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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1904
Page
6
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The Boston Post can be secured at all ending New York hotels. Subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly contact via postal to notify us. B. A. Grozier editor and publisher.
The Board of Police allows sale of shorter loaves with a sign, but critics say courts must decide. Bakers reduce weights to 28, 14 ounces while charging original prices, evading the statute that fixes loaf weights. The piece argues law aims to protect buyers, not regulate prices, and questions bakers' compliance.
Cable from Manila proclaims peace in Sulu as Major-General Leonard Wood is confirmed, stating there is no opposition to American rule on the island. The Moros’ subjugation marks Wood’s first command in a major operation, with Roosevelt previously serving as his lieutenant-colonel.
The piece praises Major General Wood for a string of decisive victories against Moros in Sulu, noting his low casualties and high enemy deaths. It questions whether such methods will mold a future American general fit to lead armies in a coming international war, suggesting the peace achieved may be precarious.
The Supreme Court reversed a U S circuit ruling and freed three Chinese laundrymen held for deportation after refusing to produce certificates. The decision affirms equal protection under law, aligning personal rights of Mongolian and Caucasian and condemning blanket harassment.
The city seeks to tax State land at South Boston now leased to private users. Advocates say taxation impacts wages, cost of living, employment, and trade, while undeveloped state property should remain untaxed until private use. The core issue: whether the State may compete with private enterprise by leasing land and exempting it from local taxes.
The Harvard University celebration honors President Charles W. Eliot with faculty tributes, a graduate letter, and a reception. The event underscores confidence in his continued usefulness and leadership, noting this is a reception rather than a farewell after three years of service.
The Exeter Club of Harvard feasted at the Bellevue Hotel with thirty five members present. Harlan P Amen principal of Exeter Academy was guest and spoke informally about the school. A A Gleason also spoke with L Gilk toastmaster.
At a Charlestown Improvement Association meeting last night the group voted to petition Fire Commissioner Russell to strike all fire alarms on the Charlestown bells. A committee was set to confer with Elevated railroad officials about improving transfer facilities for patrons moving between Main and Bunker Hill streets.
A light verse titled All Sorts by Newton Newkirk presents a playful spring themed poem. The speaker recalls sharing the verse with an editor who dismissively kicked him and the poem ends with a pun on spring.
A dramatic scene follows Stealthy Steve as he battles a gigantic devil fish. The creature grips him with its suctioned arms and closes toward its mouth while he fights to free himself with a knife. He finally escapes, rises to the surface, and survives the peril at sea.
First returns from the country show the President's service pension order met with lukewarm response. Veterans who pressed for a service pension are dissatisfied and critics say the proposal burdens the treasury without legislative sanction.
Methodist ministers in Wesleyan Hall devoted their meeting yesterday to a Deaconess Association presentation. Rev W T Perrin president stated plans call for a nurses home to house the best trained nurses for public access.
Commander C W Bartlett announces that after April 1 the nun can and bell buoys taken up at the start of winter will be replaced in their locations in the second lighthouse district.
The Observant Citizen notes a minor quake linked to frost melt shaking the area over three months. Pets react while commuters misread station changes. The piece mentions harbor scows adrift, theatre staff gifts, and local personalities from Boston and nearby locales amid spring events and Easter rehearsals.
M DE PLEHWE ranks among Russia's top officials in interior and foreign affairs, once head of the police. Dr Lelia M Kee, longtime Western College for Women leader in Cincinnati, resigns to marry. Dr Lillian Wyckoff Johnson of Memphis named successor. Senator Cullom jokes about Panama commissions. Panamanian climate noted. Prince Pu Lin, Chinese commissioner to St Louis exposition, departs Pekin March 4 for the US. Pauline Helm Hardin re elected Kentucky state librarian for four years. Senator McLaurin of Mississippi explains origin of term painting things red, linked to state history. William A Bancroft among Cambridge civic leaders. First Volunteer Citizens' Association to banquet April 18 with Daly as president. Historical note on steamboat races ends with the phrase painting things red indicating a lively scene.
Mrs Charles H Stackpole presides over the Melrose Women’s Christian Temperance Union. In less than a year she has advanced the society’s work under her jurisdiction. She is the wife of Rev Charles H Stackpole, pastor of Melrose First Methodist Church, and has prior ties to Dorchester.
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