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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1906
Page
6
Daily publication data from the Post Publishing Co notes the issue date September 14 1906 and the issue number 65 in volume 184. Office location listed as 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts.
The notice lists subscription prices: DMAILY one year five dollars, six months one fifty, three months seventy-five cents, one month twenty-five cents. The Sunday Post offers one year two dollars and fifty cents, six months one dollar twenty-five, three months sixty-five cents.
The piece condemns Secretary Shaw for forcing a bad government purchase of North End real estate for appraisers stores, urging President Roosevelt to halt further action, keep the old site, and seek a proper location while canceling the wasteful deal.
In Louisville Bryan reiterates personal beliefs on government ownership of railroads independent of party policy. He says he has never forced his views on others and respects others’ right to think differently. He notes the country’s readiness is uncertain and the party platform will decide the issue.
The article argues that US forces landing near President Palma’s palace in Cuba was an intervention lacking proper authorization. It questions the Cuban constitutional basis cited for intervention, warns of grave consequences, and recalls the unexpected expansion of US responsibilities after the Spanish American War and Dewey's Manila Bay actions.
Washington proposes continuing the roast beef label for boiled beef from packing houses after a jungle investigation. The plan would require a small print note that the beef was boiled, prompting criticism that the rule undermines the Pure Food law and deceives the public rather than protects it.
The discussion centers on government ownership of railroads and argues that Mr. Bryan’s New York speech has been widely misrepresented. The article notes the unfair misstatement of his position and references the explanation he gave.
In Norfolk Superior Court at Dedham a first appeal and jury trial on alleged speed law violation resulted in acquittal. Evidence showed the car speeded above the limit but no traffic or pedestrian interference. The jury upheld a rational interpretation that punishment depends on endangering life or property, and cautioned against trapping motorists on county roads.
From Cambridge studio of Harry E Goodhue comes a remarkable J eaded glass window for the Unitarian Church in West Newton. Designed by George H Hallowell the piece uses infinitesimal color pieces and heavy leadwork. The three opening window features Faith and Love on the sides and the Angel of the Resurrection on a globe center with inscription Lucius Gale Pratt 1824 1905. Boston sculptors question San Francisco reception of Miss Beveridge design San Francisco Weeping at the Golden Gate judged uninspired.
ALL SORTS By NEWTON NEWKIRK recounts a letter from a Waverley car rider John O. Whit ney detailing a halted streetcar, hunger, and memories of rides past. The poem muses on friendship, fate, and mortality tied to the stalled transit and the waiting list for seats.
S Haverhill Mass asks if floorwalkers in department stores are serious, wear long coats, earn princely salaries, and hold stock. The piece reveals they are well dressed, often sociable, generally married, not multimillionaires, with modest salaries and limited union membership. A humorous look at their demeanor and duties in retail.
A comic column riffs on the sugar market, the Roosevelt Cuba situation, and a jumble of brisk American concerns. It jests about John D Rockefeller’s anti trust plea, Lige Dowie’s miracles, and a chaotic flat-hunting family with a dog, a janitor, and a cold blast furnace.
Humme Jones asserts his success and support come from his wife, expressing gratitude for her influence on his life and career. The remark reflects personal gratitude amid public attention.
On Sept 14 1901 President McKinley died and Vice President Roosevelt took the oath. A year earlier Mayor Patrick A Collins of Boston died suddenly at Hot Springs Virginia.
A kaleidoscope of local vignettes recalls Idalia’s near shore cruise with Eugene Tompkins, warm weather for yachts, seashore chatter about birds and luck, police and hospital visits, social gatherings, engagements and a long tale of lost rings framed by a sentimental aunt’s confession and a quiet marriage proposal.
A reader named Dreamy asks Mildred Champagne what it means when an engaged man visits three times weekly and twice on Sunday without his fiancee knowing. The column advises the man may be deceiving either his fiancée or the reader and urges caution to avoid being involved.
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