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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1904
Page
5
A woman recalls seeking two years of medical care without relief for uterine ulceration. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash, she reports full recovery, regained sleep, and return to work, praising the medicines highly.
Boston public schools report 94 941 pupils enrolled in the first month of regular sessions for 1904 05 with 49 312 boys and 45 629 girls. Normal, Latin High, Grammar and other divisions show totals, with Dorchester High leading in overall high school enrollment at 1 160 and English High for boys at 937. The girls’ high remains the largest in New England with 1 129 pupils.
Mayor Chandler and top officers condemn laxity as numerous night-time breaks go unsolved. Captain Perry delivers a strict lecture to night officers to arrest suspicious trespassers, confront prowlers, and enforce the curfew with children home after 9 PM.
Six Harvard students are warned to return or face prosecution after being stopped by two policemen for singing in Central Square. Drug clerk and another witness saw them with two signs on Dana Street. The ad from Harvard Horse Clipping CQ prints proof that signs are still swiped by Crimson students despite university rules.
At the Court street hearing broker George C. Chisholm testified he often accepted payments from Willoughby H. Stuart for his help raising funds. Stuart claimed commissions varied and sometimes none were paid. Witness noted loans from multiple sources and questioned if Stuart owned property. Meanwhile Taft ordered an early Panama trip to ease canal tensions with Obaldia and the Panama government, outlining a large party to demonstrate U.S. respect for Panamanian sovereignty.
The article argues education extends beyond classrooms, defining it as the ability to learn and apply knowledge. Citing Lincoln as a self taught exemplar, it notes every home can access a practical school in the volumes of the New Werner Twentieth Century.
A promotional description extols Encyclopaedia Britannica as a comprehensive home university. It highlights its million-dollar production, renowned instructors, thousands of articles, and 73 defined courses across fields from astronomy to medicine, promising thorough, authoritative guidance for winter reading.
The Rev E Hilton Post of the Methodist Evangelical Church in Everett denied attributing the statement that angels would be our domestics in heaven. He said angels are ministering spirits and that glorified humans may be superior, noting his words were quoted out of context by a Unitarian reporter.
An advertisement for shorthand education promises 20 lessons with the first lesson free and guaranteed results. It offers home study by mail without interfering with other work and claims endorsement by education boards and newspapers. It cites Department 201 of the Campaign of Education at 211 Townsend Building, New York.
The Rev. William A. Hill, longtime Brown University athlete, was ordained to the Baptist ministry yesterday at West Somerville Baptist Church where he has belonged since age fourteen. While at Brown he played on the track team and was right fielder for the 1900 baseball nine that defeated top college teams. he now serves as acting pastor of Trinity Chapel on Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington.
In Malden, during the night, a small amount of change was stolen from a public library drawer. Inspector Greenleaf suspects the theft was committed by boys and is investigating the break in.
The East Cambridge Court allowed the defense motion to appoint Tufts Medical College experts for Charles L. Tucker in the Mabel Page murder case. Appointed are Professor A. B. Austin M D of 416 Huntington Avenue, Dr Edward Pease of 4438 Beacon Street Boston, and Professor T Leary M D.
Health warning stresses if stomach, liver, and bowels are neglected work cannot fix it. Do not delay in seeking relief as serious illness may follow. Get a bottle of medicine now.
A Malden resident and weather observer reports 15 white owls seen on a North River trip in Scituate last Monday morning, six shot. He claims these owls and other signs foretell severe winter, noting muskrat and sand mink digging deep, waterfowl with heavy down, and shore larks arriving a month early.
About 200 couples attended the dancing party given by the ladies' Auxiliary G. A. O. H. in Anniversary Hall Brighton last evening. Floor direction by Mrs Margaret McElroy assisted by Miss Margaret Green. A young ladies' orchestra furnished music.
Judge Emmons plans rapid retirement of Boston police veterans aged 65 and over except Civil War veterans, to cut the force and save funds. Old timers grumble though the half pay of $600 yearly beats nothing, as $1200 per annum previously offered stands as a contrast.
Gross & Strauss marks its 62d anniversary with a major sale featuring $50,000 worth of merchandise at low prices. Tailored suits, street coats, furs, millinery, waists, and petticoats dominate, with many items described as bargains of the year. The firm aims to boost its reputation for style and quality while offering deep discounts this week.
A large rush opened the week long sale at Gross & Strauss with a fine selection of costumes and stylish garments for misses and children. Housewives and others praised the assortment and the store promised to accommodate everyone all week as the sale continues.
The Charlestown Improvement Association urged Police Board Chairman Emmons to increase patrols at Station 15 citing rising crime in the district. Patrick Coyle of Charlestown Gas said underground wiring expected within a year would remove unsightly poles. The group took no further action.
The Hon. Charles S. Hamlin canceled a Brooklyn engagement and remains at his Mattapoisett home with a severe cold. He plans to attend a Democratic banquet and resume speaking next week in places where Senator Lodge spoke, addressing attacks on the Democratic candidate for Governor.
Congressman John Sharp Williams of Mississippi will address a rally in Gray's Hall South Boston on Saturday night to open Congressman McNary's campaign in the 10th district. Presiding will be Hon John A Collins with speeches by McNary Aldermen Charles H Slattery John E Baldwin and Hon James A Gallivan among others.
Right Rev Clel K Nelson bishop of Georgia urged a chair in common sense for theological schools asserting it is more needed than chairs in Hebrew Greek or philosophy He proposed that every candidate for the ministry sign an affidavit showing two years experience in a business house Bishop Tuttle presided and called for more candidates from cultured homes.
The Sailors' Haven gathering in Charlestown drew about 500 attendees including prominent clergy at the Episcopalian convention. Bishop Nichols of San Francisco urged creating homes for sailors at each port while the Missouri battleship band provided music.
At a Roxbury meeting of St Patrick s Total Abstinence and Literary Society a vote approved building a permanent home near the current site to provide more room. President C J Crowley was named committee chairman to locate a suitable site and push the project forward.
In Malden on Oct 19 police arrested James W. Burns 20 of 93 Whitman Street on a charge of assault with a knife against Jeremiah Sullivan 22 of 19 Emerald Street. The incident occurred last night over a pool game in a pool room where Burns allegedly stabbed Sullivan penetrating his left lung.
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