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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1901
Page
6
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions and provides multiple office addresses in Boston and New York. It notes advance payment, discontinuation on expiration, and requests subscribers notify changes by mail.
Senator Hoar attacked Secretary Root for issuing timber licenses under July forestry rules that bypassed a key army appropriation amendment. He warned the plan would allow public lands and franchises to be sold to Americans and pacify by property transfer, calling administration action a clear nullification of law.
The piece examines the German Emperor's reputed eccentricities and possible insanity, noting hereditary factors and recent dramatic speeches after an injury. It discusses German press reaction and a clairvoyant tale, concluding the nation’s resilience would endure a crazy Kaiser.
Twenty four of thirty one Cuban constitutional convention members refuse the conditions of freedom and independence. Only two favor acceptance and five did not vote. The vote underscores the United States declaration that Cuba should be free and independent, despite Spanish rule and U S supervision.
The piece argues the Cuban convention operates under General Wood and rejects the U S ultimatum. It questions whether the White House intends to force occupation or annexation, suggesting a plot to seize Cuba in breach of American public faith.
The Philippine Commission reports exhaustive slavery investigations show widespread practice under American rule yet claims it can be abolished gradually. Critics compare this to U.S. historical abolition and question President McKinley’s authority to alter constitutional reach.
Mr. Charlies R. Flint of New York argues that trusts promote inflation by capitalizing on expectations rather than real assets. He cites a “very conservatively capitalized” trust paying 8 percent on common stock while earning six times that on preferred stock, illustrating how capitalization at three times tangible asset value in preferred stock and twice that in common stock pushes inflation and misleads the public.
A reader details an electric train route from Boston to Arlington to Concord, noting a near two hour travel time. The column spoofs weather forecasts, opera fashion, roof repairs, a church fire near Easter, a lost bull terrier recovery, and a Boston electric car misadventure on Huntington Avenue with vivid city observations and social quips.
The writer recalls 1960s Dover Mass worship without coats on hot days and notes clothing styles echoing today. He explains Boston Harbor's Bug light and its buglike glow as part of Atlantic coast lighthouses once seen near Massachusetts Bay. He mentions subscriptions for a seaside summer home for working women with W Murray Crane listed twice, donating $50 and another amount.
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald presents a dramatic scene where a suitor pleads for love, the girl resists with a coy smile and a soft request to stay, and the tale ends as the narrator clings to a turn of sentiment. The piece captures unrequited yearning and a coy, rhythmic exchange between two unnamed lovers.
England spends about $600,000 yearly on canary birds. Rhode Island shows about 1 divorce per 8 marriages. Virginia recorded the largest Soy population in the first census. Chicago saw over $12,000,000 in deposits in two months. Sausage casings come largely from New Zealand. The tender banana grows well in sheltered Southern California. Maps and geog covers enter U S from Edinburgh. The United States is about thirty-two times the size of the United Kingdom. The late Professor Marsh left a botanical garden and forestry school site. A New Jersey horse slaughter protest notes horse killing by law restrictions. Missouri railroads are faulted for driving a man insane. A passenger with prior head injury relives a past taint as cars shake.
In Plymouth County a Civil War veteran left five children and was promised care if he fell. He returned safely but died by drowning after moving to New Bedford. His daughter, now poor and sick, has received little aid from Grand Army or Relief Corps, despite kindness from a cousin and a comrade's family.
L F Foster in Boston informs readers that despite an Indian lands act, the interior department will delay opening lands formerly owned by Kidwa Comanche and Apache until August or September. Allotments extend eight months from December 1900, with 160 acres to each Indian and over 2,000,000 acres set to open for settlement after allotments are finished.
A reader asks the Post to welcome home the Twenty sixth Regiment from the Philippine Islands and urges equal, hearty support for all troops returning, criticizing Mayor Hart and Governor Crane for not welcoming them.
A Worcester Street Cambridge resident writes on race pride and rejects a book by Mr. Thomas calling it trashy literature. She questions Mr. Thomas's racial identity and urges him to seek personal honors instead.
The clipping lists a daily menu with Breakfast items like Rolled Oats with Cream and Lamb Chops for Graham Rolls, Dinner courses of Beef Stew and Roast Veal, and a mock cherry pie recipe. It credits Mrs Mabel Reed of Washington Street with the note.
On a train Miss Carleton confronts Harry Frazer about an engagement and rumors of a broken promise. He reveals a photo and a Tennyson inscription as proof of love to another woman, sparking anger and a chance to reconcile before his South American voyage.
A jovial delegate crowd in Annapolis keeps late night poker at a round table. An innocent county outsider, new to politics, is lured as an easy mark and ends up paying off his farm mortgage buying a buggy, cow, and hat.
Miss Mabel Chipman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Chipman of Roxbury, becomes engaged to Dr. Harry Low of Salem. A whist and tea for Guild of St Elizabeth supporters is planned at the Somerset, with prizes and tea by local debutantes. Other events include a Brookline Algonquin Club luncheon, a Weld birth announcement, and numerous receptions, weddings, and visits among Boston elites.
A short humor item contrasts romance with practical wit. The piece presents two exchanges: a lover’s claim tested by casual control, and a reply about gardening energy versus weed control. The tone is light and period newspaper humor.
A brief dialogue notes a woman’s imagined flaws and a wife’s blithe defense. The exchange plays on expectation and perception in a social setting. The remark suggests imagination as a determinant in marriage prospects and compatibility.
Fragmentary clippings reveal comic exchanges about waiting staff and a supper guest, with quips on paralysis and revinn. A Yonkers Statesman gag mocks grandpa counting hairs and a bald spot. The Philadelphia vess adds a light remark about a low mood.
The Youth's Companion marks its seventy fifth year with a double seventy fifth birthday issue on April 18 featuring contributions from Theodore Roosevelt Bear Wilkins and Sarah Barnwell Elliott. A richly printed souvenir traces growth since 1827 including three maps and subscriber counts.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a long lived resident in a New Jersey poorhouse who recently celebrated age 129 and has smoked a pipe since age five. The piece quips on his regret for not starting smoking earlier.
Mrs. Herbert Johnson hosted a subscription party at her Washington street home for a local charity. Guests appeared as nurses babies or physicians with afternoon sessions for nurses and infants and a doctor shortage. Evening whist games boosted the treasury along with fines for noncompliance. Attendees included Wellesley society members and visitors from Newton Auburndale Boston and Wellesley Hills.
Winfield M. Thompson of the Globe city staff married Inez G. Bearce of Lewiston Maine in a ceremony at Every-Day Church Shawmut Avenue Boston. Best man John W. Carberry of the Globe assisted. The bride, a Lewiston native and Ipswich resident, is a violinist with concert experience. The couple will live at 3 Concord Square.
Mr and Mrs Exitward P Hughes of 325 Lowell Street Somerville held a small reception last evening for immediate relatives and a few intimate friends to celebrate the birth of a healthy boy at their home A program of vocal and instrumental music accompanied the gathering and a light collation was served
A reception was given to members of the Boston Young Men’s Christian Association by officers at the institute. The event featured remarks by the conqueror presiding over the terrant oveyary Snow, with toasts and cordial dedications.
Peter MacQueen, a reclusive Somerville resident, begins a voyage around the world. Reports say he has not traveled far and aims to prove himself by completing the journey with support from elder men in his duties.
Miss Annie Outram Sturgis daughter of Mrs Russell Sturgis Jr marries Dr Sidney Archer Lord of Brimmer Street at Emmanuel Church. Clergy Rev George Nattress officiates with ushers including Robert H Hallowell and James McG Sturgis. After vows the couple plans a home on Massachusetts Avenue.
Miss Marie Satterfield of Buffalo will marry Franz Josef von Larisch of Austria. The couple met in Europe, he proposed after arriving in America, and they plan a wedding in coming months. The Count’s aunt is the Empress of Austria and his godfather sponsored his baptism. The Satterfield family fortune exceeds $1,000,000 after the father’s death.
Cards have gone out for the Vincent Club dress rehearsal in Copley Hall this afternoon. The event is by invitation only with performers including Katherine Fay Dorothy Forbes Marion Fenno Gertrude Parker Rosamond faltonstall Margaret Fay Lydia Evot Eleanor Ames Elizabeth Cabot Katherine Crowninshield Eleanor Lyman Hannah Stevenson Josephine Wilson Laura Wison Lockwood and Mrs. Fiske Warren. Eleanor Whitney and Katherine Thayer are listed to dance with Marjorie Cochrane Caro Dabney also taking part. Music will be led by Miss Howe Longwood and is expected to be a great success.
The blown up Harvard pump will be replaced by a modern fountain designed by Walter Cook of New Form. The plan includes a central fountain with stone seats on each side, to be the site of the class of 1869 who chose this instead of a yard fence section.
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