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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1903
Page
6
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The record lists day by day circulation of the Boston Post and Sunday Post for July 1903. Figures include 179000 180010 181090 182550 183000 187700 182180 184900 183030 181470 182480 182130 187850 184740.
President Roosevelt aims to call Congress in extraordinary session around October 19 to finish pending business before the presidential campaign. The plan seeks to avoid campaign hysteria and ensure sober work on tariff, Cuba treaty, and currency reform, though progress may still be slow.
The article discusses wireless telegraphy in naval warfare off the Atlantic, noting mixed signals and questions about effectiveness. It argues for maintaining and improving top wireless capability not for economy but national safety, stressing accurate fleet direction at distance as a potential decisive edge.
The text argues no system is perfect but expects rapid ongoing development. It contends American inventors should not lag global progress and must create an American system that surpasses others.
Parliament passes the Irish land bill by royal assent, enabling government loans to peasant farmers to buy out landlords. A peaceful, historic reform aims to end feudal oppression and create a new nation of Irish landowners. The King calls it simple justice, not charity, though its full impact remains uncertain.
The article argues Colombia rejects the canal treaty over price while the Nicaragua option remains viable. It notes Bogota seeks higher payments and warns a failed treaty would just shift the project to Nicaragua, with both routes offering pros and cons and no current crisis.
The Labor Commission meets next week in Room 444 of the State House to scrutinize employer employee relations. Hearings will cover arbitration industrial courts compulsory investigation wage attachments profit sharing industrial partnerships and unemployment employment. Members invite all interested to attend.
San Francisco basedAll Sorts scrapes through a vivid spoof of the Jeffries Corbett bout with round by round antics. Cy Plug reports a playful, barely underway clash filled with exaggerated moves and quips while detouring from actual results.
Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt reportedly caused Judge Richard N. Arnow to lose a 15-pound bass on Long Island Sound when a steam yacht launch cut his line. The Bronx Republican, fishing near Twin Island, claimed the bass nearly three feet long before the interruption.
A Lexington observer notes a maple turning autumn colors unusually early amid a cool damp June. He wonders if the change is caused by cold sensitivity or gas leaks, unsure of the explanation.
T Jefferson Coolidge Jr son of the former minister to France lives at Coolidge's Point Manchester while awaiting his marble palace. The two story and a half white house features green blinds and ivy covered porches with a large lawn and circular driveway and a rose garden. The Coolidges travel with guests and ride in a four in hand and they are Essex County Golf Club members active in the summer colony.
On a moonlit river carnival a man named Arthur woos Winifred aboard a lantern lit canoe. The scene shifts from playful intimacy to a confession of enduring affection as Cupid appears painted on a prow and he calls her his own girl.
The Boston Post seeks letters defending or opposing omitting the word obey from the marriage service. Prizes include a Double Gold Eagle for best letters, with finalists reviewed by Mrs. Mary A. Livermore. Letters must be under 200 words, one side only, and sent to Fiditor Obey Discussion Boston Post.
Mary F. W. Minnes argues that God ordains female subservience to men and that women should answer will you love honor and obey at marriage. She supports retaining the word to ensure obedience in lawful acts for the couple’s welfare.
Letter from Harry T. Knight of 29 Milk Street Boston argues the word obey should be omitted from marriage vows. He cites equality before the law, republican ideals, and modern usage, urging the state to recognize the contract as a partnership between equal parties.
The passage argues that obedience in marriage should apply equally to husband and wife. It emphasizes unity and the same legal framework for both partners when love is pure and the sacred bond deepens, calling for shared meaning of the vow.
Sidney Strouse of 56 Washington Street Boston argues that obedience, by ministerial implication, to marital laws protects love and justice for a wife’s knowledge. He says women best understand household care and childrearing and that each should attend to duties allotted by sex for lasting happiness.
A letter from Mrs. Mary C. French of Everett denounces the word obey in the marriage service. She argues love and honor suffice and calls for discarding the term as barbaric and contrary to stated divine commands.
Letter from L P Mackay of West Somerville argues that love should replace the word obey in the marriage service. He asserts modern women stand shoulder to shoulder with husbands, making obey unnecessary and love sufficient to cover the partnership.
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