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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1903
Page
4
The Sunday Post rates listed for one year and shorter periods. Billing rules require advance payment and address changes must be reported with current and new addresses. Editorial offices are listed in Boston and New York distribution channels noted. Editor and Publisher E A Grozier signed off.
The record notes detailed day by day circulation figures for the Boston Post and the Sunday Post during July 1903, a practice not mirrored by other newspapers in Boston or New York. It highlights the rare depth of data kept for those two papers in that month.
The article discusses six ballots without result in the conclave and weighs selecting an Italian cardinal versus a foreign compromise. It argues Cardinal Gibbons could unite church and state, noting his Western Hemisphere representation and potential impact on Italian relations and temporal power.
The Lowell catastrophe is cited as evidence that bans on dangerous materials are not enough. Communities must guard against any possibility of harm by separating high explosives from dwellings, with a quarter mile safety radius urged and no compromise for safety over commercial convenience.
A humorous account from All Sorts recounts Dennis guarding camp lines when a courier, unfamiliar with the password Monitor, is challenged. Dennis boasts a spelling of Moneytore and allows passage after the courier passes his test. Also included are several light anecdotes about miners, clerks, lovers, and a Plymouth guide, portraying quick wits and misadventures.
Grace Atwell the popular actress travels from Boston to Nantucket with her mother for a week or more, then to New York to finalize plans for the season. She has just completed a successful Washington engagement at the Columbia Theatre. A Boston item notes new customs questioning for European travelers, including a Sicilian born passenger quizzed about naturalization. George W. Magee proposes a novelty coin drop box to supplement bus fare, photographing droppers and publicizing delinquents. Dr. William H. Murphy of Brighton visits York Harbor Me for a tan, with August moon rumors of celebration.
A couple on a moonlit drive banter about love and danger as trust and desire collide. She manipulates the moment toward romance while he presses for commitment, culminating in a bold kiss and a revelation of eagerness.
Election officials report 15.8 percent of 111 817 voters dropped from the list as police enumeration lags. The piece notes manpower and wage loss to reinstate suffrage, critiques the Philippine schooling push and exposes disillusion over McKinley era colonization efforts.
The delayed Vatican conclave hints at divisions over the successor to Peter’s chair. Observers think convergence will require compromise, though only fragmentary facts from the era are available to justify conclusions.
The Boston vacation schools may close Friday due to lack of funds. Citizens have contributed about three million dollars for public schools this year, and a small additional fraction could keep the vacation programs running. The school committee’s vacation schools panel meets today to seek immediate funding, even if it requires a special meeting.
The summer home of the Hon. John F. Fitzgerald editor of the Republic sits in West Concord Massachusetts. The grounds include maple-lined approaches a vast lawn flower beds a large piazza and openable windows with hot water heat. The Fitzgeralds five children Rose Agnes Thomas Acton John F. and Eunice enjoy croquet and tennis on the lawn with two spirited black horses.
Admiral Cotton hosted a luncheon in Lisbon aboard the Brooklyn with attendees including ministers of war justice finance and public works Dr Cunha the civil governor Admiral Castilho the naval school director Admiral Ferreira do Amaral the inspector of arsenals and Captain Borja among others.
At a Lisbon luncheon the chief of the naval general staff and General Graveiro Lopes attended as the premier was in Switzerland. Admiral Cotton toasted King Charles of Portugal and thanked Lisbon for the squadron's reception. General Pimental Pinto proposed a toast to President Roosevelt. Minister Bryan praised the demonstrations and thanked the Portuguese government. The Dom Carlos I fired a salute and Duke of Braganza attended.
Newport Rhode Island August 3 Miss Alice Roosevelt will visit York Harbor and be feted with luncheons and dinners this week The social round starts with a luncheon by Mr and Mrs Robert Fulton Cutting and continues at the Cutting villa The President's daughter is to attend Mrs William Astor's ball on August 10 and will be the central figure in the cottage colony for the next 10 days
Mr J S Riddell superintendent of machine shop No 2 at Walworth Manufacturing Company East First Street South Boston found a surprise gift on his desk yesterday morning a fine fishing outfit along with a letter from the men under him expressing well wishes and high regard before his vacation.
The new corporate filing shows one certificate of incorporation for the American Automatic Feedwater Regulator Company with a $10,000 capital. Founders are Charles B. Edwards and Frank H. Morgan of Braintree and Bert K. E. Holland of Boston. Total shares 8000 including 7498 patented rights and two cash shares.
Advices from the West report packing houses will raise fresh beef prices countrywide within two weeks. The move, blamed on an understanding among heavy packers, comes amid cattle price drops and upcoming grazing runs, with local dealers predicting higher costs and retailers fearing impact on customers.
Paris dispatch reports the engagement of violinist Timotheus Adamowski to Philadelphia socialite Gertrude Lewis Pancoast. Pancoast, daughter of Dr William H Pancoast, is sister to W Howard Pancoast and Mrs John L Conaway and lives with her late mother’s family. Adamowski, famed violinist of the Boston Symphony era, is in Carlsbad with Miss Pancoast, who is active in outdoor life and Acorn Club.
A satirical poem mocks the end seat hogs as shameless lovers of comfort. The speaker urges an anti club to tread on the offender and praise communal virtue, signed by William R. Bailey of Boston.
In a letter to the editor, a reader from Boston argues the West End company should reform by adding a center passage through cars, removing side running boards, and restricting smoking to the rear seats or a designated smoker car.
In Lakeville on August 3 a letter compares the end seat hog dispute to two innocent children arguing over pie pieces. One child claims the larger piece, the other exclaims that the first is a hog, reflecting basic self interest.
A brief quote by Max H Newman defends property rights and courtesy. The speaker argues possession is nine points of the law and that choice and payment confer ownership. He stresses gentility and proper timing as essential to courteous behavior.
A reader urges the Post to address better streetcar accommodations during 5 to 6:30 p m on lines feeding the Elevated. He proposes extra smoking cars or at least seating for tired workers, noting theater and baseball cars exist but workingmen lack equivalent comfort. He asks for public opinion through the paper.
Letter to the editor from Cambridge advocates gender equality urging women as equals in life and in work. The writer argues society will shift toward shared opportunities and partnership beyond traditional domestic roles, crediting Bellamy as ahead of his time.
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