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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1901
Page
6
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Governor Crane declines the offer of the Treasury portfolio in President Roosevelt's Cabinet. He remains in the state to continue public service, sacrificing personal prestige for state duties. The Massachusetts chief executive is praised by both Democrats and Republicans for his choice to finish his term.
General Collins makes solid selections for Boston city offices. M. T. Curran, a newspaper man, becomes mayoral secretary with strong executive experience and trusted confidential aide credentials. James Donovan named street commissioner after prior legislative service and proven city management skills.
The piece argues Republicans should use holiday recess to back opening the U.S. sugar and tobacco markets to Cuba. It notes popular sentiment against the Sugar and Tobacco Trusts, cites opposition from GOP leaders on the ways and means committee and Secretary Wilson to lower Cuban tariffs, and urges the President to appoint a new Agriculture Secretary to resolve the issue.
Boston readers weigh a reprimand of General Nelson Miles, amid debate over discipline in the army and Navy. The piece questions whether Roosevelt’s public rebuke was justified and warns against reinforcing lax obedience in military ranks.
The piece questions the next Treasury secretary’s ability to curb favoritism after noting the Standard Oil Bank’s nominal purchase of New York’s old custom house. It highlights a tax dodge where the bank held the government property by credit transfer, paying no real money yet charging the government $130,600 annually in rent, a practice defended by Secretary Gage.
The Lynn board of trade, revived under Charles H. Hasings, earns praise for boosting unity and avoiding strikes while aiding city finances. The Newsboys Protective Union forms with 250 members and targets age limits for paper sales. Nathan Sederson pledges action against young sellers and truancy in collaboration with schools and Watch and Ward Society. Adventists plan a Roxbury publishing house and combined chapel and publication space, likened to Boston’s Book Concern. Daniel Harrington of Braintree marks his 102nd birthday, a rarity shared by a sister.
Foreign correspondent Jeremiah Penny Hizz recalls a chat with Senator Chauncey Depew during his wedding trip to Paris. Depew jokes about wealth, his new role as president of the New York Central, and whether to wear blue or red neckties for the ceremony amid Christmas plans and gossip.
A collage of short humorous items and oddities from a bygone paper. It includes quips about Santa in an octymobile, a shop lifter hunting work, a pickle-loving cat, a fuel for a pretend engine, and playful exchanges about generals and room at the top. Names like Newton Newkirk appear amid the miscellany.
In a Sunday Post story set in Salem during a bitter winter, Cicely aids children feared to be harmed by witchcraft. A minister, townsfolk, and Reuben defend her as a white witch whose acts save Betty and other children. The crowd's view shifts, sparing Cicely from prosecution and halting executions.
An executive committee session of the Public School Association met at 10 Tremont Street last evening. Officials refused to disclose any details saying nothing would be released for publication. Members left the room with evasive replies, hinting at secret proceedings and promising possible information later in the afternoon to the press.
The Associated Press reports Queen Alexandra's condition is more serious than earlier stated and causes anxiety. Doctors attend her. Christmas plans at Sandringham are disrupted and the couple will stay at Marlborough House. Later notices say she has a mild illness but is not in danger and expects to leave her room soon. The King and Queen's Sandringham-East journey is postponed due to the illness.
The Very Rev E M O Callaghan rector of St Johns Church Concord NH and vicar general of the diocese receives a valued Christmas gift from Admiral Cervera. The casket contains autograph portraits of the admiral and family with a gold inscription. Callaghan aided Spanish sailors imprisoned after the war, aiding their comfort and spiritual needs.
Mrs Clara Bloodgood leads the guest list for Miss Louisa MacAllister Francis informal musicale on Dec 27 from 4 to 6 at 427 Massachusetts Avenue. Notables invited include Mr and Mrs Ernst Perabo Mrs Julia Ward Howe Dean and Mrs Southwick Mrs Curtis Guild Jr Dr Matt Francis and the Gardners. Margaret Mitten will sing and a professional reader will perform selections.
A pastoralsque Christmas verse describes angelic hosts declaring the birth of Jesus to shepherds in Bethlehem. The poem ends with a attribution to JULIA TERESA BUTLER.
This solid oak desk features a golden finish and a 26 inch deep writing surface. It includes internal racks slides and drawers with ink compartment, two external deep drawers with rattan front, a guarded top ledge, separate locks and dust proof finish.
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