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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1904

Page

5

Massachusetts Democrats Back Olney At St Louis

Massachusetts Democrats should vote as a unit for Richard Olney at the St Louis national convention. The state convention supports Olney, rejects Hearst, and warns districts against splitting the party. Loyalty to the majority opinion and unified action are urged as the prudent path for Massachusetts delegates tomorrow.

St. Louis Massachusetts Richard Olney Mr. Hearst Olney Hearst National Democratic Party Democrats

Congress to adjourn by week end uncertain ending

Congress looks to leave Washington by week’s end with Thursday named as likely adjournment day though not fixed. Variations in the schedule may stretch the session longer, and officials indicate the end remains undecided.

Congress Washington

Roosevelts Prorogation Rumor Ends Congress Adjourns

The session ends amid criticism of Republican duties, noting lack of valuable legislation and partisan moves toward summer nominations and the November elections. It alleges executive usurpations, post office scandal inaction, Panama and pension issues, tariff objections, and white washing of postal graft before Congress adjourns not prorogues.

Roosevelt Chicago Congress Panama Post Office General Bristow

Church and State Control in Utah Politics Revealed

Senate inquiry shows the Mormon church hierarchy dominates Utah politics and congressional representation. Deseret News backed the Smoot-Sutherland faction, aiding its control of Utah delegates to the Republican convention.

Smoot Roosevelt Senate Committee On Privileges Washington Utah Congress United States Judge Powers Deseret News Church Organ Smoot-Sutherland Kearns Mormon Church

The Elastic Trolley and the Brain’s Restless Light

A New England column laments overwork and ambition based on Harvard professor Stuart Blaikie’s collapse at 23 after 20 hours daily study. It warns brains need sleep, food, air, and exercise, urging balance and patient humor about ambition. A humorous anecdote from Peabody, Massachusetts follows about a drunk man and a shadow.

Stuart Blaikie Harvard University Professor Blaikie Harvard Blaikie University Tere

Aldermen Election Plan for Boston Angers Reformers

An editorial condemns a proposed district based alderman election scheme in Boston aimed at Republican control. It decries past and potential Gerrymandered reforms, urges majority rule, and calls for a city referendum attachment when the Legislature approves any new Boston aldermanic scheme.

Boston Commonwealth Gosnold New Ashford

Sermon on Reasonable Service at YM Union Vesper

At the vesper service of the Young Men's Christian Union yesterday Rev. R. Perry Bush of the Universalist Church Chelsea Massachusetts delivered an address upon Reasonable Service.

Young Men's Christian Union R. Perry Bush Universalist Church Chelsea Mass

Beautiful gowns worn by prominent society women

Mrs. Winthrop Sargent, a leading middle-aged matron of the smart set, favors gray, white, or black in Worth gowns. Her latest demi-toilettes feature gun metal peau de soie foundations with matching chiffon overdresses. The skirt shows a loose full gore design, with tiny silk passementerie figures festooned by chiffon. The en traine skirt ends in a lace ruffle with silver threads for a scintillating effect. The debutante.

Winthrop Sargent

Gasoline car incident prompts safety note in city streets

A Boston Observant Citizen account recalls a curbside gasoline auto left by a passerby. Two boys attempted to start it. lacking knowhow, they halted as danger loomed. The piece blends light urban lore with a caution about children and motorized devices.

Mason Street Gamins

Vacation to Halifax Spoiled by Unexpected Relative

A letter invites a Boston traveler to visit Halifax for a vacation, and preparations are made. The narrator plans the trip with great enthusiasm but discovers upon arrival that a distant cousin, also from Boston and previously unknown, will be there.

Somerville Chandler Halifax Boston

Old Campaigner Refuses to Feed Walter at Cold House

A humorous exchange features Mrs Bigheart apologizing that nothing in the house is warm and asking Walter to leave hungry. Walter retorts he is prepared for emergencies and orders cold chuck to be brought out so he can eat it promptly.

Multilingual M P James Bryce and Notable Figures Cited

A digest of prominent figures including James Bryce M P famed for language mastery, ex-District Attorney Jacob V Gotwalts of Pottstown as a convention delegate, Chan Mun Shang Chinese leader in San Francisco, H J Horn Northern Pacific rail general manager, Howard Elliot NP president, Dr Hans Richter famed conductor with a humorous London anecdote about foot timing during a performance.

James Bryce M. P Jacob V. Gotwalts Pottstown Penn Tilden and Hendricks Chan Mun Shang San Francisco Washington H. J. Horn Northern Pacific Railroad Howard Elliot Road Hans Richter London

Club Woman of Massachusetts Shines in Melrose Roles

Mrs. Isabel Stantial of Melrose stands among Greater Boston’s leading club women. Former Melrose Woman's Club president, she is now a director and education committee member who founded a vacation schools plan for a six week summer term serving 300 pupils. She joined the School Board after the city election and also belongs to the Twentieth Century Club and the Chromatic Musical Club of Boston.

Greater Boston Isabel Stantial Melrose Melrose Woman's Club Stantial Institutor Melrose City Twentieth Century Club Chromatic Musical Club of Boston

Heroic Somerville Cop Remembered For Daring Rescues

George W. Bean a retired Somerville police officer with about 39 years of service is praised for stopping runaway horses at personal risk. Civil War veteran who spent time in Libbey prison, Bean patrolled near Union Square and is known to many in Somerville. Now residing in Medford.

George W. Bean Somerville Somerville Police Department Mr. Bean Libbey Prison Union Square Medford

Massachusetts teachers to meet in Cambridge

The 27th annual meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Classical and High School Teachers will be held at the Cambridge Latin School on Trowbridge Street in Cambridge. Morning papers will be read by Florence Dix of Girls' Latin School Boston and Arthur L. Goodrich of Auburndale, with an address by B. O. S. Lowell of Dorchester High School.

Massachusetts Association of Classical and High Cambridge Latin School Trowbridge Street Florence Dix Girls' Latin School Boston Arthur L. Goodrich Auburndale B. O. S. Lowell Dorchester Highh

Newton Women Delegates to St. Louis Fair

West Newton April 24 Mrs M Theresa Rowe and Mrs John Bellamy have been delegated to represent the West Newton Women's Educational Club at the St Louis Exposition.

West Newton M. Theresa Rowe John Bellamy Women's Educational Club St. Louis Exposition

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