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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1902
Page
6
A spoof dispatch from Caracas reports President Castro leading government troops against stale sandwiches, the blockade growing dull, and the writer Jeremiah Pennwhizz of All Sorte noting ink spills and pen point breaks as he chronicles imagined chaos and potential uprisings.
The notice lists subscription rates for daily service: one year three dollars, six months one dollar fifty, three months eight and a half? cents per month. Sunday Post yearly rate one dollar fifty, six months seventy five, three months forty cents. Advertisers are urged to provide current address. All money sent at sender’s risk. Do not send cash. Checks drafts and money orders payable to Post Publishing Company.
Relief is praised as the moment to open the tariff question and mount a battle for cheaper coal and cheaper food. The remark invites action to expose costs and press for policy changes.
The piece argues the United States must avoid underwriting European creditors’ claims in Venezuela and other Latin American debts. It warns against entanglement over Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Honduras, Uruguay, and Peru while noting high interest, pledged revenues, and mounting obligations amid a complex regional debt crisis. It also reports on holiday market shad and strawberries, and local political updates including Sullivan, Gallivan, McNary travels, and South Boston politics.
Estimates from Bangor shipments show at least 20 000 deer shot in Maine last season. With about 100 000 deer in the state and a natural increase near 10 000, hunting losses could exhaust the herd in a short time. Law and enforcement exist but hunters still kill one fifth of Maine’s deer in a single season, prompting calls for action by Legislature and authorities.
The article reflects on a generous Christmas, noting widespread private and public charity. It urges extending festive goodwill beyond Christmas Day as winter hardships loom with coal shortages and greater distress among the poor, calling for sustained efforts to help the community through year’s end.
A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall condemns tariff extortion on coal and meat, urging Congress to end price pressures on fuel and food. It cites Lodge on coal duties and the Dingley tariff's effect on beef costs, linking high prices to poor nutrition and rising deaths among Boston’s poor.
Colonel Fugginson and allies of the coal relief committee warn the fuel famine will persist through winter with no relief in sight. They urge immediate private supply and note distribution hurdles and harbor discharge as barriers. They cite Congress and foreign steamers as possible fixes to bring coal ashore and relief Boston before year's end.
A light snowfall gives Boston a yuletide look though treacherous streets slow horses and skidding steeds. John Craig hosts a Christmas tree party with Hamlet references pleasing elders and youngsters. The city enjoys abundant cheer and a famed Salvation Army dinner draws vast crowds. Three young men, Harris De Coursey and Schofield, stand out on the Superior bench for their recent legal work.
A collage of jokes, puzzles, and reader notices from a 1903 issue includes a garter joke, a coal fire riddle, a promotional column for short stories, reader questions on grammar, and a scathing but playful book review of the No Plus Ultra diary. The section mixes humor, quizzes, and literary items with local signoffs and editorials.
A snowbound station reunion follows Alice returning from study in a distant city. Jack, once her companion, skeins toward home with a warm welcome from family. Near a fire, under mistletoe, the couple share a first kiss since childhood, completing a tender Christmas return.
Worcester, Dec. The contest over Mary H. Harris of Blackstone's will goes to the Supreme Court. One half of the estate's residue bequeathed to the Veteran Spiritualists' Union of Boston and the other half to Mary T. Longley of Boston to support a home for destitute spiritualist mediums. Otto L. Bullard of Bellingham appeals the Probate Court decree, with objections alleging insanity at the time, undue influence by the union, and undue influence by Mary O T Longley. The estate is valued at $10,000.
The English Rothschilds will place ten million dollars into the Rapid Transit Tunnel Company of New York, a landmark investment praised on Wall Street as a major foreign commitment to a local U S enterprise. August Belmont acts as their American representative, signaling a new era in American finance.
The four Scottish Rite bodies in Boston, 700 strong, toasted Illustrious Grand Commander Henry L. Palmer of Milwaukee. They sent fraternal greetings from Masonic Temple wishing him a merry Christmas and continued health, prosperity, and blessings of the universe.
Georgetown December 25. Workmen erect a fence around the Little farm on Spofford's Hill owned by Robert G Shaw 2d of Boston to enclose a 35 acre deer park. When finished Harold F Blake will move his herd of 19 deer to Spofford's Hill.
Newark report says Joseph Terry returned home to find his wife with Frank Brady and a fatal fight ensued. The revolver fired and Mrs Dora Terry died from a breast wound. Terry denied knowing the cause, later claiming suicide. Brady was arrested as the weapon owner and denies shooting.
George Otis Draper of Hopedale publishes Searching for Truth from Peter Eckler of New York. The work argues Jesus was a good man but limited in education and experience, seen as inferior to scholars like Haeckel, and is dedicated to the aggressively progressive as ammunition against conventionality and conservatism.
London Dec 25 Lord Astor donates 250000 dollars to endow an out patient department at the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street in memory of his daughter Gwendoline. His recent gifts include 50000 to Maidenhead Cottage Hospital and 100000 to endow four professorships at University College London among others.
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