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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1901
Page
5
A long list of names and addresses appears, seemingly tied to Sunday Post prize entries or promotions. The fragment includes numerous individuals with street addresses across Dorchester Swampscott Roxbury Chelsea Somerville and nearby towns, interspersed with partial annotations and misspellings. The mixed OCR yields a dense roster of participants rather than a cohesive event narrative.
Several readers send in letters and votes for the Boston Post contest. Contributors request credit for votes and urge friends to read the Post and its stories, with names and addresses listed, including East Boston and Charlestown residents.
For five Sundays starting March 10 1901 the Boston Sunday Post will feature a coupon on its second page. Sixty eight cash prizes are offered each week for the sixty eight largest signed coupon collections received by 6 PM Friday. Winners are published weekly in both papers.
The object is to secure active co operation of boys and arts of New England to boost Sunday Post circulation. Kids should urge neighbors and friends to collect coupons and send them weekly before Friday 6 PM. Sixty eight weekly prizes paid by check, with one name per set of coupons.
Mary Hayes denied mothering a foundling at Union Station on Monday night. Brakeman Mr Bicknell and others found the baby and searched for its mother. Bicknell plans to adopt the child legally if no mother is found. Hayes may have left the city. The infant is in Everett with Bicknell at 16 Appleton Street.
At a meeting of the union line men held at 987 Washington street 102 members were initiated. A resolution asking for an eight hour day was sent to electric light telephone and telegraph companies, but no strike was intimated. Indications point to agreement between companies and union men without a strike.
The Senate opened a fight over repealing the semicolon law governing liquor sales. Debate backed amendments to limit sales to midnight, with critics arguing the measure would aid lower-class hotels and protracted hours. A 12 o'clock cutoff amendment was rejected 10 to 21, and referendum timing was debated before adjournment.
Under Miss Dorothy Forbes as herald in scarlet and gold, twenty one girls in card suits perform a precise drill with military precision and card shaped hats. The program includes Chadwick's Tabasco March with Florence as stage manager and A E B Nourse leading the orchestra. Matinee Thu and evening Fri. men not admitted.
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Wild, longtime Chelsea residents, was celebrated at Knights of Malta Hall. Attended by hundreds, the couple received friends from 8 to 9. Their family included son George A. Wild Jr and daughter Cordelia Goodale. Ushers were Norris, Nor ris, Hartley, and Negus. The event featured a reception, entertainment, dancing, and a collation. The Wilds wed in Boston fifty years ago and have lived in Chelsea ever since.
The Vincent Club staged its season opener for Vincent Hospital at Copley Hall with a Grecian opening chorus, a parkbound car entrance, and dances by Misses Dabney Cochran and Dabney. Monologues by Mrs. Fiske Warren and a firefly solo led to a chic Parisienne dance and a dazzling card drill finale.
A North Dakota mother touts Postum Food Coffee as a family favorite that lets children drink like adults and helps her sick husband recover after quitting tea and coffee. She credits Postum with improved health, noting proper preparation is key and offers to share her testimony, though she asks for anonymity.
The Massachusetts House debated a five cent fare bill for Boston transit with speakers Callender Blood Smith Breed Bullard Turtle and Horgan. The chamber rejected passage to be engrossed by 62 to 79 and 9 to 93 on separate aye nay votes.
In the Senate Mr. Chamberlain of Plymouth urged reconsideration of the vote rejecting the Burgess bill allowing pupils leaving public schools to keep three text books and buy others at half price. The motion, favored by Howland, passed 21 to 16, and the bill moved to a third reading by 19 to 18.
Senate considered bills including a three to six month imprisonment for escape from the Dipsomaniac Hospital and two rail lease proposals by the Haverhill & Southern New England line and the Lawrence & Methuen Street Railway to Hudson Pelham & Salem Electric Railway. An order on AG opinion about a mail carrier transportation bill was adopted. Reports and references covered probate judges retirement, harbor and public land matters, and bottle sealing for milk jars.
A Hebrew newsboy recalls Passover customs as eight days of unleavened bread end tonight. Families prepare to eat leavened bread for the first time, while children rush to candy shops despite restrictions. Rainy weather dampens festivities in the city as celebrations mark the last day.
A light brown overcoat stolen from Bath Maine followed by $200 damage clues led police to Edward Small in East Boston. He claimed the name William Jones and admitted coming to Boston on Tuesday's Portland boat. A mate identified him as Small. the missing coat appeared at the Atlantic Works where he worked. The recovered money could not be linked conclusively, but police noted occasional shortages in such cases.
A prominent ad touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as an internal remedy addressing blood and liver to cure catarrh in nasal passages throat stomach liver and more. Dr Ainslee cites positive results and safety for all ages, claiming superiority over sprays and douches and asserting no Cocaine or opiates in the medicine.
Dr Morrison reports from Pekin that M de Giers demands return of all communications to Chinese authorities from the Russian legation and warns Hung Chang he will support severe Chinese measures. He notes a fresh attempt may follow intimidation.
Cape Town reports General Botha has reopened negotiations for peace with Britain. The move follows perceived decline in General Dewet’s influence and leadership. Botha, deemed responsible, would negotiate for all Boer forces while British authorities assess a potential surrender and the risk to Dewet’s following.
Cape Town report says General Botha met Lord Kitchener and said he met General Dewet who refuses surrender. Botha views Agner as no longer responsible and seeks a modus vivendi for burgher forces.
In Fitchburg on April 10 a 61 year old man, John Begnoche, died of smallpox after ten days of illness without professional care. A physician diagnosed the disease, a second local doctor confirmed it, and State Health Agent Frank L. Morse verified the case. The patient died that day.
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