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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1904
Page
6
The Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices. Daily one year $1.50 for six months $1.25 for three months 75 cents for one month 25 cents. Sunday one year $2.50 six months $1.25 three months 65 cents. Change of address requires current and new addresses. Payments by check draft or money order to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Editorial Rooms No 1004 Main Business Office No 42S Main Boston Office 259 Washington Street Boston New York The Boston Post can be secured at all leading New York hotels All subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration If you cannot obtain the Post please notify us by postal B A GROZIER Editor and Publisher
Ensign Squarebriggs of the Fall River Salvation Army appeals for funds to bring Christmas cheer to poor children. The piece highlights hunger and hardship among women and children, asks readers to send contributions to Salvation Army headquarters, promising charity will brighten both giver and recipient during the holiday season.
The Republican Club of New York urges immediate action to reduce Southern representation in Congress by removing 11 of 19 Southern members for illiteracy based disfranchisement. They argue the plan mirrors a federal bill, but warn universal application would threaten Massachusetts laws and local Republicans fear losing Congressmen.
Margaret Maguire a 70 year old paralytic was rescued from a Dorchester home at 220 Westville Street by her three daughters Katherine Elizabeth and Margaret after a closet fire. Neighbors Frank Lyons Ellsworth Spear aided the effort as smoke hindered escape. The blaze gutted the Maguire belongings with an estimated loss of 2000 dollars.
The Board of Aldermen granted a railway franchise through East Boston streets, reversing years of effort to abolish dangerous grade crossings. Civic leaders fear renewed traffic hazards and delayed city development as commerce and neighborhood safety hang in the balance.
Residents and merchants join a loud protest over a proposed grade crossing in East Boston. They warn it would threaten public safety and local commerce while favoring transportation interests. Critics urge the Board of Aldermen to apply a strict executive veto to prevent hurried, late action.
Washington debate on whether millers should get a rebate when mixing Canadian wheat with domestic grain for flour bound for export. With US flour prices rising, writers urge removing the 25 cent per bushel tariff to lower bread costs for consumers. They call for relief by freeing imported wheat from tax to ease the supply and price squeeze.
Intimations surface that a winter effort will push a bill to grant 125 dollars to Civil War veterans who did not receive a bounty at enlistment. The piece argues against it, citing Governor Bates’s veto, the Supreme Court nullification, and practical objections that transcend party politics.
Samuel A Devere of 77 Worcester Street Boston criticizes calls for hanging Mary Rogers as cruel and urges life imprisonment instead. He defends Rev Father O Sullivan for pleading for mercy and questions whether old Mosaic law should guide justice, thanking The Post for public space.
A Mary Rogers letter to the editor condemns a woman for murder, arguing that she should suffer as a man would. The writer asserts women and children know murder is wrong, insisting a woman like Mary Rogers is unfit to live and should be hanged. Everett, December 20. Mrs C. F. B.
A reader criticizes harsh laws and moral injustice, arguing that sending Mary Rogers to spirit life under today’s conditions is murder by consent and warns others to beware of their souls. The anonymous signatory M. V. appeals for mercy and spiritual consideration.
In a letter to the Post, J. T. Nowell urges removing gas and electric utilities from private control. He proposes the metropolitan district seize the plants, paying their value based on duplication costs minus depreciation, rather than profits squeezed from the public. He argues this could reduce disturbances and family financial strains linked to gas costs.
A tale shows a glamorous visitor attempting to borrow $1,000,000 with a forged Russell Sage signature. The banker refuses, exposing the risk of accepting collateral on a phony name. The twist implies that names can mislead while value and truth remain uncertain.
The piece mockingly notes fadeless flowers invented by Luther Burbank and links them to a broader satire on modern contrivances. It playfully envisions a world with ever gentler objects and asks readers to consider the absurdities of relentless progress.
A heated exchange unfolds as a shooter berates a bystander mistaken for a bear. The urban confrontation escalates with sarcastic apologies and exclamations over a near miss that could have caused harm.
Ida Fredd y Van Pickle draws attention as the subject of gossip in a casual note noting his perceived softness and the reaction of several girls who call him down.
A humorous exchange about train robbers and a sleeping car porter, with Crackem noting experiences and Crackem describing the porter as often decent, revealing a playful backstage banter tone.
Spotlite He’s playing supper shows in the vaudeville.
A dated column reflects on rough handling of mail parcels, snow drift measures on rail lines, and potential civic plans in Malden and Dorchester. It notes a new enclosed athletic field plan, a choral group forming in Dorchester, and changes rumored in Malden's police leadership while featuring social announcements and local travel notes.
A lively column recounts Christmas scenes in Everett Brookline and Newton. Highlights include a grand Italianate building with imported Carrara stone, New England Telephone Company training for emergency alerts, Grace Church service via Rev. Smith, Santa letters to the Postmaster, Everett births and school needs, possible mayoral appointee Samuel Emerton, Yuletide market displays, Brookline sleighing, and Salvation Army collecting 28000 mite boxes to aid the needy.
Frances Buckley Embree portrays Marie, an American artist in Latin Quarter Paris, struggling with missing remittance and holiday blues. A note in English and French offering Boston baked beans sparks nostalgia. Paul Bennet, homesick, seeks out the cook and learns Marie’s beans were delicious and “as good as mother made.”
Madame, deft with French flair and aided by youth memory, serves Boston baked beans every Saturday to two patrons. She ensures the corner table is empty as Jacques stays distracted. The wedding breakfast features an American guest puzzled by the beans as Parisians mock the idea.
The Boston Post column presents two reader queries on romance. A 21 year old asks if she should track a kind stranger who helped her with a lost ticket, seeking guidance on naming or locating him. A pair of 16 year old girls seek advice about a shared love interest and jealousy, with Miss Champagne urging friendship and caution.
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