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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
6
The Boston Post declares the subway referendum as a clear expression of the people's will. It emphasizes municipal ownership over railroad control and praises the referendum as a triumph for direct democracy and local self rule with no ultimate cost to residents.
The election on Tuesday will deliver the outcome for the school committee seats. Expect full justification of the results as the process concludes, with observers awaiting official acceptance and potential declarations.
The piece argues the Democratic slate won seven of eight School Board seats, praising broad public support and criticizing the Public School Association’s integrity after Vogel's city contracts tie. It notes Dr. James A. McDonald’s renomination failure but overall favorable results. It ends lamenting Pennsylvania coal supply hoarding, the mine strike, and delayed concessions causing a winter crisis.
In New York a Civic Federation section hosts an educational session while a real crisis unfolds in Pennsylvania. Miners appeal for arbitration but Mark Hanna reports the coal trust blocks action, undermining the federation’s practical authority despite a panel of eminent members.
The piece argues Boston area voters should view Tuesday's city results as local rather than national. Of 18 cities, 15 chose Republican mayors, with Democrats largely nonpartisan in action. Massachusetts local governance increasingly separates from national politics, and license questions emerge as the main, though modest, significance.
A commentary on coal prices rising to twelve dollars a ton in Boston and a fuel famine caused by the Pennsylvania coal trust. It condemns the refusal to arbitrate labor disputes in May, predicting suffering for the poor while the trust faces arbitration after production halted through the summer.
The city recorded 50 frostbite cases and other cold related ailments across hospitals with one direct death attributed to the cold. A major fire on Han cock and Adams streets destroyed most of the Whiting residence forcing an elderly patient to be moved to a daughter’s home. Other items note legal actions against Signor Mascagni, a painting loan to Herald Square Theatre, smoky crossing at Revere Beach and Lynn ferry, and public distress from winter conditions including scarcity of coal and informal observations by local residents and workers.
A foxy Oshkosh scientist reports 19 of every 100 businessmen dying from acute indigestion linked to quick lunch habits. The piece satirically details a typical noon sprint to a quick lunch counter, describing coffee and hand made doughnuts boiled in hog lard, and mocks health claims while noting dietary hazards.
A business man ends a brief lunch with mince pie from 1812 and a second joint of chicken with mahogany polish. He fears the pie is hard to open for strangers and the chicken’s upholstering may be damaged by careless customers. He returns to the office and contemplates a melancholy mood as friends receive 10 o’clock invitations for the next day.
The Morning Mail column receives lively letters from readers in Boston Dorchester and Marblehead. They discuss the prose of Tracked to His Doom Stealthy Steve antics and quips about Bill Bailey and snow bound cars in witty exchanges.
The long excerpt charts Stealthy Steve’s perilous voyage from a diamond heist in New York to a perilous sea escape and a Paris hunt for the Duke’s record. He survives a pirate attack, defeats foes, and resumes pursuit aboard the Soapsudsia. A carnival interlude with Larry and Jack ends in a comic domestic moment at the Hoffman House.
Stamp collectors and curio gatherers welcome the new eight cent stamp issued by the U S government bearing the portrait of Martha Washington, the first woman featured on a U S postage stamp in the nation’s history.
The Postmaster General orders a Boston post office station established at the information bureau of the South Terminal station in Washington on December 10.
Senate report by Bev eridge against the omnibus bill for admitting Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico as states. A substitute bill proposes admitting one state covering Oklahoma and Indian Territory. Opposition cites sparse populations in New Mexico and Arizona and a majority Spanish speaking electorate in New Mexico.
Special Justice William Sullivan nominated by Governor Crane to succeed Henry Dewey on the Boston Municipal bench. Dewey cited growing private practice as primary reason for leaving after indicating potential resignation earlier. Sullivan, born 1854 in Mallow Ireland, educated at Harvard, well regarded for democratic spirit, wit, and outdoor hobbies, with endorsements from Suffolk bar and various organizations.
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