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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1903
Page
6
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The editorial argues the House committee’s refusal ends the ship subsidy bill after three Republican Congresses failed to pass it. It traces the scheme from 1890s tariff links to McKinley donors and Hanna, Frye, Lodge, and Morgan allies, noting Senate passage but House rejection and marking a political limit on audacious robbery.
The Littlefield anti trust bill passed the House and is urged to be brought before the Senate to contrast administration measures with real anti trust legislation. Democrats are urged to secure a judiciary committee report and obtain a clear declaration of purpose before Congress adjourns.
The court upholds Congress power over interstate communications and travel, validating a 1890 law prohibiting lottery mailings and a 1895 ban on cross state lottery shipments. The decision, 5 to 4, signals wide reach for anti trust legislation and national regulation beyond the postal domain.
The newly seated Massachusetts judge Holmes is found with the majority. His first act on the tribunal is described as epoch making.
The City of Mexico reports Mexico plans to seek a claim against the United States for bubonic plague introduced from Asia via ports linked to San Francisco. It accuses U S authorities of lax response and links the issue to imperial expansion and neglect of containment.
Observers note the clock at the former Park Square station is working again after a period of silence. A bystander demonstrates kindness to a balky horse at Pie alley, calming it with gentle speech. The Clover Club and North Bennet Street School host a Shrove Tuesday gathering at the school hall.
A collage of humorous verse by Miss Penelope Smythe in All Sorts plus brief society notes: Tom Price’s wedding, Miss Priscilla Pippins’s Home Cook Book review, and a whimsical oddity about a Indiana astronomer claiming the sun is inhabited.
An All Sorts column seeks reader tests on extreme cold anecdotes from Seattle Elmira and Philadelphia and invites brief mailed testimony to Editor All Sorts Post Boston Mass. The column also features satirical jokes and notices about Patti tours and a brief Confidental Chats item.
A brief, rough exchange quotes two boys arguing over scraps with dogs, with a younger boy promising to check his dog’s tail wag before a fight begins. The fragment captures a street scene tone and local dialogue without broader context.
A married couple travels by train from Lowell to Chicago. A quarrel escalates over a mysterious woman as Harold twists his watch back an hour to gain time, while the wife seeks explanations and contemplates reconciliation amid time zone shifts.
On February 26, 1768 water was first used as a beverage in Kentucky. The chronicle mocks Kentuckians who drink water, noting many still prefer corn juice called Forty Red, claimed to energize and refresh.
Phya Akharaj Vasadhara, Siamese minister, told Secretary Hay at the State Department that the King of Siam sent a copy of a historical work by the Crown Prince titled History of the Polish Succession to be given to President Roosevelt.
Secretary of the Treasury sent to the Senate a letter from the Attorney General recommending $83,088 to satisfy the Supreme Court decree in the Manila Bay prize money case. One half to Admiral Dewey and his officers and men, the other half to the navy pension fund.
Dana Dudley of Wakefield, inventor of a freight aerial locomotive, plans a Boston Common display to prove a human flying machine without balloons. He cites a gasoline engine, nozzles, and controllable ascent and descent, seeking funding to develop and showcase his design.
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