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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1905
Page
6
Daily issue from Post Publishing Co. dated May 15 1905 reports current notices and local items from Boston Massachusetts. Details are limited in the fragment but indicate the regular newspaper function and issue numbering.
A mother with three children, ages 14 to infant, lost her home to a fire near Boston. With no hospital, pest house, or poor farm, the town lacks public aid facilities and has housed the family at the police station, raising concern over taxation and public health needs.
Harvard professor Ripley tells the Interstate Commerce Committee that railroads, after a 30 year rate decline, have begun raising prices as unions of interest form. He warns that without a rate fixing tribunal the public will bear the higher costs from corporate power.
A brief phrase notes that the conclusion was attained through the ordinary judgment of the people, reflecting communal prudence and confidence in collective reasoning.
The New York City gas monopoly cuts quarterly dividend from 24 to 2 percent while earnings seem steady. The note argues public pressure will curb overcharging and watered capital as citizens nationwide demand fair pricing.
Chicago studies Glasgow to justify municipal gas and finds a Glasgow plant sells gas at 50 cents per thousand, kept well maintained with proper depreciation and sinking funds. If Glasgow can offer cheap, fairly measured gas, there is little reason for higher Boston rates.
Stealthy Steve the Six-Eyed Sleuth hails a cab to a waterfront wharf, boards the submarine boat Loon, and bluffs through a test of identity before meeting an officer. The craft, luxuriously fitted, carries torpedoes and complex machinery as Steve heads toward Constantinople.
The piece argues Paul Morton should resign from the Cabinet amid concerns about corporate influence in government. It cites the Atchison rebate case and urges ongoing removal of corporate ties from national offices, insisting public spirited leadership is essential.
A fragment hints at a dramatic inquiry into wealth and loss. The unnamed speaker notes a large sum of money and a person named Rock, suggesting social or financial tension, with emphasis on money's power over relationships.
The piece notes the Woodland company disbands after 57 weeks with a farewell party for Ida Brooks Hunt and Miss Sayre in New York. It mentions upcoming events at Charles Town High School and Roxbury’s People's Institute, a relocation of Michael Flynn to Newton, a dead pigeon's ring found by Walter Owens, and plans for vacations, weddings, and club customs. It also covers street fruit vendors, a berry mishap, a new eight seat turret tow car, and Captain Mackin’s promotion at Watertown Fire Department.
MAX HENRY NEWMAN of Boston writes in support of Councilman Foley's resolution for more children. He argues landlords and tenants alike should welcome families, stating opposed views threaten society and that birth brings renewal and light. Dated May 14, 1905.
A reader asks Miss Champagne if her fiancé is at fault for going to a theatre without her after promising to attend together. She explains three months of engagement, weekly visits, and a pre theatre hometown change. She seeks guidance on his actions and propriety.
The passage argues both parties had valid excuses for missing the meeting. If one knew nothing of the plans they would not expect the other to attend, so disappointment arises only from unkept expectations.
Judge Charles Almy of Cambridge told the Boston Y M C A that misused funds by lawyers are meager compared with total trust funds at their disposal. He urged young men entering law to view a trusteeship as a burden and to seek strong ethics in legal work.
A reader signs as A BROKEN HEART pleading love for Miss Champagne. He recalls a quarrel after an auto show and missing a Sunday call, expresses sincere regret and asks how to repair the friendship. He requests guidance to apologize in person and hopes for an early chance to reconcile.
Mrs Victor Sorchan sails from New York to join her husband abroad and plans summer in Newport. Miss Elsie De Wolf attracts Boston fashionables aboard the New York. Miss Margaret Bradley sails on the Canopic to the Mediterranean and is touted as a debutante belle. Mrs Edward Blake to spend summer in Hingham. Rev Rush Shippen to withdraw from ministry after decades of service. Miss Emily Lockwood goes to England to compete in golf and plans mid June return. Colonel Harry Converse hosts birthday weekend at Marion home still quiet after a bereavement. Frederick Goodrich and Mrs Goodrich return from Texas visit, then Hartford. A Prentiss Cummings foundation bridge whist sale at Brookline aided St James kindergarten. project deemed socially and financially successful.
The Dorchester Associates of Dorchester and Milton prepare for a second annual entertainment in Broomfield Hall Geneva avenue next Tuesday evening. A hustling committee leads the event promising a pleasant evening despite the clerk of committees John F. Dever being away on a week’s vacation in New York.
A gate-tender recounts a near miss on the track blamed on heedlessness. He recalls a past fatal incident dating fifteen years, involving Angeline a six month old girl seen daily near the crossing. A mysterious dark figure rose as the train approached.
A boy of nine shatters a doll carriage with a train crushing its occupant. The impulse, unknown to court, leads to no legal punishment as the culprit is his sister's brother and a child who spent all his savings on a new doll for her. The narrator reflects on misplaced sympathy for the doll.
Waltham officials announce summer band concerts on Riverside Saturday evenings and Fox Island Sunday afternoons. Last year’s events drew thousands. Opening concert series likely early next month with float nights under consideration by the Charles River Amusement Association.
The reunion committee of St Peter's parish completed planning at the parochial hall and everything is ready for the Wednesday reunion opening at Mechanics Hall. Attendees included Mrs Thomas O Callaghan Miss Helen Casey John F Fitzgerald Superintendent Logue Alderman Hennessy presided.
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