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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1903
Page
6
Rates for daily and Sunday editions listed with terms and payment methods. Instructions cover address changes, risk on delivery, check payments to Post Publishing Company, and advance payment policy. Contact details for editorial and business offices provided. Boston Post distribution via New York hotels noted. Editor EF A Groizer.
The late B P Shillaber wrote as Mrs Partington for the Boston Post and his witty wisdom amused readers for many years.
A Boston article laments renewed coal smoke as smoke inspectors resume enforcement of the anti pollution law. It cites soft coal usage, carelessness, and inspector effectiveness as possible causes and urges stronger action by the Mayor and Legislature to end the nuisance.
The piece defends General Leonard Wood against attacks tied to Edgar G Bellairs alias Charles Bellairs. It argues Wood helped Cuba’s sanitation and civil government but credits predecessors, notes allied misinfo, and cites Wood's crackdown on postal thieves Neely and Rathbone as a counterpoint to criticisms.
The Boston legislative committee on cities debates alderman election schemes aimed at better representation. Some proposals seek minority rule over the Democratic majority while others promise minority representation in theory.
A committee voices certainty that district or minority schemes fail. The author urges restoring at large city elections by a majority vote of all voters to produce aldermen with broad public confidence.
The piece praises President Roosevelt for carefully prepared speeches during his Western tour and questions the political purpose behind them. It notes his effort to align with party bosses as much as with western voters and compares his candidacy to historic political theatrics.
The legislative committee on election laws confronts possible perjury and bribery readings. Witnesses face contempt with mixed responses, one apologizing and one defiant. The proper remedy lies with the judicial courts, not the committee, which should refer the matter to the grand jury and seek truthful resolution.
The Saxonia under Captain Warr departs East Boston at 5 pm for Queenstown and Liverpool. Notable passengers include Mr. Thomas Lindall Winthrop and wife, Archibald Colquhoun and wife, Rev. George Wilder and wife, Countess D Aulby, Dr. George Washburn, Editor Stephen O Meara and family, and many other named travelers. The voyage lasts four to five months with portions in Britain Ireland and the continent.
Captain M. J. Shaw of the marine corps, stationed at the local navy yard for months, is ordered to San Juan Porto Rico as the marine officer at that station. Mrs. Ida A. Flagler, formerly married to Henry M. Flagler, is reported recovering her reason after a divorce prompted by insanity. Henry Flagler, after divorce, wed Miss Mary Lily Kenan of Wilmington, North Carolina. A public lecture on Christian Science by Judge Septimus J. Hanna of Boston will be held at Symphony Hall Thursday evening.
A quirky verse recounts a couple living in a narrow flat urging back up for fire escape. A Market Street tale follows a woman admiring a $23 pattern hat, then Katy copies it and the hat ends in the attic. The column ends with a math puzzle and reader solutions from multiple cities.
The Strap Hangers' Union urges higher dividends for Boston Elevated riders and proposes a member emblem pin. It aims to hold annual reunions with a prize for the member who pays fare and stands up most often. Charter members include Co. Amer, 274 Quincy St. T Edward Fountain, 9 Greenville Pl. I A Hobson, 50 Sawyer St. J C Folsom, 68 Saunders St.
Special correspondent reports the President's train left Sioux Falls at 9 am after a stop for a Kodak snapshot at the station. At Blind Man's Bend he addressed three Indians and a band, asserting he has not suppressed trusts and mocking Mark Hanna, before the hot box cooling and the journey resuming.
On April 7 marking 405 years since Charles VIII of France died a grand funeral drew crowds from miles around. The only blemish was that the king himself was not alive to witness the ceremony.
The Observant Citizen reports on a possible Tremont Street theatre deal amid doubts about schemes. William Phillips heads to London as private secretary to Ambassador Choate. Maud Odell weds Thomas Doremus of New York and retires from acting. Local tales include a girl smoking in an Illinois car, Adams grave interest, and Timothy O Connell's European trip for bric a brac shopping.
The piece marks the 128th anniversary of Francis C. Lowell founder of Lowell. It notes his early role in perfecting the power loom and establishing cotton manufacture in the United States. It contrasts Lowell’s 1819 town with today’s industrial city and mentions Lowell’s death in 1817 at age 42.
New York April 6 Gifts received by Kathleen Neilson bride to be of Reginald Vanderbilt include a necklace of diamonds and pearls from Mrs C Vanderbilt and a stomacher of diamonds from the bridegroom. Other donors include Frederic Gebhard Senator Depew Alfred G Vanderbilt and many relatives and friends.
In a bustling scene Phil frets over Aunt Hall disapproving of lunching with Mrs Brittain and her daughter Agnes. He hides his romance by entertaining Mrs Brittain and Nathalie in separate rooms while the aunt watches costs. A waiter whispers of an option to sell Mohawk as the scheme unfolds.
The Massachusetts firemen’s hours bill advances as the House opens debate. Proposals to cut rates on telephone messages and raise child labor age are debated, with supporters and opponents clustered around the mercantile affairs and labor committees. A move to sell MIT land for Franklin Trade School delays. A bill to repeal the Cape Cod Canal charter and a $250,000 gypsy moth eradication plan are also discussed.
In a Darien hotel, I guide a couple to view Agnes’s portrait as promised. Phil returns, noting Westinghouse rights and a tense moment with Miss Nathalie Hall’s subtle signals and a cryptic card listing her Thursday availability.
Rumors in the German Emperor's suite and Danish circles say Crown Prince Frederick William will wed Duchess Cecilia sister of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Schwerin. Cecilia born Sept 20 1886 at Schwerin would be 17 on her next birthday while the crown prince is four years older.
An artful denim chair showcases pillar frame wide arms stout legs and a crowned seat with brass collars. The design stresses ergonomic contact lines praised as the work of a master designer. Priced at 34 dollars.
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