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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1902
Page
6
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A public argument centers on Harvard admitting an ineligible player in the Yale game. Editors urge Harvard to cancel the match and replay to uphold sportsmanship, arguing the moral case outweighs the legal trophy claim while noting the long debate over the ball and record.
In Bedford physicians fear Dr Immanuel Pfeiffer will die as smallpox grips him. His unvaccinated status and risky immunity test at Gallup's Island are scrutinized, with critics arguing one case should not settle vaccination policy. The incident, deemed rash, is set against broader community experience in assessing vaccination efficacy. The piece also notes Boston theatre scenes, Cadet theatricals at Touraine, and local social notes including Willam Quinn and Theresa Hanley’s marriage and the West Indian cruise of the Water Andersons.
London insurers at Lloyds quote four month policies on smallpox during May and June with premiums from 4 shillings to 21 shillings per £100, depending on vaccination status. Insurers also bet on coronation outcomes, Parliament actions, and possible duties on sugar, income tax, grain, petroleum, and tea, with odds as high as 70 guineas against further import duties. If anything, a Briton bets readily on uncertainty.
The Twentieth Century Club heard Speaker Myers urge submitting major public service franchise bills to the people before passage. He argued this preserves public interests and marks a new legislative departure. Governor Crane’s veto of the subway last year inspired the shift, and Myers praises the evolving mindset.
President Roosevelt approves army board recommendations for brevet ranks but excludes Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. He led the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill and is praised as a heroic figure, but the President deems a self-granted brevet inappropriate and unnecessary.
Aiken attracts George YW Norman’s polo ponies for a South Carolina winter colony. In Revere, residents fault the Selectmen over the Rhoades case and police politics before elections. Roxbury forms Trinity Bicycle Club with 35 members, signaling cycling’s ongoing interest. Nebraska and Judge Berka spark chatter on defining drunkenness. A wedding pair rivalry causes street-wide mix-ups during celebrations. A massive masonry cellar near South Terminal Station impresses locals, and Boston’s Posten signs mark North and South Station terminals. City Hall court draws the unemployed daily crowd seeking political pull amid crooked-street chatter.
A Bingville Bugle clipping recounts a brisk sleigh ride with Deacon Bradbury, a new mare bought for 15 dollars, and a wreck that prompts the Deacon to quote a Biblical line. The column lightens with local antics, shop talk, a baby announcement, a hunting miscue, and neighborhood wit across notes on stamps and vivisection gossip.
A brief, humorous dialogue fragment mentions Jordan Marsh Co. and a wife paying $0 for an overcoat. Names Finwed Wudwed Binwed and a weather clerk are referenced in a light exchange about gifts, cost, and extravagance. The piece preserves local tone with whimsical household banter and a concluding signoff from Newton Newkick.
A farmer’s daughter Rose recalls a past with Stella Marden, a summer romance, and a later shock as Stella elopes with a city suitor. That night, Rose receives a midnight visitor in darkness, bearing Stella’s baby and a plea to care for it, leaving Rose alone with the child.
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