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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1901
Page
6
The Boston Post explains subscription rates and payment in advance. It lists offices in Boston New York and contact details for mailing payments and notices. The notice covers delivery through newsdealers and instructions to notify if delivery is irregular.
The Post highlights a rapid petition drive for a Boston referendum on the subway bill. Within hours, more than 3000 signatures poured in, prompting Governor Crane to pledge not to sign without the referendum. The paper argues broad citizen support across parties and classes and urges Legislature to heed the demand.
The author condemns Secretary Gage for ordering extra duties on Russian sugar, claiming it costs U.S. manufacturers $18,000,000 in lost trade. The piece argues the action harmed American industry and favored European competitors, urging trade-friendly policy instead.
The piece argues that electric street and cross-country trolleys spread rapidly across the land, sharing roads with other vehicles. It notes higher perils than steam railways due to speed and fewer rules, urging added protections by companies or by statute to protect public safety.
The Boston House will discuss Governor Crane’s veto of the Washington street subway bill. A Post survey of 25 ward chairmen shows 17 favor the referendum and Crane, with 6 non-committal and 3 opposed to the elevated road bill. Rank and file Republicans reportedly back the referendum and governor. The issue centers on tying up subway funding for forty years without a public vote and the broader merits of the veto, not personal conflicts.
Wakefield moves to take control of its water system from a private company after dissatisfaction with service. The House passed the bill. the Senate delays, prompting questions about corporate influence. Stoneham gained approval years earlier to buy its water supply. Wakefield residents voted two thirds in favor at town meetings to pursue the same option.
A recent trolley crash near Eitchburg on Saturday evening injured several and caused multiple broken bones. The incidents reflect ongoing regulatory gaps and the need for stricter safety measures in the trolley system.
The piece outlines Boston Republican leadership with twenty six ward chairmen under a general city chairman. It notes Hutchinsen as the overarching figure and describes how ward opinions shape city party stance.
The Observant Citizen notes a city calm on the holiday with life in Charlestown and busier activity in nearby districts. He laments bicycle bells provoking pedestrians, admires a Boston College baccalaureate sermon, and details crowd behavior at the Dudley Street transfer station and a gy colored show offering cane throwing fun.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled lines about a nobleman and marriage, with stray phrases about procedures, love, or debts. Key entities are unclear due to corruption, but hints of people or places remain indiscernible. The passage reads like a jumbled personal note or historical snippet with no coherent events.
A garbled scribble hints at a dramatic character named Joe Dobbs. The fragment suggests peril or danger but provides no clear events or context to confirm a full story.
A crowded street scene shows a large black dog calmly restraining a running boy by the nose as spectators intervene. The dog’s patient grip ends when a woman seizes the child and flees, while the dog remains steady and quiet under the crowd’s gaze.
The snippet lists a daily table with meals and dishes including Grape Fruit Shredded Wheat Biscuit Cream and Sugar Chicken Browned in Butter Baked Potatoes Popovers Doughnuts Coffee DINNER Pea Soup Croutons Baked Fish Hollandaise Sauce Cold Tongue Escalloped Potatoes SUPPER Stuffed Eggs Potato Puff Hot Raised Biscuit Olives Cheese Chocolate Marble on Raspberry Sauce Tomato jelly recipe uses canned tomatoes Cox's gelatine lettuce salad and moulded jelly. MAP LIZZIE H. LOVERING 21 Bradley street Somerville Mass.
The Boston Post mounts a strong campaign for the referendum while the South Boston Inquirer reports continued activity around the measure. The article highlights political stakes and local competition in messaging.
The Boston Post reports Boston representatives opposed the subway referendum citing obligations to the Elevated due to manpower from the road. It suggests enacting a law that treats prompting a public service to hire as an open bribe solicitation, a claim tied to the debate.
Jack Clifford meets Georgie Shelby at a mountain coaching party and pursues her, only to learn she is Georgie’s sister Gladys and that Gladys is engaged to his friend Claude Prescott. The trio’s tangled affection resolves as Jack confesses to Georgie and Gladys reveals the engagement.
A massive crowd packed Crescent Beach after the Charlestown parade with an estimated 20 000 visitors throughout the day. The State bath house reported 350 bathers amid a windy East wind, while Winthrop attracted older visitors and several city notables enjoyed seaside scenes. The Winthrop Steamboat Company resumed service with punctual trips and fireworks lit up Crest Hall New Winthrop in the evening.
Riders rode the L yesterday with quicker, steadier service than last Monday as trains arrived and departed stations more on time. Morning crowds surged toward Charlestown while late hours saw a shift and jamming of northbound cars.
After the afternoon parade the cars to Charlestown were nearly empty while those away from the district were full. Morning and late afternoon trains ran five to ten minutes behind schedule, but only a few failed to meet the twenty minute Elevated line target by half an hour.
A collage of humorous quotes and brief exchanges from newspapers highlights light banter on shoes, cup defenders, summer visits, editors, and backbones. It captures a yearn for wit and the everyday oddities found in newspaper chatter.
In Yonkers and Philadelphia papers readers discuss flowers and age telling methods. A clerk offers a worn winter shoe, and a joke about a second-hand store surfaces. Colonel Texrange references a well in the Oil Region as a mystery lingers over the stock report.
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