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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1904
Page
4
Editorial argues opponents of the gold standard seek to revive a divisive issue harming business. Carl Schurz commends Parker for ending the controversy, urging citizens to avoid artificial agitation. It warns that promoting a nonexisting crisis would be a crime against the people and threaten prosperity.
Governor and council refer the soldiers bounty bill to the Supreme Court for opinion on its legality and whether it is a constitutional exercise of legislative power. The case hinges on whether public funds can be appropriated to private uses, a line with far-reaching republican implications.
The beef trust gained huge profits from the strike starting July 12. Conservative estimates show 50,000 carcasses at 600 pounds and price rising from 84 to 114 cents, yielding about 900000 dollars in one week. Include extra margins on mutton pork and other meat, total well over a million. The people pay for it all.
Harvard Yale athletes defeated Cambridge Oxford on London’s Queen’s Club grounds, winning 6 to 3 on English soil. The result, a shift from prior home wins, underscores the Americans’ rise and the hosts’ lingering advantage on unfamiliar turf.
The article notes a historic pattern where English runners excel in long distance events while American athletes dominate sprint and field events. It cites two-mile and half-mile wins by Englishmen and claims American superiority in the 100-yard dash, 120-yard hurdles, high jump, broad jump, hammer throw, and related feats, highlighting endurance versus bursts of force.
The article states Russia’s concessions to Britain and Germany aid European peace. It argues the czar did not seek war, notes changes like no more arbitrary seizures and stopping the Red Sea service, and says no European power desires war despite London’s sensational seizure of the Malacca.
In Fall River, Massachusetts, about 30,000 wage earners face sudden joblessness as a major industry shutters operations. The piece labels the event a public calamity and questions the mill owners' willingness to concede to wage reductions or delays in enforcement, warning of broad economic hardship.
Miss Elsie Remby, bookkeeper for Remby & Shaw planing mill on Winchester Street, Medford, saved the firm’s books from a morning blaze. She recalls hearing the alarm at about six twenty and aiding responders as smoke and flames spread, insisting she acted to protect the records.
A 17 year old girl yesterday saved her uncle’s account books from a blaze at South Mead ford, narrowly averting a total loss. Fire crews contained the flames and prevented spread to nearby structures.
Miss Remby, 17, who worked as bookkeeper for her uncle, crawled through smoke to rescue books as fire damaged machinery at the mill. The blaze began in the top left, walls mostly spared, one fireman overcome and two others injured. Loss estimated around $2000. policy had just expired.
The notice states that no synopsis of earlier chapters will be provided today and asks readers to judge how much they will miss such summaries. It explores public interest in continuing brief previews and invites feedback on the decision.
In Helen Travers's dramatic confrontation on the road she points a large revolver at Sir Richard, the Duke, while pleading for mercy. He promises to wed her if she spares him, as she weighs killing him or postponing the act to secure an engagement that would seal a duchy.
A serialized fiction excerpt shows Helen sparing Sir Richard and choosing independence over a forced marriage. A humorous column argues against end seats on streetcars, proposing strapless designs to guarantee seating for all. The note ends with plans to advocate for changes in Boston Elevated transit.
The Meredith Centre Old Home Week will feature Hon. Samuel Powers of Newton and ex-President Grover Cleveland as lead speakers Aug 22 to 26. Both are summer neighbors and avid Isaak Walton followers, with plans for several fishing trips together.
A letter to the editor argues that a husband should provide his wife with a regular allowance to teach money management and reduce dependence, comparing both extremes of money control and urging a balanced approach when possible. The writer, identified as Je KK Allston of ura l, contends against both full delegation to the wife and full personal retention.
Newton, July 24. Thomas Weston of Franklin Street Newton is being mentioned for moderator of the national council of Congregational churches to be held at Pilgrim Church in Des Moines on October 13. Rev George I Boynton of Newton Highlands has been named secretary of the council.
The Rev Dr Roland Cotton Smith rector of St John s Washington preached yesterday morning at the Church of the Redeemer Hammond street Chestnut Hill Mrs Roosevelt attended The preacher formerly served as assistant to the late Bishop Phillips Brooks at Trinity Church Copley square and has led the Washington church for about two years
Thibetan peace delegates met the British mission at Nagartsh and offered to arrange peace if the commission returns to Gyangtse. Colonel Younghusband stated peace could only be made at Lhassa but would discuss terms en route.
Ruth uses a narrow bridle path to outmaneuver a boastful motorist Jack Raynor wagers that he can pass. Frank Grayson follows the road to win Ruth's favor through a playful bet and obedience. Their playful clash grows into romance as Ruth agrees to marry Grayson and share the path, now theirs.
Corning N Y July 24 James Kain 83 longtime Erie railroad telegraph operator has died at Painted Post N Y after 55 years of continuous service.
Ellen P Murphy wife of contractor Dennis P Murphy died suddenly at home in Everett aged 50 while preparing to attend church. She sat down in a chair and died within moments from heart failure. She leaves nine children and her husband.
An enormous crowd gathered in Armagh Ireland for the reopening ceremony after four years of redecorating the cathedral with mosaic walls. Pope Pius legate Cardinal Vannutelli led the rites with numerous Irish and foreign prelates in attendance including Dr Charles McCready of Holy Cross Church New York Duke and Duchess of Norfolk John Redmond John Dillon Timothy Healy and other notable figures.
Hull July 24 Representative John C. Hurley of Charlestown saved John F. Moore of 149 Chelsea street Charlestown from drowning off Nantasket Point after Moore fell overboard from the naphtha launch Bob owned by Robert Meehan Jamaica Plain. Both men reached shore exhausted as onlookers watched the rescue unfold.
Officials deny a report that anarchists are entering the country disguised as Salvation Army members. Salvation Army executives emigration officers and police say every member sailing here is known beforehand and immigrant authorities reject the idea as impossible. Chief Watts called the story absurd and silly rot.
Mayor Daly of Cambridge did not appear for a temperance lecture at Raymond Hall on Massachusetts Avenue. The hall was full with attendees who left disappointed, while members conducted an energetic meeting in his absence.
Mildred Champagne offers advice on love matters in the Sunday Post. The reader Carrie seeks guidance on winning a man who alternates between attentiveness and distance. Champagne recommends staying pleasant, inviting him, and learning the type of woman he admires to model one’s behavior.
A 24 year old Boston Post reader writes for advice on an interrupted engagement. He explains a three year courtship with a distant fiancée, engagement planned, but a recent letter ends the marriage plans without reasons. He notes family consent and ongoing letters from her.
Dear Miss Champagne, a 17 year old writes of loving two men, one married and the other seven years engaged. The reader asks who is more suitable, but the adviser warns the engaged man shows lack of honor and the married man insults her.
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