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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1903
Page
6
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday rates and terms for subscriptions. It notes advance payment, discontinuation on expiration, and contact details for offices and distribution, with editor and publisher credited.
Congressman Naphen declares passage of his Castle Island bill a relief after tense public debate. The Post credits broad city support and notes Treasury discretion now prevents forced lighthouse use, ensuring Castle Island remains a public pleasure ground for Boston’s half million residents and visitors.
A New York Times style critique notes the Littlefield trust bill faces Senate resistance despite House approval. It argues Republicans split, Democrats back the measure, and the president favors publicity shifts. The piece portrays a choreographed display of bipartisanship to protect trusts and influence next year’s party nominating process.
The piece condemns J Edward Addicks for controlling Delaware politics and federal appointments. It cites his Monday pronouncement barring any officeholder who opposes him and signaling post March 4 appointments to his allies. Roosevelt’s endorsement of Addicks’ ally for a top federal post is criticized as validating the power grab.
The passage denounces Addicks as a pestilent figure in Delaware and accuses him of smirching the President and defiling the Republican party. It calls for repudiation by any authority speaking for Theodore Roosevelt and warns against letting Addicks boss the party nationwide.
The editorial warns that the ship subsidy bill, urged by campaign contributors tied to Hanna and McKinley’s 1896 election, is a last effort to enrich a shipping syndicate. It urges all honest lawmakers to stand vigilant as Congress nears March 3 4, fearing a rushed passage.
A critic argues that filing nomination papers sparks a brutal scramble under current law and backs Representative Curley’s bill. It would group candidates by lot while favoring the largest existing ward committee in arranging names. The author urges a simple fair method to replace contention and clashes.
A fragment from a late evening page shows light verse and humor with old poems about love and a punchy comic anecdote. It includes a Western joke about a jury award and a crowded streetcar scene ending with a visual sign.
A Balkanfront note from Sofia reports a growing war cloud, with correspondent Remiah Pennwhizz noting a lack of clear details and calling the situation a secret. An unrelated local item mocks a peasant joke about knocking at heaven’s gates.
The Hon Josiah Quincy arrived in New York aboard the Morro Castle from Havana. Andrew J O Brien will marry Miss Mary B Heasley at St Stephen s Church this afternoon. Reverend William Ross to speak at Tremont Temple on his Central Africa mission. Jeffries Yacht Club East Boston holds an annual meeting electing Sheriff Fred H Seavey as commodore and listing multiple officers and committee members.
Thomas Willson Nowers born 1822 and wife Carol Philpot Nowers born 1822 live at 20 Watts street Chelsea. They married June 13, 1844 and moved from England to Boston then Chelsea in 1856. They will celebrate 69 years married on June 13. They have 11 children, 11 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, with both in good health.
The Boston Post seeks the oldest married couple in New England for a prize. Readers should submit photographs with a 200 word sketch detailing birth and marriage dates, address, children, and life highlights to Old Couple Falter, Post, Boston. Chairs will be awarded to the winning pair.
The Observant Citizen Walter Gilman Page completes a portrait of Hon. Charles Hamlin, promising another artistic success by the noted sitter. The Clover Club of North Bennet Street Industrial School will stage The Ladies of Crawford at the school hall on Friday evening. Leading roles include Miss Agnes Corcoran Miss Grace Gibbons and Miss Agnes Thompson.
A long column of anecdotes blends Galileo Galilei's early brilliance with humorous but revealing vignettes. A Boston narrator recounts his life from birth to scientific notes, a ship steward Billy moves to Boston, a courteous encounter with a blind man, temperate Hebrew habits, snowy streets, and a sentimental romance involving Jack Ed and Kitty culminating in forgiveness.
The annual inspection of Coeur de Leon Commandery Knights Templars was held in the Masonic rooms at Thompson Square Charlestown. Charles A. Esty grand lecturer led the inspection as 160 members in regalia attended and six candidates received the Red Cross. A banquet followed with Eminent Commander John H. Studley Jr presiding and remarks by visiting officers.
Paris February 17 The foreign office announced Vi comte de Chambrun will be an attache at the French embassy in Washington He is Lafayette’s great grandson who attended the Rochambeau ceremonies and is brother to Marquis de Chambrun a deputy and family representative He will sail for New York on March 7.
It was announced at St. Margaret's Hospital yesterday that former Governor Luong is slowly but steadily improving. He passed a particularly good day.
A Massachusetts legislative committee studying the coal situation considers sending all collected evidence to the Suffolk grand jury after consulting Attorney General Parker. Members cite possible common law prosecutions for conspiracies, forestalling markets, regrating and engrossing, with Chicago cases cited as potential precedents. The probe, expanding to Worcester Lynn and beyond, seeks dealer books, while awaiting legal guidance on indictability and applicable statutes.
The Vermont society hosted a banquet in the new rooms featuring Vermont cider and butternuts. The club, devoted to social life and Vermont history, listed 1%3 officers including Colonel Josiah H. Benton Jr. as president and Hon. George W. Bishop on the executive committee. About 150 members attended the opening, admiring the decorated rooms and a portrait of Admiral Dewey draped in flags. The facilities include a card room and reading room with Vermont papers, and the suite will be open to members each afternoon and evening.
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