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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1901
Page
6
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In the closing days of the campaign Mayor Hart discredits ex-Mayors Matthews and Quincy and criticizes O'Brien as well. The piece portrays a vigorous, long effort aimed at these opponents while suggesting Hart is unyielding and decisive. The rhetoric centers on voters avoiding these figures and supporting Hart’s lead with Col. Frat in the backdrop.
A political clash centers on public works contracts where Mayor Hart allegedly awarded many Hubpe building and other bids without advertising for ideas. Proponents say predecessors did the same. critics argue Hart’s practice violates the law and nullifies open bidding.
A postal card canvass of 2000 cards in Boston precincts shows 636 returned with a 72 vote lead for Collins. Extrapolating to the city based on past turnout suggests about a 7500 margin for Collins. The Post's data from the opposite view yields a similar projection.
The editorial urges Boston registered voters to cast ballots today to decide the mayoral race between incumbent Hart and challenger General Patrick A. Collins. It argues the mayoral post wields broad powers, notes Hart’s alleged missteps, and praises Collins for honesty, experience, and a platform including a stronger harbor channel for Boston.
An ongoing rivalry between the Tigers and the Crescents of South Boston heats up after Crescents claim an undefeated football season while Tigers boast a Thanksgiving win 5 to 0. Crescents challenge the Tigers to a Christmas Day showdown at Commonwealth Park, with manager J H Hartnett signaling readiness to arrange, and a wary note about potential injuries during holiday play.
A Charlestown resident reports alarm over a new smallpox case on Harvard Street. Dr A J Ranney leaves Boston Almshouse for Lakeside Hospital Cleveland, Dr Arthur Hartwell to succeed him. Middlesex Tar Association dinner at Young's Hotel features Judge Stevens and others, with Herbert L. Johnson singing. Miss Mary Myers receives a protective Boston terrier from Fred Gore. The old John Hancock residence on Beacon Street is being repurposed for business, with questions about fire access on Bowdoin Street. Mrs Bordman Hall returns from Augusta. Turn Hall hosts The Thorny Path. Charles Jenney, a famed U S N parrot, dies. a $1000 bounty and West Africa slave trade past are noted.
The police department may soon have all ball music written by officers. George W. Goodwin, the policeman composer, has two numbers on the program for next month, The First Corps Cadets and The Boys in Blue. Harvard Graduates Magazine features General Curtis Guild Jr on Theodore Roosevelt at Harvard and notes Roosevelt as a boxer with glasses, a lightweight who weighed 125 pounds at a noted contest.
The Post notes seven changes from art to Collins and fourteen from Collins to Hart, yielding an almost identical 7500 majority for Collins after total tally. The report labels it a straw and urges readers to take it as is, but to make it true.
A fragment notes a stance about the minority of the citizens of Boston in a broader civic debate. The readable text hints at concerns about inclusion, representation, and policy impact within the city. No additional names or dates are readable in the fragment.
The Boston Post endorses Patrick A. Collins to succeed Mayor Thomas N. Hart. It notes Hart leaves office with respect, while urging voters to push Collins to a decisive majority to enact what the paper calls the city’s best government. Hart is praised for good intentions amid obstacles, but Collins is urged as the clear choice.
A comic vignette shows a suffragist unable to vote as polling booths close. A quip-filled piece, A Few Female Statistics, mocks gender claims with observations on women alighting street cars. Various light anecdotes follow, including political banter, a cycle race note, a horse race quip, and a humorous exchange about an airship guarantee.
Alice E. Whitaker outlines a winter salad recipe highlighting crisp vegetables, lettuce kept cold in mosquito netting, and marinated beets carrots and potatoes. She specifies onion juice vinegar and oil French dressing, arranging vegetables in lettuce borders with carved shapes and boiled egg garnish.
Rev David Gregg praises the planned structure with blue and purple hangings and costly furniture. The project aims to showcase ancient crafts under a grand eyelo rama spanning 1000 feet by 75 feet, with PANTS around the Tabernacle and Orientals to live inside for demonstrations of dyeing weaving pottery and basket making.
In Minnie N. Hinds's period piece May, a penniless woman endures harsh lodging and repeated rejections before a chance reunion with Horace Dunbar, the man she loved and believed lost. He discovers his wife Alice died years earlier, and he confesses his enduring love, offering a hopeful future to May as they confront past deceit and missed chances.
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