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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1901
Page
6
Two large committees of the Legislature are tasked with strengthening Massachusetts anti stock watering statutes in response to the gas and electric light commission’s report. The aim is to curb alien and consolidating corporations that inflate stocks and threaten state policy, amid broader trust restrictions and imperial debates.
A House bill by Representative Trant of Weymouth would fix a maximum charge for telephone service in cities based on population, introducing direct state supervision to curb high rates. Proponents argue it would reduce excessive charges, while critics say it is inelastic and potentially unfair.
Senator Depew defends Hanna ship subsidy arguing 175 million dollars yearly in foreign freight costs could support an American merchant marine if four percent were spent domestically. The article criticizes the use of percentages as deceptive and questions who would pay the tax and who benefits.
The War Department memo on Taft commission reports is met with strong reservations. It argues the reports mislead, notes minimal oath of allegiance among 8 million inhabitants, and cites Judge Tutt and Judge Taft questioning progress. The piece condemns forced assimilation and highlights resistance delaying any predicted collapse.
The legislature considers extending local option to allow unlimited liquor licenses. Supporters claim reform, opponents warn of rampant favoritism and public scandal without a cap. Critics urge incorruptible license commissioners and note Boston lacks local control.
The Observant Citizen notes a cold rainy spell and slick roads on Tre mont and Beacon Hill, recalls the 2 cent stamp dispute with Spain, and mentions the Queen Victoria mourning. It highlights a planned animal kindness exhibit with Bonner the horse and Mr Edwards, plus Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell aboard the Majestic for overseas travel.
This fragment lists a daily meal plan with breakfast and dinner items and a dessert menu. It includes a gelatin dessert recipe with half a box of gelatin, fruit juices, wine, and sugar, attributed to Mrs. Mabel Earpe of Swampscott, Massachusetts.
Tom Mason brushes past a Salvation Army worker in the New York Terminal and later meets Mignon Lascelle at a reception. He admires her beauty and kindness, while Mignon recalls the 20 dollar bill and charity. Tom proposes a playful rebate and asks to call her Mignon, inviting a budding romance.
A Nebraska State Journal verse exchange where a speaker tells a grip of illness it brings terror and wrecks, and the grip replies with grim advice to stay in bed for two weeks or face death, reflecting dread and fatalism.
Senator Denen of New York urged subsidies to build up the American merchant marine and restore the flag to freight ships. The Senate adjourned after discussing the Indian appropriation and passing private pension bills as the House adopted the army reorganization report and naval appropriation bill.
Senator Hoar discusses England's future with the London Morning Leader correspondent. He says England will stay strong for many centuries, despite US commercial rivalry, and notes the queen’s lasting influence on English society and womanhood.
Zionists in the city prepare for their largest annual gathering to be held tomorrow evening at the Seth Israel Synagogue on Baldwin Place under the Zionist Council of Greater Boston. Rev. Joseph Leet of Vienna Austria and Rev. Dr. Hi Pereira Mendes of New York are slated speakers.
More than 300 residents of Brighton and Allston attended an exhibit of revolution relics at the Yeaton home. Prominent army and naval figures were present. Proceeds from catalogues and subscriptions benefit the Colonel Thomas Gardner memorial tablet fund. About 250 articles were shown. This afternoon Allston and Brighton school children will view the relics.
The Phi losophy Society of Foster University staged the first in a series of amateur plays in Jacob Sleeper Hall. Gamma Phi Beta presented William Howells farce An Indian Giver with Marguerite Slater Silvan Lake Raymond Bartlett and F M Courtwright praised. Mary Durgin violin and Anna Wmelish voice solos. An informal W A social followed.
An orchestra of fifty travers directed by Hail Mollenhauer with Mrs BE IX Bradbury as assistant, will give a free concert on January 29 in Tremont Temple. An excellent programme has been arranged.
At a regular meeting of the Charles Town Workingmen's Debating Club resolutions were unanimously adopted endorsing the bill introduced in the Legislature providing for the production and sale of ice by the Commonwealth.
A young artist nicknamed the bachelor girl used cheap collect telegrams to summon friends and messengers, arranging luncheon and errands while disguising the charges. Her friend exposed the scheme noting she routinely sent collect telegrams to avoid standard messenger fees.
A parishioner reports a conversation with the vicar about personal affairs and an insurance premium. The exchange hints at village concerns over conduct and propriety within the church community.
A speaker recalls a woman who orders errands on the way to work and pays small tips to boys at the office. She is described as knowledgeable of the staff and saving money by collecting messages. A telegram arrives reminding to call on a date set a week ahead, though the date was already arranged.
In a playful exchange, Tommie answers a challenge about a web-footed animal. The response identifies the spider as the correct creature. The Yonkers Statesmith reports the quip in a light local caption style.
A Chicago Post quote traces a subtle proposal as a woman urges thrift. He reports she hinted at commitment by advising economy and saving rather than purchasing flowers or theater tickets. The exchange implies a cautious courtship without explicit wording.
A visiting British guest remarks on the novelty of everything in town, prompting the local reply from Awl that the area is rapidly changing. The exchange highlights cultural contrasts and the pace of development observed by the traveler.
A humorous exchange quotes a Philadelphia Press line about Americans having no noble ruins, while a Yankee retorts that nobles merely come to marry heiresses before returning to England. The quip highlights cultural stereotypes in transatlantic social satire.
A collage of 19th century notes reports on US postal growth with offices and routes, old mail rates, Greek military reforms, an international archaeology congress proposal for Athens, Texas University Dr Halstead’s Mexico mission and Bible Mountain mines, plus New Orleans export records and treasure legends.
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