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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1905
Page
6
A meeting of leading citizens formed a permanent committee led by Jerome Jones with James J. Storrow as treasurer to raise 25000 for a Patrick A. Collins memorial. The form is undecided but will be popular and inclusive inviting broad participation.
The Karlstad accord aligns Sweden and Norway with The Hague arbitration framework. It commits to submitting disputes not affecting vital interests to the Hague court, with optional referral if a question touches essential concerns. Authors of the piece praise the pact as a model for world peace through arbitration.
A new public treaty between Great Britain and Japan marks a remarkable alliance in modern times. It pledges mutual support offensive and defensive between the western civilization and the orient for the maintenance of gen.
The article explains a mutual alliance between Britain and Japan to protect Asia's peace and ensure all powers can trade in China. It states each side will aid the other in war, conduct joint campaigns, and make peace by mutual agreement, with Britain and Japan agreeing on India and Corea protections.
In Boston the Republican primaries yielded a victory for the party machine in preliminary skirmishing. Draper and Hall clash over lieutenant governor hopefuls with tariffs and reciprocity as central issues. The results intensify the party split on major economic questions and signal potential shifts in the statewide convention.
A reader named Georgie shares that receiving daily letters with his name printed on them lifts his spirits. He notes the letters often include jokes, which helps him feel less need to invent humor. He promises to keep saving and printing examples for future joy.
A lively collage of reader letters to Master Georgie McDermott and readers’ jokes. Includes anonymous Boston humor about Omega Oil and a long anecdote in a broad New England dialect about a barber shop encounter and a flirtatious barbershop girl.
The Cuba general election lies ahead with Liberals likely to participate despite abstention threats. An potential US intervention lure raises anxiety, as Havana contemplates sending a Liberal commission to Washington to seek election guarantees. Observers urge allowing Cubans to solve their own fate.
The article questions claims that William Scollay Whitwell is the Harvard student arrested on a burglary charge to protect a woman's honor. It notes Whitwell at Harvard was active in sports and a candidate for the Crimson football guard, while Frederick Burnham is said to be unknown to current students.
New York Sept 26 Robert Bacon resigns from the United States Steel Corporation board and its finance committee. George F Baker succeeds him on the board and committee, Baker is president of the First National Bank of New York and closely tied to the Morgan interests.
Robert L. Winkley of Pope Manufacturing argues advertising must be integrated as a core business function. He cites research showing many failures come from viewing advertising as an outside department rather than part of the business structure.
Synopsis describes Nat’s wife and child killed and scalped. He is captured and made chief, orders Indians to kill themselves, fails, is captured again, escapes, climbs a tree and scares attackers away. He plans to retake his scalp and sneak back to the camp.
A prominent wedding in Waltham featured Miss Lucife Godwin Brown marrying Benjamin Thomas of Nashua New Hampshire at the bride's mother's home. Rev. Francis E Webster officiated using the double ring service with guests including uncle John Leygon of Butte and best man John L Brown of New York.
Massachusetts fans growl at census figures showing slow population gains. The piece notes a law tying saloon numbers to population, implying policy friction as census numbers constrict expected development and provoke public irritation.
Dr H Holbrook Curtis released a statement clarifying Consuelo Duchess of Marlborough had a minor deafness operation yesterday not due to a threat. The duchess sustained a youth fall causing deafness and has previously been treated by Vienna specialists on three occasions, the latest about a year ago.
The Curtis Publishing Company publishers of the Ladies' Home Journal face a $250,000 damage suit filed in Superior Court. Samuel B. Hartman of Columbus, owner of the Peruna Medicine Company, sues as plaintiff.
The Rev. BE Stoddard of St. Joseph's Episcopal Church urges modest dress for women at worship. He warns elaborate coiffures and gaudy hats draw male attention, stressing that church modesty should curb both clothing display and personal physical attraction in God's house.
A reader asks about winning the affection of a 23 year old woman while he is 21. Mildred Champagne advises faithfulness and persistence, noting age differences may affect feelings but encouraging sincerity and patience to win her heart.
A letter from Kathleen of Hopedale asks if she should rekindle the old romance with a man who now sees other girls. The adviser suggests a gesture of reparation and to propose restoring their previous pleasant relationship, noting he may long for the old times as well.
A young woman about eighteen asks Miss Champagne for guidance to win affection from a man four years older whom she sees every evening. The reply questions how she knows his feelings and suggests she consider whether he calls and shows care.
Mrs F Lothrop Ames and Miss Helen Battelle appeared in town with James Soutter while prominent visitors including Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and Sir George Murray toured Boston. The Murrays and family guests travel from New York to Boston as an Atlantic City meeting draws clergy and dignitaries. Ambassadors, society hosts, and Boston families joined shows in Worcester and New York bound events, with many plans for travel and cultural gatherings noted.
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