office Reports Unexpended Balance of 201348
Vespa sian Warner commissioner of pensions turned into the treasury at year end an unexpended balance of 201 348 dollars. The saving was made in the expenses of the office.
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Washington, D. C
Vespasian Warner
The
Treasury
Ice Dealers Annual Outing Highlights Nantasket Field Day
The Ice Dealers Association of New England held its Nantasket Point outing with a brief field day program of contests. Ice melting race awards a medal for the fastest shrinking chunk, weighing contest pits a 10 pound piece on a scale, price raising lasts 16 minutes, a satire toss hits The Common People for cigars, artificial melting uses sun glasses to melt ice, and an ice famine thesis prize honors the best essay on the topic.
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New England
Nantasket Point
Enough sugar to supply Boston for a year arrives
Sugar for Boston arrives from two ocean freighters to cover a year for every resident. The Sabine brings the Java crop and the Atheniana from Havana delivers 38500 tons of sugar, totaling 17,000,000 pounds.
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Sabine
Atheniana
Havana
Roosevelt Returns Home From Western Colorado Hunt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr the President son passed through Denver on his way home from a hunting trip in western Colorado with a bandaged hand an ulceration from the injury hastening his return He reported killing three deer and no bears on the expedition.
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Denver
Col
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Colorado
Sabine Pass attack unsucceesful in 1863 naval action
Observant Citizen notes today in American history on September 8 1863 an unsuccessful Union assault against Confederate forces at Sabine Pass Louisiana. A year earlier the accused wife murderer Schidlof ski proclaims innocence.
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Sabine
Night car passenger in Boston shows kindness amid odd chase
A drunken rider on a Roxbury night car searches pockets for a fare then offers a bouquet of roses to the conductor. The incident unfolds with public reactions as locals note other city events from theatre openings to a patrolman’s humane acts toward pigeons and a mayoral lookalike moment at the Federal building.
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Cambridge
Post Office
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Federal Building
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Still Unconquered by the Rails in a Rural Ballad
A terse frontier verse describes a laboring scene near a railroad track with a train approaching. The speaker reflects on effort already made and offers a vow of perseverance despite looming obstacles.
Cat Fate and a Love Forged in Pendleton Will
In a Pendleton will a nephew Richard Collins and Katherine Conyers must marry within a year or the estate goes to a cats home. Collins arrives with a Persian cat named Fluff which Kitty initially dislikes. the cat saves the house from a fire and Kitty admits she loves Collins and Fluff. The couple plans to marry at the Convers home in the fall.
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Miss Mary Sullivan Dorchester New Dorchester teacher joins Henry L Prince School
Miss Mary Sullivan of Cambridge enters work at Henry L Prince School Dorchester. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Dennis Sullivan of Cambridge Mt Pleasant Street. Educated in Cambridge public schools. graduated Latin School 1901. Studied at Radcliffe three years and one year at Boston Normal. She was a popular class member.
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Dorchester
Dennis Sullivan
Mt. Pleasant Street
City
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Boston Normal School
Advice column on love and loyalty from Kate
A young woman asks if she should stay with a jealous caterer despite disputes and a meddling housemate. Kate counsels trusting her own heart, warns against letting a housemate's prejudice sway her, and urges using common sense and judgment while considering friendly advice.
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Kate
Miss Lucy Ingram To Join Brookline High School Faculty
Miss Lucy Ingram of 19 Aldersey Street Somerville will teach at Brookline High School next week after 11 years at Somerville English High School. She specializes in English literature and will continue the same courses. Brookline officials expanded the teaching corps due to rising attendance and invited her to join.
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Aldersey Street
Somerville
Brookline High School
Somerville English High School
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Brookline
Society Gossip Highlights Boston Elite Visits and Weddings
Mrs 8 Parkman Shaw entertains at a Red wood Lenox luncheon for sister Miss Mary Bramwell who has returned from Europe. Beverly-bound guests include Louis Shaw and George Gilbert. Bridesmaids for Evelyn Blight and Mahlon Sands in Newport on Oct 11 are Miss Margaret Winthrop and Miss Edith Greenough. Notables arriving at Knox Hotel Aspinwall include Mr and Mrs Ernest W Longfellow and Mrs William Astor of New York and Newport visitors rest in Boston.
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Marlboro Street
Redwood
Lenox
Mary E. Bramwell
Europe
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George Gilbert
Herbert B. Shaw
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Margaret Winthrop
Edith Greenough
Evelyn Blight
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Newport
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Manchester-by-the-Sea
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New York
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