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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1904
Page
4
An advertisement touts Rexall Mucu-Tone as a rest plan beyond vacations, claiming it cures catarrh and general poor health. It features a testimonial from Mrs. Cambell of Montclair New Jersey and promotes a 3 to 6 week course with a money-back guarantee at 50 or 89 cents per bottle, with sale agents for Boston.
Boston Police Board Chairman Emmons told a Braintree audience that the press is a powerful reform ally. He described police daily work, crusade coverage, and how newspapers spread orders to about 1,200 officers 1,000 liquor dealers and 29,000 intoxicated individuals.
Reverend Thomas Van Ness denounces mob rule and immigration’s impact as a menace to America. He cites lawless unions, lynch mobs, clashes with authorities, and racial persecutions from California to New Orleans, urging discipline over despotism.
Wellesley March 13 The Post prints pictures of Wellesley College girls in a mock presidential convention held in the barn naming Roosevelt and Fairbanks as the 1904 ticket. Adele Ogden chaired. Elihu Root impersonated by Vena Batty presented resolutions. Elizabeth Taylor as Governor Cummins of Iowa filed a minority report. Ethel Doak nominated Roosevelt for president with Riis seconding. Martha Brooks as Governor Durbin named Fairbanks for vice president. Helen Baird nominated Taft in opposition.
Brighton clergymen denounce liquor traffic as Ward 25 tensions rise into a bitter clash. Rev. Knight says Brighton bears city and outlying liquor traffic and demands radical action to protect the young. Rev. Cockerell vows five years of struggle until Brighton is scourged of its last saloon.
Baxter, a Boston and Maine brakeman, was found at 12:20 a.m. at the foot of Mishawum street, Charlestown, between two cars with his head severed. He had only been with the road for one day.
Members of the Vincent Club rehearse for a two afternoon and one evening performance on April 26 27 and 28 presenting The Tomboy a light opera with music by Miss Constance Tippett and Miss Susan Howe.
Assistant Professor George P. Baker of Harvard English states Harvard men do think though he claims they do not. The NY Teachers Association meeting Friday night sparked a hornets nest with students arguing that English instructors pressure plain students to imitate philosophical styles.
In Columbia Missouri 230 Missouri University students pledged to eat only two meals daily for four months. They dropped the midday dinner served at the college, hoping to become brighter intellectually and physically through the restricted schedule.
The Esquimo, North woodsman, and Norwegian fisherman eat abundant blubber, fat pork, and cod livered to generate heat. Scott's Emulsion is praised as the best protection against colds, grippe, and pneumonia due to its heat and fat producing qualities.
Fire swept through East Douglas destroying Central block, the Methodist Church, and Mechanics' block. Loss estimated at 50000 with 20000 insured, wiping out the town’s business area. Firemen injured. telephone exchange and printery destroyed. nine buildings burned at once. Heavy water pressure from the woolen mill saved the core.
Yesterday offered ideal conditions for the Mooween test voyage. Captain Joe Hatch steered a craft with about 80 aboard including builder owners and McManus as designer. The vessel performed well, stopping at Nahant and Boston lightship before returning at six with cheers for all aboard. A Cape shore voyage is planned for today.
Chelsea license commissioners face a shortage as 45 liquor license applications compete for only 84 available. Innholders’ licenses rise to seven with new applicants Karl G List & Co and Hubner & McDonald at multiple Broadway addresses. Rubber district residents oppose a saloon at 891 and 895 Broadway.
The Labor Notes summary notes Boston grocery and provision clerks plan to close all stores Wednesday afternoons from May 1 to Oct 1. They urge state police awareness on sanitation, form Chelsea organizing committee, and fund allocations to Frank S Pickett memorial. Various unions report membership actions, new headquarters, and political activity.
Boston Typographical Union 18 accepted the joint report on working and wage terms last Friday, confirming a six week strike end. The 10 percent weekly assessment continues a few weeks with no strike benefits but aid for former strikers. International and local officers praised the settlement, with a plan to assist unemployed members and arrange a meeting place for those unable to find work.
Rhode Island delegates at the Democratic national convention voted to apply the unit rule to the entire delegation for Hearst, though the state convention did not instruct or vote on the rule. Two dissenters claim the right to vote against Hearst, arguing the rule was not authorized. Hearst supporters aim to control credentials and seat contesting Massachusetts delegates, drawing on Bryan’s 1896 Nebraska outcome for inspiration.
On receipt of a charter from the International Brotherhood of Team Drivers and Helpers Union, the Boston Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department Drivers and Helpers Union 1449 was permanently formed. Frank K. Fall led the establishment with other union leaders speaking. Two hundred ten members enrolled. within the month, all department members are expected to join.
J C Curtis spoke on Socialism at the People's Forum yesterday claiming two classes, capitalists and laborers, and that workers are like slaves under a boss. audience member G W McKinney challenged the talk urging remedies, while Curtis acknowledged socialism has faults but supports free rights.
Articles discuss Boston horse show entries for gaited saddle horses and high school performers with prize money raised this year to 100 for first, 30 for second, and 20 for third. Notable pupils of M De Busigny train for the event as Kentucky nominations loom and entry closes March 26.
Miss Charlotte Jones of Marlboro Street will be a bridesmaid at the New York match of Florence Twombly and William A M Burden. Harvard classmates Higginson Lawrence Saltonstall will be ushers. Townsend Burden Jr. is best man. Miss Ruth Twombly is maid of honor and Miss Frederica Vanderbilt Webb heads the bridesmaids.
National Cash Register Company of Dayton files a bill in the U S Circuit Court in Detroit against William T McGraw and his Century Cash Register companies alleging patent 479606 infringement referring to the Century Security Bostonian Illinois Puritan America models and seeking injunctions profits and damages.
In Brookline at the Church of Our Saviour Rev William Lawrence Episcopal bishop of Massachusetts led confirmation for 18 candidates and delivered the Lenten sermon. Regular services were led by Rev Reginald Heber Howe with sanctuary choir responses. The bishop spoke on the Lenten season and its benefits to modern life.
Giuseppe Pinnalature of 10 Henchman Street lies in the Relief station and accuses Giacomo Dianaio of 38 Charter Street of trying to murder him after a quarrel. Pinnalature was stabbed in the abdomen in the alley by Henchman and Charter Streets as Dianaio fled, with police seeking him.
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