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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1905
Page
6
An editorial reflects on the Civil War shaping American character and the enduring debt to veterans. It notes the war’s role in uniting a then-fractured country and contemplates the nation’s duty to those who risked their lives for its survival and a noble future.
The piece argues the Baltic and Russo Japanese conflict mirrors historic sea struggles. It likens Togo to Nelson and warns a peace settlement will reshape European Russia’s 106 million people, not just end hostilities. The analysis notes uncertain scientific outcomes and emphasizes the lasting test of modern naval warfare.
Memorial Day recalls it has been forty years since the Civil War ended. Many veterans remained after 1900, as pension rolls show 720,921 beneficiaries though not all survivors. The Grand Army encampments once filled with marches now dwindle due to death and age, marking a vast shift in U.S. outlook over four decades.
A provocative claim circulates that Senator Aldrich of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee traveled to Europe to evade duties on the railroad rate recess inquiry. Senator Cullom is quoted denying any flight and asserting Aldrich would not move without a committee majority’s pledge to block action. The piece questions senatorial oligarchy and representative government while noting no certainty about the tale’s truth.
The Interstate Commerce Commission's inland freight differential decision stirs opposition to rate supervision while noting past pooling flaws. The piece cautions that government rate control will be hard yet necessary to avoid demerits on the industry, and that local advantages will steer traffic despite rate errors.
The New England Women's Club honored its president Mrs Julia Ward Howe at a breakfast in the Tuileries. Howe, 86, attended after a postponement due to the death of Mary A Livermore.165 guests filled the tables with pink roses forget me nots and a rose centerpiece. Howe wore lavender and white silk with a topaz cross from a Rome relative. A group of girls from Quincy Mansion School presented to Howe and Miss Wesleyan Grindle delivered a bouquet of lilies of the valley.
In a moonlit scene Stealthy Steve shoots at Rah-RahHoohray wounding his ears while denying defeat. Rah-Rah vows loyalty but plots to kill Stealthy Steve to regain freedom and return to Constantinople. The cliffhanger ends with Rah-Rah raising a knife as Steve sleeps, promising continuation tomorrow.
F B Sanborn writes that Mayor Collins has battled the machine yet lately aligned with it and now chafes at his party leadership. He cites public needs for a city tuberculosis hospital and an East Boston hospital, plus objections to a costly steamer, street and sewer, and park spending, arguing the mayor has worn out his welcome.
A reflective verse recalling Civil War era "girls" and their "boys" marching together at twilight. Edward Branch Lyman writes in the New York Sun about faded memories of lovers in blue and gray, shadowed faces, and wartime bonds that linger in the evening.
A Commonwealth avenue horse parade features an aging 36 year old exhibitor with notable vigor. Chief Melville Co. Parkhurst marks 37 years in Somerville police service since May 29, 1868. The column also reports social incidents, political figures’ campaigns, travel updates, and upcoming marriages in the Boston area.
Society plans a Memorial Day luncheon at Norfolk Country Club replacing the open air horse show. The Lexington Golf Club hosts an afternoon tea led by Mrs Wil liston Lincoln. Boston judges for the Grafton Club event include Arthur W. Stedman and others.
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