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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1905
Page
6
The piece argues Newfoundland's new export duty on herring harms the U S fishing industry centered in Gloucester by raising prices and prompting retaliatory measures. It warns the duty could push Newfoundland toward Canada, risking a union with Newfoundland that would devastate New England fisheries, and urges U S action against Sir Robert Bond's policies.
The Supreme Court dismissal on lack of jurisdiction prompts Massachusetts to settle by paying Attorney Cotton his 10 percent commission and delivering the $1,600,000 draft in his possession. The case centers on Governor Wolcott approved contract and the attorney general’s advice. The column argues against avoiding the contract and questions who bears interest losses.
The piece urges fairness in reconstructing Boston ward boundaries, arguing changes are necessary but must not be arbitrary or gerrymandered. It stresses that Boston is a Democratic city and that unfair methods should not be used to preserve that.
The piece summarizes Sir Robert Bond's reprisals against New England fishermen. It argues he aims to cut bait supply to cripple deep sea fishing and to bar herring sales to Americans for free entry. It notes Grand Banks access, the three mile limit, and the April to November season.
A report cites a new by-product meat trust plan involving casing linings of cattle. It alleges firms destroy surplus goods to raise prices, with others paying to offset material costs. The piece condemns the practice as economically and morally abhorrent.
The admiral outlines three inheritances from past years the Philippines the Panama Canal and assisting bankrupt republics and argues a big navy is required He proposes plans to abandon distant possessions at the slightest loss in war to protect morale and credit while suggesting permanent withdrawal could shock many Americans.
The author laments spring's arrival as the world awakens yet the heart remains heavy. The verse contrasts vivid nature scenes in Russia with a sorrowful mood from grief and weariness. Alice Stone Blackwell of Dorchester, Mass. signs the piece.
Easter message offering hope for sorrow and pain, seeking strength to overcome sin, compassion for the poor, and grace for those unjustly burdened. Signed by Sarah Bolles of 929 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge.
A ragged miscellany notes literary musings on a man with a hoe and a garden pest. It includes editorials criticizing accepted payments, a playful Easter bonnet cost, and a train seat etiquette anecdote, plus local notices on a Ward 1 Republican Club banquet delay and East Boston tunnel progress. The piece mentions Governor Bates and missing Cheney bonds as ongoing mysteries.
President Roosevelt embarked from camp at dawn for a wolf hunt in Panther Springs Oklahoma with Jim Abernathy Pat Dooling and Bill McDonald. After a long pursuit the gun failed to fire and the President chased the wolf for miles across rough terrain finally losing the animal in a late-day standoff.
Letters note a city ordinance against throwing rubbish on highways while Atlantic avenue shows debris in wind gusts. The piece mentions a coming April 14 meeting at the Twentieth Century Club to promote memorial use of Paul Revere’s North Square residence with notable signers.
A reader, 82, asks if his love will grow after marriage with a 72 year his junior fiancée. The adviser counsels a frank confession, warns against deception, and urges ending the engagement if true affection is not achievable, to spare the woman unhappiness.
The Potter Hall presentation of The Land of Dolls a children's musical by S B Alexander with music by Alice L Wolf delighted a large audience. The cast featured Bessie Minnie Limpy Houp-La Fat Sing Chinese doll Queen of the Land of Dolls and many others with Simon Hayneman in the lead comic role. The Fairy Queen spared two children condemned to death after promising to return home, and the performance praised for music dancing and costumes by Mrs Wolf and the young performers supported by a distinguished audience.
Local 796 of the Retail Clerks International Protective Association holds a meeting at 8 pm in Namora Hall 724 Washington with twelve candidates for initiation. Sick benefit fund discussed. the group reports $100 death benefit and $100 unsecured loan per member, payable in installments with no interest. The union spans 60 000 members from Maine to California and Canada. President Somerville urges all dry goods clerks to join.
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