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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1902
Page
4
The state house session should begin with swift hearings on Governor Crane’s abolition warnings and other pending measures. House action is prompt, but Senate delays risk losing momentum. Prompt, decisive deliberation is urged to move the legislative process forward this week.
The obituary notes Horace E Scudder of Boston, editor of Riverside Magazine for Young People and author of Bodley Books, who helped shape American children's literature. It also recalls his work at Atlantic Monthly and his recent completion of a biography of James Russell Lowell. It contrasts his life with commentary on the Philippine situation including General Funston's views on keeping insurrection down and the need for a just U.S. policy abroad.
Harvard acknowledges a late discovery that a key player might have violated professionalism rules, a complication that tempers the triumph over Yale. Officials insist no bad faith occurred and stress efforts to keep intercollegiate games free from professionalism, hoping to preserve fair rivalry.
The retirement of Richard Croker ends 15 years of control and places Lewis Nixon as chairman of the Tammany Hall finance committee. Nixon, a Naval Academy graduate and shipbuilder, is a businessman by trade, not a career politician, and his leadership may reshape New York politics.
A tent in New York becomes a focal point for a community effort as volunteers pledge to complete a heroic project. Local leaders urge support and describe the plan's impact on residents and nearby groups.
The Observant Citizen critiques art inconsistency in music and praises a moment when audience reaction reveals understanding. He notes the Roger Wolcott Memorial Association aims to place a governor’s monument in State House Park and recalls the Devens statue’s troubled history. The piece ends with winter street hazards and a tale of a lady's carriage ride interrupted by a snowy, treacherous pass.
A quirky clipping from the Bingville Bugle recounts local oddities and notices. Clem Rogers trades a bird dog for a Bugle subscription and later faces a threatened omission from the paper’s roll. Also includes town chatter on trains, a daycare bench in a store, an Admiral Schley trial mention, a near burglary, street-safety observations, a streetcar incident, and remarks on public figures like Mr Frye and Police Commissioner Adams.
A cluttered column notes General Guild’s rosy cheer despite blizzards, the Warz Andersons decamping on the steam yacht Virginia, new Atlan tic avenue rail service, Tremont Temple’s blue banner inviting strangers, and a Dorchester Knights of Mt. Vernon Council installation. It also mentions a lecture by Miss Heloise Hersey, missing overcoats at a policemen’s ball, a Huntington avenue theft sketch, and a traveling theatrical troupe funding a boy’s toy purchase with a Jim Crow prize display.
A collage of short notes and jokes reports street incidents and social humor. Items include a horse tied to a peach tree causing a scare, a missing broker’s bonds worth 15 000, and various quips about public figures hospitality politics and a Rochester jury anecdote.
William J. Lampton denounces attempts to limit pie choices as an assault on inalienable rights. He urges unity for all pies and warns against tyrants who would deprive the public of a shared dish.
The Boston Dry Goods Clerks' Benefit Association elected officers led by President J. R. Robertson and vice presidents George Tate Jr and J W Court ney. Other posts include clerk J B Spare financial secretary Herbert Burwell treasurer William Slack and sergeant at arms Joseph Anthony. Visiting committee chair John Stark with trustees George H Leighton W M Fritz and P J Brazil. Ball committee reports progress for a Feb 7 dance at Odd Fellows Hall with John R Robertson William Slack J B Spare J P Hicks R J Watters Isaac Stinson G A Davidson Herbert Burwell J H Sommerville John Stark C S Dawson W H White Co members and others.
Yesterday afternoon the Ye Green Dragon Club elected officers: Leo F. Marchi president J Lunardini vice president Dondero treasurer L Casale financial secretary R Porcella sergeant at arms and board of directors Charles Marchi M Marchetti P Ralfe IF Morro janitor.
A quotation carries praise for a work commending its breadth and usefulness. The Rev Samuel Fellows of the Reformed Episcopal Church in Chicago lauds its accuracy and encyclopedic fullness, while Scientific American highlights its value for busy professionals and learners.
In the Sunday Post tale, Fred Dinsmore vows to declare love to Eleanor amid balloons of camp life and a gypsy fortune teller. Eleanor seeks a fortune and the reader predicts happiness, love, and risk as two paths seem to part before a possible union.
Mrs Mary Wright nee Magee wife of Special Officer James F Wright of Station 5 died at St Elizabeths Hospital after a lingering illness. Funeral Wednesday at 9 from St Josephs Church Circuit Street with interment at Calvary. She leaves six children four sons and two daughters and was active in St Josephs parish and the ladies sodality. She was a member of St Clare Court MO TO.
The Bostonian Society holds its annual meeting in the Old State House council chamber tomorrow at 3 p m. The president will deliver the annual address and reports from the directors the treasurer and standing committees will be submitted.
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