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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
4
A North Dakota Congressman lamented the load of distributing federal spoils such as post offices and appointments. He urged adding a Representative to share the duties, arguing the heavy workload distracts from essential national legislation. He warned of frequent contest and reduced legislative attention.
The Massachusetts Legislature is urged to oppose the war tax on tea and press Congress for its removal. A resolution by Mr. Dean of Wakefield calls for action as Boston’s old tea protest memory is evoked. The writer notes past inaction on iron, coal, and hides tariffs and urges a practical push to strike the tea levy.
The author argues for overhauling caucus and election laws to curb fraud and “boss\" rule. Reforms include unified caucus timing, single ticket, longer polling hours, supervision by election officers, end to filing rush, and a switch to voting machines to replace printed ballots, promising clearer voting and counting.
The return of Quay to the Senate renews hopes of a vote against the ship subsidy bill. Quay seeks retaliation for Hanna’s past opposition as Republican senators plan to label Hanna’s bill a party measure and rush it after the army bill. Critics say the plan benefits only a few companies and costs $9 million yearly.
A line from a historic debate cites the profit of a few wealthy ship owners as a driving force behind policy discussions affecting maritime workers. The excerpt emphasizes economic interests shaping labor and trade issues at sea.
A lively report from Boston society notes Col. Thomas L Livermore hosting the Blazer Club on Alveston Street with thirty members including Hon. and Mrs. Morse and the Swains. Mrs. Oliver Crane and Mrs. Bellamy Bailey host the Boston Tea Party Chapter DAR, while others attend charity whists, dinners, and a wedding for Miss O Flageg and Henry N Richards. Mentions of Mme Teresa Careno at the Brunswick, Teas, musicales, and plans for the Old South Club banquet mark a bustling social week in Brookline and Cambridge social circles.
The government actions directing Commander Sargent of the Scorpion to back U S protection of American interests in Venezuela signal a possible naval show of force on behalf of the Asphalt Trust led by General Francis V Greene. The piece argues for judicial settlement over armed confrontation to resolve disputes with the Venezuelan government.
The Observant Citizen reviews Mark Twain’s quiet visit by Mt. Vernon street, a Newfoundland ice alert for mariners, and spring plans as the dog show and grand opera loom. It shares a Maine port mix up over sausage notes, Angel Dennett’s asylum return, and a Boston revenue cutter project.
Mayor James K. McGuire reports an offer from Andrew Carnegie of 200000 for a city library on the condition that Syracuse provide a suitable location and dedicate 30000 annually for fitting and upkeep. The city plans to meet the conditions.
A girl Ruth declines a child’s offer to shovel snow and tackles the task herself. A neighbor, Mr T, later helps, pays a dime, and she assumes a mistaken identity. Years pass, they reconnect, apology ignored, and romance blooms culminating in a proposal signaled by a diamond and a engraved shovel reading Mistaken Identity.
Toware was first made in this country Pe ETO. Green crocidolite or catseye is found in New Mexico. Some Polynesian languages have seven consonants. If the world is split into land and water hemispheres London centers the land while New Zealand centers the water. Iowa has forty six colleges per the last directory of educational affairs. The heaviest metal is platinum and potassium is the lightest. Potassium floats like cork. Iron barred windows are spreading in American mansions since the kidnapper era. The US population centre has shifted 505 miles westward to western Indiana over the last century. Silk ribbons in Victoria court hold newspaper clippings for the queen who never reads them in full. An official selects and pins clippings to ribbons for her.
The notice lists a menu for lunch and dinner including oranges cream of wheat real cream broiled lamb chops French fried potatoes steamed rolls cold tongue potato balls sliced johnny cake fancy crackers roast fresh pork brown gravy hot mashed potatoes squash steamed apple pudding cold sauce tea and coffee. It also gives a recipe for steamed apple pudding and notes MRS A M CUSHING 20 Ware street West Somerville.
Receptions and meetings at the Vendome and Somerset feature Mrs. Junius Hill presiding over the First Needlework Guild annual meeting with an after program by Rev Hayard L. Clark. Social hosts include Mr. and Mrs. Amos P. Kidder, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Stillman, and Mrs. Frederick Ayer, with numerous at homes and luncheons noted. Weddings include Katherine Dexter Ware and Nathan Newbury, and Theresa Reynolds and Julian Lowell Coolidge, with detailed wedding arrangements and attendants.
A circulated letter dated Nov 14 1900 from a Philippine Islands officer asks for help to aid Filipinos with farming tools seeds and seedlings to curb insurrection. The Lend a Hand Society led by Rev Dr Hale endorses the drive and collects seeds tools or money at Boston addresses with a Feb 15 deadline.
Henry H. Andrew, 42, sole surviving son of Massachusetts governor, wed Mary Raymond Garretson in New York on Wednesday. The couple immediately begin a worldwide tour. Andrew is a Boston Somerset Club member, a lawyer in Union, West Virginia, and a militia colonel in that state.
In Scituate on January 17 Edward Gardiner landed eighty pounds of eels in a single day. The catch highlights a productive period for local fishers.
A theatre Attache uses a ruse to recover wrinkled trousers after the tailor closes for a holiday. The staff member drafts a note claiming a fire, lures the tailor back, and retrieves his name‑labeled trousers, while the tailor pursues the staff member with anger.
A fragment from an exchange hints at family dynamics with humor about a brother who is an artist. The brief dialogue centers on perception and same, capturing a casual, intimate moment.
The Detroit Journal comment mocks art talk as a reader jokes that the arch is more permanent than the Dewey arch. The exchange highlights public commentary on architectural works and generic art knowledge.
A furniture house explains that custom designed wood mantels suit varied needs better than stock pieces unless a very large assortment allows broad choice. The firm highlights its service aims and shows a sketch of a three-part Colonial mirror and Colonial settle with wainscot from ready-made stock, noting a display rivaling six stores.
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