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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1902
Page
6
The piece lauds Mayor Collins for ordering rigid civil service adherence in appointments and transfers. It notes prior evasion in federal and city service and urges the new administration to entrench the merit system, citing a past issue in the street department and promising lasting city benefits.
The House approved the Hepburn canal bill for Nicaragua by a large margin but the vote signals not a settled choice. Amendments favor Panama and debates from various states, including Massachusetts, suggest the measure lacks moral force. The bill advances to the Senate with Panama’s latest offer to sell rights for 40 million dollars and a Walker commission report expected. The Senate’s action under new conditions is seen as decisive.
President Havemeyer urged removal of the tariff on raw sugar saying the tax costs the public nearly two cents a pound. He argued relief should extend to all sugar, raw or refined, and questioned how consumers would benefit if savings vanished or enriched others.
Unclear statement indicates a manslaughter case will not impact the safety measures of the New York tunnel project. Authorities have not linked the incident to tunnel integrity and continue to review security protocols and risk assessments.
Dr Achilles Joly alleged gross laxity and possible fraud in certificates from the Massachusetts Cattle Commission, claiming seven eighths of certificates are defective. Massachusetts Board chair Dr Peters refutes the charge as rash and unsupported, noting tuberculin test doubts and political questions.
The Observant Citizen lists officers for the Hull Massachusetts Yacht Club. Commodore Ed win P Boggs Vice Commodore Edward P Boynton Rear Commodore J L Sturtevant Secretary William Avery Cary Treasurer Dexter M Smith Measurer Adrian Wilson Exec utive committee Edward D Ver Planck J Winthrop Dutton Membership Alfred M Blinn Charles H Cross Regatta committee Foster Hooper Charles De Clapp John Taylor Humphrey Louis M Clark Charles Ward Cole. The Rev Peter MacQueen lectures in Charlestown using color slides and illustrated hymns. American enterprise grows in the West Indies with a 2500 yard nine hole golf course laid out on Navy Island Port Antonio. Ex Sergeant Thomas H Sheehan named police inspector amid praise. Postmaster Hibbard’s requests seen as reasonable. William Alexander Burbank marks 40 years with Somerville Engine 1. Barbed wire around a tree cluster in Public Garden Pond prompts skating cautions. University Club hosts smokers Wilford Russel sings, Jan 27 Boer War talk. George W E Tenzler travels by motor bicycle toward Philadelphia and Jacksonville Fla.
The note carries a playful revision of Mother Goose and includes a lighthearted math problem exchange. It quotes a reader question about January 15 and a joke resolution using kitchen ingredients, followed by a humorous discussion about egg prices and the moon’s distance. It ends with a brief public-assembly remark and a stray line about lobster protection.
Edna Burlington presents a domestic melodrama aboard a railcar where Captain Howard's past with a chorus girl strains his engagement to Hortense. A tale unfolds of jealousy, mistaken grounds, and a Dusty memory of Rowditch the sergeant's daughter guiding the couple toward a dining car interlude as time shifts aboard the limited.
The New York Central tunnel disaster raises questions of who erred as Engineer Wisdom faces manslaughter charges. Authorities note signals may have been obscured by smoke, suggesting the company bears some blame for perilous conditions. Deputy Superintendent Welch’s rapid promotion is also noted alongside local social sketches.
The column covers legal chatter on accident case solicitations and judge Corcoran's proposals, reports on public work at the library and Abbey, mentions Odd Fellows leaders in Massachusetts, Mayor Willard of Chelsea enforcing no license laws, and Otis M. Gove discussing the Banks statue and Kitson day sign as a tribute to General N. P. Banks.
Quips about extinction and appetite mix with social satire. A business man and messenger joke contrasts time and distance while Mayor Low’s frugal style is noted. Cartoonish lines touch on New York society, Roosevelt phrasing, and playful debates over language and manners.
The Post's Illustrated Menu presents a brown bread made with corn meal and flour. Mix one cup corn meal, one cup flour, one level teaspoon salt, dissolve soda in water, add molasses and milk, steam four hours in a greased mold, and finish in a water bath. Do not oversteam or add extra liquid. use proper cover and watch crust.
Remainders of discontinued men’s shoes including patent calf lace enamel bluchers and vici kid options to be closed out before inventory. Prices marked from 4.00 to 9.00 with 6.00 and 6.50 clearance per pair. Includes up to date lasts and medium sales.
Desirable and seasonable goods at half price and less. Men's wool shirts and drawers in broken sizes 1.50 to 2.00, each. Heavy rib shirts and drawers 1.25, each. Fleece lined 59c quality, 29c limited. Clean-up of fancy half hose 23c to 37c per pair. French cotton hose 34c to 75c per pair. Includes jacquard patterns and lisle thread with double heels and toes.
An import style of all silk black satin neckwear offered in reversible four in hand scarfs. Beautifully made and priced at 1.00, this special sale features scarves imported for sale.
In a vestibuled dining car the party moves forward with a sense of delay and longing. The girl, Miss Arthur, asks Dick to return her ring and a fresh hour to renew a promised love amid shifting time.
Captain Jorgensen of the Nantucket shoals light ship reached his North Dennis home this morning after learning by wireless telegraph that his daughter Christina had died last Friday. He spoke of a presentiment of misfortune and faced a long recovery before resuming duties at the shoals station.
A well dressed woman, Mrs. Louisa McAllister Fran, stepped from the Massachusetts avenue sidewalk yesterday afternoon and spoke with a burly coal wagon driver amid mud and snow as two horses strained to move a heavy load.
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