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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1905
Page
6
The verse notes cooler weather as frosts come and fodder is gathered. It hints at seasonal change with rural imagery and a closing line about no cause to knock. The piece evokes a small town newspaper tone and Newton Newkirk as the byline.
A humorous essay on freshwater beach water entry from New England shores. It contrasts timid wading with bold dives, mocks deception about water warmth, and concludes all entry methods earn a hero’s medal for cold courage. The piece notes near iceberg belts, laughter, and the promise of continuation.
The article recalls Mr. O Connell’s league ball trip to Winnipeg begun at 7 3 pm with fans who dine then watch baseball and dream of base hits and home runs. It notes his bronzed appearance and autumn plans in law and politics. It mentions James Skinner’s death and his English origins and civic ties. A separate item covers beer confiscation at an Armenian boarding house in Watertown and a Brookline sighting of a fashionable passerby and Henry O Martin’s sporting and political connections.
Daily issue by Post Publishing Co dated August 1 1905 No 27 Vol 180 lists office at 2569 Washington St Boston Mass text notes archive and address details for the newspaper publisher.
The resignation of Hon Oliver Stevens ends an 80 year era of stable leadership in Suffolk County. Governor Douglas should name Michael J Sughrue, Stevens’s 14 year assistant, as interim successor until an election.
An English-speaking report cites leaders of a Russian mutiny movement claiming they acted independently to aid fellow Jews. An engineer aboard the Potemkin asserts no Jewish sailors served on either the torpedo boat or battleship, denying Jewish involvement in the mutiny.
The article quotes a Bolshevik voice noting Jewish workers as the heart of the uprising and condemns the Russian bureaucracy for blaming Jews. It argues oppression hides a broader national issue and predicts Jews will be key in Russia’s recovery once peace returns.
The wage agreement among operators and miners ends April 1 1906 amid talk of a general strike. Critics suspect operators sought summer discontent to justify production cuts and price raises in fall. John Mitchell pledges sincere adherence to the pact and denies plans for a nationwide strike next April. The community suffered greatly in past conflicts and seeks to avert another calamity.
Mayor Behrman announces a mosquito based strategy to end yellow fever, praising oiling gutters and cisterns as the key. He cites Havana’s decline after mosquito suppression and argues gun quarantines are useless against transmission by stegomyia fasciatia mosquitoes. The comfort comes from the mosquito’s sub tropical range.
Reports indicate Chinese merchants are forming a movement to boycott American goods, but the effort appears more antagonistic to foreigners than a coordinated action against the United States. Profit and trade considerations drive behavior, with some authentic reports of retreat to “save face” and a belief the flurry will subside soon.
Boston Elevated Railway plans start work on the Dudley street to Forest Hills extension in September with three years for completion. Foundations for upright steel supports have been laid to Townsend street as crews install cement bases. Station details await final approval from railroad commissioners.
A proverb attributed to the Sphinx notes that a man's greatest goal remains forever distant. It reflects on aspiration and the elusive nature of ideal achievement.
A child learns why a police officer wears a helmet and keeps cool in hot weather. A Brooklyn judge orders a husband to kiss his wife weekly, raising questions if it is a penalty or reward and how wives might view the ruling.
A Lowell reader describes a Somerville trolley motor man’s inattentive driving with long service stripes. The column notes brown-tail moths in Mt. Auburn, high coastal surf from an easterly storm, and autumnal weather. Town figures including Sergeant Lyons, Judge Bruce, and Misses Driscoll are mentioned amid social and civic vignettes.
Althea, a Northern belle, defies a governor's insistence on old fashioned roles. Her romance with John and the governor's slow acceptance culminates in Althea's ante-bellum wedding gown symbolizing their three cornered household future. The ex-governor Bruton vows to treat Althea as a daughter after a storied courtship.
The Daughters of Massachusetts held a brilliant Old Home week reception at the Brunswick Hotel directed by Mrs. Austin C. Wellington with chief master of ceremonies Charles H. Adams. Notable attendees included Lt Gov Curtis Guild Jr ex Governor Frank W. Rollins, and many officers and members of the society. A musical program featured Miss Edith KE Lowney with Grace Miles, and a poem by Mrs. Royal Whiton Stone was set to Home Sweet Home.
The Bedwell Storrs wedding in Brookline today marks August society events with Miss Storrs as a stately bride. Miriam Kimball of Jamaica Plain, daughter of Benjamin Kimball, is slated to wed Bernard Stockton this month. Mrs J Frederick Schenck and daughter Aleid Schenck depart for Nantucket after two months in Lenox, while Mr and Mrs William Tyler of Brookline head to Lucerne for an extended trip. The Wrenns plan a late-summer Nahant visit before moving to New York, and Mrs Charles S Sargent shifts August plans to Nantucket.
The poem reflects long prison years and fading vitality as a revolutionary endures monotony and despair behind stone walls. It laments numbness of heart and mind, aimless living, and the wish for oblivion, ending with a plea for vaults and death. Alice Stone Blackwell in Dorchester, Mass. is named as the translator or contributor.
A reader from Boston July 31 1905 hopes the Post outing on Tuesday Aug 1 will match last year’s success at the same site. The letter praises the Post for generous, wholesome community entertainment and wishes continued success for the newspaper’s event.
A Boston Citizen letter criticizes Dover Street public baths. It urges shorter Saturday hours for children, accuses attendants of favoritism, and calls for booth cleaning and time limits to serve more visitors.
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