Daily Boston Paper Update September 26 1906
Publication date and issue details indicate a Boston daily paper by Post Publishing Co. with office at 259 Washington Street. No further readable event or article content is provided in the fragment.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1906
Page
6
Publication date and issue details indicate a Boston daily paper by Post Publishing Co. with office at 259 Washington Street. No further readable event or article content is provided in the fragment.
The Daily Post and Sunday Post publish subscription terms with one year and half year rates, payment notes, mailing details, and address change policy. Rates include Daily One year 8 80, six months 1.50, eight months 0.75, one month 0.25. Sunday One year 2.50, six months 1.25, three months 0.65.
All subscriptions to the Post must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly, notify the Newsdealer or newsboy at once. E. A. Grozier, Editor and Publisher.
Secretary Taft warns that while intervention is possible under Cuban constitutional limits, it is unwanted and should be avoided. He argues force would mean occupation and risk annexation, urging Cuba to settle its internal strife without outside power, unless supreme necessity under the Platt amendments mandates it.
Reported momentum favors Hearst for the Democratic nomination as Buffalo convenes. A Gaynor bloc may back a unanimous Hearst on first ballot if organizational alignments hold, with Hearst’s camp claiming a 60 vote edge in the contested seats committee and support from the platform panel.
The piece notes a Democratic edge in New York from 50 000 to 100 000 on a straight vote. It discusses insurance scandals possibly solidifying the majority and questions the Republican opposition. It says Hughes is the patent GOP candidate against any Democrats nominee and not eager to run, forecasting a year of interesting combinations.
The Boston primaries produced strong support for Hon. John B. Moran as the Democratic nominee for governor with Moran delegates dominating in most wards due to lack of opposition. May or Fitzgerald and Mr. Lomasney battled over district control while Mr. O Connell secured a majority of delegates for the congressional nomination.
At the convention yesterday about 200 attendees examined costly gowns in coral red London smoke and chocolate brown with handmade trimmings. Paquin designs from Paris were displayed with new cuts while living models showcased the latest fashion. Elizabeth A C White demonstrated trimming techniques and urged a formal dressmaking school for proper training of girls.
A discussion of forthcoming Thackeray letters in a volume of Dr. John Brown’s correspondence. It notes Boston reprints of Brown essays and Marjorie Fleming, with Lincoln dedication. Also previews Mr Allan Fea’s Some Beauties of the Nineteenth Century and a profile of George Gissing by Austin Harrison, recounting Gissing’s stubborn refusal to take steady literary posts.
A facetious customer jokes about meat being weighed, while the modern proprietor replies that they consistently give customers more than ordered, often a pound or two extra. The exchange highlights a lighthearted back-and-forth about honest measure and generosity.
A humorous column mocks political primary losses. It portrays the failed candidate as a fading figure, shifting from ambition to vanquished status in the All-in Club and Has been Regulars. The piece ends with a biblical style reflection on vanity and the end of a political career.
A man studies poker at 10 a m with two stacks of chips on the table a stack of white chips and a stack of blue chips placed side by side. Viewers are told to watch the image for three hours to see the stacks move across the table and disappear.
A collection of terse 1940s style admonitions directs readers to avoid joking, asking for money, bragging, or inappropriate behavior. It also includes weather frost warnings and civic cautions about conduct on streetcars and around employers.
TODAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY recalls the 1830 Choctaw cession of land to the United States. A year earlier a committee chose to raise $25 000 for a memorial to Mayor Collins.
Boston readers learn of Mary Young in Why Smith Left Home, Mme Maud Paradis Lane’s return to 1202 Commonwealth Ave, and Rachel Noah Trance joining Leland Powers School. Reports cover street humor at Station 3, Public Garden dismantling, a runaway horse capture by Officer Edson Miner, Claudia Le Blanc’s new offices, Harvard faculty changes, students’ exam struggles, Miss Elizabeth Wade the chic bowler, Ward 22 voter rush, Ida Louise Storin’s bass catch, George Patterson and Fred Burge mistaken identities, and local clergy moves plus a postposed Malden game with claret punch.
Tom pursues Helen after a misread note in his watch reveals a hidden photo. A chase ends with a rescued miscommunication and a blundered rescue courtesy of engineer Pat Maguire as they flee toward Altooria and a hopeful reunion.
Ip Society couple William Nickerson and Beatrice Blake honeymoon across the continent by car and plan November homeward sail to Dedham estate for winter. Several Boston families, including Thorndikes Seabury and Brooks, retreat to autumn residences as others head to England and Europe for the season. Saint John’s Church wedding next week looms for Miss Constance Bacon. Poland Spring House welcomes McQuesten and Hebard on tours.
A 25 year old dry goods manager asks how to rekindle affection from a 27 year old woman who seems cooling. The columnist urges studying her tastes, adapting to her needs, and persistent devotion to become indispensable, noting success is possible even with a rough start.
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