Boston Sunday Post advertisement from September 17 1906
Public notice style posting from the Boston Post Publishing Company listing subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Includes price tiers for 1 year six months and quarterly terms. Notes payment in advance and non cash handling, with office and telephone details.
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Post Publishing Co
Washington St
Boston
Mass
Manne
the Sunday Post
Mase
Post Publishing Company
A Question of Prestige and Russian Turmoil
The piece laments Secretary Shaw's flawed purchase of a Boston site for U S appraisers and foresees government loss. It then shifts to Russia noting General Trepoff’s role in hindering reform, Witte’s departure, and an attempted assassination report.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Shaw
Boston
Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Arizona Resists Union With New Mexico In Statehood Push
The article notes that Congress attempted to merge Arizona and New Mexico Territories into one state but was blocked by the Senate. It cites cross party opposition among territorial Democrats and Republicans and public sentiment in Arizona against political union with predominantly Mexican NM. It argues eventual separate statehood for both territories as populations grow.
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Congress
New Mexico
Arizona
Senate
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Taft Mission Aims to Ease Cuba Dispute Through Arbitration
The United States government dispatches a special mission to Cuba to settle differences without intervention. Confidence rests in Secretary Taft and his proven discretion in the Philippines and Panama. The goal is governance with fairness and harmony to foster industry.
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Cuba
United States
Taft
Philippines
Panama
Death of General Trepoff at Peterhof Villa
General Trepoff, commandant of the imperial palace and czar’s guardian, died in his bed at his Peterhof villa. Rumors question natural causes after repeated assassination attempts, with his name prominent on lists of would be killers.
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Peterhof
Trepoff
Russia
Count Witte
Witte
Imperial
Yas
Directors Held to Account for Bank Looting Failures
The Milwaukee Avenue Bank of Chicago faces indictments against five directors for embezzlement during a period of wrecking. Indictments show small amounts stolen by others while directors failed to stop the president from taking larger sums, underscoring the cost of negligence.
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Paul O. Stensland
Milwaukee Avenue Bank of Chicago
Africa
Real Estate Trust Company of
Philadelphia
Men and Women in the Public Eye
Tennis expert R C Seaver recounts a Boston defeat by a poorer opponent and his anger at taunting. Cornelius Vanderbilt, asked about Congress, says he is too rich to win. Chicago’s Mrs Anna Giersheke declares she has turned out husband and two sons and warns she will not cover their debts or provide shelter until they work.
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R. C. Seaver
Boston
Mr. Seaver
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Congress
Mr. Vanderbilt
New York
Anna Giersheke
Chicago
H. L. Cummins
Charlestown
L Street
Ned
Russell
Plymouth
Mass
N. H
France
Barry
Quincy
All Hail Gamaliel The Pilgrim Portrait of Bradford
The piece from the New York Sun evokes Pilgrim era scenes near Plymouth Rock with Brewsters Winslows Standishes and Carvers in walnut chairs as Sampler and old furniture motifs loom. It hints Gamaliel Bradford as a citizens’ candidate for Massachusetts governor and wishes him well.
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N. Y. Sun
Plymouth Rock
Puddle Dock
Old Colony
Gamailiel Bradford
Massachusetts
Gamaliel
Smaller cotton crop in Mexico
Mexico City reports the cotton crop this season will likely be 15 to 20 percent smaller than last year due to widespread inundation in the Laguna district. The loss is estimated at about 2 million dollars.
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Mexico City
Laguna
All Sorts Declines Anarchist Message From Jungle Foods
In a note to the revolutionary committee of Russia an anonymous anarchist boasted canned Chicago meat products prove fatal after bombs fail. All Sorts rejects anarchistic principles and refuses to be the advertising medium for Jungle food.
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Revolutionary Committee of Russia
Chicago
Bee cure for rheumatism proposed by medical authority
A medical authority suggests bees as an infallible rheumatism cure though details are missing. The piece humorously speculates on external application and the number of bees, urges readers to draw their own conclusions, and invites the Constant Reader to report observations for publication.
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Dells
Massachusetts Straw Hat Hunting Law Fates Open Season Ban
A humorous old notice outlines Massachusetts rules for shooting straw hats. It bans hunting May to Sept and allows open season Sept to May with licenses for non-residents, guides required, and varying bounties from 6 to 50 cents per hat. Residents hunt free with no guide. The law notes hats may be killed without limit while guarding bystanders and states the bounty aims to curb tasteless hatwear.
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Massachusetts
Straw Hat Commission
Panama
Czar’s Mailing Garment Mocked as Fashion Fad
The piece warns against copying the Czar of Russia’s mail shirt trend, noting that such attire would be uncomfortable for fashionable men. It cites a claim that the Czar replaces his mail shirt every few days due to cold sweat rusting the armor.
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Russia
Edward
Boston Bride Grave Shooting Incident Logged
A Dorchester man shoots himself on his bride's grave in Boston on September 17, 1630, a note in this history column records. The event marks a grim moment in early colonial memory tied to Trimountain, later renamed city areas.
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P. J. Mullaney
Dorchester
Boston
Queenstown
Automobile cap designs win patents for Ora D Shaw
Ora D Shaw has earned patents in the United States Great Britain and other countries for automobile cap designs aimed at solving flaws with common headgear. Shaw has long pursued this work and is well known in the automobile business.
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Ora D. Shaw
United States
Great Britain
Shaw
Mr. Shaw
Former Limerick Officials Plan Reunion Roster Revealed
The Limerick Club reunion committee includes former city officials H. J. Barton M. Moore P. Quish T. J. Keane J. Byron A. Treahy J. Conners M. Gayner T. Brassil D. F. Keating and J. Keating with only Chairman Benjamin Fitzpatrick and Secretary N. J. O'Shaughnessy not former officials. Drew of Cork Club and President O'Malley of Mayo Club reported on yesterday's meeting.
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Benjamin Fitzpatrick
N. J. O'Shaughnessy
Limerick Club
Cork Club
President O'Malley
Mayo Club
Children of the Mist Becomes Woman’s Fateful Choice
In a twilight reverie a famed writer in a high window contemplates a life of public acclaim versus domestic restraint. Facing an impositional husband and a planned farewell to authorship the heroine burns her manuscripts and ends a dream to become a private wife and shadowed princess.
Italian anarchists arrested in Marseille near Fallieres visit
Six men were detained by police in Marseille on September 16 as the train carrying President Fallieres arrived. The suspects, said to be Italian, had traveled from Barcelona last Tuesday and were reported by Italian police on Thursday to be anarchists plotting against Fallieres.
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Marseilles
President Fallieres
Barcelona
Fallieres
Love and Sentiment Advice From Mildred Champagne
A 20 year old writes about a drunken father who terrorizes the family and causes mental strain. Mildred Champagne counsels that the mother should remove the father from the home to protect the children, urging the daughter to seek independence and peace while stressing the home’s influence on character.
Kiss and Make Up Dear Miss Champagne Advice
A young woman asks about a recent misunderstanding with a male friend. The counselor urges courage to admit fault, encourage reconciliation, and restore happiness, emphasizing that life is short and differences should not end a friendship or romance.
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Miss Champagne
Marguerite
In Defence of Standard Oil Letter by Yale Alum Walter Jennings
Walter Jennings of New York, Yale class of 1880, Standard Oil managing director and longtime millionaire, writes to the alumni weekly in reply to Herbert Knox Smith’s speech on curbing trust barons. He defends the company as law-abiding and criticizes demagogues and socialist prejudice while noting pending court charges.
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New. Haven
Walter Jennings
Yale
New York
Standard Oil Company
Alumni Weekly
Herbert Knox Smith
Congress
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Everett
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Quebec
Jack Lynne
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Massachusetts Heavy Artillery
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Reven Thomas
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England
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London
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Chelsea
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St. Patrick’s Church
Watertown
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Mr. Riley
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George B. Billings
Port of
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Long Lake
Hamilton Country
Adirondacks
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Cambridge
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Limerick
Sunday Post
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