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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1904
Page
2
Berlin observers report scenes of public upheaval as Kaizer Wilhelm’s ukase requiring low-neck gowns during his opera visit clashes with high-neck attire. Dames confiscate cuts and slashes appear in ante rooms as women rush to enter, some refused entry and gowns shed fragments across the theater floor.
Boston Post offers two thousand dollars in gold for proverb puzzle solutions. The Daily Post will print one illustrated proverb each morning and the Sunday Post will publish two illustrated proverbs each Sunday. Prizes include four top awards and twenty five consolation prizes totaling $2000 in gold.
The notice outlines how to participate in the Proverb contest run by The Boston Post. It specifies that answers must be on coupons printed with each Proverb Picture, only one answer per coupon, no pictures sent, and mail entries to Proverb Editor at P O Box 5276 Boston Mass. Duplicates allowed, prizes limited to one per contestant, contestants may submit multiple sets in separate envelopes, and reference to the Boston Post Proverb Book as the official source. The editor reserves right to change conditions. 100 250
Mrs. Emanuel Lewis of Brooklyn, who married at 16, says girls should wait longer to wed. Now 19, she faces a 75,000 dollar alienation suit brought by her husband against her uncle Joseph Hirschberg, wealthy merchant, in Brooklyn Supreme Court. She notes the suit stems from her uncle's wealth and questions the marriage.
South Boston police say they know the three highwaymen who assaulted E W Barry’s cashier Bessie Lyons at Eighth and Mercer Streets. The 22 year old heroine fought back with a quart measure, hospital treatment was needed for one intruder, two men were arrested and later discharged, and police expect arrests of the others soon while withholding suspects’ names.
Los Angeles nov 6 the marital history of Mrs Alice BE Quintance née of George Iowa now in Los Angeles is a puzzle. She received a divorce from Sidney V Quintance by judge Conroy after desertion and non support were cited. The case revealed an interchange of wives with Mrs Quintance No 2 meeting her later husband while seeking a divorce from her first husband Spooner. Mrs Quintance owns property yielding 50 dollars monthly.
Interest runs through Catholic clergy in Boston archdiocese and New England as the congregation of the Propaganda meets today to discuss naming a coadjutor bishop for Archbishop Williams. The first fall meeting follows All Saints and All Souls, when cardinals return to Rome, with the matter expected to be a priority.
The National Capital offers compact tours for travelers with limited time. A week of luxury costs 25 dollars from Boston, with lower rates from New England towns. The package suits tired workers seeking short respite. departure from Boston is Friday November 11. Postal for itinerary to Joseph P. Taggart, N. E. P. A., 360 Washington Street, Boston.
The annual meeting of the General Missionary Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church gathers at the Bromfield Street M E Church in Boston starting Wednesday at 10 a m for about a week. The body represents the entire denomination, with authority to establish new missions and appropriate funds, and includes 63 members led by bishops and the missionary society officers. The event features mass meetings on November 9 and 10 and an elaborate missionary exhibit at Park Street Congregational Church, highlighting home and foreign missions with speakers from Europe Asia and the Americas.
Rev Thomas Van Ness told a Jewish Temporary Home audience that if the Japanese war does not alter Russia’s attitude toward Jews the oppressed Hebrews will push for change. He blamed Peter the Great and Catherine II policies and cited the Odessa captain-general’s fall as a sign dissents’ rights may soon be treated justly.
Nicholas Murphy, 25 years of service and 18 life saves at T wharf, dies at home on Wigglesworth street. Boston shipping circles know him for 18 medals from the Massachusetts Humane Society for rescues from drowning. Stricken with paralysis recently, he died Saturday afternoon leaving four daughters and son John H. in the engraving department of the Post.
The Colonial Club of Dorchester will hold open house tomorrow from 7:30 p m until midnight on election night. Reports of the election will be given every five minutes. An entertainment is arranged with the Criterion Orchestra present to play popular selections and solos.
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