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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1904
Page
6
The Sunday Post lists rates for daily and Sunday editions with options for one year six months and three months. It notes second class matter status and instructs readers to provide current and future addresses with payments by check draft or money order payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Ficitorial Rooms No 1004 Main Business Office Resess No 428 Main Boston Office 259 Washington Street Boston New York The Boston Post can be secured at all leading New York hotels All subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration If you cannot obtain the Post notify us by postal at once B F Grozier Editor and Publisher
A deciphered fragment from Suffolk county notes an official sworn statement referencing Boston and a manager of polishing firms. It mentions daily averages and figures such as 213,107 copies and 25,213, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear context or full entities.
Massachusetts Democrats prepare for a Boston meeting to arrange preliminary business and likely adopt the unit rule. Delegates aim to stand together to support the majority will, strengthening the Massachusetts delegation at the St Louis convention.
In Albany Governor Odell defeats Mayor McClellan on the East River gas bill. The legislature backed a perpetual gas trust franchise with no city compensation. Critics say Tammany ties and private profit motives influenced the measure. Odell is hailed as defender of public rights against monopoly. Mayors are warned not to gamble with public interests.
Observers argue the Dalny burning by Russia serves no military necessity and mirrors panic in the Liaotung theater. The piece compares Dalny’s destruction with Moscow’s historic burning and contends the town’s loss won’t alter the war’s course or outcome.
In the city, traders listen to evidence opposing the Dingley tariff ruling that brine taxed like the fish raises living costs. Critics call the brine tax a tax on salt and water that boosts salt fish prices, funded by GOP supporters and benefiting monopolists.
The Republican machine bill passed reluctantly and may be reconsidered on Monday. Supporters call it temporary for partisan ward redrawing, while opponents label it a freak bill with weak grounding. Representative Hannan’s bill aims to curb majority power in a Democratic city, presenting a more reasonable alternative.
Washington May 12 After fining a clerk 400 a year for resting his feet on a desk and promoting another for never being absent on sickness leave Commissioner Eugene F Ware says he will resign tired of bickering with pension agents over sums due or claimed due to veterans. Four other commissioners have resigned before him. If the President does not accept his resignation he will vacate the office himself. The post pays 5000 a year.
A Boston letter writer argues for marriage over career focus, urging women to work with men in a lasting home life. He claims several women keep crying trouble and that marrying and building a home yields better outcomes when the partner is reasonable and just.
A letter to the editor argues the crude inscription on the Hooker statue should be removed and replaced with a more fitting wording, offering an example of a better inscription. The writer claims many share this view and seeks public support for the change.
A letter from Boston dated May 13 criticizes the inscribed wording on the Hooker and Bartlett statues. The writer urges either removal or improvement, calling the current inscription meaningless and unworthy of consideration.
May 13 a new schooner Reliance under Captain John Dugue arrived from a fishing trip and hauled up a quadrant on its trawls on the Ridge about 12 miles SSE of Eastern Point. Seafaring men believe the quadrant may have belonged to the steamer Portland, lost in the November 1898 storm, last seen nearby.
A description of the United States general appraisers as a solemn body enmeshed in red tape that hinders American commerce in the global race, highlighting burdensome rules affecting salt and water imports and the broader economy.
In Auburn Maine Judge Peabody granted a motion to transfer the trial of Rev Frank W Sandford leader of the Holy Ghost and Us Society from Androscoggin County to the Farmington May term beginning May 17 The case concerns alleged manslaughter in the death of 14 year old Leander Bartlett by neglect after a jury disagreed and a new trial was ordered
New York officials report a set-up in new pneumonia cases for the first time since January 1. Greater New York has seen more than 200 deaths per week this year according to health department release.
The City Council committee approved a $10,200 apportionment for Memorial Day at last evening’s meeting, unchanged from 1903. Grand Army posts each receive $400 as part of the fund.
A Post writer cites the maxim necessity is the mother of invention and mocks its misapplication. The bread is a necessity, the locomotive an invention, leading to the spoof conclusion that the loaf is the locomotive’s mother. The piece plays on faulty reasoning.
Epitaph notes a boy who smoked cigarettes and collected two thousand coupons for a knife worth ten cents, then the boy disappears to an unknown place where he will no longer smoke. The piece preserves a somber, local tone with sparse details and a hint of mischief gone missing.
A humorous concluding talk discusses the baseball umpire, noting the heavy burden of judgment and frequent disputes. It depicts a dramatic on-field incident with a 90 mile per hour slide, calls out, a riotous melee, police intervention, and the umpire’s comatose aftermath, ending with a warning to choose words carefully.
A fragment from What the Sphinx Says mS notes a humorous musing about men growing whiskers and not worrying over fine woolens, implying a light observational theme about appearance and priorities.
A discussion notes that nine out of ten women dislike bald heads and a bald man’s appeal to women is low. It contrasts bald men with “pretty” faces, arguing women prefer rugged, masculine looks with hairless heads still a turnoff. The piece admits ignorance about the true reason for this bias.
In Tarrytown on May 13 a well dressed visitor with a box of expensive candy and a proposed marriage bid for Helen Gould was arrested by Chief Heike after arriving on the midnight train.
The Observant Citizen reports a persistent rumor that eminent lawyer Thomas Riley may move to New York, though friends doubt it as he prefers Boston where he lives at 3800 Beacon Street. The column notes Jere O Connell’s illness at Rutland Sanatorium, local social tidbits, weddings, judges abroad, ice conditions on Rangeley lakes, and various city sightings including Miss Blanche Colman’s Paris trip and local sports hints.
Mr and Mrs George J Gould left Lakewood New Jersey yesterday for Furlough Lodge their Catskills summer home Mrs Gould is not well and the trip to the mountains is made early for her benefit
Miss Ruby H. Martyn of Norfolk narrates a tale in which Harold Manly, a clerk, seeks to marry Marion Sears. Mr. Sears rejects him, citing lack of a published work, while Harold reveals his alter ego Maurice Whitman after revealing a disguise. The father allows the other suitor to woo Marion if she consents.
A drummer from the East, Pizen Pete, handed out a new brand of cartridges to the boys yesterday. The two tenderfoots kept hopping as they tested the items in playful hunting talk.
Mrs. Chatters asks why Mr. Wrinkles sleeps with his trunk at his car. He replies he is trying to cure himself of snoring in a humorous domestic exchange.
A Providence case prompts The Post readers to weigh whether a wife may seek divorce when her husband buys a new hat but makes her wear last summer’s hat. Letters from Arlington to East Boston argue both sides, with opinions split on fairness, cost, and neighbor gossip.
A fragment from East Cambridge notes that a married woman should be allowed by her husband to pay more than two dollars yearly for hats. It adds that after her death the husband will inherit a fortune to lavish on a second wife younger by about a third his age, including piano riches denied the first wife.
An opinion letter argues that rough reasoning excuses a poor divorce. The writer urges husbands to spare wives worry and mortification, suggesting liberation only if avoidance fails. The piece notes changing styles, saying a woman with a twenty dollar hat will likely replace it next year. Allie A. Jones, 20 Parmenter Street.
Mrs. Alice P. Bates stands out among Dorchester club women as founder and president of the Thursday Morning Fortnightly Club. The organization focuses on charitable and social service work with annual charity entertainment. Many prominent Dorchester women belong to the club.
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