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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
6
A vast crowd filled Faneuil Hall in a historic Boston mass meeting protesting England’s coercion act in Ireland. Mayors and speakers condemned the move as an outrage against liberty habeas corpus and trial by jury, echoing national sentiment.
The merged transatlantic steamship concerns led by Mr. Morgan alter the global balance, undermining subsidy schemes and threatening national fleets. Regulatory control grows as combines concentrate power, with warnings that future American money could fund rival fleets and even government ownership if consolidation proceeds. President Ingalls warns merging rails could centralize all lines under a single ruler, forcing state ownership.
A Boston columnist questions sudden police action to enforce Sunday blue laws, argues it theater to push legislative changes, notes inconsistent city practice versus statewide enforcement, and laments demoralizing effects on daily life from cigars to soda and ice cream. The piece calls for repeal or alteration of the Sunday law.
A note indicates a move to remove nuisance influence from the police authority governing Boston. The document outlines steps toward restructuring oversight and reducing informal control over city law enforcement.
The article recounts General Jacob H. Smith praising a fire and sword policy to subdue Filipino prisoners without trial in Samar. He claims fear is the tool to enforce U S control, describing Filipinos as enemies and favoring barbaric methods over benevolent assimilation. The piece reflects on McKinley’s policy and a court martial underway.
The Boston metropolitan district moves to regulate smoke from soft coal using a New York style rule enforced by local boards of health. The plan aims to curb dark and gray smoke from factories and boilers within ten miles of the State House, preserving atmosphere without local control being surrendered.
The Observant Citizen notes New England weather contrasts from Montana snow to Boston warmth, plus civic items. General Devens statue returns to State House Park Somerville. Boston Actors' Church Alliance bazaar succeeds with many items left for autumn sale. Social events include Hyacinth Whist Club dancing at Bloomfield Hall with Sawyer and several assistants. summer plans unfold for Marlboro Street and Vendome residents. Governor Dole of Hawaii visits Boston area, spending time in Newton with relatives.
Mr. Vincent Noll, seeking a preacher's license, was rejected for doubting the Adam and Eve story. The piece defends the Genesis tale as foundational, lampooning Noll’s questioning and lamenting the imagined ideal of the first home. It ridicules his challenge to cherished views of Adam’s labor, Eve’s devotion, and the supposed “happy home.”
A Boston pharmacist writes that enforcing Sunday blue laws harms trade by forcing him to deny customers medicines cigars and tobacco while other stores keep open for liquor. He says many customers and druggists would prefer closing Sundays if the law stays, and urges repeal of the sandwich law as well.
A letter from H. Smith in Boston on April 22, 1902 denounces a blue law that bans selling temperance soda. The writer urges immediate action beforeSunday to keep soda stores open during approaching hot weather and calls on citizens to wake up and act.
The brief editorial page sets the tone for the Sun y Post with a concise fiction item. A reflective scene unfolds in quiet prose, inviting readers to consider everyday moments as the day closes.
Lloyd Ferrell, manager of Burrell & Co, endures a sultry day, drink fortifies him briefly, and public scorn follows. He seeks solace with Nellie, who shelters him through brain fever and quietly offers hope as Beatrice ends their engagement.
North Truro writer E. L. Small urges the community to reduce meat waste by repurposing scraps into warmed over dishes and feeding the dog a cornmeal bread made with water saleratus and salt. The letter ends with the date April 21.
Veal olives prepared with pink firm meat, seasoned sauce with forcemeat or crumbs. Slice veal, roll with a salt pork dressing, bake with water, baste, then make a pan sauce with browned flour. Garnish plates with lemon relishes and radish tulips for color. Whittaker recipe notes.
Miss Sarah Belle Huff contralto returns from Europe with a recital at the Old Dorchester Club house. She is assisted by Emil Mahr's quartet and Lucy Dean, head of the NEC accompanist department. Huff studied under William C. Whitney and abroad with Signor Vannuccini and Frau Hoefer, focusing on Italian opera songs and German lieder.
The ninth district Democratic campaign kickoff is tonight at Roughan Hall Jackson Club Charlestown. A marquee procession will feature ex Senator David B Shaw ex Senator Joseph J Corbett Senator Charlies S Sumner Thomas W Berridge Representative J J Mell Cauley Conway and T F Fitzgerald with ex Senator John A Kelcher and Superintendent of Streets Doneovam among attendees. Delegations from the North and West End are expected.
A Boston reader argues that an export duty on beef pork and lamb should be imposed to protect the domestic food supply. He notes long support for protection and urges voters and consumers to back measures shielding infant industries and local consumption. April 21, 1902.
Washington orders General Chaffee to postpone the Mindanao expedition until further directions. The President prefers exhausting peaceful means to capture the murderers of American soldiers. Davis command remains on standby and ready to depart once approved.
General Chaffee sends a cablegram from Manila thanking the President for personal appreciation and for information that Americans are aroused by the surrender of Malvar and his insurrectionists in Batangas Laguna Tayabas Mindanao provinces and islands.
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