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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1905
Page
6
Daily test record from Post Publishing Co dated May 2 1905 issue number 27 volume 179 located at 259 Washington Street Boston Massachusetts is a brief bibliographic line.
Attorney General Parker submitted answers to Luce's questions on the railways purchase, declaring the Boston & Maine rights superior to the New Haven in its Massachusetts holdings illegal. He urges further legislation to enforce the law, noting difficulties dissolving domestic corporations wrongdoing, and says New Haven plans remain suspended between heaven and earth. Final action is urged.
The Boston Aldermen confirmed Mr. A. Shuman as a trustee of the City Hospital, marking his 20th year in service and fifth consecutive term. He has long served as board president, guiding growth as the hospital expanded its facilities amid a 40th anniversary year.
The Metropolis Steamship Company shifts from Boston to New York ownership, aligning with a 10 to 15 year trend. Old New Band Viking stock interests, the Morses, will oversee the system. Morse’s business ties in New York blend with his New England roots as 1890s Boston investments reallocate to other regions.
The passage notes New York capital controls most railroads and coastal steam ship lines centered in Boston streams and other New England assets. It asserts New York interests back gas deals while Boston keeps major holdings for handsome profits amid transfers.
A race is described between government shipbuilding at New York navy yard and private work at Newport News. The Connecticut outproduces Louisiana per man hour, with 24.8 percent higher hourly output. The article argues government ownership can run at low cost with efficiency and honesty, urging readers to consider implications.
In a troubled confession August Porkenlard recalls a life from Milwaukee to Chicago to New York, tracing wealth and a missing daughter named Agatha. He speaks of a brewer turned pork-packer who later moved his family east seeking social climbing, with the fate of Agatha at the center. Stealthy Steve interrupts as the tale unfolds.
A father recounts arranging a trip abroad for his daughter Agatha and her aunt Clarissa Schnitzel under a guardian plan. They departed New York for England and the Continent, wired daily, then vanished after traveling inland from Constantinople. The American consul reports no trace as the tale continues.
The 1905 disturbances yield a czar granted religious freedom and tax remission for peasants. Critics view the move as a tub thrown to the whale to placate an outraged populace while preserving autocratic control.
A Chelsea Chronicle style column notes a letter collector reading a postal ad on Beacon Hill and mentions George Devoll the tenor heading to England aboard the Ivernia for a stay through September. It also recalls local entertainment and a dramatic concert mishap with Pauliski at a county hospital benefit.
Open cars crowding in sunshine and heaters working in cold trains signal a typical Boston spell. Daughters of Maine reunion in Somerville features Mme Dueheann with ac companist M S Kenelmy. Rufus M Brown of Revere loses railroad job shift to bicycle track amid expected reappointment. Melrose liquor licenses debated. Wakefield fights false alarms. Malden drugs licenses paused. Henry B Harris expands Browning matinee run at Park Theatre May 15 19.
Jordan Marsh presents R G Corsets with several tapering waist models to suit different figures. Prices vary for high and low bust styles. Every pair is guaranteed and fitted free by experienced fitters, a 20 year custom.
A fragmentary line shows Grassville police chief urging officers to bring someone home after a noted memory lapse. The scene implies an urgent recovery effort and law enforcement involvement in a missing person case.
Invitations reach from New York for the wedding of Miss Mabel McAfee to Lewis Butler Preston at St. Thomas Church on May 16 with Boston ushers and Harvard men among the attendants. Guests depart for Lenox and Virginia Hot Springs. summer homes in Manchester, Falmouth, Beverly Farms, and Cape Cod host parties as society follows the season.
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