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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1903
Page
10
Report notes readers could not obtain The Sunday Post yesterday as the newsdealer sold out before opening. Advertisers urged customers to reserve copies in advance or request a hold for future Sundays at participating outlets.
The State Senate faced a corruption accusation after an advertisement claimed a senator asked 1000 to defeat a bill. A three member committee was urged to investigate, with possible referral to the district attorney if crime evidence appeared. The debate split lawmakers on whether to act or dismiss the charge.
The Mechanics Building in Boston hosted the Letter Carriers Association ball with about 19000 attendees. A grand march featured 125 couples led by John J. Murphy and dignitaries including Governor Bates and Postmaster Hibbard. The hall displayed portraits of Roosevelt Bates and Hibbard amid patriotic decor as banquets and dancing continued to 2 AM with many guests in formal attire.
A long list of names and dress descriptions from McManus & Co shows attendees such as Miss E Clark Miss L Wiley and Mrs Arthur Coughlin in lace muslin silk crepe de chine and other fabrics. The fragment includes many Misses and Mrs names tied to various fabrics and colors in a social event context.
Scituate town authorities ban the Kipling verse Gunga Din from school exercises citing language and liquor references. Howard Frye, a senior, will instead perform Fuzzy-Wuzzy with revised wording to fit the temperance town stance.
Members of the Governor's staff marched around the hall in varying formations as the Governor and Colonel Walker Hagar watched from the platform. The scene drew evident appreciation from those nearby including Mrs Mansfield, wife of the as.
This store proclaims competition demands better products not cheaper cuts. It pledges higher quality suiting and outerwear than ever shown, priced 39 to 50 percent below custom-made equivalents. Designs reflect the work of America’s clever garment designers.
Hundreds attend the opening of the grand bazaar hosted by St Patrick's Total Abstinence and Literary Society at 431 Dudley street. The event, approved by Reverend Fathers Gallagher and Merritt, runs until May 16 with contests for a lady's watch and a gentleman's watch featuring Nellie Murray Sadie Mellyn Annie Ferry Patrick H Gallagher Thomas F Phelan and James J Gaines among others.
Special administrators of the late Arioch Wentworth petitioned the Probate Court to summon Frank E. Worthen for examination, alleging concealment of three books of accounts and a check book. The examination is set for May 15 in Salem.
M. W. Niles of the Boston Latin School captured the interscholastic tennis championship on Jarvis Field Cambridge by defeating J. Macdonald of Browne Nichols in a five set match 4 6 7 5 6 4 2 6 8 46, securing the coveted honor.
F G Macomber introduces Y R A 2 foot er Chewink III under sail in Marblehead Bay Sunday afternoon. She moves well but needs sail plan alterations before peak performance. The Lothrop 25 footer Great Haste is expected to launch from Fenton's yard in Manchester within days.
Yale defeated Princeton in New Haven as both sides argued the proposed Senate cloture rule. Yale supported cloture while Princeton spoke against it in an engaging, well contested discussion.
George H. Carter, Chelsea's former mayor and close ally of Governor John I Bates, is married to the Governor’s sister and serves as Bates family kin. A longtime business figure, he rose from D. & L. Slade Company clerk to director and manager, with public service in Chelsea including mayoral term 1894-5 and reforms such as charter revision and liquor-law enforcement. He led the Chelsea Board of Trade, directed the Chelsea Y.M.C.A., and founded the Carter class for thousands of youths.
The Boston Pops season opens under Conductor Adamowski with a record breaking turnout. Guests include Major Higginson, Wilhelm Gericke, and many city notables at a refined evening of classical and first time selections. Encores feature Hymn to St Cecilia and Espana as Hadley’s In Bohemia adds local flair.
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