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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1904
Page
6
The Old Home observance has expanded beyond its origins with over 50 towns and cities hosting week long festivals. It gathers former residents and descendants, spreading through the season and enriching New England holidays with reminiscence and enduring cultural ties, including a Boston based year round Old Home reunion.
The column critiques Roosevelt campaign finance woes and Cortelyou's role, drawing parallels to Hanna's era and tariff money. It then laments a fatal White's Corner collision on the incomplete double-track at Boston & Worcester, urging safer, fully double-track electric routes to prevent further accidents.
Seven men have been indicted by the United States grand jury for manslaughter in connection with the General Slocum steamboat catastrophe. Public cynicism suggests the case will fade before trial, likely allowing the captain sympathy and making it hard to prove criminal intent for the president, directors, or inspectors.
The piece accuses Washington's Commerce and Labor Department of certifying unsafe ships like the Slocum, blaming a government seal for enticement to death. It cites the Grand Republic inspection, finding worthless life-saving gear, faulty fire hoses, sinking life preservers, rotten lifeboats, and counterfeit rivets, and questions why officials like Cortelyou should avoid indictment.
The Massachusetts candidate General W W Blackmar is urged as the ideal choice for national commander at the upcoming Grand Army of the Republic encampment. He leads a large department and has a storied war record plus a respected legal career in Massachusetts. Delegates across the country are expected to support his acclamation.
President Bancroft and Boston Elevated officials rode the new special car from Boston to Lynn. The Lynn marshes section, with no speed limit, saw a 72 mile per hour record. The roadbed was described as excellent and the party praised the car's motors.
Briefs were filed in the Supreme Court by counsels for Sherman L. Whipple and Hetty Green over an $8000 lawyer fees claim. Judge Morton heard a motion to transfer the case to the US Circuit Court, supported by Hetty Green's counsel.
In a February dispute between the Supreme and Grand lodges of the A. O. U. W. Judge Lowell in the United States Circuit Court ordered the Grand Lodge property and books turned over to Grand Recorder Charles Co fearing, with the funds to be restored to the Grand Lodge treasurer.
Mayor Collins and Fire Commissioner Russell appeared before the Supreme Judicial Court to answer a writ of mandamus seeking enforcement of a City Council ordinance. The measure, under legislative authorization, prescribes firemen’s hours requiring one day off in five. Proceedings scheduled for Tuesday.
The Duke marries Dolly Dimples Ardleigh in a quick ceremony before a J of the P, then travels by cab to Newport station and boards a New York bound liner. The newlyweds are seen in public as Dolly’s father and daughter-in-law, while awaiting Hamburger’s Liverpool departure. An officer of the law abruptly intervenes as they settle aboard.
The officer accuses Sir Richard Ardleigh of breach of promise to Miss Helen Travers of Newport. Sir Richard questions the charge and demands details as he is taken to answer. The scene ends with the charge named and the case to be continued.
The piece laments captives held for ransom by brigands in Southern Europe and urges a firm policy of refusing payment to deter future kidnappings. It argues Americans abroad should not concede to ransom demands to avoid becoming easy targets and calls for decisive action against banditry.
Hotel Nottingham on Huntington Avenue near Copley Square passes to new management. Edwin W. Boyce succeeds Frank P. Grace after extensive hotel experience, including long tenure at Massapoag Lake Hotel in Sharon.
A collage of short items covers political figures traveling to conventions, local civic notes, a Wakefield unit earning coach honors, Melrose newspaper rooms, Cambridge canes trick, Savin Hill swim teaching, a Washington elm prayer, Oberlin students reception, Chelsea East Side post office, Dorchester banana incident, and Ex-Representative Douglass preparing a Civil War era drama My Old Kentucky Home at Verdi Hall with rehearsals starting soon.
A humorous exchange shows Uncle Silas insisting on a shaved ice soda order. The clerk offers shaved ice, and Silas confirms he shaved before breakfast, delivering a quaint rural banter moment typical of local shop talk.
A reader asks Miss Champagne how to handle a young man who slapped her once in anger. The response urges forgiveness and gentle reassurance, noting his rarity and sincere humility. Persistently affirming pardon may ease his pain without lasting harm.
A nearly 16 year old writes complaining of a jealous young suitor and frequent quarrels. Valerie counsels patience for love, urges avoiding disputes, and suggests apologizing to restore peace, noting the girl is underage and should not pursue romance yet.
A reader asks how to convert a nine year romantic attachment into a marriage. The response suggests the man may be stuck seeing her as a sister, but urges patient, tactful attentions to show her indispensability and deter other suitors, leading him to pursue a license and formalize their relationship.
John Rogers, told he is too old after 30 years at the optical works, returns home despondent. He learns of layoff, contemplates suicide, but intruders in the factory trigger a violent struggle ending with him subduing two men as they fall down the elevator shaft. paymaster is found unconscious, Rogers still gripping the weapon.
Dear Violet asks Miss Champagne whether to heed her parents who object to her 14 month relationship with a loving, well behaved suitor. The response urges discovering parents grounds, valuing future happiness, and considering lifelong consequences beyond youthful feelings.
A terse dialogue fragment shows a wife confessing long marriage and her husband still in love while her friend probes with a pointed question about the other party involved. The exchange hints at unresolved romantic tension between the spouses.
A hospital scene follows a brutal basement attack at a machine shop. Bertrand recovers and is urged to return to the works, praised for knocking out two assailants and saving the company about $30,000.
Justice of the Peace James McMahon, an undertaker, officiated a quiet marriage among floral pieces and plush caskets. A couple, seeking a private ceremony, asked for a change from “We Mourn Our Loss” to “Cupid's Bower” petals before tying the knot.
Friends and business associates of Henry C. Weston gathered at Beverly Farms to mourn his sudden death last Saturday. The funeral at First Church marked by closing of wool houses in respect for his half century in the trade and banking ties.
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