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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1904
Page
3
A detailed advertisement argues that domestic duties exhaust women and cause illness. It cites catarrhal congestion and lacking outdoor activity, promoting Rexall Mucu-Tone as a cure. The copy includes testimonials from Mrs. Frank Deene and a money-back offer, urging readers to buy at Jaynes & Co. Boston.
The Rev Dr Perin at Sunday service in Every Day Church praised Carnegie's Hero Fund as a practical benefit to mankind. He reviewed past methods of disposing wealth and called the latest project significant to universal peace. The Japanese poet Hydesaburo Chast spoke on the war between Japan and Russia and its inevitable result.
Official despatches from St. Petersberg report a Friday clash south of the Pomakua river where a Japanese troop barge and other boats tried to cut off a Russian retreat. The barge was sunk by Russian guns. Captain Smeizin died of wounds, and Lieutenant Rushkin was wounded. Japanese losses are not known.
Muchwang April 24 Russian forces strengthen position opposite Japanese concentrations along the Manchurian bank of the Yalu River. Fortifications and entrenchments are being expanded to deter a potential Japanese advance amid recent troop concentrations.
Reports from Seoul on April 23 state Japanese forces are landing troops at Hungcheun below Yongampho near the Yalu mouth and are erecting buildings in the area. The dispatch notes ongoing activity and construction by Japanese troops along the riverfront.
The commission marks a historic milestone as the Baltic fleet raises its pennant for the first time this year aboard the lead vessel, signaling renewed operational readiness and ceremonial importance for the squadron.
The will of Russian painter Vassili Verestchagin, who perished on the Petropavlovsk at Port Arthur, leaves his entire estate to his widow. Made just before he sailed for the Far East, the document expresses his belief he would not return. General Kuropatkin telegraphed condolences to Mme Verestchagin.
Advices report Japanese lines now run 30 miles along the Yalu from Yongampho to 10 miles above Wiju. Russians hold Antung. Tiger Hill remains the crucial position. Three islands near Wiju could aid an assault by providing artillery bases to cover river crossing.
In 14 congressional districts Democrats will elect delegates to the national convention in St. Louis with eight through eleven districts meeting at 8 pm and the others at 2 pm. Olney agents predict a full Olney victory with Hearst winning up to three districts, including the 12th where Williams may run. Williams and his aides accuse fraud in the fourth district, a charge Secretary McSweeney calls unfounded. Deliberations include repudiation resolutions against the State convention.
Hodgdon ex-bookkeeper at Bigelow Carpet Company sits in $10,000 bail on charges of stealing over $30,000. His wife and mother-in-law reportedly own substantial property but offer no support or visits. Officials note his plight has earned jail sympathy, while his mother-in-law calls his actions a disgrace.
The People's Choral Union conducted by Samuel W. Cole presented Gounod's St Cecilia Mass and Rossini's Stabat Mater with Marie Kunkel Zimmerman Pauline Woltman Clarence B Shirley and Myron Whitney Jr soloists Herman A Shedd organist and Daniel Kuntz leading an orchestra of Symphony players The seventh annual concert earned praise for chorus tone precision and enunciation with strong solo performances and a large appreciative audience.
In Watertown on April 24 funeral services were held at Mt Auburn for Mrs. W T C Morton widow of Dr. W T C Morton famed as the discoverer of anesthesia. She died April 21 at the Martha Washington Hotel in Washington and lay in state at her son's New York residence before burial.
Patrolman Frederick Ellis of Cambridge Station 2 faced strong resistance while arresting George Maveikos of Greek descent for stabbing his employer George Webber in Brighton on April 11. After grappling with multiple men near 145 Green Street, Ellis broke through a doorway barrier, escorted Maveikos to Station 2, and handed him to Brighton police.
Rev. Co A Crane condemns a Boston University dance as a breach of Methodist vows. He argues that attending dancing parties violates church rules and calls for a serious discussion among Methodist leaders. Attendees listed include Governor Bates, Mrs Bates, President Huntington and several professors.
At a high mass in St Stephen's Catholic Church on Hanover street the Rev D J O'Farrell denied rumors that St Stephen's parish would merge with St Mary's in the North End or that St Stephen's Church would be turned over to Italian residents. He said the parish would not be abolished and consolidation would not occur in his lifetime.
Mayor Augustine J. Daly of Cambridge is set to send to the Board of Aldermen tomorrow evening the appointments of city engineer and city electrician. The two McNamee appointees, City Electrician Timothy O'Hearn and City Engineer Pierce, face opposition though both wish to continue in city service.
Newton April 24 Canoe owners at Riverside enjoyed the fine weather today and the Charles River was lively with canoeing parties during the mid day. Weston bridge area featured many open boat houses and crowded riverside paths with pedestrians.
Police report for the first Sunday in years that fire escapes were largely free of flowers though some upper stories showed household items. Defiance lingered in placing kitchen utensils and bedding on escapes with a preserve jar a coal scuttle and a chair on Foster street a portable bathtub on Phipps street and a rocking horse five stories up on Commercial street. The law had been enforced about a week earlier against turning fire escapes into flower gardens.
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