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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1905
Page
6
In this week’s notices two entertainers are highlighted. Pique presents a leading lady with multiple press mentions while Sweet Singer Ah Indeed profiles a popular vocalist promoting a patent remedy.
A New England policyholders committee urges transforming the Equitable merged policies into a policyholder managed future. They call for surplus relief through lower premiums, law backed safeguards, bank like funds protection, and strict conflict of interest rules with modern accounting and cost cutting.
The movement faces skepticism about quick gains but calls for action. Northerners and Southern manufacturers acknowledge the need to raise labor standards toward the North. Critics warn the South cannot accept poor immigrant intake while its factories reflect eighteenth century England in practice.
The Providence master builders and six carpenters unions representing 1800 workers agreed to a two year plan submitting all disputes to a six member committee. The editorial praises arbitration as a path to fairer capital labor relations and urges patience as collective bargaining deepens understanding and reduces industrial inequality.
A provocative editorial questions the Vatican's funds handled by European bankers earning 2 percent. It suggests reorganizing finances with Americans to aim for 4 percent, recalling Morgan’s “undigested securities” remark and noting Equitable Life’s role in digesting many such assets.
Lieutenant Governor Guilds strong stance against child labor has shifted public opinion in the South. A Georgia legislator plans to introduce a bill aligning with Bay State ideas, signaling Georgia as a start point for a regional reform effort rooted in the Southern textile industry.
The article examines a potential showdown between Kaiser and Secretary Shaw on allowing a drawback for Canadian wheat imported for U S flour makers. Shaw argues for near duty free access, provided the flour is not sold to Americans, while Germany pushes for origin certificates to trace flour back to Canadian wheat. The piece frames tariff policy as a complex, maze like issue.
The narrative recounts Stealthy Steve's perilous ocean journey to Constantinople via Gibraltar and the Grecian Archipelago, including battles with a giant devil fish and a near miss with a Russian battleship. Nick the Knock frames Steve’s escape and returns to New York as plans to kill Stealthy Steve intensify with a Waldorf Astoria encounter and threats from a mysterious director.
A reader asks if a man who shows kindness cares for her and how to win his love by inviting him to her home. The reply warns that breaking an engagement hurts the first lover more than ending it honestly and urges frankness if she truly prefers the second suitor.
Observant Citizen notes a rivalry between Boston Theatre attaches and Globe Theatre reps. They split many games with Boston winning 10 to 5 at Franklin Field. Batteries were Lonergan and Boynton for Boston, Thornton and Gillis for Globe.
A provocative local item alleges that a man known as Mr. Tuffprop harasses a resident’s daughter. The speaker vows drastic action including cross-dressing to confront the pursuer.
Mortimer refuses martial arts interest after a chop suey incident. He expresses dislike for yellow dishes and avoids Jiu Jitsu.
A man and a woman bicker playfully in a dainty drawing room over love and marriage the usual way. They spar about obstacles and conformity until the man declares love and the woman quirks that the usual thing may go wrong. The humor hints at social norms and flirtatious inevitability.
Letter to the editor from E. L. A. argues that only targeting girls for abuse ignores the other party to the crime. The writer questions if addressing one half of the act reduces the vice and urges Dr. Galvin or someone with influence to press the issue publicly.
A whimsical exchange features the Zebra questioning the firing of a zebra’s ostrich chauffeur. The Elephant explains the choice was between the chauffeur and the car as the animal damaged metal trims and tires, hinting at comically chaotic motives.
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