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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1904
Page
6
The message urges all voters whose names appear on the rolls to attend caucuses today to determine party nominees. It notes a voting booth in every precinct, stresses quick three minute participation, and warns that failure to vote may yield undesired nominees in November. Vote early and vote today.
The essence of popular government is independence of thought and political action by individuals. Yet the security of popular government rests on faith in the judgment of the mass.
The piece denounces Senator Lodge for citing a “practical difficulty” to reciprocity with Canada while overstating Massachusetts agricultural value at 146 million dollars a year. It accuses him of incorrect figures and argues 60,000 businessmen in his party reject his unfounded theories as bases for policy.
Stephen O'Meara denounces the Boston Republican city committee for backing Eugene N. Foss, accusing in advance money contributions of steering caucus votes. He seeks the Congressional nomination in the 11th district, arguing the party should let voters decide who they nominate. Sullivan has held the seat for two years with honor.
The text argues that individual changes between Republicans and Democrats in this campaign are personal and not reflective of broad public opinion. It maintains such shifts show independence from party obligation but arise from prejudice rather than mass sentiment, while the public moves by broader, practical considerations.
The report on Senator George Frisbie Hoar's condition shows him sinking toward a likely death within days. Despite earlier hopes for a Senate return, later chamber updates confirm only a brief prolongation of life.
A Boston observant column discusses Edmund Breese’s theater career with Castle Square and Rawson's Folly, Marion Littlefield’s West concert tour, and a farewell reception. It also warns about snapping matches in public, a schoolyard punishment anecdote, safe gun handling during hunting season, and Paul Moody’s talk at the YMCA reflecting on his father Dwight Moody’s legacy.
The piece blends a vaudeville dialogue with social notes from Cambridge and Rochdale. It mentions a trolley tube proposal, Harvard's fall term, a wedding in Rochdale for Miss Mary Rogers and William Tobin, and improvements at Revere Beach including shelters and track removal to extend the boulevard.
An old catalog fragment lists comforters and sewing silk spools with varying prices. It mentions 6 spools at 5 cents, 3 spools at 10 cents, 250 yard spools at 25 cents, and large spools at 30 cents, with additional 13 to 19 cent listings. The legible items reflect regular prices and product quality cues for dye and solid silk lines.
An old classified style listing offers wool fabrics and carpets with sizes 6x9 ft and 7.6x10.6 ft. Prices fragmentally noted include 13.50 and 7.80 with references to multiple patterns and a claim that two patterns are worth double the price.
A sale listing heavy wool blankets in various colors and sizes with prices from 0.50 to 12.00, including fawn lined duck and extra strong surcingles. Beaver cloth robes and street blankets offered in multiple colors 5.00 to 25.00. Plush carriage robes 5.00 to 20.00, riding whips and Holly lash whips 0.50 to 15.00, bone whips 0.00 to 6.00. Also bargains on a 30 by 15 by 34 inch magazine rack, a medicine cabinet 24 by 14 with mirror and shelves, and a plate rack peg.
A listing of various fabric dress linings and silks with sizes from 12 to 36 inches, including spun silk, Italian silk, lining silk, organdie, taffeta silk, moire velour, and velours. Notes indicate quality, regular prices, and color availability with frequent low prices.
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