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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1900
Page
6
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The Manila based Taft commission faces sharp criticism for backing a native party plan to form United States Territories with local legislature and five congressional delegates. Critics say the move risks creating Filipino statehood and diluting American citizenship, urging a middle path between extermination and full admission.
London press comments on Hay-Pauncefote treaty amendments reveal perceived British arrogance and insincerity. They suggest England may resist US demands as it deals with South African forces and colonial tensions. The piece argues the United States could assert control over continental affairs, noting Lord Salisbury’s likely awareness.
A Centreboard. The promise of a third contestant for the honor of defending the America's Sun. is highly gratifying, and a special interest attaches to the announcement by Mr. Hanley that the 9 footer which he proposes to build will be of the centreboard type. The centreboard boats challenged English cutters, thwarting them in the 8s with Puritan Mayflower Volunteer. Could a wooden centreboard, built by a Massachusetts Yankee, revive the old contest against modern steel racing machines?
An Omaha father paid kidnappers 6000 to recover his son, prompting editorials that while protecting his family is natural, yielding invites further crime. The piece argues Cudahy owes society to aid pursuit and punishment of the abductors, and calls on city and state authorities to act within Nebraska’s jurisdiction.
A statement notes the danger to a man who encourages illicit acts by yielding to extortion from criminals. The remark highlights the moral tension and risks involved in resisting criminal pressure.
Vast mourning sweeps Massachusetts as Roger Wolcott dies. The former governor was honored for independence, public service, and national stature. He contributed to state and nation, declined Philippine commissioner and Italy ambassadorship, and left a lasting example of public virtue.
The Observant Citizen notes plans for Christmas season banquets by benevolent locals to bring joy to those less fortunate. It recalls a prior suggestion to each reader to donate five cents per paper purchased on Monday to help newsboys. The column mentions a potentially green Christmas and cites John M. Loban of 1824 Dorchester Avenue, Dorchester, a Boer War veteran with the Canadian contingent joining the British at South Africa on January 6.
Mrs Lucy Macdonough Reade bride of a month prepares to christen the torpedo boat destroyer Macdonough in fore River Engine Company yards. A Philadelphia society woman, she descends from the famed admiral and has recently changed her name.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt follows a narrator who awakens to a stylish woman hanging from a strap, offers a seat with a bow, and endures a crowded car ride. A flirtatious glancing gaze and swift shifts in fortune culminate as another man draws near, deflating his hopes.
Twenty four leading women of Adrian Michigan form a military company or will receive week seven instruction from a veteran. Mrs John Gohagan elected captain. A balloon with automatic instruments ascends Paris to 66000 feet and shows minus 102 degrees. Two wireless telegraph instruments are to be shipped from New York to Japan for two fast cruisers with at least twelve mile transmission. Electric time service began over forty years ago in 1857 Brussels Nolet system linked clocks to a central master clock. The Kitties Band drum major is Roderick Donald MacLeay seven feet tall, a noted athlete in Canada. Steam navigation history traces to sixteenth century attempts, 1736 steamboat, 1807 Fulton, 1838 Atlantic crossings. J Zuchfield fell from a railroad train near Dayton Ohio while stealing a ride, uninjured aside from a head bump. European staffs study Boer era style corps but lack horses, Russia alone has over ten million war horses.
Dorothy Dunshee and her children of Everett Massachusetts wake at midnight on Christmas Eve to find Santa Claus descending the chimney in an automobile like contrivance. He leaves a big red bag of toys and stockings, noting snow prevented reindeer and sleigh, then departs as the children return to bed satisfied with their surprising visit.
The notice highlights Oak Hall as the best bar gains in Men s and Boys Clothing with suits and overcoats in town. It invites the public to inspect holiday goods, offering Merry Xmas wishes and noting people are too busy to read ads.
A Kansas Liar recalls a mule race at the Leavenworth fair with a 100 dollar purse where riders swapped mounts. A weary slate-colored mule led by twenty lengths, beating out favorites that stalled. The tale ends with the confession that the narrator was the winning mule, on a long train ride with the Washington Post account.
The Boston area scene features Kosmos Woman's Club of Wakefield meeting with Ms Sarah Louise Arnold addressing teachers and parents. Pilgrims descendants mark Plymouth Rock anniversary in Boston with interdenominational services led by clergy. Miss Marion Howard Brazier praised at Woburn Woman's Club while Brookline plans a new automobile club near Suburban Club site. Whitney Hall assemblies start with matron organizers and the Country Club hosts the first Ice carnival of the season with illumination, music, and refreshments.
The Western Union Telegraph Company and others lost their suit against the American Bell Telephone Company. Judge Colt ruled in favor of Bell, overruling objections to the master’s report and sustaining the master, John Lowell. Plaintiffs claimed up to 12 million dollars in royalties from a 1879 contract granting Bell the telephone business while Bell’s side kept the telegraph business.
Partial OCR shows a cryptic dialogue line about a child and creator theme from the Statesman. The readable fragment hints at a conversation or caption but lacks clear actors, place, or event.
In a Detroit Journal note, an ingenue is presented with a splendid bouquet of roses, sparking conversation among the cast. The leading heavy counters with a china egg from his portmanteau, joking that it would be hard to beat, and the troupe laughs, blending theatre tradition with humor.
A recipe instructs to fill a pudding dish with canned half peaches, pour water, bake until tender, drain juice, cool, mix juice with milk eggs flour baking powder sugar butter and salt, beat, pour over peaches, bake to brown, and serve with cream. Signed Miss E F Robbins of Boston.
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