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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1903
Page
6
Jordan Marsh announces its dollar shirts equal in quality to typical $1.50 shirts. Garner 84 count percale, two cuffs, custom neck bands, all sleeve lengths, full extension bosom resist tearing in laundering. Stores claim this makes it the finest shirt store in Boston.
The Boston Post lists subscription options for daily and Sunday editions with prices for one month, three months, and one year. Instructions cover address changes, payment methods, and advance payment policy. Contact details include editorial and business offices in Boston and New York distribution points.
The editorial criticizes Governor Bates and his campaign for being apologetic and defensive while Col Gaston runs a direct, aggressive appeal. It argues tax increases, tariff discrimination against Massachusetts, and other burdens demand change, while Bates calls these issues trivial.
The article argues that wage reductions are coming as trusts cut costs, aided by the Dingley tariff. It cites steel, glass, meat, and rail sectors forecasting large job losses this year, with 1,000,000 in Chicago area alone and 250,000 from iron steel and tin plate monopolies. It notes Schwab and Frick disputes on rail pricing and calls tariff policy artificial, urging radical reform.
Dan Patch crushed pacing records at Memphis yesterday, shaving about four seconds from his best and nearing the theoretical speed limit per Professor Brewer. The mile time reached 1 56 1 4, three seconds faster than his Lexington mark earlier this month, a striking and unusual gain possibly due to differing track conditions.
The season sees records tumbling across tracks with mechanical aids cited as a distraction. Lou Dillon's two minute trot is matched by Major Delmar, then OCrescens lowers the mark at Wichita with 1 69 3 4. Debate persists as fans question the pace while standards of speed must be revised.
The piece notes Canadian anger at London and Ottawa over the Alaska boundary ruling, while the United States faces little hostility. It argues for closer ties with the U S and urges advancing reciprocal trade, with annexation seen as a distant prospect to be fulfilled by manifest destiny.
At the annual meeting of the Unitarian Sunday School Society in Lowell Massachusetts officers were elected for 193 and 1904. Officers include Rev Edward A Horton president and Rev Augustus M Lord vice president with Miss Louisa Parker clerk and Richard C Humphreys treasurer. Directors for three years include Mrs Charles T Billings Rev F R Griffin and others. for two years include Kate Gannett Wells and several ministers. for one year include Frederic J Gould and Walter Greenman among others.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an exam on November 18 and 19 for male teachers in the Philippine service. Applicants must submit a recent photograph for identification, marking the start of a new photo requirement after the Curley case highlighted fraud risks.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners issued a report on Winchester citizens petitioning for Medford streetcar waiting rooms and better accommodations. It recommends using the Boston Elevated railway to run Boston & Northern cars into Boston and that Medford grant location for a double track to carry out this plan.
With the exception of Harl Denbigh nearly all the M Honourables sailed for Liverpool yesterday on the Commonwealth. Ancients gathered at the wharf to watch the ship depart, and crowds bid adieu to the other passengers.
A letter to the editor from P. B. Metcalf of Boston criticizes Boston Elevated signs banning lighted cigars in stations while allowing smoking in cars. He urges extending authorities broad manners guidance, noting the nuisance of dim smoking aboard transit.
A letter-column piece condemns Sir McKay's wealth from his invention while criticizing the low wages paid to workers. It claims men and their families live on scraps, as wives describe hardship and starvation risk, urging mercy for the underpaid laborers.
The writer asks where to obtain an Annapolis entrance examination circular. He seeks the correct address or contact to request the publication for West Point style exams, asking a contact name or office. The tone is of a small reader seeking procedural guidance.
A mixed page includes a plaintive poem about love and longing credited to a nameless owner, followed by a string of witty items and reader questions. Snippets reference Mark Twain, the Alaskan boundary decision, a St. Louis trolley collision, and wisecracks about heaven and twins, ending with a joke about Chinatown fears of dreams of a Police Chairman Emmons.
Readers exchange letters about giant potatoes and old seed wars in Aroostook Maine and Wisconsin. A Boston editor recalls a potato harvest mishap with a seven charge blast and two halves glued in the earth. VERITAS Hyde Park Massachusetts weighs in on what the Sphinx says.
A street car conductor must verify his pipe is out when a passenger hands him an over fare to avoid a mishap.
Mrs Rudolph C Lehmann wife of ex Harvard rowing coach was hosted by Miss Edith W Mendall Taylor at 49 Harvard street Cambridge. The reception included Mrs Lehmanns mother Mrs Davis and sisters and friends from Radcliffe Boston Hartford and Birmingham England. Mrs Lehmann is guest of Col and Mrs Francis Peabody of Milton.
The Pilgrim is a sturdy medium priced shoe built for rugged serviceability and beauty. It is marketed as a reliable choice that meets the demand for a $3.00 shoe, and is claimed to rival or surpass many $3.50 options while not reaching our $4.00 line.
Governor Bates and President Roosevelt display rifle prowess at Walnut Hill with Bates scoring 20 and 21 of 25 at 200 yards. The piece also recalls a Tremont Opera scene where a curtain mishap briefly revealed the tenor’s boots during Cavalleria Rusticana.
Sir Frederick Pollock discussed the evolution of English law courts in a Harvard lecture. He traced how royal power shifted from emergency use to general rule, expanding ordinary jurisdiction and eroding special authority. He noted the Star Chamber’s fall under Charles I and the rise of criminal equity.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt limited the extraordinary session to Cuban reciprocity but the Senate is expected to take up the Isthmian canal issue. Senator Morgan of Alabama will demand consideration and the Senate will likely devote time to the matter.
A tiny bootblack on a stair observes fashionably, a courtship unfolds between a young man and a stenographer. Misplaced shoes and a shy kiss lead to comic mishaps as plans for lunch and the theater tempt fate.
Cambridge city officials clashed over an extra appropriation for police and signal systems. Tim O'Hearn, city electrician, defended Mayor McNamee against Alderman Bell, saying the criticisms mislead the public and misstate management of municipal departments.
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