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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1904
Page
6
The Sunday Post claims the second largest Sunday circulation in New England, highlighting its broad readership across major cities and regions. The paper emphasizes wide distribution, strong brand presence, and continued growth in press circulation metrics.
In recent days Worcester reports ease in Senator Hoar illness, raising hope for his full recovery. His age and vigor are noted, with prayers for restoration. Senator Lodge faces defences on reciprocity, balancing party protectionists and tariff critics as he speaks today.
Observes a 22.5 million drop in customs revenue while whiskey beer and tobacco taxes rise by 5.5 and 1 million. Total internal revenue reaches about 250 million, over 42 percent of all receipts, covering civil costs interest on debt and pensions. Argues luxury tax payers should seek tariff relief on life essentials.
The article discusses the unclear use of submarines in the Russia Japan conflict. It notes schedules show many subs but few clear benefits. In Narragansett Bay maneuvers submarines proved uncertain, with one sinking to the bottom submerged while another scored a successful attack on the flagship.
An unidentified submarine, diving 20 feet then sinking to 120 feet, faced heavy pressure and flooding. After half an hour of pumping, it surfaced. The crew kept calm, but the cause of the deep dive remains unknown, prompting reflection on luck in naval warfare.
Professor John Stone of the Institute of Technology claims a wireless telegraphy advance that prevents cross interference and allows multiple signals across land or sea. The piece warns the Bell monopoly may buy or bury such inventions, urging Stone to resist offers and promising a Hall of Fame statue if he does.
A Turkish brigand camp tale shows Ignominious Ike holding Cincinnati brewer Gottleib Guckenheimer for a ransom of 5000 dollars. A letters reveals U S opposition, a penny ransom arrives, bonds are cut and the captive is freed. The brewer hopes to return to America and profit from his release, while Ike demands a share of profits. The curtain falls on the comic episode.
Observant Citizen notes early autumn beauty and green foliage. Mentions Major Henry J. Higginson declining a $2500 transit commission salary, and lists social and cultural snippets including theater passes, European correspondents, and local curiosities.
The letter argues that smoking on the streets is a public nuisance and includes humorous proposals to curb breathing on streets. It suggests extreme measures such as stilts, airtight envelopes, or leaving Earth, while noting removing all people would not be advisable. The writer signs as SMOKER AND BREATHER.
A. M. Boston asks where to write to obtain the Civil War naval veteran record. He states to address the Secretary of the Navy in Washington, D. C. for the submission.
A dialect verse by Newton Newkirk expresses longing for a simple life. The speaker yearns for rest and a quiet dream filled afternoon, preferring to sit and reflect rather than work a hard summer job. The piece uses rustic imagery to convey fatigue and a desire for leisure.
Newport Rhode Island August 26. The Navy announced that four U S cruisers Columbia Minneapolis Prairie and Topeka sailed for Hampton Roads Virginia at about 1230 this afternoon. The voyage will be a race between the Columbia and Minneapolis to determine current best speeds. Previously the ships were rated at 22 knots.
A young man asks whether to pressure a crippled sweetheart to reveal her condition and if it is his business to marry her. The columnist advises focusing on true love, ensuring feelings are genuine and not mere sympathy, and to learn her condition before marriage.
A 20 year old man asks Miss Champagne about marrying a woman whose father opposes the match and threatens disinheritance. The columnist advises patience, avoiding confrontation, and relying on time plus maternal influence to soften the father's stance, suggesting a two to three year wait.
The writer seeks guidance to win back a first acquaintance after jealousy caused a shift of attention to a second girl. The advice suggests confessing lasting love for the first, explain jealousy led to the misstep, appeal to her sympathy, and propose restoring the prior relationship. It notes that exposing feelings may prompt her to value him again.
A reader writes about dating a man for three months then finding him talking to another girl. The reply urges not to demand silence or seclusion, notes his honesty, and advises SPOT not to become a hermit over a minor lapse, suggesting she should not overreact or withhold conversation.
Erving Winslow writes from 20 Central Street Boston dated August 26 1904 to Hon Arthur Lyman. He questions the Democratic Club declaration on the Philippine question and urges alignment with Democratic principles. Winslow asks whether the club will recant or a new Democratic organization will carry the campaign under the party banner.
In S- a small town readies for Old Home week with invitations to natives and former residents. Jacob Euswell, now sixty, sits in his office after a profitable career that left him a millionaire with no kith or kin, reflecting as he views a card featuring the little red schoolhouse.
Jacob Ellswell, now wealthy, revisits his boyhood town and finds Sarah Stone living in modest comfort. He recalls youth, friendship, and a promised life, then reunites with Sarah and learns his true riches lie in love and a shared past.
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