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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1904
Page
4
Reports from Pekin claim the Chinese government cannot restrain Boxers and other dissidents from campaign against Russians. An advance party is alleged to have blown the Manchurian railway bridge and killed 30 Russians, with Boxers organizing modern arms for invasion and restoration of sovereignty to China.
At the Silk Association of America's anniversary banquet in New York on February 1, Japanese Minister Takahira, detained in Washington, had his speech read by Consul General Uchida. The address stressed Japan's established position and defied domestic pressures, framing Tokyo's stance amid growing Far Eastern tensions.
A long exhortation links dyspepsia cures to social success and asserts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a natural remedy. The text then shifts to a geopolitical analysis, arguing Japan intervenes against Russia in Manchuria and Corea, with war as the arbiter and confidence in justice prevailing as stated by a president.
Clans Stewart Lindsay and MacDou gall Order of Scottish Clans held a union concert and ball at Roughan Hall Charlestown last night. About nine hundred attended with floor director H L Cameron and his wife leading the grand march in which around 260 couples took part.
At Lloyds today 30 percent was paid to insure against the risk of war between France and Great Britain within six months. The previous day the rate stood at 20 percent.
President Roosevelt declares U S neutrality amid Japan Russia hostilities. It bans enlistment or aiding either belligerent, forbids provisioning ships for war, and restricts warship port access inside U S waters from February 15 until 24 hours after the last belligerent vessel departs. Citizens warned they act at their own risk without government protection.
A conference of leading New England independent tobacco dealers met at Young's Hotel to plan legal action against the tobacco trust. Within days litigation may begin to lift a boycott on independent goods. A procedure committee led by John Cubrig of New York with C W Stinson Benjamin Pearson and C D Lorus was appointed and counsel engaged. A letter to the New England trade outlining the remedy will be sent. The current system makes it hard for many jobbers to handle independent brands despite demand.
Union Hall Brookline hosted the Brookline Council Knights of Columbus annual banquet last evening with speeches by Thomas B Fitzpatrick Charles McEville Boston Chapter chair D P Doyle entertainment chair Father John A Butler Brookline Council chaplain and many members offering brief remarks.
If you are run down and thin and take cold easily, try rest and proper care. The message urges taking early steps to guard health and avoid sickness.
It will strengthen and fortify your system and keep you well. This vintage ad copy touts Scott's Emulsion as a dependable tonic for vitality and wellness.
Horace M Harmon of 269 Tremont Street reports $1060 stolen in front of 205 Portland Street after selling his restaurant for 1500. He says two men roughhoused him, tore his vest, and took his wallet while his watch remained. Witnesses, including two newsboys, saw his torn hat in the snow.
The Boston Japanese colony selects S Kawamoto of 380 Boylston Street as its first front line recruit and prepares him for Vancouver then Japan. At Nippon Club in Charlestown 62 Henley Street members vote to enlist and raise funds amid a patriotic celebration marking 2600 years since the emperor's first ascension.
The latest dispatches indicate the Russian fleet in the far east is largely destroyed with Vladivostok left, while six cruisers from Vladivostok may have bombarded Hakodate in northern Japan. Japan’s fleet remains strong and may engage advancing Russian ships after Suez passage. Russia’s Baltic Fleet could head east but is unlikely to reach the Yellow Sea in time. Japan is massing forces on the Yalu River and may wreck the Siberian railroad with Chinese labor aid, as Corea nears full Japanese control.
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