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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1901
Page
4
Critics argue current ballot marks threaten secrecy by revealing voter choices in the polling stall. They urge universal polling place voting machines to ensure absolute secrecy and a fair count, proposing stricter corporate standards under Massachusetts law to bar nonconforming firms.
The Hanna ship subsidy bill returns to the Senate with changes aimed at broadening eligibility. The plan limits premiums to speeds up to 18 knots and restricts foreign vessels under the American flag to eight, with at most four per line. Oil-carrying ships are excluded and subsidy terms shortened to fifteen years.
The Cuban Constitution will reach Washington soon for approval. The U S pledge after the Spanish American War promised to turn Cuba to its people once a stable government is set up. Delays in recognizing independence could fuel imperialist suspicions while the republic’s constitution is seen as sound and US aligned.
Editorial warns that Massachusetts anti stock watering laws fail against alien trusts. It cites American Bell Telephone Company, Haverhill Gas Securities, and Boston ice companies absorbed by New York trusts, urging tougher corporation laws to curb outside control.
A column of brief items from the Observant Citizen spans family golf in a hall game on Commonwealth avenue to an ethical talk by Dr John Wesley Daily at Tremont Temple. Also noted are weather shifts, Dr Walter J Cavanagh’s recovery, a Utopian Club play, Theodore Roosevelt bears, market strawberries, a horse feeding pigeons, a paid church debt at SS Peter and Paul, Wiscasset Fire Society centennial banquet, First Baptist Church Ladies night, and Tomfohrde's Cafe manager Joseph Spiegal enjoying a Morris chair at home.
The fish and game commissioners warn the lobster faces decimation turning it into a luxury. They urge close seasons licenses or stricter enforcement, especially against eggs bearing females. Yet recent catches rose thanks to captive propagation releasing 387 million young lobsters in five years, offering cautious hope for a comeback.
Mr Frederic Wilson delivered a presentation speech to a surprised recipient. Attendees included QC Presenter, William Miller and wife, Otto Leahan, Albert Wright and wife, Mr Riley, Mr Connor, Mr Jones, Mr Kelley, Mr Connors, Mr Bradford and Mr Joomis. A Harvard exploration note mentions a North Atlantic ice study trip planned for next summer from Boston.
A narrator recalls a tea party where a man pressures a woman with sugar to test her feelings. He holds her hand beneath a tablecloth and their flirtation escalates as he asks for subtle signals through sugar lumps. Her mother criticizes the dessert scene on the ride home.
A Washington Star column contrasts an agreeable reader with Miss Cayenne and imagines Mars conversation. Mrs Meekton dreams of Martian dialogue, while Mr Meekton quips about still finishing with Earthly folk.
A Denver News item ad describes Theodore Roosevelt leading a 1901 touring spectacle titled The World's Greatest All-Round Shot and featuring Roosevelt in feats with rifles cannons and horses. It promises dramatic stunts including jumping Pike's Peak and feats with bears and lions as part of a campaign circus through 1904.
This clippings page lists meals for breakfast lunch and supper including oranges Grape Nuts ham and eggs kidney stew roast leg lamb and creamed beef with cream sauces. It provides a kidney stew recipe and a creamed beef recipe credited to Mrs S S Sewall of North Cambridge Massachusetts.
The heirs of John H Sullivan convey the Jeffries Point estate in East Boston to John C Watson president of the East Boston Company. Formerly Bardwell Anderson Co and Plummer heirs property, 275000 square feet. Frontages 325 on Jeffries, 20 on Sumner, harbor frontage about 360, total depth 800 feet. Brick structures built by American Screw Co later enlarged. Assessed at 77400 dollars.
Warren Leland Jr. died today at the Hotel Grenoble in New York, where he served as proprietor. The obituary notes his ownership of the famed hotel and his local prominence.
In a Winthrop library a large sum check triggers suspicions toward Eunice Walton but Madeleine Winthrop defends her innocence. Eunice uncovers a ciphered theft linked to Banker Haythorp and reveals his brother as the criminal, leading to a court battle over family honor and restitution.
Mark Twain urged women to win the ballot in New York at a speech to Hebrew Technical School for Girls supporters. He said laws kept women down, predicted a future where women vote and influence mayors, and argued women’s moral influence would advance civilization.
Massachusetts legislative notes include Jerry Watson introducing a stricter liquor law bill restricting sales from 11 p m to 6 a m and on Sundays, with an inn license exception for guests. Other items cover charity, fishing, and bills on hospitals, caucuses, and county clerks.
The funeral of Frederick A. Gilbert, president of the Boston Electric Light Company, was held this afternoon at St. Pauls Episcopal Church New Haven. Rev Dr Storrs of Brookline Mass assisted. former Boston associates served as honorary bearers.
Prominent inventor of telephonic and telegraph devices, Elisha Gray died suddenly at 63 in Newtonville. His noted works include the self adjusting telegraph relay and the telegraph switch. He filed a telephone patent in 1876 but lost the subsequent lawsuit. Ward 5 Democrats organize naming Joseph Madden as chairman and backing James Donovan for chairman.
Superintendent of Streets Wheeler City Engineer Jackson and Cambridge Bridge Commission engineer William Leavitt depart tomorrow for Philadelphia to inspect a city pumping engine still under construction. Wheeler not expected home until February.
Mrs Mary A Livermore praises Queen Victoria as conservator of nations and exemplary monarch. She recalls the queen’s steadfast stance during the Civil War era, her learning, family devotion, and long reign. An anecdote festival with Susan B Anthony and stories of royal prudence and future uncertainty follow.
The World of Society column details multiple weddings, receptions, and social events across Boston and New York. Miss Mildred Stimson hosts a luncheon and whist at the Algonquin, while Miss Henrietta Rogers Anthony becomes Mrs. Arthur Dehon Little at Emmanuel Church. The Barney and Van Ness weddings are noted, with accompanying family visits, lectures, and travel plans among Boston’s social set.
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