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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1903
Page
7
The note states the contest ends September 1 and no letters arriving after that date will be considered. Letters received but not printed by then will be selected and printed before the prize is awarded.
The Boston Post invites readers to weigh in on omitting the word obey from the marriage service. Letters from Mrs Mary A Livermore and others argue for and against. Respondents include Seth Bottomley of Medford Minn N E Swartout of Boston Fleta Chrymer of Boston and Mary Hall Cummings Arlington Mass.
Maria Herrick Bray urges removing the vow to obey from the marriage service. She argues women gain full rights and responsibilities as free agents in art science literature and thought. Bray cites evolving roles and the divine plan for equality in marriage and society. Braewood West Gloucester Mass
About 100,000 pupils are expected as Boston public schools reopen, a rise from 86,000 last year. New buildings in Dorchester and Back Bay, including a 20 room grammar school on Columbia Road and a Westville Street primary school, will help. Officials say existing shelters will suffice despite the larger influx.
In Copenhagen on August 31 Henrik Ibsen sits under a dying condition his physicians say he cannot live long. The Norwegian dramatist whose works such as Ghosts Hedda Gabler and Peer Gynt have shaped modern drama faces the end with his enduring belief in emancipation and truth. His wife and son Sigurd, a scholar and diplomat, are noted as part of his life story.
Barbara reads a novel titled A Glimpse of Glory written by John Strong and realizes it mirrors their past. She mails a letter to John asking forgiveness, returning home to confront their shared history and Miss Lyle’s influence.
Police list registration closes at 10 tonight at police headquarters in Boston. Thousands remain omitted from the lists, preventing voting for Gaston Bates Collins or any candidate. You may register later, but only after being listed.
Two personally conducted tours depart Boston with eight and twelve day itineraries. Tour one visits Reading Gettysburg Blue Mountains Philadelphia and Washington for 32 dollars. tour two adds Old Point Comfort James River Richmond for 2 dollars. Details and illustrated itinerary from Joseph P. Taggart Royal Blue Line 360 Washington street Boston Mass.
Daily trips from Boston to Salem Willows and Gloucester remain highly popular with excursionists. The steamer offers a several hour stop at Salem Willows and a one hour stop in Gloucester, returning to Boston about 7 p.m. The voyage is praised for mental and physical feasts not found elsewhere.
Dr Philip Woolf formerly editor of the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette and connected with the Boston Leader died at his home on One Hundred and Second Street this afternoon of apoplexy. He was 55 and author of several novels.
New York August 31 Justice Sewell of the Supreme Court signed a certificate granting an order of reasonable doubt for Samuel Parks the walking delegate now in Sing Sing after his extortion conviction pending appeal and ordered his release on a $10 000 bond Assemblyman Butler attended court and said former Chief of Police William S Devery would post bail for Parks
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