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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1904
Page
5
Readers are invited to submit inscriptions on general topics for Johnny’s Slate in the Post. The paper notes the bright ideas from recent freak headlines and war poems and seeks witty and poetical entries for newspaper fame.
Reporters found master bakers displaying new price and weight signs citywide while some independents resist changes and warn customers of true loaf weights. In South Boston many shops claim 8 and 4 cent loaves carry full weight while others disclose partial loaves. Price shifts occurred in the West End with a loaf rising to 5 or 10 cents as the law prompts tighter labeling.
Harvard professor Jay B Woodworth warned that new earthquakes could devastate Boston and coastal New England, noting rate of sea level change and lack of seismographs. The piece recounts historic quakes from 1568 to 1886, discusses causes, and cites decades of damage and public fear along the coast.
Boston leaders of the Chinese community celebrate Justice Day's ruling in Washington reversing a New York decision on three Brooklyn Chinese laundrymen facing deportation under the 1892 93 exclusion laws. The case foreshadows actions for about 165 Chinamen held here awaiting trial or deportation while others face perjury charges or further appeals.
Antoinette Delben, 25, pleaded with Inspector Pinkerton after being detained by Douglass and Abbott on suspicion of shoplifting in the shopping district. Detectives followed her for hours while a bundle of babies' socks, ribbons, stockings, and collars was said to be found. She claimed she wanted her children to look nice, tears streaming as the father and neighbors offered aid.
In Malden on March 21 a woman, Mrs. Uriah B. Campbell, was chosen as a member of the board of trustees of Maplewood Church. She was appointed by Rev. F. H. Morgan, pastor, and confirmed by the quarterly conference, marking a historic first for the city’s Methodist denomination.
Mrs Agnes Mary Hendricks filed for a temporary injunction in the U S Circuit Court after Massachusetts Supreme Court refused to order Brother Jude of the House of the Angel Guardian to place custody of her five year old son with her. Judge Lowell fastened the writ preventing delivery till hearing at 10 today. The case links to Dr Charles C Hendricks and the Laura Biggar affair. The boy, taken January from 109 President Street Brooklyn, was brought into Roxbury with a dramatic scene as the mother kissed him.
Dr. Hendricks arrives in Boston from Vermont intent on presenting affidavits and challenging Mrs. Hendricks for custody. He declares he will confront writs of habeas corpus and bring witnesses from New York as he prepares to fight the case at the United States Court, claiming neglect and offering care alternatives.
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