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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1901
Page
4
The article condemns Senate and House tax plans on medicines, arguing the tax rules punish those publishing formulas while others escape taxes. It cites secrecy of formulas and advertising as remedies, calling the discriminatory approach ridiculous, unjust, and unnecessary.
Charles F. W. Neely travels to Havana to stand trial for stealing about 150000 from Cuban revenues. K. G. Rathbone, named Director-General of Posts in Cuba, is accused of large-scale frauds tied to Hanna McKinley politics. Both boast of help to avoid punishment and threaten higher officials. The outcome remains awaited with interest.
The Havana constitutional convention drafts a Cuban republic free of external protectorate or U S interference. It would govern foreign relations finances and war independently, contrary to Washington's expectation of a formal US-Cuba relationship. If unchanged, the McKinley administration faces a diplomatic dilemma.
The piece notes William Waldorf Astor considering renouncing British citizenship to become French. It also reports Anna Gould, Countess of Castellane, is ordered to an annual $200,000 allowance by New York Supreme Court until a London dealer’s bric brac claim is resolved. It critiques expatriate fortunes and social judgments surrounding Astor and Gould family members.
The Observant Citizen notes conductors should attend evening school to pronounce street names clearly, recounting a mistaken drop off where a passenger was missed and guided by a rider. It also covers Wellesley women aiding Spanish education, a South End concert, and lingering court news about Victorian era figures.
A brief excerpt extols America as the best place for Americans to live with solid assurances of a life worth living, applicable to both men and women.
Senator Towne of Minnesota argued yesterday that duty and profit align in the Philippines. He warned that conquest harms trade by fostering hatred and ruin, noting Spain’s centuries of expense without gain. He questioned building commerce on popular detestation and inherited antagonism.
Former street department officials face new roles after leaving city service. Ex deputy Cutter shifts to road work and grade changes near Pleasant street subway entry. Joshua Atwood the street cleaning deputy works for the L at Roxbury works. T A Mullen leaves city law dept to practice law successfully. Harvard professor Hart funds a memorial window for his son in Cambridge. Walter Baker mansion becomes Colonial Club of Dorchester nearing opening for Washington's Birthday. New York’s White outside poor department has babies to give away versus Massachusetts caring for foundlings with higher girl demand. A few boys may remain unused in the long run.
Serge Vernon rescues a dying man who asks him to obtain a thousand dollars for his daughter, the widow of Jim Hannis. The hunter learns the tale of ruined lives and a secret marriage, while the dying man’s plea tests loyalty and honor amid a web of guilt and vengeance.
Massachusetts advocates press for municipal voting rights for women taxpayers and a vote to strike male language from voter qualifications. The piece notes repeated yearly efforts and argues that past plebiscites showed little public support and that legislatures should focus on essential business.
A woman offers two nieces a live bird each if they remove birds from their hats. One niece agrees, the other refuses, prompting the aunt to gift both birds to the first nunc, while a later tale shows two neighbors debating an alarm clock. A Chicago Post quip about waking noises closes.
A stray collection of comic exchanges on authorship and art. witty quips about bullets in faces and oil on water surface. The jokes contrast savage critique with polite laughter and reveal misunderstandings between creators and critics.
A dated menu lists breakfast items Shredded Wheat Biscuits Fish Balls with Dropped Eggs Oatmeal Muffins Coffee and dinner fare including Tomato Soup Fricasseed Lamb with Dumplings Boiled Potatoes Steamed Squash Baked Apples with Cream and Sopper Escalloped Oysters White Bread and Butter Orange Cake Tea and a detailed orange cake frosting recipe. The entry attributes the menu to Mrs W S Bowen at 246 California Street Newton.
Poem notes fleeting love and faded joys as gray days linger with dismal nights. The speaker laments missing Love’s presence and reflecting on what the passing moment meant, set against a world of social and cultural scenes in Boston society.
London reports a rumored marriage between 25 year old Duke of Roxburghe and Miss Astor. The duke, who recently returned from South Africa, inherits the dukedom and related titles after his father’s death in 1892. Miss Astor, daughter of Waldorf Astor, rose to prominence in English society after her debut at Cliveden.
Society of the New England Conservatory held a 3 PM gathering in Sleeper Hall with Mrs. Mary A. Livermore presiding. Officers mostly unchanged except Mrs. Washington G. Benedict resigned and Mrs. George E. Whiting succeeded. Miss Caroline Hazard of Wellesley College spoke on Musical Training.
The 834 members plus families and guests gathered at the new Masonic Temple for Germania Lodge A F and A M. Worshipful Master Samuel Hauser led a ceremonial entry followed by a concert and organ recital by Professor William Chute. A banquet and ballroom celebration ensued with a hearty welcome from Hauser and a letter from Charles Gallagher.
In Bridgeport Conn Jan 28 several bills face action by the General Assembly within two weeks. The Whitney Widener Ping syndicate plans a trolley line from Boston to New York to compete with the New York New Haven Hartford railway for freighting and passenger traffic. The project would be run under the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company.
Ledger details disbursements and assets for 1900 including premium income 27,260 and gross assets 3,137,209.81. It lists policy endowments, death claims, mature and surrendered policies, and commissions, with officers Stevens Foster Trull Turnell.
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