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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
5
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore has consented to act as final judge and award the prizes in the discussion titled Should Obey Be Omitted From the Marriage Service. The event invites public debate and prize recognition for the best contributions.
The Boston Post invites concise letters up to 200 words on whether Obey should be omitted from the marriage service. Send to Editor Obey Discussion The Boston Post. Final decision rests with Mrs Mary A Livermore. Letters on one side only and not returned. Dune notice will be given of closing date.
Letter from Mrs. T. A. Mulloney argues the word obey belongs in the marriage service. She claims obedience is natural and enhances harmony, urging wives to willingly obey and anticipate their husband’s wishes for a happy home.
A Boston writer argues marriage creates a small governing unit with a single head. He asserts the husband holds leadership and the wife owes obedience within the family, contrasting it with equal power in a government.
A five-voice discussion from readers in Boston ponders whether the term obey should remain in the marriage service. Arguments for and against call obedience a relic of past law, while some defend it as a token of mutual love and respect.
The International Mercantile Marine Company abides by British terms ensuring equality in military and postal services, British registry consent, officer nationality, and hiring terms. Agreement runs 20 years from Sept 22, 1902 with five-year termination notices and British government veto rights. The lord high chancellor acts as final referee in disputes.
The color line is drawn on the United States receiving ship Columbia at the Brooklyn navy yard. Chief petty officers refuse to mess with a newly sworn in chief carpenter's mate, asserting they will not associate with him or carry out orders through him in line duty.
Baths with LIC Coane sold worldwide. Caticura Soap 25¢, Ointment 50¢, Resolvent 50¢ in pill form 2¢ per vial of 60. Depots in London Paris and Boston. Powter Drug & Chem Corp sole proprietor. Send for Cuticura Skin Book.
Miss Evelyn O'Brien of Roxbury and Mrs. Marie Antrcuffe of Massachusetts avenue pulled the coachman from under a looping pair of runaway horses on Massachusetts avenue near Washington street. The driver was stunned and taken to City Hospital.
Representative William H. Hayes assigns blame to the 1902 Republican Legislature for the new corporation law. He argues a legislature committee should review investigations rather than a governor-appointed commission, warning that any 1908 commission report would be adopted without challenge.
An old advertisement extols Karo Corn Syrup as superior to molasses, a versatile table delicacy and energy producer for infants and invalids. It stresses purity, non adulteration, airtight friction top tins, and nationwide grocery availability at 10 25 and 50 cents.
During August the Boston Sunday Post offers a Page 2 coupon each Sunday for three green trading stamps. Each coupon can be redeemed at listed stores without spending money. Remember to order next Sunday's Post.
A Mosh Turkish garrison report details Bulgarian dynamite attack on the Konak Governor's palace in Krushevo near Monastir with twenty Turks killed. Ottoman forces burn Dihoho village and deploy eighty battalions to Monastir and three to Salonica from Kosovo. Telegraph links to Monastir are down. A Vienna dispatch notes Macedonian central revolutionary committee fixes Aug 31 for a general rising with Boris Sarafoff named commander and Alexieff as lieutenant.
Sam Scott, a black man held on suspicion of assault, was taken to the Clifford home where Mrs. Clifford identified a torn handkerchief Scott wore as her husband’s. The police note bloodless cuts on his fingers and a $3 missing from Clifford’s pocket. Scott was arraigned on breaking and entering with intent to steal. continued to Aug. 12 in $3,000 bail.
Franklin Association 18 of Bos ton Junior Pressmen and Associates votes unanimously against forming a political party aligned with trade unionist theory of government. The group stresses unions should not engage in political action and remain focused on wage conditions and workers' pay. Delegates Mehegan Cooney McDonald Cosgrove O Connor informed of national convention actions.
Boston Machinists Union 264 backed Springfield Allston and Rensselaer machinists employed by Boston and Albany division of New York Central railroad in demanding a nine hour workday at the old pay rate. The union pledged full moral and financial support and a meeting of officials and union representatives is expected today.
A Labor Day parade unit lists officers and organizers guiding a 150000 strong labor movement. The staff announces duties and event roles for the parade highlighting union representation and worker solidarity actions.
Miss Alice G. Horan of Charlestown led a party of Americans to an audience with Pope Pius X after his election. Cardinal Gibbons aided the meeting. Dr. Mary O Callahan of Worcester served as chaperon. Horan, Elmhurst Academy graduate, plans to return in September.
A 515 pound halibut seven feet four inches long and four feet wide was caught off Provincetown last Tuesday by fishermen aboard the bark Nancy O'Brien. It toured a fish market at 18 Faneuil Hall square yesterday as crowds admired it. Local rumor claims it is the largest halibut ever caught in these waters.
Chief Marshal William J. Fitzgerald and a chorus of union officials including H. Joseph Quinn, William F. McCarthy, John H. Lee, James Flynn, Frank A. Faulkner, Jeremiah J. Donovan, K. A. Hearn, CC, Martin T. Joyce, and William O’Hearn disclosed the new lineup last night. The gathering listed representatives from Grocery and Provision, Painters and Decorators, Plasterers, Steam Fitters, Sheet Metal Workers, Roofers, Electrotypers, Journeymen Horseshoers, Electrical Workers, and Carpenters unions.
The Building Trades Council and the Boston Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers urge citizen labor for the fence around the Westville street school house in Dorchester. A committee from the unions will meet Mayor Collins today or tomorrow to address charges that non citizen labor is being used.
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