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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
6
A historical sale ad from Jordan Marsh Co. promotes a near half price closeout of men’s and boys’ sweaters. It features honeycomb boys’ sweaters, worsted cardigans, heavy weight jackets, and golf vests with usual prices listed, noting solid stock and limited availability across multiple sizes and colors.
Subscription terms for daily and Sunday Post editions. Rates include one year dollars etc with six and three month options. Instructions on address changes, payment methods, and that subscriptions are paid in advance and discontinued at expiration. Edited by EB A Grozier.
Boston reads a noon meeting at Faneuil Hall condemning drag net arrests of Chinamen. Speakers will voice protest against police actions seen as Russianizing Boston and a threat to liberty for all residents of Chinese, Italian or Jewish origin if unchecked.
The article notes an unusually large sunspot group covering about one tenth of the sun's diameter. It cites Dr. Brashear and Professor Peters on magnetic disturbances and a solar cycle of about 11 years, linking sunspots to weather, famines, epidemics, and a tense global era with wars suspected.
The casualty list at Soldiers Field shows multiple injuries from fresh leg fractures to a possible brain concussion, a disfiguring broken nose, dislocations and sprains. The piece attributes harm to excessive rough play and practice, arguing Harvard has ample material but football risks deterioration through overstrenuous methods.
The jury absolved James H. Tillman of all charges in the murder of N. G. Gonzales editor of the Columbia State. The case places South Carolina beside Russia and Turkey in the heated discussion over press freedom and safety of journalists.
An editorial denounces the South Carolina jury verdict clearing Tillman of murder in the Gonzales case. It calls the killing cold blooded and cowardly, notes Gonzales exposed a bad official, and argues the trial shows press freedom is subject to bully power. It condemns the acquittal as a national disgrace.
A local humorous column features a lively portrait of a tomboy named Tom with playful dialect and family memories. It includes poems about sun spots and nostalgia, plus a comic Prodigal's Return tale with a porch conversation between father and son.
End of registration in cities circles the election two weeks ahead. Democratic majorities appear likely where registration favors them, while Republican support may shrink. Eastern regions and large cities will decide the outcome as experts foresee a stronger Democratic turnout on November 4.
At a meeting of the Bar Association of the city of Boston held on Saturday Oct 10 officers were chosen President Charles P Greenough Vice President Samuel Hoar Treasurer William S Hall Secretary William F Wharton and a council for three years from October 1908 Alfred Hemenway Theodore H Tyndale Charles S Hamlin Frank Brewster Charles W Bartlett Charles F Choate Jr Charles E Shattuck plus a one year council seat from October 1903 to replace the late Hon Asa French R D Weston Smith.
Former President Grover Cleveland spoke to Armavour Institute students in Chicago on October 15, praising industrial training and saying he preferred his son to build a great bridge like the Brooklyn Bridge than win honors. He received cheers and a luncheon at the Chicago Club followed by a public reception at the Art Institute.
The will of the late Dr. George Haven likely filed by Attorney-General Parker on Saturday leaves Harvard University and the Boston Lying-In Hospital as beneficiaries. The estate valued near 300000 places most assets in trust for Miss Haliburton with specific legacies to the hospital, Harvard, and a future namesake, with remaining heirs to share after two nieces’ deaths.
The Hyde lectures at Harvard will be delivered by Anatole Leroy Beaulieu, noted French author and Institute of France member. The course, titled Christianisme et Democratie, will survey France's political and religious history under Cercle Francais de L Universite Harvard.
Yale upperclassmen and others filled work roles to pay for college. In New Haven on Oct 16, Professor C L Kitchel reports 156 students earned 38116 last year. Private tutoring led earnings near 9000 from seven students, 65 Yale men waited tables earned 8200, with roles from pall bearers to milk wagon drivers.
Edward A Kimball of Chicago lectured at Melrose City Hall on The Beneficial Effects of Christian Science. He stated that knowledge and power enable people to cope with disease and sin and that evil is finite unlawful and unnecessary with no immortality or ongoing power. He said truth through Jesus can free and eventually abolish every form of evil.
The Observant Citizen reports on ladies in a balcony at a Somerset banquet with Mrs James Bilis, president of the Servia Club, praising kindness from Colonel Sidney M Hedges. Edmund B Whelan, a retired officer, dies after Civil War service. Hampden Club plans a Ward 17 dance led by Theodore A Glynn. A street scene in Chinatown features a peculiar light fingered vendor at night.
A long tale recalls Sam Stetson, a lazy local, who saved his town during wartime by feigning sentinel duty at Baldwin's Hill. He perched with apples, eyed a warship, used a branch as a musket, and caused the enemy to turn away. Grandfather Green and neighbors credit Sam's wit and restfulness for the alert.
A Norfolk suit retailer proclaims boys will wear the suits, boasting better quality than rival brands at the same prices. They offer $3, $3.75 and $5 options for ages 4 to 16, with double breasted styles for 7 to 16. Sailor suits once priced at $4 and $5 have been cut to $8 to move quickly.
Gransir recalls his nephew Nate who believes in horryscope stars predicting fate. The tale notes Nate’s view of stars causing a class inclination to work and compares him to Sam Stetson, once labeled lazy by neighbors despite efforts to explain star alignment.
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