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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1905
Page
6
The Daily Post announces summer service details including mail delivery options to United States and Canada. Subscriptions are 25 cents per month for the Daily and for the Sunday Post, with address changes allowed as needed.
Daily price list shows One Cap at 3.00 and six months at 0.75 with 1 month at 0.25. The Sunday Post offers one year 2.50 six months 1.25 and three months 0.65. Editor and Publisher is B. M. Grozier.
A pair of young men in Boston attempted a violent duel leaving Jennie Miliano with a serious arm wound. The piece argues for a strict ban on concealed weapons, noting the danger to innocents and urging stronger laws and penalties to protect peaceable residents.
The Brussels interparliamentary congress debates a treaty of arbitration inspired by The Hague Convention. Congressman Bartholdt of Missouri presents a draft aimed at replacing warlike resolutions with judicial decisions and widening tribunal usefulness.
The draft proposes that disputes arising from treaties and diplomatic or consular issues be heard by international courts. All other questions would go to a Hague commission of inquiry and be decided by The Hague's permanent tribunal upon appeal. If ratified at Brussels, it could hasten a new era of law and peace.
The new chief engineer Mr. F J Stevens ends ex cavation at Culebra and cuts foreman salaries, signaling a halt in progress. Chairman Shonts plans a restart focusing on rail, sanitation, and living facilities while facing uncertain finances and potential need for $130 million in canal bonds.
The Portsmouth talks hint Japan may waive indemnity and accept arbitration on one half of Sakhalin. Russia gains concessions on other points but faces pressure from Witte for a vital Japanese concession. A failed conference could warn future belligerents against exhausted negotiations.
The burial of Robert Dewey Boutwell at Malden honors his act of bravery during a fire at the Maranacook Hotel last Saturday. He saved others at the cost of his life, embodying quiet heroism in everyday duty beyond battlefield feats.
In this installment Nifty Nat vows revenge after discovering his wife and child slain. He ambushes a sleeping band, frees himself when a rope burns, and plans further killings as the Indians sleep. The scene shifts to a lighter What the Spricks Says letter page with Newt and Georgie correspondence from 1905.
Nantucket plans for motorless isolation are dashed as the Highway Commission rejects the town's special low limits. State law allows 10 miles per hour in town and 15 miles outside, enforcing higher speeds.
Captain Henry Grover, retired superintendent of the Chelsea division, received a purse of gold and a purse of silver for his wife at a presentation held last night at the Broadway stables in Chelsea. Foreman John J. Sullivan spoke, and Grover responded with sentiment.
A jumble of informal items covers transit glitches with a balky auto ride and a drenched pedestrian from a near curb water cart. Other notes report the Yankiana yacht, Charles Brady’s sudden death, and civic figures promoting walking.
A newspaper meditation frames Mrs Mary Mapes Dodge as editor and poet whose death prompts a touching poem about mortality. The piece features Walt Whitman with a child, pondering the mystery of life and death, expressing humility before the unknown and noting that life and death share a deep, unresolved mystery.
A storm drives Frank Ardmund to a country farmhouse where he meets Gracie Brent. The elderly couple, Farmer Grey and wife, host him with supper and music. The night reveals Gracie's identity and reunites the engaged couple after a past quarrel and his hospital confinement.
Mrs. Horton and guests return from Newport after a tennis showing at the Newport Casino. Society women display fashionable gowns and hats at social events. Miss Hannah Stevenson and Miss Eleonora Sears shine in tennis, while Miss Katherine Warren wins Beverly Yacht Club races at Buzzard's Bay. The Choates arrive from Naumkeag to spend a week on the north shore.
In a reader letter Mildred Champagne counsels a hapless 18 year old to regard two high school girls as friends, avoid jealousy, and delay serious romance until he has a solid path to adulthood and a stable future. He should not rush love while still in school.
A 23 year old woman asks for guidance about a distant young man who stopped writing after his mother died. She emphasizes their close friendship, gifts shared including a necklace, and her fear that illness or a new love may explain the silence. The adviser urges verifying letter receipt and local inquiries to assess his willingness or inability to respond.
In Brussels King Leopold met the delegates to the inter-parliamentary congress and praised the United States. He spoke with American members and noted Roosevelt’s signed photograph on his desk. The afternoon session debated the American model arbitration treaty and a permanent congress of nations.
Gloucester Aug 28 Ex Mayor French who has served seven terms at City Hall announced he is a candidate this fall. He said I’m a candidate and am in the fight to stay.
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