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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1903
Page
6
The Daily and Sunday Post rate card lists prices for one year seventy three dollars? six months seven percent? three months forty cents. It instructs subscribers to report address changes and notes second class matter status. All payments in advance by checks drafts or money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company. Editor E A Grozier.
The report notes that from 1870 to 1900 roughly 130 million dollars were spent for extraordinary purposes with half for streets sewers bridges and ferries. It argues the statistics department should provide a complete digest of such spending and that funding of 50 thousand dollars a year would be worthwhile to enlighten the public and Boston government.
Serious accidents in Boston this winter linked to double runners show they are powerful and hard to stop. A collision with a horse and buggy at Roxbury foot underscores danger. City streets, once used for coasting with small handsleds, cannot host these unruly racing machines.
The editorial argues against charging a fee to receive petitions in the Legislature. It cites the U S Constitution and Massachusetts rights, warning fees would abridge rights and fail to reduce petition flood. It stresses that State House doors must stay open to the humblest and poorest without price.
Reports from the anthracite region claim miners refuse to work more than four or five days weekly while operators push for steady, extended hours. Reading Company miners reportedly average four and a half days though 10 hour shifts six days are available. President Mitchell urged unions to meet and boost daily output, testing his influence to aid public welfare.
The Boston Statistics Department, led by Mr. Laurence Minot, reports on the citys finances. It outlines six years of effort to dig through a mass of unsettled accounts to produce usable information on how public funds are received and spent and the purposes behind expenditures.
The writer argues that Congress approving a free coal bill will unleash foreign coal into Boston and New England, lowering prices by removing artificial supply restrictions. With abundant imports and easing panic, domestic demand should ease, and the market will settle to a legitimate level as coal flows increase.
President Eliot departs Monday for a three day trip to Buffalo and Cleveland. He will attend a Buffalo luncheon with the Buffalo University Club and a reception of the Harvard Club of Buffalo, dine with the Cleveland Harvard Club, and speak to Western Reserve University students. Ensign Bradford H. Pierce is promoted, and William J. McLaughlin becomes an ensign. Lieutenant James O Neil falls ill at headquarters. Colonel P C Pope returns to command marine corps maneuvers in the South. Miss Helen G Eager of Newton marries Vernon B Swett of Brookline at Auburndale. Mayor McNamee appoints John Roach school janitor superintendent.
Boston hotelmen decided none of the major houses would raise rates despite fuel and provisions costs. Touraine Parker House Youngs Whipple hotels all reported no planned increases. Bellevue United States Reynolds hotels likewise implied current rates would stay. No other properties indicated forthcoming rate hikes.
Providence hotel proprietors plan a general increase of 50 cents per day after a regional hotel men’s meeting in New Haven, Springfield and Hartford inspired the move.
A playful verse attacks Chicago for burning beans, lampooning city cooking missteps and lampooning pride in the Bean. The poem mocks the furnace scene and regional pride in bake goods, implying a satire of local food practices.
A humorous tale features Augustus Von Bloomheim and Hortense Haverhill in a staged duel plot. A rival Captain Straightfront sends a fatal note, but a headache excuses Von Bloomheim from combat. News reaches that Hortense has wed her coachman, prompting the amused captain to celebrate with drinks.
Bargain savvy shoppers grab deep cuts across coal grades and clothing items during a January sale era. The store touts drastic price reductions from $45 down to $2.50 for sailor and Norfolk suits reefers and junior overcoats in small sizes while other coal grades see steep markdowns.
The Berkshire Sentinel notes relatives visiting in Hillsboro Pittsfield and Pittsfield timeframe membership renewals and a timber land sale. Frank Marlatt renewed his subscription while Jake Marlatt sold 40 acres of timber land to Boston parties. A number of Marlatts and Miss Sophia Marlatt are mentioned with Aunt Alice Marlatt.
A survey of items includes a Belle Vue wedding tour return to Dorchester on Columbia Road, banjo concert woes from damp strings, a crocus forecast on Beacon Street, Governor Bates on a ferry, an eye tester ad from All Sorts, plus anecdotes on West Roxbury dangers, Salvation Army donations, Shaw Progressive Club events, a quip about lawyers never making good witnesses, the death of ship steward Drew Stretch, Newton's Tarbox vindication, a Texas sugar cane gift to a country editor, and reflections on rural editor life.
On January 16 1704 Edward Gibbon the historian behind The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire died He debated the title choosing between Was It Pushed or Did It Fall The work runs five to eight volumes with many characters and little humor, not a best seller on trains or newsstands
In the House the report of the State Board of Agriculture on producing vaccine lymph at the Massachusetts Agricultural College for free distribution was received. The building cost is about 9000 dollars with 2500 dollars for apparatus. An annual appropriation of 3000 dollars would be needed for salaries and related expenses. The board finds the plan feasible and capable of being done at minimum cost.
A fiction tale recalls The Great in a frostbitten study where Pegasus the three penny penholder stands beside a gold inkstand. In a dream vision he recalls a youth and a lost romance, the price of fame, and a ring that once signified devotion. The Great swaps memory for resolve, acknowledging Pegasus as a steadfast muse.
The Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board informed the House about upgrading Spot Pond Brook. The proposal includes a 20 inch outlet pipe from Stoneham to Melrose, a wide outer channel with a narrow central flow path, larger culverts in Malden, and a covered conduit through Mountain and Linden avenues to tidewater, aiming for fresher water and improved drainage.
The House received petitions from Dennis H Finn seeking medical examiners for public schools George A Schofield urging emergency funds for unemployed families Ross of New Bedford pushing free employment offices Thomas L Davis proposing an eight hour maximum for public workers Thomas P Larkin arguing limits on life insurance for children under one year to insured amounts and Joseph G Jackson urging fire insurance companies to settle claims within 30 days of a fire
Senator Foster of Essex had the special report on the Charles River dam referred to the committees on harbors and public lands and metropolitan affairs sitting jointly in non-concurrence, with the House referring it to the latter committee alone.
The Noemi Lodge of the Independent Order of True Sisters marked its 25th anniversary with a reception banquet and ball at Paul Revere Hall Mechanics' Building. A 9:30 grand march featured charter members Mrs Stern and Mrs Friedman, with Mrs Morse and Mrs Kloves leading. About 300 guests attended the banquet and nearly 300 couples danced. membership grew from 37 charter members to 155.
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