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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1905
Page
7
Washington April 13. The Panama Canal Commission approves a flat rate for all traffic across the Isthmus. The move aims to aid canal construction, fit management to world commerce, and cover fixed charges on the road as the government pays seven million dollars.
Miss Anna B. Miller sues Charles H. Harvey for wrongful dismissal as a public school principal. She acted as her own attorney and recited poetry describing resilience, while the jury deliberates after a dramatic summing up.
A narrator recalls wandering London fog and entering a dark house by mistake. He witnesses a dead man, coins, and a staged robbery, is captured by three assailants, frees himself by burning rope, escapes into the fog, and leaves a sovereign as a souvenir with the rest deposited at the Bank of England.
A Boston Post reader asks if a married man may maintain intimate female friends and send gifts to a cousin. The columnist replies that social order frowns on such relations, notes gossip, and stresses appearances and potential harm to a wife and the women involved.
Readers of the Boston Post suggest names for the Belmont bear destined for the Boston Zoo. Alpha and Adam are popular choices, with others proposing Chairman and Nick or Nicholas, reflecting early zoo and imperial hints.
Westford reports Miss Melinda Carolin Shaw, the village's oldest resident, celebrated her 90th birthday today. Shaw traces her roots to the Revolution era and remains a contented, well regarded figure in the community.
A 20 year old man writes about a two year courtship with an 18 year old woman. He complains she has been seen with another young man and asks if it is proper for her to go about with others while claiming love and future marriage plans. He notes his earnings and devotion and asks for guidance.
An advertisement asserts Scott's Emulsion cod liver oil remains sweet and stable for up to three years, claiming absolute purity. It promotes samples from Scott & Bowne at 409 Pearl Street, New York, and urges readers to try a free sample.
A fragment describes a woman as a stocky distant relative of Daniel Webster who is genial and rises at six each morning. It notes she attends to household duties, has a good appetite, and is in full possession of her faculties.
A letter from Boston dated April 14, 1905 argues that a House-passed bill sending public policy questions to a vote of the people is sound. The writer asserts common readers are informed and capable, and that popular will underpins government virtue. MAX HENRY NEWMAN.
Letter to the editor reports a successful launch of a 10 o'clock Saturday closing time for Boston grocers. About 900 signers from the Church Association for the Advancement of Labor agreed. many others closed early too. The committee asks public support and reports violations for exposure of unfair policy.
Lynn April 13 Mrs Jane Hebert of the Hebert House on Eastern and Western avenues reports her dream vision foretelling a death by self harm at Floating bridge. On Wednesday a woman left the belt line car, climbed the rail and jumped into the water, with Hebert's timely shout and vigilance aiding rescue efforts.
William Jennings Bryan and Cleveland Mayor Tom Johnson greeted Chicago Mayor Edward F. Dunne with handshake and praise. They discussed Chicago’s municipal ownership issue during a thirty minute exchange in Chicago on April 13.
Bay State Conclave 471 of the Improved Order of Heptasophs gave a reception at Hancock Hall Upham's Corner for Supreme Organizer John W. Cruett. He spoke on the order's growth as District Deputy Fred A. Breen Archon Shumers and Past Archon Irwin also spoke, with entertainment by local talent.
J Pierpont Morgan arrived in Rome from Naples. His yacht Corsair has departed for Brindisi.
A closet fire saturated with gasoline near 452 Ocean Avenue in Revere endangered a two and a half story wooden house last evening. Passersby alerted firefighters and John F. McCarthy, a lodger, was taken into custody by Officer George Devine.
TRURO N S April 18 Fire today destroyed the American Furniture Company's factory at Oxford the town's electric light plant and 10 000 feet of lumber causing a property loss of 30 000 and throwing 60 men out of employment
Fire in Lewiston Maine destroys the $25,000 house of Dr A C Wedgewood on Pine Street shortly after 11 PM. Occupants escaped with only their lives and the loss is covered by insurance.
United States Senator J. R. Burton of Kansas was indicted by a federal grand jury for accepting 2500 dollars in fees from the Rialto Grain and Securities Company of St. Louis. He allegedly acted as its attorney before the Post Office Department in Washington.
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