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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1903
Page
6
Subscriptions to the Post are in advance with options of one year at 1.50 five months at 75 cents and three months at 40 cents. Address changes must include present and future addresses. Payments by check draft or money order only. Editor E A Grozier.
Notes the pen name Mrs Partington used by the late B P Shillaber a Boston Post writer. Describes her wit and wisdom as popular in a previous generation.
A busy day in Boston featured 22,000 spectators at baseball games, a premier horse show, an automobile hill climb, and a marathon finish. The Boston Athletic Association fixture drew 56 runners, Lorden of Cambridge set a notable time of 6 minutes 3 seconds per mile for 2 miles, though the record stood.
Congressman McCall urges young voters at Faneuil Hall to see patriotism as universal. He links the Lexington shot to voices across the Pacific and argues independence movements in the Philippines reflect true patriotism, urging a shift away from subjugation policy.
Post election analysis says J Edward Addicks still wields power in Delaware. Despite losing the Senate race he controls the Governor and could influence the next Legislature. Democrats and a few Republicans repealed the voters assistants law enabling agents to mark ballots for voters at the booth.
The governor refuses to sign the repealing act and kills the reform by a pocket veto. Hunn is described as a creature of Addicks, allegedly elected through a $250,000 gas industry investment, creating a scandalous political situation.
The St Paul court allowed North ern Securities to receive dividends from two railroads it controls while the case is appealed to the Supreme Court. It holds about 14 million dollars in question by November, with another 10 million possible by then, aiding relief in tight money conditions.
Secretary Root continues to block General Miles's Philippine report while fragments leak from the War Department. Public demand grows for full disclosure of Miles's assessment, echoing earlier backlash against suppression of military criticism. The report is expected to surface before Congress convenes next December.
Mr and Mrs James J Herrick of Hull receive a Bardon telescope during their annual house inspection by Friends on Patriots Day The instrument will serve on the Herrick veranda Several speakers praise its range noting five to ten miles while guests joke about seeing too much The visit includes a luncheon and becomes a memorable Hull history moment
The annual solemn requiem mass for Cheverus Court members of G M C O F was held at St Mary's Church Endicott street at 10 am. Rev Joseph A Gorman chaplain Rev M Wallace deacon and Rev Father Keelan sub deacon presided. Nearly 1000 members attended the service.
The Sulton De bating Society of Boston College hosts its annual prize debate in the college hall. Four debaters compete: Philip F. Kennedy Roslindale first affirmative, William J. Goode Randolph first negative, Daniel C. Cary Quincy second affirmative, and Philip F. Coveney Hyde Park second negative. The proposition asks if a New Zealand style law should enforce arbitration in labor troubles.
A collage of verse and prose features poems about forgetting a poem a day and a commuter's morning routine, a brief travel chronicle from Miss Gelatine Mercy Simmons in Waybackwicklup, Me., and a Boston lodging tale with a landlady. Also included are quips on potato bugs, a Montana social function, and light local humor.
A daily briefing titled Things You Ought to Know Dose One highlights a single fact for April 21. The entry emphasizes a practical tip or notable event point designed for quick reader takeaways.
President Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to visit Butte Montana to meet with the Union Labor Union the Silver Bow Trades and Labor Assembly during a portion of his stay on May 27 1926 report states he will be the guest of the local labor groups during that time in Butte.
Weather aided outdoor revels with Memorial Day and Fourth of July both landing on Saturdays this year. Notes from Dorchester include moves of Henry M Upham and family, a Hibernian parade in Salem, and local social happenings from Boston College circle to Mt. St Marys reunion ahead in Copley Hall.
Dan Craig returns home after a year as a new neighbor over a disputed estate boundary, while Mabel Ring, a college student, travels to Nahant for summer with Aunt Marthe. They share a carriage ride on a Boston bound train and bond over a common grievance with the neighbor who erected a fence.
Dan helps a young lady Mabel after a train trip and sparks fly with her guardian Mr. Ring. A hostile fence tragedy ends when Dan and Mr. Ring reconcile, leading to love at first sight and a resolved family dispute over the dividing wall.
Alexander Hamilton Means born 1814 in Blue Hill and Salle Higgins Cary Means born 1822 in East Hampden are married since 1887. He worked caulking ships before farming and is the eldest Mystic Lodge Mason in Hampden. They have two living children, son in Orrington and daughter at home.
Notable social event of the season a piano recital by Mr Arthur Gers at his Huntington Chambers studio. About 40 invited guests from Boston Brookline Wellesley Salem Nashua and Manchester attended with Mrs Frederick Harris and Miss Charlotte Harris assisting. Performers included George Brunell Florence Shepherd Maude Jones O Phaneuf A Lucier Etta Chenette Corena Lusier and Boston singer Gertrude Walker. Weber served.
Miss Edith B. Stevens of Summit New Jersey has been chosen to design the pediment for the liberal arts building pavilion at the St. Louis fair. Her sketch features an arch topped by a globe and an eagle with a reclining figure measuring 12 feet in height.
The Boston Post will present a fine Rocking Chair and Morris Chair to the oldest married couple in New England. Readers are asked to submit photos and a 200 word sketch with birth and marriage dates, address, children, and notable life details. Displayed couples may receive chairs delivered nationwide. final submission date to be announced.
Mayor McNamee will address the Democratic Club of Ward 5 Cambridge on democracy at a Thursday banquet in Citizens Trade Association Hall.
Members of the Christian Endeavor Society of Middlesex county held their 14th annual convention today in the First Congregational Church with some thousand delegates in attendance. Supper was served at the Richardson Light Guard Armory at 6 o'clock. A 70 voice chorus led by Mrs. Charles L. Estey provided music.
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