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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1901
Page
4
The Daily Post offers one year for 3.00 with six and three month options. The Sunday Post costs 1.50 annually with 75 cent six month and 40 cent three month periods. Subscribers must update addresses, payments in advance, and notices of changes should be sent.
The piece laments the Fifty sixth Congress closing with little to show. It notes Hanna and McKinley directing government since the Spanish American War and predicts failure of key bills such as the subsidy, Nicaragua canal, Pacific cable, and the cleomargarine measure as Congress ends with high spending and little reform.
The Hull-Massachusetts Club presents Lawson prizes for open yacht and fishermen classes to race in Massachusetts waters. The plan favors fast schooners and sloops under 61 feet, arguing smaller craft yield lasting sport and commercial benefits. Marblehead and Sandy Hook races are anticipated as notable events for yachtsmen.
The article questions why the United States should demand concessions to approve Cuba’s constitution and why U S approval is needed. Senor Cisneros notes Cuba’s independence and warns against unfounded pressure while urging prudent actions in shaping the constitutional relationship.
A column argues against tying Cuban independence recognition to conditions, noting past U S action toward Mexico differed and praising Mexico’s long standing alliance. It questions imperialist aims around McKinley and advocates sovereignty for Cuba as well as Mexico.
An 1878 steamer loss at the Golden Gate is attributed to flawed construction with no water tight bulkheads and to crew failure in emergency procedures. The ship carried ample lifeboats but they were not deployed, contributing to 128 deaths. Captain Ward perished with the vessel.
The Supreme Court returns from recess with pending Puerto Rico and Philippines cases. The nation awaits a potentially decisive ruling on whether the Constitution follows the flag or the flag governs subject peoples. Opinions likely not released today. historians may view this as a republic crisis.
The column recalls a light snow event that spoiled skating but left a dry, sanded path at Tremont and School streets for worshippers at King's Chapel. A Boston harbor captain linked to the Rio de Janeiro wreck is mentioned, and a forecast nods to the upcoming presidential inauguration. Also noted is a streetcar conductor who memorymatically collects fares from unpaid riders.
A London street scene describes fares on conductors and evasive riders. comments on old hollowed oak sewer pipes found in London and Manchester. England’s census plan and enumerator needs. humorous sign painters and mute signs between rivals. Maud Gonne described with Irish politics. local church club forms at Newtonville. St Patrick’s Day observed with stores closing on a Sunday.
A nostalgic monologue recalls winter fishing for pickerel by a river bend. The speaker describes a crackling driftwood fire, friends sharing stories, and the joy of ice fishing, while a cold wind and snowy fields stir longing to return to those days. The poem cherishes simple moments and warm fellowship.
Alice Stone Blackwell argues for universal literacy as a basis for voting but supports extending municipal suffrage to tax paying women. She notes Dr Lyman Abbott's opposition due to noncombatant status and cites New York examples where women with tax suffrage vote on municipal matters. Dorchester Mass.
Horace Odell aged 49 of Sanbornton dropped dead today in Laconia after years of service with a Boston dry goods firm. The death occurred February 24 and his sudden collapse ended a long local business career.
Dr Samuel Camp oldest surgeon in southern Berkshire dies this afternoon in Great Barrington. The obituary notes his long medical career and regional prominence.
Richard Burdon and Agnes Grey face hunger and cold after a fall from wealth. They pretend at feasts, endure poverty in Harrison avenue, and finally reconcile with Harry Waters who arrives with aid. The trio reunites as misfortune yields to friendship and renewed prospects.
Daily table hints outline breakfast and dinner menus with items like creamed codfish roast beef and potato soup. The text includes two recipes for potato soup and Yorkshire pudding attributed to Mrs Alice M Lyons of Dorchester Massachusetts. A brief anecdote titled Tossing a Copper recounts two mad bulls and policemen in a Philadelphia setting.
A man at Sixty sixth Street promotes a dubious scheme offering free ten to twenty elevated railroad tickets for 30 cents and a chain of slip exchanges. The financier George F Scobie explains profits from selling six slips to friends who pass them along for a dollar’s worth of tickets while everyone benefits, though the plan relies on continued participation.
A humorous exchange at a gas company's office revolves around entering a gas meter for upcoming races. The clerk denies knowledge of race entries while the caller insists on the meter entry, highlighting a playful misunderstanding.
A collection of cheeky exchanges from early 20th century papers notes on social snobbery. A Cleveland Plain Dealer line questions admitting Mars natives to elite circles while Chicago Record jokes about cooks and servants. Tit Bits adds a quip on a singer resisting an audience.
A humorous exchange features Gladys Richasmudd recounting Count de Hasben’s marriage proposal to her father who weighs wealth against bric-a-brac bills and legal fees. The dialogue shifts to a prize offer for a novel recipe and a quirky plan to write a lengthy manuscript using white paper ink and jinn pens.
A collage of brief quotes and snippets on revenge, slow transit remarks by a Southern railroad conductor, a Kansas City Star line, and a Harper’s Bazaar marriage note. The items capture attitudes and casual dialogue across period publications without a single extended narrative.
In Madrid on Feb 24 Senorita Ubao was returned to her mother by Jesuit authorities after courts ordered her restoration from the convent. The girl reportedly resisted departure, insisting on obedience to her own will and guided by her family.
Mrs Mary Baker Eddy replies to the Brush will contest in New York asserting faith in divine metaphysics as the source of healing. She argues mind as the vehicle of all healing and that matter cannot cure disease without mind, condemning reliance on drugs as insanity and asserting brain and matter are subordinate to mortal mind.
The world market for beets is expanding as many nations push beet sugar. Europe hosts Germany and others, with Persia and Egypt entering the field. Also noted are a Klondike mining land sale turning $1 into a $40,000 offer, and assorted global economic and social items.
A late Post piece reprints a foreign note detailing state nicknames for residents and states. It lists Alabama Yellowhammers Arkansas Toothpicks California Gold hunters Colorado Rovers Connecticut Nutmegs Delaware Muskrats Florida Fly-up-the-creeks Georgia Crackers lso Buzzards Illinois Suckers Indiana Hoosiers Iowa Hawkeyes Kansas Squatters and others. It notes some nicknames are obsolete or not general and that Idaho Wyoming have none recorded.
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