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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1905
Page
6
The Boston Post publishes its daily and Sunday editions with subscription terms listed. It notes rates for daily one year and six months, plus Sunday Post pricing, and identifies editor and publisher B. A. Grozier.
The article questions the 150000 diverted from policy holders to Hanna and Cortelyou campaign funds and asks if Perkins justified this as protecting policyholders. It asks whether fiduciary managers may fund partisan politics and whether the money aimed to influence federal vs state supervision. It notes primaries' importance and urges voter turnout and attendance.
The article discusses a rumored Colombian upheaval with General Rafael Reyes seen as a potential dictator. It notes Central American revolutions involve violence and disruption and reflects on American influence, especially the Panama loss under Roosevelt's protection, potentially fueling unrest in Colombia.
New York Life Insurance president John A. McCall faces sharp questions from a legislative investigating committee. The testimony alleges he diverted policyholder funds to politicians and bragged of his role in defeating Bryan and free silver. He defends himself with defiant remarks but cannot repair the inquiry’s damaging glare.
The caucus lists show voters eligible to take part in the Boston primaries next week. The compilation appears reasonable and gratifying, outlining participation by registered residents and outlining the process for primary balloting.
Signals grow that interurban street railway promoters press to block 1905 Senate returns of Harding and Cummings who opposed a special Boston and Providence right of eminent domain bill. Rail regulators favored a general policy to curb favoritism, warning promoters to stop pressuring renominations and urging Republicans to defend public rights.
Georgie McDermott says Spider Hennessy attacked him near their house yesterday with his brother present. He claims threats and intimidation tied to a schoolmate, and notes Sal die is believed missing. He warns of further action if not stopped.
Nat survives a massacre of his wife and child and is captured by the Indians who make him their chief. He orders the tribe to kill themselves but is spared by one of his wives. She later deserts him as he resumes his journey through the woods.
An outlaw tale follows Nifty Nat fleeing from his Injuns wife Poke-a-Hont-Us after a split. He crosses a deep ravine, kills a buffalo for supper, sleeps, then wakes to bears and a comical encounter with an unseen stick, defending himself with a rifle as pursuers close in.
A bas relief memorial tablet by sculptor Samuel J. Kitson for Adrian Iselin, patron of St Gabriel's Church in New Rochelle, will be erected at the church. Kitson completed a model featuring an angel over a sarcophagus, palm branch of peace, and poppy of death, reflecting “Peace in death.” The Iselin family and church members praise the work.
Joshua G. Gooch, 76, longtime Cambridge assessor for 19 years, died at his home after two weeks of heart trouble. He was born in Maine to Samuel Gooch and Hannah Goodale and traced ancestry to John Gooch of Wells, Maine.
Yesterday Postmaster Hibbard appointed three new superintendents for stations The Fenway T W Swift Winter Hill Arthur Tyler and Chelsea station E O Windsor becomes third assistant to the superintendent of deliveries H B Lambert transfers to Chelsea station
The American Humane Education Society and the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals voted to offer a $100 prize for the best invention of a more humane trap for wild game or to replace the steel traps now in use.
Observant Freeman N Young and Roy Faye tested a home built wireless telegraphy system on a trip from Portland to Casco Bay. Messages arrived from the road with some ciphered, some readable, and several from Western Union wires while the device drew sparks igniting a hayload. A farmer was compensated for property loss.
Dusty complains of sleeping in hay stacks for three months as a summer boarder jokes that he has slept in a farmhouse advertised as all the comforts of home. The dialogue conveys a rustic, comic tone.
The telegraphone by Danish inventor Valdemar Poulsen is shown in Boston. It promises to revolutionize the telephone business, supersede the phonograph, and greatly expand telegraphy by recording sounds on wire for later playback.
A San Francisco Call reflection notes that when tempted by vice and remorse follows, the dancer remains the one who ultimately pays the bills. It contrasts wine and flirtation with finance, asserting the dancer’s role in covering costs and the moral undertones of temptation and accountability.
Archibald Winslow, lonely after a broken engagement, attends a concert with friend John Maynard. Mme Alice Hamilton Perault, the singer, turns out to be the past beloved, now Mrs Archibald Winslow, after years of separation and tragedy.
Comic exchange notes Houston councilmen passing a law making it a misdemeanor to stare at Houston girls. The joke asks why Houston girls provoke such action and contrasts with Boston girls, implying a playful stereotype about local attitudes.
Mrs. Godfrey Lowell Cabot and children visit the Joseph B. Moorses of Beacon street while Adelaide Moors returns to Cohasset. Mrs. William B. Littleton rents Beverly Farms Lake Owl Cottage near her son-in-law and daughter. Rhodes visited by Katherine Kimball in Commonwealth avenue Profile cottage. The Drapers move to The Ledges Hopedale. Royal Robbins back to Beverly Lake cottage after Isles of Shoals and Kearsarge. J Grant Forbes arrives Newport, registered at the Casino. Brown sisters near Bryn Mawr horse show, visit H Radnor Lewis. Munsterbergs aboard Hamburg en route to New York. Beach committee for dog show at South Framingham fair includes Perkins Bowditch. Dwight Prouty closes Marblehead home and opens Framingham estate for autumn. Kennards return from Europe and plan Chestnut street townhouse opening. The Debutante.
A reader asks if love fades after six to twelve years of marriage. The adviser says love should grow with time, but many husbands fail to show affection. She should trust his care, seek dutiful devotion, and remain patient while cherishing his material support and home.
A married man asks if inviting a stenographer or other single women to lunch is proper without his wife present. The columnist replies that such invitations risk disapproval since the women would likely be viewed by his wife as objectionable and suggests inviting a female friend as a chaperon.
Clergymen from several creeds in Toronto endorse Dr Agnew’s Catarrhal Powder to “live up to the preaching” in all it claims. Bishop Sweatman Rev Dr Langtry Rev Dr Withrow Rev Dr Chambers and Dr Newman are cited with personal letters available on request.
Renowned poet Fred eric Lawrence Knowles died of typhoid fever at his Berwick street home in Roxbury after a three week illness. The writer of Love Triumphant and Love's Awakening was cherished for his cheerful temperament and literary merit, leaving many friends and a lasting poetic legacy.
A lyric reminiscence recalls memory as desert and life as a dungeon wall until a beloved figure brings joy and renewal. The speaker writes of June's scent returning and poetry reviving as hope and love lift them from pain. The awakening blooms with dawn after night.
Brockton records show the total tax warrant at 698384.73 dollars, up about 20000 from last year. Governor W. L. Douglas leads individual taxpayers with 11275.10 dollars, with his firm W L Douglas Shoe Company contributing to a city tax total of 24187.10 dollars.
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