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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1904
Page
6
The piece urges a full turnout in Boston elections to ensure a representative government. It notes no mayoral election this cycle but highlights the stakes for the street commissioner, Board of Aldermen, Common Council, and one third of the school committee. It argues that indifference weakens governance and a full vote reflects the people’s will.
Professor Edward W. Bemis testified that Boston gas buyers have paid about 20 cents per 1000 feet too much for seven years. He said the price is set because companies are allowed to charge and are not forced to lower it. He noted Brookline could have paid stockholders more if gas sold at 80 cents per 1000 feet, illustrating broader profiteering.
The article argues a $30 million current-year deficit requires action. It dismisses issuing bonds in peacetime as politically toxic and predicts swift political upheaval if attempted. It deems cutting war expenditures impractical, noting pensions and armed forces consume major funds.
The text notes naval expenditures rising from under 100 million to over 200 million, a 200 percent increase in under eight years. It cites presidential approval and calls for continued growth. It discusses taxation as the remaining resource, revival of the stamp tax as a likely Republican objective.
The piece argues President Roosevelt has softened on tariff revision. It notes his muted message to Congress and the White House’s earlier hints of a spring session, now cancelled. It says decisive action would occur if there was real will to revise, contrasting McKinley’s urgent special session with Roosevelt’s restraint.
Voters are urged to mark only seven votes for aldermen today and not the full thirteen. The new system, meant to expand Republican minority representation, risks invalidating ballots if voters overvote or rely on confusing lists from the Good Government Association and the Republican slate. Vote for seven.
A census bulletin reports more men than women nationwide while cities have more women. Women live longer. the largest gender gap was in 1890 and has narrowed by 1900. Continental US shows 1,638,221 more men. District of Columbia Massachusetts and Rhode Island have lowest male percentages. Wyoming and Montana highest. Death rates by age show varying patterns between sexes.
The President sent several nominations to the Senate including Willet M. Hays for Assistant Secretary of Agriculture from Minnesota, Ira A. Abbott of Massachusetts for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of New Mexico, Melvin O. Adams for U.S. Attorney in Massachusetts, two Marine Corps second lieutenants Arthur A. Racicot Jr of Massachusetts and Tom Dutin Barber of Vermont, Charles P. Neill as Commissioner of Labor, and postmasters in Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, and other areas. Ira A. Abbott serves as judge of the Haverhill police court and is a Dartmouth graduate and close friend of Attorney General Moody.
Waltham plans a second militia company with Mayor Harvey to sign the petition to Governor Bates this week. The effort has support from Company F members and Fifth Regiment officials, and officials insist the new unit would not interfere with existing forces. The Board of Aldermen has approved the plan, awaiting the mayoral signature to proceed.
The annual bazaar of the Young Ladies' Charitable Association opened last night at Bijou Theatre on Washington street. Proceeds will aid the Free Home for Consumptives located on Quincy street in Dorchester.
An elderly Danbury resident is praised as the world’s chief “kisser,” tallying over 64 000 kisses with 6403 different girls from youth to near seventy. He kept a strict count, claiming about 10 kisses per girl, and is lauded as a benevolent, playful figure in the community.
A bustling Boston social column details charity drives in Amesbury and Boston, a Whittier birthday observance in Amesbury, a St Paul’s Church debate on police appointment, fashion critiques at a ball, Methodist conference plans for Melrose, the Melrose Y M C A anniversary, and various city notes. Mentions include John Greenleaf Whittier, Captain Thomas Potter of Saxonia, Booker Washington’s Boston visit, and local transit changes for Brockton cars.
Dorothea recalls a demand that she reveal the names of all the others involved. The remark reflects tension and scrutiny within the group dynamic. The passage centers on control, privacy, and social pressure.
A reader column mixes verse on the East Boston tunnel with the Sphinx saying. Readers ask for explanation of the Sphinx and the editors joke about its depth and diagrams. A calendar want ad for 1905 appears, warning against older calendars.
A sequence of altered proverbs plays with familiar wisdom to humorously critique money trust autos and fame. The list blends misquotes and playful twists, suggesting a local taste for satirical wordplay and social commentary in brief lines.
The Rev Father James Kelly spiritual director of the Holy Name Society at the Church of Our Lady urged over 500 parish members to oppose liquor licenses. Similar appeals were heard in other churches as well.
Ethel asks about football while Maud spurns the sport calling it horrid. A side note mentions Charlie Haggerty visiting recently with awkwardly injured arms.
Conversation in mixed society on horse selection ends with Mrs Hifly mistaking a carriage for people. Mr Hifly favors the off mare as a beauty, prompting the humorous remark about misreading the scene.
In social columns Miss Helen Cutler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Cutler, plans a private January wedding in Brookline with a large reception at the family residence on Upland Road. Other society items include Mrs. Larz Anderson’s chic winter frocks, a Devonshire lecture at Vendome, and various Boston-area engagements and travels of local families.
A young girl asks if she should write first or wait for a gentleman to write after his promised letter. The advisor says wait for him to write, noting he may avoid seeming over anxious and will write at his earliest opportunity if he wishes to continue the correspondence.
A young reader asks if a long-time girlfriend suddenly cold should be blamed and whether to confront her. The columnist counsels focusing on personal development and career, urging perseverance until marriageable age, and advises if she remains distant to move on and build a life worth sharing.
A lawyer, weary in the city, receives a calendar from a clerk and recalls a peaceful mill scene. The vision stirs memories of his boyhood home and a father who toiled for his success, raising questions of duty and sacrifice.
A Boston Post reader anxious over a secret love with her first cousin seeks guidance. The letter argues against marrying first cousins, citing scarce contact and alleged risks to offspring and well being, urging readers to avoid such unions despite love's pull.
A reflective narrator recalls childhood on the mill path and his father’s care, vowing to mend years of neglect by returning home for Christmas with his three brown haired sons. The piece centers on memory, filial duty, and reconciliation through family moments.
Edward Robinson, director of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, is among leading candidates for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The new president J Pierpont Morgan will shape the final selection from several names.
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