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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1904
Page
5
Mildred Champagne, author of Love and Sentiment in the Sunday Post for five years, will respond to all letters on those topics in the Daily Post. Letters should be penned clearly on one side of paper and sent in order of receipt.
A mechanic earning 19 a week seeks guidance after gifting a $160 engagement ring and ongoing demands from his fiancée. The adviser suggests moderating affection, asserting respectful control, and considering other attentions while maintaining kindness, warning that excessive pampering can spoil a girl and urging clear boundaries.
The writer asks if she should press the man to define their future after three years of relationship with no marriage talk and a change in his behavior. The adviser urges her to require a clear intent and for him to assume responsibility, noting his unreasonable conduct and urging action.
A 16 year old girl asks if she should marry a young man who earns 12 dollars weekly while she earns seven. She asks about saving for a year to afford marriage. The adviser responds she is too young, suggesting two or three years to gain savings and self knowledge before marriage.
A reader asks if a beloved girl still loves him given her indifference and rumors. The columnist warns against quarrels and urges steady presence, counteracting gossip, and guiding the relationship toward trust rather than succumbing to external influence.
Niagara hero Jack Glenister leaped from the Myles Standish at Rowe's wharf to save James Eaton of 11 Avery street from drowning after a rowboat capsized near a Revere Beach ferry. Glenister dived twice, subdued Eaton’s struggles, and brought him to the steamer where he revived him with stimulants. The crowd gasped as rescue succeeded.
A fire at 16 Ellet Street in Dorchester yesterday caused about $50 in damage. The residence belongs to Mary O Connell and is believed to have started when children played with matches. Frank Harkins is the resident.
Rev Charles A Crane likened some churchgoers to tax dodgers during a sermon at the Peoples Temple. He cited summer absences from Boston homes with boards on windows and claimed owners return to demand street upkeep while avoiding taxes. He warned the Almighty dollar is needed to carry on the church's work.
A two story wooden building at 320 West First Street South Boston housing J. J. Bixby planing mill and carpenter shop burned last night with about $2500 damage. Police suspect incendiary origin after fire raged for over an hour. building owned by the Monks estate was nearly destroyed.
The Boston Building Trades Council directed investigation into employment conditions on city schoolhouse jobs and urged labor Day parade unity under a chief marshal. A committee was named to address objectionable permit language from E. F. Baldwin, custodian of school houses, granting access to business agents.
Secretary Silas A Barton states that every band in the Grand Army parade is under contract to play. If any band breaches it, prosecution will follow. All contracted bands are believed union. The First Regiment Marines band, the only regular army unit invited, is also considered a union band. He dismisses local musicians protests against regular army bands.
Melrose July 10 Dr C C Odlin and W M Townsend were called to the home of George Lyall 208 East Foster street to treat a deep cut in the left side of the neck. Lyall 49 confidential manager of Wood Pollard Co Boston stores and a well known club figure was conscious and receiving care. Family offered no statement about how the injury occurred and denied suicide. He is expected to recover despite being in serious condition. He has a wife and four children.
This morning at City Hospital Morgue Medical Examiner Draper will perform the autopsy on Chin Hing a laundryman found dead in his bunk at 488 Tremont Street late Saturday evening by South End police. Death is believed to be apoplexy though a bruise on the face initially suggested foul play. After superficial exams several physicians say death resulted from natural causes. Draper’s report will decide.
An advertising notice from C. Graves & Sons Boston Mass promoting HUB PUNCH as ideal for entertaining. It claims smooth service without friction or slip and urges trying the product, sold by licensed dealers.
The Boston Building Trades Council passed a resolution endorsing Dr. Geo W Galvin for an investigation of prison inmate treatment and urging the grand jury to probe charges. Delegates from the Building Laborers' District Council and officers supported the measure.
The fifth biennial convention of the International Piano and Organ Workers Union opens at 10 in Odd Fellows Hall. A key proposal urges delegates to vote to establish an international factory union for about 20 000 workers. Sixty delegates arrived and were welcomed by Boston and Cambridge union officers and local labor leaders.
Building Laborers' Union 6 announced that it is the parent body of all Boston area building labor unions and that membership is growing. It was voted not to parade on Labor Day but to hold an open house instead.
The union elected new officers led by President James Galvin and Vice President Eugene Ferris. Dennis E B Garin was chosen as recording secretary and the financial secretary.
Local Labor notes report the Boston Bartenders Union 77 backing the Western Federation of Miners appeal for financial aid and support from Boston bakers and Somerville tube workers. The executive board meets Thursday. 22 applicants were obligated. Coal Teamsters and Handlers Union 68 votes for a Labor Day parade. Engineers Union 16 votes 5 to support Somerville tube workers. Newly elected officers installed. National Capmakers Union to remit $200 weekly during Rosenfield shop strike. Cambridge Central Labor Union to parade on Labor Day.
Massachusetts delegates after the Democratic convention in St Louis express support for Judge Parker. They praise his sound money stance and foresee greater strength in Massachusetts and key states. Notables quoted include W T A Fitzgerald Dr John W Coughlin Congressman Thayer ex Congress John F Fitzgerald Colonel William A Gaston and James Donovan. The party plans to return to Boston Monday night.
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters members gathered at Deacon Hall to plan the quarter-century event to be held September 15 in Mechanics Building. High Chief Ranger T B Reardon presided with Major John J Leonard as secretary. Over 12,000 tickets were distributed to chief rangers for distribution to members.
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