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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
6
The legislature opens smoothly with leaders urging faster committee work and strict hearings timelines. President Jones favors quicker reports. Speaker Frothingham seeks a January 15 cutoff for new business and stricter calendar discipline. The note honors the Constitution and praises historical memory.
The piece argues war is unlikely despite East Asian tensions between Japan and Russia. It notes Japan’s terms to respect China and Korea, protect Manchurian and Korean interests, and allow commercial rights. It cites European peace sentiment, possible UK influence, and the cautious stance of leading powers on avoiding a European-wide conflict.
The steel trust reports a sharp December quarter with under 15 million net earnings, down from 32 million, 30.4 million in prior years. The article blames damaged methods and inflated expectations set during boom times, warning investors of losses and the dangers of overoptimistic promotion.
The Massachusetts Historical Society memorial presented to Congress by Representative Gillett urges an appropriation for preserving the frigate Constitution. It should not lie unused in a committee room but receive prompt consideration and action.
A protest filed with the American Trotting Register Association challenges Lou Dillon’s September mile at Cleveland for using windshield aids. The Bonner heirs argue the record should not stand alongside Maud S.'s era due to speed appliances. They urge official recognition that preserves fair trotting history free from mechanical aids.
Rome January 6 The congregation of rites advanced the process toward canonization of Joan of Arc the Maid of Orleans with beatification already granted by Pope Pius X. Attendees included the French embassy papal court and about 100 guests while a Orleans Catholic pilgrimage gathered in St Peter's for a papal address. It is hoped the honor may prompt France to ease its stance on religious orders and miracles will be reviewed before final decree. the full canonization could take about two years.
Sir laundries have been using strong alkalis that eat shirts collars and cuffs. With coal prices down the writer calls for lower laundry rates already raised during the famine. X H Newman 24 Davis Street Boston.
A humorous dialogue scene features a desperate speaker pleading for help as a pompous citizen dismisses him, contrasting class tensions and witty repartee in a compact historical piece. The exchange highlights social friction and survival under pressure.
A humorous exchange in which St Peter questions a man about his grounds for admittance. The man claims a decade of baking angel cake, prompting Peter to acknowledge his reputation and directing him to cross to meet the deviled crab artist nearby.
All Sorts columnist Newton Newkirk recounts a humorous, fictional history of shirts from Adam and Eve to modern fashion. He blends satire with ancient and cross cultural references, tracing evolving shirt designs while lampooning posterity and daily life.
Readers urge lawmakers to constrain coal prices, arguing plentiful supply and high retail rates harm the poor. The letter notes a $7.50 price and calls for a petition to Congress to stop exorbitant charges, urging relief during harsh weather.
Miss Gretta Pomeroy and Philip Clark visit at Georgian Court over the holidays amid wedding talk after Easter. The twentieth Century Club marks its 10th birthday with a dinner at the Brunswick featuring Mayor Collins and other speakers. Various notices follow of engagements, travels, portraits, and family milestones among Boston, Cambridge, and Dorchester residents.
A local observer recalls a mild Boston day with open coats and notes that moderate winter weather strains health more than cold. The column also mentions Fritzi Scheff planning to bring a French touring car to Boston, Nixon Theatre brick counts, and a series of social and civic reflections includingLt Emil Steffens’ militia tour and school board chatter.
A reflective piece traces a narrator’s dreams from childhood coin fantasies that could rebuy a vanished home to adult visions of love and loss. The piece weaves memory, longing, and the fragility of grasping moments as life unfolds like a dream within a dream.
A reader notes plumbing is taught at the North End Union on Parmenter Street in Boston, asking if a plumbing school exists in Boston as opposed to New York.
Mrs E J Coleman of Wexford Street Brighton, now in Boston, has not celebrated leap year birthdays for 15 years since arriving in this country. She recalls her girlhood celebrations and asks how many leap year children exist to form a leap year club.
January 6 report says Senator Lodge met with Secretary Shaw and concluded there is no political move against Shaw over the Boston customs house investigation. The talks focused on enforcing administrative policy rather than any effort to force Shaw from office.
Mrs. Howard G. Cushing, new bride formerly Miss Ethel Cochrane, resides with her husband in Brookline Beacons street apartments this winter. Her trousseau features artistic gowns embracing a seal brown velvet calling gown with full gathered skirt and short hem, a bishop-sleeved coat trimmed with broadcloth bands and fleur de lis, and a white liberty silk waist with cream lace yoke and high stock finished by lace and tulle ruche. The debutante.
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