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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1904
Page
5
The Boston postal district held its annual picnic and field day at Caledonian Grove West Roxbury. A morning game between carriers and post office clerks ended 4 to 1 in favor of the clerks. The day’s feature was the amateur championship meet open to N E A A A U registered amateurs.
A Roxbury couple, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mehlinger, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at 40 Bill Street yesterday. The German born pair, married in Ingenheim, Germany, were surrounded by eight children, five grandchildren, and 200 to 300 friends. Mr. Mehlinger, 77, and his wife remained lively as guests praised their health and spirits. The home was festooned with American and German flags, and many handsome presents were received. Notable attendees included Lawyer Thomas Reilly and Jacob Morse of Leopold Morse & Co., first cousin to the couple.
Miss Champagne, who for five years has offered Love and Sentiment guidance in the Sunday Post, will answer letters on those topics in the Daily Post. Readers should write clearly in ink on one side of paper.
A young woman, 22, seeks help winning a man who visits her home twice weekly. The writer notes gifts and flirtation, wonders if he is seeing another woman. Miss Champagne’s reader reply suggests he is likely free, advises patience, discourages flirting, and urges clear limits to gain genuine affection.
In polite conduct a gentleman should precede a lady on stairs both up and down to assist and avoid tripping her gown. Following would risk stepping on her dress and rushing to open doors. The writer urges common sense and convenience aligned with good taste.
A young girl writes seeking guidance after a quarrel with a boy she loves. She believes he still cares but thinks she does not. The reply urges her to confess her feelings plainly to end the rift quickly.
Nellie J. Ames portrays Susan Holcomb whose Fourth of July celebration expectations collapse as she wakes to find the day misinterpreted. Confusion deepens as relatives recount missed plans, a parade, and a picnic while Susan confronts a chain of weather and holiday misreadings, ending with resolve to return home.
In a clipped exchange, characters debate labor issues and a supposed agitator. Rummy Robinson, Edgar, And, Smaggs, and Smiggs exchange terse lines about work, security, and dealing with the crowd as they discuss a possible labor agitation.
A crude exchange discusses women standing in crowded street cars and a man’s complaint that they block his view as he reads his paper, with a frustrated suggestion that the company ought to address the issue.
Congressman John A. Sullivan warned Boston faces decay as manufacturing lags and rivals surge. He urged freer trade with Canada, arguing imperialism fails to boost wealth and urging a return to nature’s laws and friendship to restore Boston’s prominence and prosperity.
Somerville marked the Fourth with a parade in the morning and athletic sports in the afternoon, followed by a band concert fireworks and tableaux on Central Hill. A huge crowd cheered the divisions led by Jackson Caldwell Alderman Higgins Orin Gracey Dow and Farrell under chief marshal Charles E Pritchard and staff chief H Nickerson.
Concord observed the centennial of Nathaniel Hawthorne with hundreds of pilgrims. A bronze tablet at Hawthorne's Wayside home path was unveiled by Beatrice Hawthorne, with Colonel Higginson presiding. Speakers included Maud Howe Elliott and Harvard’s Charles T Copeland.
A toy fire balloon landed on the upper deck of the steamer Henry Wilson at Lewis wharf early yesterday. It touched the canvas covering of a lifeboat and caught fire. Captain John De Coursey, standing in for Captain Richard Searson on his wedding tour, summoned the ship's fire patrol and the blaze was extinguished with slight loss.
Fire at buildings 12 and 14 Winter Street damages multiple floors with smoke and water. Goods affected include suits skirts waists wash suits and millinery stock. most items sustain slight damage. Fire sale prices listed for various silk and linen outfits and skirts.
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