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The Boston Post presents its publishing details including pricing for daily and Sunday editions, payment methods, and contact offices in Boston and New York. It notes advance payment is required, subscriptions may be discontinued at expiration, and requests readers notify via mail if unable to obtain the paper. Editor EB. A. Grozier signs the notice.
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Loaded Dice and Fair Play in Boston Politics
The Boston Journal warns Republican leaders about plans to cut six weeks from voter assessments in Boston. It denounces disfranchisement as a political trick likely to fail and damage the party’s reputation while urging legislators or Governor Crane to halt the scheme.
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Boston Journal
Boston
Crane
Lawmakers consider verdict option without capital punishment
The Massachusetts House debates adding the phrase without capital punishment to first degree murder verdicts to mirror federal practice. Proponents argue jurors should determine punishment and that this could curb wrongful capital sentences while guiding justice in murder cases.
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Frost
Lawrence
House
Massachusetts
United States
Reorganization of Boston Police Board Aimed at Reform
The Boston legislature is urged to pass Representative Russell's bill to separate licensing from police administration and establish a single responsible head. The measure promises local self governance return and clearer control over liquor licenses, reducing dependence on the state governor for local matters.
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Russell
Boston Board of Police
Boston
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Boston Demonstrates Highest Efficiency Yet
The passage asserts that the most efficient method has been tried and demonstrated locally in Boston, positioning the city as a benchmark for efficiency and proving the method's practicality.
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Boston
Debating McKinley for Harvard LL D Decoration
The essay argues Harvard should honor McKinley with the degree of Doctor of Laws praising his leadership and public service. It notes previous presidents received the honor, and asserts the degree is a decoration granted for distinction rather than strict legal scholarship.
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Starvard
McKinley
Republic
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Massachusetts
Harvard
Benjamin E. Butler
General Butler
Jearvard Lt. D
Jury selection in Hast man case proceeds swiftly in Middlesex
In Cambridge the Middlesex Superior Court impanelled twelve jurors for the Hast man trial in about an hour. Judge Gaskill stressed jurors must weigh verdicts without bias against capital punishment, prompting many to excuse themselves for that reason. The process showed a hopeful move toward a speedy, clear trial with few challenges.
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Hastman
Middlesex
Gaskil
Weathered Harbor Fog Delays Vessels and City Plans
The Observant Citizen notes thick fog keeping ships in port and forecasts little improvement. It also reports on local events including a Baptist Social Union property decision at Ashburton place and Bowdoin street, the Lobdymayor’s view of Boston streets, and a note on Horticultural Hall nearing completion.
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Baptist Social Union
Ashburton Place
Daniel 8. Ford
Bowdoin Street
Boston University
State House
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Windy City
Three Lovers And The Conflict Of Sin In Love
A fragmented 19th century prose piece explores three women who love the narrator differently. One yields to restraint and compassion, another follows passion to sin for him, and the third seeks quiet devotion yet cannot fully surrender. Each fate shows varied moral bounds and heartache within love.
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Venquist
A Dark Parlor Plot Ends With an Elated Groom
Blanche Langham faces a cheeky deception as Grace pretends to be her at a social visit. A mistaken meeting with Mr Stanley nearly derails Blanche's plans until Grace schemes to keep the ruse secret. The plan yields a proposal and a fall wedding with Grace as bridesmaid and the cake reward.
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Blanche Langham
Richard Marston
Grace Leslie
New York
Daily Table Hints from the Sunday Post Menu
A reader’s fragment describes daily meals and recipes from the Sunday Post daily table plan. It lists Breakfast, Luncheon, and Dinner items with ingredients and a butter custard cup recipe. Included are notes on lettuce egg and radish salad and rhubarb tapioca dessert preparation attributed to F. M. Evans of Brookline New Hampshire.
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Parker House
Ubar
F. M. Evans
Brookline
N. H
Salmon catch at Bucksport tops yearly for season
In Bucksport Maine on April 22 fishermen report the salmon catch as the largest of years for this season. Nets are yielding abundant fish with crews earning about five cents a pound.
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Bucksport
Marry or Fight in Frontier Theatre of Tantrums
A dramatic scene unfolds as Mr. Riley demands marriage or damages from a suitor who has wooed his daughter. The exchange escalates from threats of licking to a damages demand of at least three dollars, while the young man protests he never proposed marriage. The confrontation ends with a standoff over what compensation will satisfy the irate father.
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Mr. Stanley
Mrs. Stanley
Grace
Blanchie
Max
Pogsum Ridge
Riley
Mr. Riley
Detroit Free Press
Percy Rockefeller Bride Today in New York Wedding
New York April 22 A high society wedding unfolds tomorrow at St Bartholomew s Church Madison and Forty fourth street as Percy Avery Rockefeller will wed Miss Isabel Goodrich Stillman. Prominent families including the Rockefellers Astors Vanderbilts Mackays and Bostwicks will attend.
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New York
Sweetiest Society
Percy Avery Rockefeller
Isabel Goodrich Stillman
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church
Madison
Renue
Forty-fourth Street
William Rockefeller
James Alexander
Stillman
Anne Urquhart Potter
Chauncey Stillman
Pride
James W. Cross
James C. Greenway
Corliss Sullivan
Frank D. Cheney
William 8. Coffin
William. G. Rockefeller
Elsie Stillman
Edith K. Gray
Alice Everard Strong
Ethel G. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Astor
Vanderbilt
Mackay
Bostwick
Rogers
Tucker Denies Attacking Missionaries in China Sermon
President William J. Tucker of Dartmouth College, while travelling in California, repudiates the charge that his Boston sermon criticized missionaries in China. He clarifies his remark that Christian nations, not missionaries, have discredited missionary work and notes the church’s setback from Christian nations’ conduct in China and elsewhere.
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China
American Board
William J. Tucker
D. D
Ll.d
Dartmouth College
California
New Old South Church
Boston
Christian Nations
Christian Missionaries
Banquet Honors J Albert Blake With 33rd Degree Jewel
A large gathering of prominent Masons attended a complimentary banquet at Young's Hotel last evening to honor J Albert Blake who received a thirty third degree jewel and sash. The presentation was made by Arthur G Pollard of Lowell Mass with remarks by Charles C Hutchinson John Carr James A Davis Winthrop Messenger Banks Sanford J Gilman Waite and a poem by Charles H Norris.
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Young’s Hotel
Arthur G. Pollard
Lowell
Mass
Charles C. Hutchinson
John Carr
Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
James A. Davis
Winthrop Messenger
Grand Commandery
Rhode Island
Banks Sanford
Grand Council of
J. Gilman Waite
Grand Chapter
Charles H. Norris
Odd Bits of News From Early 20th Century Clippings
A collage of brief items reports Vassar College farm reaching 1000 acres, 1890 Montreal death rate at 25.47 with 7351 total deaths, New York lit first street lamp in 1697, Swiss hotels charging 200 fixed for guest deaths, South African Chartered Company orders twelve batteries of German guns, Athens planning annual archeologist excursions, U.S. bicycle exports near 7 million in 1898 then 4.82 million in 1890 and about 3 million in 1900, Colorado ranchers battling abundant beavers, Nebraska militancy, 400 West Point cadetship applicants in the fourth district, Kansas City Southern testing oil fuel from Beaumont field, olive cultivation spreading in South Australia and Victoria with good fruit crops and promising industry growth.
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Montreal
New York
Germany
Athens
Greek Island
Peloponnesus
Colorado
Nebraska
West Point
Kansas City Southern Railway
Beaumont
Tex
South Australia
Victoria
Boston man accepts debate over prohibition with conditions
Edward Doherty of 69 Green Street Boston replies to a challenge from an intercollegiate prohibition group. He agrees to debate anytime anyplace but declines hall expenses, stating he cannot contribute toward such costs. He asserts political tax reform work and defends his use of strong terms as not arguments.
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Intercollegiate Prohibition Organization
Vivian H. Linsley
Edward Doherty
Green Street
Boston
Woman's Relief Corps Denies Soldier's Daughter Need Claim
A New Bedford letter to the editor disputes a Boston Post report claiming a soldier's daughter is in need. The Relief Corps says dues paid for eight years, visits include fruit and groceries, and the daughter refuses aid and housing. The group asserts it aids only the truly worthy within its means.
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the Post
Our
Relief Corps
Relief Committee
New Bedford
Woman's Relief Corps
Boston Post
CORPS
Beware the browntail moth threatens pear trees state wide
Longtime fruit grower warns readers of a spreading pest called the brown tail moth. He describes tiny moths under nest ends on twigs and urges immediate action to protect fruit, especially pears, referencing state agricultural reports and signing W. F. Oliver, Lynn, April 22.
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Hmpshire
W. F. Oliver. Lynn
Letter-witneses and corrections on religious terms
Readers critique a April 16 article about Jesus as a Jew arguing the pamphlet condemns deformed Judaism rather than reform Judaism and stating Mrs Dee did not hire from Broadway employment offices. signer Louis Millionthaler and Mrs Broderick request correction and publicity.
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Jesus
Rabbi Fleischer
Louis Millionthaler
Civil Service Papers Sought for Language Examiner Position
A reader asks where to obtain Civil Service examination papers for the position of immigrant papentee in Finnish and Scandinavian languages. The notice notes the exam setup in the Post seven building and mentions an expiration date of Saturday for applications.
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Pest
Lobster Bills Sustain Vetoes Prompt Commission Call
Governor Crane’s vetoes on lobster measures were sustained by the Legislature. The Senate kept a nine inch lobster bill by 19 to, while six Republican senators opposed the sustain. In the House the mutilated lobster repeal measure passed 187 to 50, setting up a special commission to study the lobster issue and report next session. Hunt of North Attleborough likely to file the order.
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Senate
Messi Igowland
Luscombe
Marsh
Morrison
Parry
Williams
Hunt
North Attlebates
Boston Legislature Debates Metropolitan Board and Tax Bills
Boston lawmakers move to substitute a bill for the metropolitan police board petition by William S. McNary. Debates focus on pensions for city workers, Howard funds tax exemption, and a tax on legacies. An amendment on public service disclosures fails. discussion continues on three year terms for first assistant assessors. Voting machine opinions returned to the Supreme Court for phrasing changes.
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Boston
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
William 8
McNary
Metropolitan Board of Police
Bradlee
Milton
Howard Funds
West Bridgewater
Committee On Taxation
Charles A. Dean
Gardner
Messrs
Frothingham and
Bliss
Albee
Committee On Public Service
House
Senate
Brigham
Marlboro
W. J. Sullivan
Crooks
Mess Lydon
McInerney
Sullivan
Healey
Saunders
Council of
Committee On
Supreme Court
Doings in the Senate Concurred on redistricting and prison board bills
The Senate committee on towns reported two bills for Boxboro and West Brookfield, readings and engrossment completed. The Saunders redistricting committee order passed after suspending rules. A bill to consolidate the superintendent of prisons with the Prison Commissioners was tabled, with salary provisions debated and a postponement motion carried.
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Committee On Towns
Boxboro
Wood
Middlesex
West Brookfield
House
Board O Prison Commissioners
Mid- Alesex
Holt
Bristol
Corser
Hampden
Electric lighting bills pass committee by majority vote
After an executive session the committee of thirty on manufactures and mercantile affairs voted to approve two electric bills. One allows the Electric Light Company to transfer its property and franchise to the Edison Illuminating Company. Mooney and McKinley dissented. The second, an anti trust bill, applies to all electric companies. Majority-supported by Senator Fales and Senators Lawrence and Williams, with Representatives Butler and Howell.
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Edison ‘Illuminating Company
Messrs
Mooney
Boston
McKinley
Lowell
Fales
Norfolk
Mercantile Affairs
Lawrence
Plymouth
Williams
Middlesex
Butler
Brockton and
Howell
Centon
Harvard Senior Michelson Appointed Consulate Regent
Albert H. Michelson, a Harvard senior, was named consulate regent to Charleroi Belgium. He is the fifth Harvard man recently to receive a major political posting abroad. Recommendation came from Senators Hoar and McCall Rep. McCall Admiral Sampson and Dean Shaler. Michelson is distantly related to Admiral Sampson. his father is a Chicago University physics professor and Annapolis graduate.
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Harvard
Charleroi
Belgium
Oreign
Michelson
Hoar
Reepresentative McCall
Samson
Dean Shaler
Sampson
Chicago University
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Library Censors to Stay in Boston Public Library
A sub committee of the examining committee of the Boston library reports on selecting books. The full trustees will publish the report after printing. The exam committee will be continued and changes to the selection process are expected.
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