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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1904
Page
6
The piece argues Daniel J. Sully led a Napoleonic cotton pool scheme to corner material and profit, naming alleged partners who backed him. They allegedly refused cash at the crisis, leaving Sully to shift blame to creditors and his former collaborators. The author asserts pursuit of accountability for the partners and moral gain for public.
A Boston payroll critique argues city salaries and wages rose from January to February, totaling over 1.1 million and nearly 1 million respectively, with annual growth tied to population and territory. The piece questions value received for the expense, citing a Mayer Collins expert review showing overstaffing, sinecures, and lax exactions in municipal departments.
The speaker argues that municipal work cannot function on private business lines and urges closest possible alignment with real business conditions. The concern centers on wage earners and poll-tax payers not listed by assessors, who bear the city’s bills through rents wages and the cost of living.
Admiral Makaroff confirms Russian force left Port Arthur to reconnoiter adjacent islands as Japanese blockade efforts appear ineffective. Photographs show Retvizan and Variag sunk, but further major damage not evident, suggesting war will be longer than initial expectations.
Senator Hoar reports a judiciary committee bill to punish attempts on the president's life as treason. After McKinley’s assassination efforts to standardize federal penalties failed across states. The measure argues for death or up to ten years imprisonment for attempts to kill the executive head of the nation.
New York March 27 John D Rockefeller plans to emulate Carnegie by creating a machine to give away money. He has named Starr J Murphy to head the scheme, a lawyer and descendant of Jonathan Edwards, and he is described as a religious man.
The Rev P B S Henson welcomed the Gideons or Commercial Travellers at the evening services at Tremont Temple. He spoke highly of the organization and wished it success. Addresses were also made by Moody Palmer Griffin Reed Buck George and Prentice.
A playful write up on Boston climate quirks noting rapid daily shifts from sun to gaslight conditions. It mentions six fresh climates daily, morning sun, midday gloom, tea-time swimming, and night skating, ending with signature Jom Werk.
A satirical verse by Newton Newkirk mocks grand lives and swipes of wealth. It playfully suggests embezzling a million and escaping abroad as a lifestyle critique.
In a perilous encounter, detective Stealthy Steve is outnumbered by cannibals who overpower him. He fights back with spear and club, but the superior numbers prevail, binding him and marching him inland toward a tribal village. The airship lies abandoned on the beach as the captors lead him toward the thatched huts.
A serialized tale shows Stealthy Steve encountering a skull foundation cannibal king as villagers prepare an oven. In the same issue, a satirical placard warns suburban wives of door-to-door fakirs with a humorous list of household quirks and disclaimers.
Marion Howard Brazier thanks the Boston Post for today's feature on Paul Jones founder memorial. She notes the subject’s wide interest, praising the paper’s enterprise and alertness in publicizing the tribute. Brazier is founder and regent of the Paul Jones Chapter DAR, Trinity Court, Boston, Mass. March 27.
The column blends local gossipy items from Somerville and nearby towns, noting Alderman Higgins’ return after illness, Representative Vinal’s speaking plans, doctor Ingoldsby’s cheerful mood, and Thomas Rosnosky’s Boston wedding trip. It also mentions Dr John Duff’s white hat display, musician Lester Keiffer in Brookline, and Wakefield’s bug‑control efforts.
In Washington Dr Mary Walker attended the Smoot committee hearing but was blocked by a crowded room. She moved to the spectators gallery and waited hours for adjournment after forgetting a collar left on a seat. Henry R Edmunds cites overstudy harming Philadelphia pupils. President Cannon dallies with Alden Smith’s joke of future secretary, and Congressman Bedw recalls modest toasts at Army Corps dinner. President Roosevelt introduces Frederick R Burton to Indian agents for support of Ojibway song transcriptions and inauguration music.
A dealer apologizes to Mr. Seads and invites him to sit as a 16th century rug nears completion after the shop crew applies final touches. The exchange reflects a period tone and showroom drama about antique wares.
The Post invites readers to submit the best responses to the prompt Russia or Japan which with prizes of five dollars each awarded to the top entry advocating each side. Entries must be addressed to War Editor of the Post and kept under a maximum of two hundred words.
Readers express sympathy for Russia and critique of Japan while praising U S freedoms. One letter, from F R Williamson Jr of East Street, notes Russia aided in trouble and laments Siberia, while Julius Shapiro of Salem Street praises Japan as a free country and invokes his own escape from Russia to the United States.
The writer argues sympathy should favor Russia yet acknowledges its current cruelty and predicts change. She envisions a larger aggressive Japan dominating Europe and notes Russia as a force for good in Manchuria, questioning why Japan should rule continental nations. ELIZABETH HAILMANN.
Sir Americans sympathize with Japan while American commercial ties push for it. Trade with Japan dwarfs Russia's. Japan progresses thanks to American educators and French missionaries. The true threat is the Slav. Concessions to Russia risk world peace and Anglo-Saxon supremacy. Patrick J. Croxton, 289 Washington Street.
Bob Winters is captured while attempting to elope with Ruth Thompson. A town constable, delaying with lantern and camera talk, forgets his keys, allowing Bob to plot an escape in darkness. The next day Ruth Thompson is reported missing and becomes Mrs Winters.
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