Boston Post Subscription Policies and Contact Details
The Boston Post outlines subscription terms including advance payment, renewal suspension on expiration, and reminder to notify if delivery is unavailable. It lists office addresses in Boston and New York Hotels for acquisition, with payment methods and caution against sending cash.
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Metropolitan ice business plan sparks state hearings
Tomorrow two hearings will be held at the State House on Representative Carey’s proposal for a metropolitan ice venture and Representative Dean’s order urging Congress to repeal the tea tariff. The ice plan faces public opposition yet signals a broader push against the New York Ice Trust. tea tariffs provoke protests from local dealers and households across Massachusetts.
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Representative Carey
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Boston
New York Ice Trust
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The New Districts and Massachusetts Representation
The Legislature should reform Massachusetts districts to be close rather than sure to prevent boss and caucus control. Gerrymandering favors one party, weakens influence in Congress, and discourages strong candidates. A fair balance would strengthen the State and yield better national representation.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Washington
Sympathies for Britain as Victoria nears end
The passage describes global sympathy for England as Queen Victoria nears death. It notes her two generations of rule and the deep loyalty she inspired, while recognizing the U.S. loss of a friend in dark wartime days and Palmerston’s leadership.
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Victoria
Great Britain
United States
Palmerston
Britain’s Stance Shapes Civil War Era Tensions
Amid Civil War era debates, Britain leans toward the Confederacy while Gladstone questions the American Union. The era’s top authority Victoria reportedly restrained unfriendly moves, and the American people remember these strains in memory and policy.
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Victoria
End of Hazing at West Point Calls for Permanent Reform
An editorial urges lasting action to end hazing at West Point after a congressional inquiry. It argues officers share blame, calls for Congress to ban hazing and force enforcement, and notes cadets pledged to halt the practice but limited to their four classes. It warns traditions must be abolished for true modern education.
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Booz
Committee of Congress
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Congress
Ccadets
Brookline Faces Town Hall Strain and Reform Move
In urging legislative action Brookline argues its town meeting system is outdated for a 29 000 population. It notes a 1760 voter turnout limit and proposes recording attendance by voter checklist. If attendance exceeds seven hundred, excluded voters would trigger a town wide ballot on measures passed.
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Waiters' Benevolent Association Ball in Paul Revere Hall
Tomorrow night in Paul Revere Hall the Waiters' Benevolent Association holds its thirty-eighth annual ball to benefit the organization. Rumors of a forthcoming local marriage circulate as a top entertainment note.
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Waiters’ Benevolent Association
Laughing Prescription From Doctor To Patient
A patient seeks a tonic for dyspepsia and fatigue. The doctor replies humorously that the cure is laughter and suggests reading the Boston Sunday Post for four pages of fun to feel better.
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Odd Bits of News From A Global to Local Mix
A kaleidoscope of notes covers recent events from France and the United States to Belgium. Highlights include a New Year general holiday in France, US charitable giving totaling 60 million dollars, Kansas damage claims from Quantrill raids, provincial statehouse sites, Roman coins unearthed near Namur, a French railway soundness test car, a Brazilian steamer’s long snake aboard, wheat trade shifts to Northwest America, and Belgian cows wearing ear numbered tags to track cattle.
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Northern Railway
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Mississippi Valley
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Daily Table Hints in Sunday Post Menu and Beef Recipe
A circulated menu outlines today’s meals with breakfast fruit wheat toast cream, boiled eyes, graham gems, cocoa. lunch cold leg of tamb lettuce salad and cream puffs. dinner includes thin chicken soup braised beef creamed potatoes and peas, pudding and tea. A beef recipe by Grace Thompson of 208 School Street Revere details browning pork and vegetables, slow oven braising for four hours.
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School Street
Revere
Damsel's Shopping Lesson on Price and Time
A humorous verse recounts a woman shopping sunny day, chasing a desired item as prices rise. She travels by carriages and cars, spends time and money, ends by saving a dime and valuing her time. The satire appears in the Chicago Post.
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Park Street Club Meeting and Engagement Announcement
At the Park Street Club the Friday meeting in the church room featured a parliamentary drill led by President George M. Butler with captains Oscar Stover and Leonard G. Roberts. A surprise engagement was announced between Butler and Flora Estella Lees of Lowell.
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Edward A. Trowbridge
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Flora Estella Lees
Lowell
No Fire Bluff Turns Crowd in Chicago Street
A carpenter on a Chicago street faced a potential jump from a third floor window. A passing drayman shouted warnings and clarified there was no fire, drawing a crowd then dispersing as the situation defused. The exchange ends with a quip about Mars and Pat Crowe.
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Boston Aldermen Return Home After Philadelphia Visit
Boston Aldermen toasted in Philadelphia as they returned on the Colonial Express. They joked about Boston cold and New York dinners, savings on car fare, and a five hour meal as they planned future talks. Philadelphia officials celebrate visit and may invite more officials to explore the Franklin fund legacy.
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Adelaide Sparks A Tale Of Fairy Godmother Fashion
In town with her guardian, Adelaide Smythe frets over worn gowns and yearns for a new dress for a final evening. She plots a story for the SunDay Post to win a prize, prompting the narrator to finance it through a mom’s check. The plan succeeds, securing the gown and revealing a romance as the party unfolds.
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Gooph Family Snippet Highlights Musical Education Quip
Exchange reveals doubt about daughter's music learning as Mrs Gooph asserts certainty. Nearby dialogue notes an artist earning $2000 for a small painting, prompting a country man to wonder the barn painting price.
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Cigars hid in bicycle pump gag in Detroit Journal item
Jones jokes about cigars given by his wife for Christmas being smuggled away. Smith explains using a bicycle pump to blow smoke through them, making the coup seem easy and not tiring.
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Cadet Departure Sparks Regret in Riverside Talk
Maud asks why a young man left abruptly and Mamie admits it was her fault for praising the autumn river haze, forgetting he was a West Point cadet. The exchange reveals unintended consequences of a casual conversation.
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St Johns Episcopal Church in Arlington marks 25th anniversary
St Johns Episcopal Church in Arlington observed its twenty fifth anniversary with morning services led by Rev Charles W Hutchins former rector and now secretary of the Episcopal Church general convention. Rev James Yearnes current rector gave a historical address and a reunion of current and former parishioners with former rectors scheduled for the evening.
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Charles W. Hutchins
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Catholic Population in United States Tops 10 Million
The 1902 Catholic Directory reports 10,774,987 Catholics in the United States a yearly rise of 645,312. It lists 13 archbishops one cardinal and 80 bishops. 11,987 priests including 3,010 in religious orders and 1,977 seculars. 6,127 churches and 3,618 missions. eight universities 76 seminaries with 33,895 candidates. 183 boys colleges and 677 girls academies. 3,812 parochial schools with 908,980 pupils. 35,084 orphans in 88 charitable institutions. 1,065,682 children in Catholic institutions overall.
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United States
Mrs Frye’s Quiet Sunday Guests at Parker House
Mrs Alexis Frye Cuban bride and her husband Mr Frye rested at the Parker House after a grip illness. She had a severe cold last Friday and remains indisposed but without need of a physician. The couple stayed in their apartments denying callers. Mr Frye works on revising manuscript for upcoming textbook publication.
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Mr. Frye
Parker House
Brookline Town Meeting Deadlock Sparks Legislative Action
Brookline faces a political tangle over town meeting methods as Representative Benjamin C. Dean plans a bill to allow a 100-voter petition after large meetings to trigger a new vote by all electors. A second bill would appoint the town clerk as moderator until elected.
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Prinzessin Victoria Luise Opens 6215 Mile Cruise From New York
The Hamburg American Line steam yacht Prinzessin Victoria Luise will begin its first cruise from New York on January 26 with over 200 bookings. The 450 foot, 4000 ton vessel features a photography room stage and gymnasium and will sail to Haiti Porto Rico Trinidad Jamaica Havana Santiago Nassau and Venezuela covering 6215 miles before returning March 2. Boston and New England travelers include H. Babcock Bangor Me General and Mrs John Marshall Brown Portland Miss Brown Carroll Brown Fall River and othersLISTED.
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Comrades Club Elects Officers for 1901 at Park Street Church
At the annual Park Street Church Comrades Club meeting the 1901 officers were elected including junior captains M Wilson Robertson and Farris Helpern, secretary Charles Wel ington, and treasurer Robert Hutchinson. Dr Frederick T Lewis praised as key organizer.
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