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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1904
Page
9
A man recalls a ride with a pretty girl who invited him to her home and asked him to carry official looking papers. At the father’s house the girl’s secrets surface as he hands over the papers and a tense scene unfolds. The piece ends with the girl reacting to her father’s discovery.
Fire at the Second Congregational Church uncompleted building in Attleboro around 9 30 this morning confined to the boiler room under the future ladies parlor. Incendiarism feared at first but locked doors and basement ceiling damage point to other causes such as a crossed bell system or spontaneous combustion from dust and shavings. The $60 000 structure was saved by firefighters and Easter services were planned there.
Boston Post invites readers to submit brief arguments on whether America should sympathize with Russia or Japan. Two $5 gold prizes will be awarded for the best Russia and best Japan presentations. Letters must be under 200 words, single sided, and not returned.
The scene describes Lydia lunging with a knife at the speaker, who dodges and bears a bedpost collision before waking up. Tongs moves toward the door as onlookers urge him to finish. The tension breaks with the realization that the danger was a dream.
The Post reports a light column on Joe Kerr funding a hospital for aging jokes and readers sending gags for admission. Also notes John F. Spencer from Grand Junction announces a seedless apple with solid meat, no blossoms, resembling a seedless orange.
A note declares no war poems will be printed after today and the prize winning verse worth $5 will appear in tomorrow's Post. The poems mention ports and battles from Port Arthur to Wiju with several authors named from Charlestown to South Boston.
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