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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1904
Page
6
The Boston school committee faces a vote tonight on whether to bar women from submaster posts in girls grammar schools and to remove current female submasters. The editorial urges rejection as educationally sound and fair, defending women's fitness and calling for no gender-based exclusion.
The article reviews eight months since Japan entered the war against Russia, noting Japanese gains in Asiatic waters and at Port Arthur but no decisive victory. It discusses Kuropatkin's reinforced forces, Japan's steady troop influx, and the uncertain, protracted path to any decisive end with both sides poised for fluctuating fortunes.
The Boston Americans celebrate a grand season ending with a final victory in New York yesterday. The team earns pennants again and has provided the public with continuous good play and eager enthusiasm throughout.
The public insists on skill and generalship over luck in football. Tens of thousands watch each game and are sharp critics, valuing fine points and team execution. Boston’s success pleases this exacting audience more than merely winning the pennant.
A recent Missouri Pacific head-on train collision killed 27 and injured many as rail travel rises with the St. Louis exposition. The piece blames avoidable factors and calls for heightened vigilance and safety measures on single-track lines.
The twelfth week of the Fall River cotton mill strike opens without settlement prospects. Rumors of tentative mill reopenings with wage reductions emerge, but no definite action. Owners warn reductions needed to avoid losses, while workers say reduced pay makes survival impossible. The dispute risks ending Fall River's cotton industry.
A Lynn wireman Edward Carey survived 2300 volts with no serious harm and a column of various Boston society items follows, including conductor Emil Paur’s return, Dartmouth Hall ceremonies, Simmons College economics, and a kitten’s train-saving tale in a Knights Templar report.
A satirical collection notes price outrage at the Hotel St. Regis asking 125 a day for a suite in New York. It mocks the rate as unaffordable for average patrons and suggests a lower price could attract long-run profits. The page also lampoons a coal dust cure for consumption and other quips from the era.
A seven item sale lists suit cases in heavy bridle and cowhide leather with linen or Irish linen linings. Each lot notes regular prices from 6.00 to 12.00 and implied sale pricing. Some lines show damaged OCR text.
Novel favors and decorations for social festivities with artistic designs in sofa pillows lamp shades and screens. Improved methods in making flowers and trimmed lamp shades valued at 3.50 but offered at 2.00 during the exhibition.
In Maine’s Pasture Hill a famed danger named Old David the ram stirs panic among residents. Allie Haywood’s stubborn rheumatism seems cured when the ram charges, prompting a wild chase as the village reacts to the unexpected awakening of Allie’s vigor.
Moving tale shows Allie’s plotted ruse collapsing on porch scene as family comments on providence and luck. Aunt Mary defends him while his wife and friends react with a mix of pity and humor. Allie remains sore about rams and avoids the word. Old David is captured, adding tension to the moment.
Dialogue notes safe reading between the lines on double track roads. Mr Hamly confirms walking between the lines as safer while studying a part.
Everett Oct 10. At a board of aldermen meeting Willard R. Wilson is confirmed sinking fund commissioner and William Q. Huey is confirmed commissioner to secure a site for a new fire station.
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