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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1901
Page
6
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices, advance payment terms, and address change procedures. It notes misaddressed shipments and payment risks, with contact details for Boston offices and distribution through New York hotels.
The piece notes a grand thanksgiving and Te Deum planned for General Lord Roberts upon return from South Africa, but bad news overseas led to postponements. It contrasts British, American, and Filipino struggles, suggesting no triumphal receptions for now and reflecting on ongoing wars and military mobilization.
The article defends the Vanderbilt wedding as a grand display funded by wealth. It argues the rich couple and society create a show that supports industry and wages for workers, and that the couple’s fortune justifies the splurge in honoring love over poverty.
The letter urges President McKinley to withdraw nominations of Justice Harlan's son and Justice McKenna's son until the Supreme Court decides the Porto Rico cases. It argues public sentiment demands fair judgments and protects the integrity of the court, asserting both judges would rule justly regardless of family honors.
The editorial decries Colonel Dyer for claiming Democrats favor workers by nominating Sergeant Andrew Jackson for messenger to Washington. It argues all workers in Massachusetts, from shoemakers to shipbuilders, deserve equal respect and rejects class-based patronage. Also noted are social items, society travel plans, and local notices.
The board chose a permanent chair and other officials by concurrent vote. Alderman Stewart broke from party filibusters to pursue businesslike governance, signaling possible less wrangling ahead. Chairman Doyle receives best wishes to build a productive record.
The Paterson murder case of Jennie Bosschieter unfolds with a struck jury seated in under an hour. The trial draws national attention as a test of justice and public morals beyond New Jersey.
A noted horse owner lamented heavy road salt on Sunday causing soft, slick surfaces from curb to curb even as side streets held snow. He warned salt slush harms horses’ feet and affects road grip on main avenues with trolley lines.
The piece vent about fluctuating warm and freezing spells describes snow and hail in quick succession. The speaker laments blocked roads and meteorological misery while vowing to shrug off the volatile weather.
A collage of brief items notes Europe arms bearing population at thirty five million men. Compressed air replacing mules in Wisconsin swamps. Norwegian whalers caught 429 Icelandic season. No homeopathic physicians in army or navy medical corps. Wireless telegraph may aid fire alarms. California notes memory of range-dwellers. British claim control of world fish market as prices rise. American trust to open in Mexico City. first U.S. stock exchange in republic began mid October. French society to end century with last evening of year Paris to host grand festivities. Prairie chickens abundant in western Kansas with farmers curbing hunters. Charity fairs season approaches with expected finer displays at fashionable bazaars.
Daily table hints list a Sunday post conditions competition and a supper menu including Shredded Wheat Biscuit Cream Fried Bacon Keg Omelet Potato Puff French past Mullins Doughnuts Coffee Roast Lamb Clam Chowder Olives Uneedy Biscuit Dressing Celery Mashed Turnip Baked Potatoes Bread Whipped Cream Pie Cheese Tapioca Pudding Tea Gravy Oyster Stew Crackers Piccalill Hot Tea Rolls Squash Pie Nut Cake Hot Chocolate and a recipe for potato puff with butter hot cream eggs and oven browning attributed to Mrs B T Benbon Provincetown.
A refined romance unfolds at a Boston ball as Carter Nicholson woos Alice Morton. He hides a secret past and a prior wife whose memory colors their courtship. A late confession reveals Nicholson is Alice’s father, binding their love with a family revelation and a bittersweet blessing.
In a comic tale Mrs Tenbrook picks a fancy box of shaving soap for Aunt Betsy after urging her husband John to suggest a gift. Betsy rejects the joke and returns the box with a note declaring the bearded lady joke is unappreciated. A separate Detroit Free Press quip references a suitor’s joke about marriage and a guessed answer.
A passerby recalls seeing a brother on a new bike recently while noting he is currently using crutches. The exchange hints at an ongoing recovery or mobility issue affecting the sibling.
A collage of quips and social scenes from 19th century newspapers. Snippets show guests exchanging compliments about a wealthy uncle, a society reporter refining costume descriptions, and a suitor denying money as a motive in marriage. Toasts, hints of scandal, and sly humor thread through the clipped anecdotes.
A roundup of Boston society events includes Mrs Henry Howard Fay hosting a white rose dinner at Beacon Street. Mrs Richard Dow and Miss Mery Rawson plan a Somerset luncheon. Socials at Beaconsfield Casino Brookline feature the Harvard Lampooon men and a large guest list. Attendees include Miss Louise Sawtelle Miss Hazel Lombard and Dr Charles Borden. Guests gather for matinees whist and charity drives as winter events continue at the Somerset Vendome and Milton Academy with numerous dances and weddings planned. The article notes touring club life in Brookline and Boston with connections to the Parks Gardner and Amory families and profiles several debutantes and society figures.
Massachusetts yesterday cast its electoral votes for William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. The ceremony occurred in the Senate chamber with the fifteen electors registering the commonwealth’s Nov. 6 choice. Ex-Governor Brackett filled the vacancy from Walcott’s death and led the delegation’s vote while Andrew Jackson of Brockton served as messenger to relay news to McKinley.
The ceremony will be held at St Michael's Church on Amsterdam avenue with Rev J P Peters officiating. The bride is daughter of Rutland M Garrettson and will be married to Henry H Andrew of the Somerset Club, son of John Albion Andrew. A reception follows at the bride’s father’s home and the couple will honeymoon abroad.
Mrs Mary A Livermore spoke to about 130 Woman's Christian Temperance Union members at Park Street Church on The Trend of the Twentieth Century and Our Look Beyond. She urged steady W C T U progress toward overcoming liquor and predicted brighter days ahead with no fear or weariness.
The Sons and Daughters of Zion yesterday elected directors for the ensuing year. Paired names include Samuel L. Bailin Mphraim P. Finkelstein Morris B. Frankel Max M. Friedman Benjamin Friedman Miss A. Finkelstein Miss D. Finkelstein David M. Goldstein A. Hubbard Miss R. L. Hurvitz A. Jacobson M. J. Levenson Miss A. Levenson M. Levenson Miss D. Lourie Miss Mary Lourie Myer Millmaster Miss K E Millmaster Miss M. Michels Id H. Porcher L. M. Quint Miss A. Leitlin Miss Rose P. Stone Mr. Robert Silverman.
The Rev Elwin Hitchcock of Grace Methodist Church Haverhill has been extended a call to fill the pastorate at Maine Street Methodist Church in Nashua following the resignation of J M Burrell.
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