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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1906
Page
6
The Boston Post dated September 21, 1906 issues daily notices and publishing details for Post Publishing Co. at 259 Washington Street Boston. No. 71, Vol. 184 marks a daily newspaper record with reported circulation and office information.
A Boston opinion piece praises a new federal rule requiring clear labeling of food origin to protect Boston baked beans. It argues beans must be baked in Boston and decries imitation “Boston style” under any other label. The writer urges swift Taft action within ten days.
The piece notes Speaker Cannon may tour Massachusetts if Republican leaders fear a weak platform after the Guild and Draper battles. It suggests party insiders want him to speak locally to boost rallying crowds, regardless of whether attendees share his views.
The article notes the Czar skipped General Trepoff’s funeral and the Chevalier Guards parade due to a believed assassination plot. It links the plan to a broader revolutionary terror and cites a killer of a government official, Zenadie Konoplianikin, as a motive trigger. It laments oppression behind such violence.
At the AP annual meeting Mark Twain urges adoption of simplified spelling claiming daily despatches would improve all papers. He argues three months of constant usage would yield victory, but his stance is portrayed as not serious and his works would lose charm if printed thus.
After illness Mrs. Micah Dyer presided at the Woman's Charity Club meeting in Sewall Hall. A reader asks about game beyond the Blue Hills and suggests a humane hunt with a dog and no ammo. A crowd fled after a flash at Harrison avenue. a photographer captured the scene. Dr. Robert W. Merrick of Dorchester named director of the County Medical Association. Captain John Ryan of Newton police improving after illness. High school boys wrestle with new football rules. A drunken rider nearly caused a crash. motorman saved a potential tragedy. Lamartine Street in Jamaica Plain cited for litter and unsanitary sidewalks. residents seek enforcement. Winston Churchill draws admirers in New Hampshire. John J. Flaherty may join the regular army after leaving Gloucester High.
The excerpt contrasts a coal mans delight in the sound of coal for his own bin with neighborly noise when coal is dumped. It also reports a brisk diamond market with large 2 to 3 karat stones demanding 300 to 600 dollars, urging buyers to act now for a full stock.
The piece portrays Battling Nelson after his loss to Gans and his sweetheart's cold reaction. The narrator laments her lack of sympathy and urges encouragement, suggesting a steadfast woman could lift his spirits and spur another comeback. The tone is a wry, boxing-humor lament.
A Salina park baseball game story recalls a man who borrowed a boat, waded the river, mud on his feet, ripped pants, poison ivy on his face, and sneaked in from the rear to find the game free of admission.
A lonely child hosts an imaginary tea party under trees. A weary stranger arrives, joins the scene, and the two share a brief, intimate moment before a tragic revelation about the child’s father surfaces as the carriage bearing the mother and rector’s son departs. The stranger hints the father is dead as the scene closes.
The Colonial Theatre hosted Wright Lorimer's company in The Wild Duck a blunt Ibsen satire on sentimentality. Lorimer faltered with lines, others Hales Hayward Ward Mason Eckstrom Atwood delivered strong support, making the four hour matinee intellectually engaging despite its length.
Edward A. McSweeney private secretary of Thomas W. Lawson will marry next Thursday at Moncton New Brunswick to Miss Lillian Quinn daughter of P J Quinn of Moncton and St John They will leave from a Canadian port for a European trip returning by way of New York They will reside in Brookline
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