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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1901
Page
4
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The Morgan group steers railroads steamships coal fields and seeks the world’s largest steel plant in talks with Andrew Carnegie. The piece questions how the public benefits from such monopolies and whether consumers will share any increased profits. It argues the people create the profits by enabling capital and asks where the people fit in.
The Massachusetts Democratic members of the State Senate and House meet to unify support for Richard Olney in tomorrow's United States Senate election. The piece argues Olney best reflects Democratic doctrine and honors the party by voting for him, while noting Senator Hoar’s stance lacks significance.
The author critiques President McKinley for nominating the sons of Supreme Court justices Harlan and McKenna to high posts in Porto Rico. The piece argues such patronage could distort court independence and damages public trust, noting prior use of patronage to pass treaties and influence policy in the Philippines and Cuba. The overall tone condemns perceived impropriety amid ongoing disputes over Porto Rico policy.
A concise report notes that the president placed certain individuals in a challenging or misleading situation, highlighting the perceived misalignment between actions and duties. The wording suggests political pressure and unintended consequences affecting those involved.
The Boston health report notes only three deaths where grip was a contributory cause last week and total deaths under last year's level for the same period. While Chicago and New York see rising cases, Boston hopes relief continues as snow and cleaner streets lessen dust and disease fears, urging personal resolve to avoid grip.
The editorial urges the Board of Aldermen to elect a chairman today to end deadlock and petty rivalries hindering city business. It notes the Common Council already acts efficiently and calls for an end to partisan behavior to restore orderly governance.
The Observant Citizen reports Mr and Mrs George D Hicks celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary at their Roxbury home on Ruthven Street with a large gathering of friends. The piece also notes civic issues such as State House park work, Tremont street pavement, and a variety of local events including Trinity Club dinner and Seamen's Friend Society meeting.
An organizing committee was appointed with P. J. Flatley to preside. Joseph A. I. Carbery of Queens town will discuss How Ireland's fisheries have been injuriously affected by English legislation. A $94.69 evicted tenants fund balance from Boston was sent to the league. About 70 friends honored James Wilson at a Cambridgeport banquet. Wilson retired after 36 years with Riverside Press. William E. Collins moved his law offices to Pemberton building.
A roundup notes pension payments will rise by 4 009 000 over last year. Bible described only in 7009 years. once titled The Books or Divine Library. A Dundee exhibit shows a 26 pound turnip and a 23 pound yellow vegetable from Forfarshire. Prairie chickens multiply in western Kansas as farmers curb hunting. InGermany a jury of six six leads to acquittal. seven five leaves to court. eight four to conviction. William Ricketts completes 35 years as mail carrier between Rising Sun and Aurora Indiana covering 393120 miles with only two weeks sick. United States hosts thirty flag factories with 12 009 009 invested capital and nearly 400 000 in wages, mostly in New York and other states. In County Clare Ireland 120 evicted farms, 47 derelict. In County Limerick 90 evicted farms, 14 derelict. In County Kerry 241 evicted farms, 25 derelict.
A Sunday Post condition competition item lists meals for the day from breakfast to dinner, followed by two recipes for nut cookies and peach pudding. The nut cookie recipe uses eggs brown sugar flour nuts baking powder and salt, while the peach pudding method bakes peaches atop batter with sugar and milk. Signed by Mrs W A Buckley of 64 Munroe Street Roxbury.
The Osservatore Romano in Rome prints a Latin poem by the Pope dedicated to Christ marking the start of the new century.
In Brookville the Christmas box to soldiers yields a tale of Esther Murray after a mother and daughter vanish. Jack Raymond finds a photo with Esther’s name, vows to locate her, and meets Esther and her father on a voyage to Europe. He returns the picture and gains a connection that leads to reunion.
In Buckfield Maine the tale centers on Secretary of the Navy John D. Long who visits his ancestral home and leaves with a hat daubed in tanglefoot fly killer. Aunt Mary Bridgham patrols flies with sheets of tanglefoot. the hat becomes the joke, sparking playful verse from her son.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe, whose health had been the subject of sensational rumors, declares she is not ill. She suffered a mild tonsillitis attack but plans to receive friends at her Beacon Street home by next Wednesday. Her age made the illness seem harsher.
Mr Franklin D Rideout longtime assistant city registrar of Boston died Saturday at his home 11 Clover street Neponset after a lingering illness of several months He was 561 years of age
Harvard man J. Rumsey plans to place the Indian statue returned from the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo into the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard. Professionals praise its lifelike action and the portrayal of a real North American Indian, wiry and lean, on a horse rather than romantic nobility.
The Berkeley scholarship at Yale goes to Albert William Van Buren of Lynn Massachusetts. The prize, founded in 1788, gives about 76 dollars annually to the class member with the best Pauline Epistles and Greek text exam. The Alfred Barnes Palmer scholarship is awarded to Henry Strong Huntington Jr of Milton Massachusetts, a high ranking freshman. it pays the interest on 500 dollars.
In Indianapolis Maurice Thompson, famed author of Alice of Old Vincennes, weakens at home amid debates over moral limits in literature. Extracts from his Ethics of Literary Art attack sensationalism and praise American moral standards, contrasting with Ibsen and Hardy. A farewell poem reflects his illness.
In Bangor Maine many government retail liquor licenses are being cancelled and not reissued as temperance sentiment grows across eastern Maine. About 350 licenses exist outside Bangor with half voluntarily surrendered, mainly from Penobscot county. Some cancellations come from Calais and Washington county opposition. One Portland practice cited involved a firm paying the sheriff extra per keg to delay inspections.
Officials plan to depart Washington around February 16 for Dutch Sumatra to witness the May 18 total solar eclipse. The event promises six minutes and twenty seconds of totality and holds wide scientific interest.
Boston Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks shifts from an annual benefit to a Sunday concert series to aid its charity fund. Starting on the 71st, Tremont Theatre will host performers from local and New York stages, with a popular program lineup and a committee including Atteaux White Van Herlip Shaw Kelly Flood Stoehr and Granam guiding details to be announced.
The annual meeting of the Park Street Church Women's Club met in the club room on Saturday evening. The club started last year with twenty six charter members and has doubled its membership. Officers elected: Florence Bean president. first vice president Lether M. Stickney. second vice president Harrietts M. Camp. secretary Lise Hull. treasurer Mabel M. Daring.
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