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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1905
Page
6
The speaker urges access to the $100,000 legislative authorization to finance a hospital. If costs stay at $40,000, bonds need not be issued. The priority is securing the hospital.
A Sunday canoeing accident on the Charles ended with one drowned after a rider stood to change seats causing the craft to overturn. Rescue efforts followed as others were saved, amid warnings about the dangers of canoeing hot weather and seat changes.
The article notes President Theodore Roosevelt visits Boston as a Harvard 1880 alumnus for a reunion. It describes the reception as sincere, warm, and low on official bearing, praising Roosevelt's likable character, candor, and robust spirit.
The Yale field showdown in New Haven will determine this year’s intercollegiate championship after a tying game last Thursday on Soldiers Field. A single decisive match is seen as less conclusive, with calls for a longer five game series to satisfy spectators and restore suspense.
The Post indicates the All Sorts column will appear on page seven today. No further details provided in available text.
Observant Citizen reports Homer Norris to teach harmony and counterpoint in the new Loeb Carnegie Conservatory with Frank Damrosch directing. Mentions Harvard 1906 seating, Malden building boom, civic activities in Salem and Revere, city parade guards, Pemberton square pigeons, and Cambridge graduate Miss Louise Pevey’s honors at Abbott Academy plus summer plans.
Harvard optimistic about a strong showing in New London as the varsity eight sharpens after Daly’s loss. The Post praised Harvard’s material and morale, noting Ortmayer’s move to the Yale eight may tilt the race, while Harvard freshmen are favored to win their race.
Medford announces Lieutenant Orville J. Whitney, son of General and Mrs. Jophanus Whitney, as successor to Fred W. Gow as water works superintendent. A Tufts College 1894 engineering graduate, he has worked in the State sewerage department and is active in local military groups. He will assume duties immediately.
Mayor urges action after enabling act controversy to establish an East Boston hospital. He accepts the late Ann Taggard bequest of about $11,000 and plans to raise $30,000 via bonds. A separate measure approves a $100,000 loan, with debate over vetoes and final costs potentially exceeding $40,000.
Captain Phil Warren of Station 15 quietly observed his 54th birthday at his Brighton home. He entertained members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery and Knights Templars, of which he is a member. Warren has served over 381 years with the department and was appointed captain about 12 years ago.
Asa Merrick Parker was appointed field secretary of the Massachusetts Christian Endeavor Society. Parker is a well known worker in the Young Men’s Christian Association.
In a rustic verse fragment a narrator mocks a sailing craft named Polly and its crew led by Cap’n Rans. The verses scene a windy voyage, misadventures with ballast and anchors, and jests about rock rubble for a New York road project amid rural seafaring imagery.
Dick, Fatty, Kit and the Mission spark a shy daytime romance among newsboys in a tenement district. Dick adores Kit while Fatty pressures him about money, until Kit defies him and agrees to a nighttime mission trip with Dick, ending in a bold kiss in a doorway.
The profile of a man's face is seen on a large boulder at Castle Gill summit, visible from Salem to Lynn trains. Discovered by Frank Cousins, he dubbed it the Lafayette Profile in honor of Lafayette's two Salem visits.
Society notes detail the marriage of Miss Polly Emmons third daughter of Nathaniel Emmons of Commonwealth avenue to John Parkinson Jr at St Barnabas Church Falmouth Cape Cod followed by a reception at the Emmons country home. The bride wore a cream satin gown with lace and was escorted by her father. Best man was her brother. Parkinson is the son of a noted banker and clubman with ushers including Charles P Greenough Jr Robert Grant Jr Dudley Howe and Francis G Peabody Jr. Additional nuptials described include Miss Elizabeth Andrew to Charles B Mason with a Hing ham country wedding planned and a note on Miss Andrew granddaughter of Governor Andrew.
The speaker asks for clarification on which letter is being referred to and offers to help further if a reply is written again. The tone is cooperative and patient, inviting more detail to resolve the communication issue.
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