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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
5
An advertisement explains Iron-Ox Tablets as a tonic that builds nerves and energy by revitalizing digestive and assimilative organs. It warns against stimulants and promises gradual, natural health improvements with a 25 cent price for fifty tablets from The Iron-Ox Remedy Co. in Detroit USA.
On the eve of the first game the gate opens at noon and advance ticket sales signal a record crowd. The Boston vs Pittsburg series sees strong confidence for Collins Boston and Pirates manager Fred Clarke. Both teams are evenly matched with strengths in pitching and fielding. Cy Young expected to hold his end for Boston while Clarke bets on Phillippi to counter. Ground rules favor locals for long hitters, and betting pools show Boston slight favorite at 5 to 4.
A large fortune rests on the Boston Pittsburg baseball series with bets reportedly surpassing 0,000 before today’s game. Boston held a slight favorite at 5 to 4 yesterday while Pittsburg backers waited for better odds. Major bets flowed after noon as McQuestin led Pittsburg money and Boston proponents like Curley and McNamara offered substantial sums.
Richard Olney of Leicester emerges as a compromise candidate late in the Boston convention fray for lieutenant governor amid a push by Thayer to shape tariff and corporation law planks. Thayer wins two committee victories while resisting a broad free trade clause, and several figures from Worcester to Dorchester circulate as possible nominees as party leaders seek harmony.
The American Federation of Labor in an address to organized labor denounces the open shop. It argues agreements with employers fail if non-union workers undermine terms, and asserts each side has the right to work or refuse depending on who they work with.
Philadelphia Sept 30 Con Coughlin known as the Irish giant was to fight six rounds with Bob Fitzsimmons at the Washington Sporting Club but was outclassed and quit before the end of the first round.
Skowhegan Maine Sept 30 Deer signs from spring to autumn point to a stronger game season than last year. Reports from across Somerset County including Kennebec Valley and Carrabasset basin indicate abundant deer and moose, plus other small game, for opening time.
Edward Lally aged 8 of 51 Oak Street Somerville was run over by a wagon on Cambridge Street Cambridge sustaining a compound fracture of the right leg.
A revised Boston corporation law would equalize taxation on foreign and domestic firms to hit trusts, raise stockholder liability, oppose paid in capitalization, seek Canadian reciprocity, condemn trusts, and push tariff revision with no free trade. It backs 14th and 15th Amendment protections, home rule for cities, budget economy, a Boston police commission, court reform on injunctions, and an equitable railroad rate scale to curb trusts.
Lieutenant George Hering of the Honourable Artillery Company of London visits Boston and praises the city. He lauds the Elevated railroad and Public Library, notes interest in the East Boston tunnel and a Washington Street subway, and describes himself as tall, sandy, athletic, and a Thames Rowing Club member. He plans to join his group Thursday night and return home after travels for Mackie & Co.
Weather looks favorable as the Dominion line steamer Mayflower is sighted near Highland Light around 7 PM and expected at Quarantine by 10 30 PM. The Ninth Regiment, M V M, votes to join guards of honor and march in the Charlestown dock parade through Boston as decorations blaze for the Honourables.
Mrs Sidney M Hedges wife of Colonel Hedges of the Ancients was to host a private dinner for Lady Denbigh at the Somerset Friday evening but is ill at her home 3% Commonwealth avenue.
A humorous Sageville vignette recalls Hiram Hard cider, a laid‑back patriarch from an old county family. His quest for suitable work ends with his wife sewing and teaching music, as a parade of quirky neighbors and British city comparisons underscores the comic tale of a man who shuns modern life.
During the Honourables visit the end likely cannot attend any social function. The remark suggests anticipated limited participation in public or ceremonial gatherings.
A banquet at Symphony Hall on Monday night aims to surpass ancient Rome in splendor with plans five years in the making. Sergeant Fred M. Purmott chairs the committee and promises an event of grand scale featuring thousands of dollars in decorations. Russell Spaulding of New York will oversee electric displays, and Thomas J. Galvin of Boston will craft the floral show.
The sole woman among 165 Londoners aboard the Mayflower is Lady Denbigh wife of the London company commander. She will be pampered with royal welcome in Boston as entertainments for the men proceed with smokers and Providence trip. Lord and Lady Denbigh occupy the finest suites in the Touraine.
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