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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1904
Page
4
Medford March 2 Tufts University adds a second Democratic club. The Tufts Hearst Democratic Club declares itself an anti trust society and lists officers President Henry S Nolan Vice President Fred W Thyng and Secretary Treasurer William V Burnell as its leaders.
Ernest Perabo, famed pianist, with Felix Winternitz on violin and L Staats on clarinet, presented at Chickering Hall. The highlight was Malichevsky’s Violin Piano Sonata Op. 1 in American premiere, amid a program of Schubert Rondos and works by Baermann Pierne Lloyd Verhey.
An effort to drive the Royal Arcanum fraternal insurance order from Nebraska failed. A home insurance order representative led the attempt on grounds that Massachusetts fraternal companies complied with the same insurance laws.
Wallace H Ham, former treasurer of St Pauls Church and St Luke s Home, received a sentence of four to twenty years at hard labor in Superior Court. Judge Harris denounced the deliberate multi year thefts from funds he handled as manager of American Surety Company. The court heard Ham plead guilty and depart in calm surroundings while business leaders and church members filled the corridor outside.
The quarrel within the A O U W returns to court as Moorfield Storey represents seceding members before Justice Barker. They seek to restrain retiring grand recorder Burtt from issuing a death benefit call unless signed by Fearing and aligned to Temple. The call may go out with a note explaining the grand recorder dispute is pending in court.
Representatives for Baron Von Sternberg leased a Lenox estate today for use by the German ambassador during the summer and autumn.
Royal Blue Lines announce guided tours visiting Washington via New York and Philadelphia. Priced at 25 dollars from Boston for a week, with departures on April 8 and 22 and May 6. Tours are organized to be carefree, especially for ladies, with no travel or hotel worries. The May tour price is two dollars higher. Inquiries: Joseph P. Taggart, N. W. P. A., 360 Washington Street, Boston.
A musical rehearsal by Lasell Seminary pupils drew a large audience this evening and delivered many excellent numbers.
Dorchester honor for Lieutenant Joseph TH Warren retired Boston police officer aged 78. Funeral from his residence 70 Neponset avenue Friday April 1 at 1 p m follows his death March 29.
The advertisement argues that food not digested weakens the body and compares starving to using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims the tablets replicate stomach digestion, nourish the body, and support brain function, noting they are sold by druggists for 50 cents a box and are superior to substitutes.
A bill to repeal the semicolon law would permit hotels to sell liquor to guests any day until midnight. The liquor law committee favored repeal with Senators Lane and Dillon and Representatives Davis, Allen, Adams, Cadogan and Clarke voting for. opponents were Senator Munroe and Representatives Gardiner and Richardson. The bill starts in the House today and should reach the Governor in about two weeks amid a lively debate.
Public notices urge readers to demand Aph-Ro-Dox as the spring tonic of choice. Physicians and businessmen testify to its results while Progressive druggists in New England stock the product. If unavailable, customers are advised to contact Senn or Calman Chemical Co in Boston for large bottles.
The new Chelsea High School, costing $200,000, was opened for public inspection drawing several hundred visitors. Attending were members of Boston area school boards, Mayor Willard, the Chelsea Aldermen, and the school committee. Formal dedication will occur later.
Readers of the Post are invited to contribute inscriptions on general interest topics for Johnny's Slate in care of the Post. The new feature follows bright ideas from recent freak headlines and war poems, offering the legion of witty readers a chance at newspaper fame.
The Japanese legation quotes Admiral Togo on March 27 as four ships escorted by torpedo boats attempted to block Port Arthur. Several ships sank after torpedo hits, with heavy casualties including Commander Hirose Takeo. torpedo boat flotillas inflicted damage on an enemy destroyer, while all Japanese boats escaped unharmed despite dawnship fire.
The Sisters of Holy Cross at 44 Chandler St Nashua endorse Father John’s Medicine as a remedy for bronchial troubles and a tonic for the weak. They claim many in their institution benefited and state it is a food medicine not a cough syrup with stimulants, guaranteed to cure lung issues.
The Sub-Masters' Club of Boston gathered at the Hotel Bellevue with forty two members. President Frank F. Courtney presided as Col A M Benson spoke on Experiences in Rebel Prisons.
General Mishtchenko's report dated March 28 describes a fierce engagement at Chongju with Japanese forces. Russian forces, though suffering three officer wounds and casualties among Cossacks, held the town briefly and pursued the enemy along the Kasan road before retiring in orderly formation to Noosan. Krasnostanoff led the praised Third Company of the Argunsk Regiment.
Local coal dealers reported no plan to raise prices in Boston while nearby markets consider changes. Individual firms expressed expectations of stable or falling anthracite costs, with some noting wholesale decisions will drive any shift.
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