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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1901
Page
4
The Boston Post notes daily and Sunday pricing with annual and short-term offers. It lists subscription costs, address change procedures, and payment requirements, plus editorial and business offices in Boston and distribution notes for New York hotels.
The Fifty seventh Congress convenes with noon ceremonies and plans an active early Senate agenda. President McKinley's death frames adjournment for national respect while Speaker Henderson assembles House committees after the holiday. The Senate moves on ship subsidy canal and reciprocity questions, anticipating a long session with major international and domestic legislation.
The city braces for a lively final week as General Collins and Mayor Hart campaign hard to mobilize voters. Democrats rally to Collins with broad support, while Hart plans a stump tour. With a Governor’s 7500 Democratic plurality as backdrop, the race looks favorable for the Democrats.
President Roosevelt has censured Governor Jenkins of Oklahoma, alleging a conflict of interest. Jenkins admits striking a contract with a sanitarium company to care for the Territory's insane, on condition that $10,000 of the company's stock be reserved for him.
The President removes Governor Jenkins and issues a memo urging public officials to separate personal interest from official duties. He warns that benefiting from official power corrupts policy and morals and cites public scandals as evidence of neglecting this principle.
The Washington Democratic caucus shows little unity as New York’s factional move sparks disputes over resolutions. It notes the Kansas City platform’s age, warns against renewed subsidies and tariffs, and urges Democrats to unite rather than fracture over preexisting questions.
Preparations for re acting the Chinese exclusion law unfold with a streamlined campaign run by the Chinese Six Companies who levy a one dollar tax per Chinese immigrant to fund anti exclusion efforts. Chinese minister Wu presents a humane, Golden Rule based appeal to legislators while noting self preservation as a priority in limiting entry of Chinese workers.
Saturday night marked the departure of Roswell M. Field of the Youth's Companion for Chicago. Boston editors, noting his visits and colloquial banter, wonder if the gentler exchange has truly ended and ponder the observer’s critique of Boston customs. A flurry of social tidbits follows, including a birth in the Collins family and notable Masonic mention, with Brattleboro and Washington connections cited in the mix.
Milly strolling downtown causes a stir as bargain sales halt traffic and curious shoppers stare at the fair sight. The verse links Milly with wintry charm, while a humorous aside mocks pie buyers and pantry antics with rustic dialect and playful crowd scenes.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Athol observed its semi centennial with three services. Marcus D. Buell preached the anniversary sermon at the morning service. The afternoon installed Junior Epworth League officers and heard a talk by Annie E. Smith. Evening focused on the Athol Epworth League.
In a special audience at the Vatican, the Pope praised Catholic Ireland and Irishmen worldwide for their fidelity to the Holy See. He noted the Irish party mission in the United States and lauded President Roosevelt for a friendly reception. The Pontiff bestowed apostolic benediction on Irish people both in the old country and the new world.
The second Civic Service House lecture drew a good-sized crowd yesterday afternoon. Ed ward Adler of the Public Franchise League spoke on Some of Our City Problems, addressing civic educational and political questions facing the city in a lively manner.
Hyannis Massachusetts May 12 1900 Dr Charles H Pletcher of New York City receives praise from a physician for defeating counterfeiters and imitators of Castoria. The writer commends the high standards in preparation and notes Castoria’s strong sales since sharing its formula thirty three years ago.
A man bets he can think of something that does not exist and vows to marry within a month if successful. A witty dialogue unfolds about existence, imagination, and a non existent wife as a clergyman and science blur the line between reality and theory. The tale ends with a tiny hand revealing the non existent is found.
From Warren K. Moorehead of Phillips Academy Andover comes a call for New England stone implements, clay vessels, pipes and shell beads to expand the academy’s archaeology exhibit. He notes 40,000 southern, western and northern specimens, urges preservation in a fireproof museum, and offers to pay express charges and catalog all donated items.
A letter to the editor argues that coal costs remain high a year after the strike, blaming the coal combine for greed and noting a lack of coverage by newspapers that previously criticized price increases. The writer urges more attention to the ongoing cost of coal.
In a Boston letter to the editor Captain W. H. Warnock disputes a report that authorities moved him from Pollock Rip lightship to the General Ayres. He says he never served at Pollock Rip, resigned the General Ayres master post for better pay, and notes long hours under Captain Mellon for $110 monthly.
Former Oberlin College president Dr John Fleury W Barrows preached at the First Baptist Church Boston on the theme True Religion from James I 27 urging pure religion to visit the fatherless and widows and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.
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