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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1901
Page
4
Public notice of subscription rates for the Boston Post including terms for year and six month plans. Instructions cover address changes, advance payment policy, and discontinuation upon expiration. Printing office contact details and editor publisher information included.
Public sentiment calls for a clean loan bill at City Council. The text argues against pushing a bill with large profitable items and warns of prior scandal. It urges drafting an honest, fully public proposal to gain essential public approval and avoid repeat mistakes.
The nation mourns Adelbert S Hay, son of Secretary Hay, who died in New Haven on Sunday morning. A young consular representative at Pretoria, he earned respect for balancing neutrality amid South African war tensions and earned the thanks of Boers and British alike. Regret is deep for a promising career cut short.
The Pocahontas coal district flood is described as a potential great national disaster. Rivers in valley canyons surge instinctively as creeks become mill races. No single fault or dam caused the catastrophe, yet the appeal for aid and sympathy remains strong.
The Harvard Yale boat race promises to be one of the finest in the long series. Amateur athletics draw thousands of spectators as the two universities compete in an eight-oared race. The event blends strength, skill and endurance among sixteen youths, with the human element shaping the outcome more than the machine.
The passage praises the crews from Harvard and Yale as a splendid set in fine condition. It notes past misfortune but anticipates a memorable performance on the Thames if no accident repeats.
The National Civil Service Reform Association exposes widespread Maryland census frauds tied to political patronage. Enumerators filled schedules with ghost names from cemeteries hotels and fields, aided by officials in Washington and Congressman Mudd's district. The report warns these abuses cast doubt on the reliability of the national census system.
An Observant Citizen notes Hyde Park Boston carriers have adopted shirt waist uniforms, praised for their attractive look. The piece also covers plays by Charles Emerson Cook and Lon Hosmer, track betting telegrams, and club notices among locals with quirky anecdotes and community life details.
A fragmented account from Norwood describes Dr Farlow and local dentists aiding during communion services while a tale of jealousy unfolds. It notes three deaths in recent months from enraged lovers and a couple near blows over a ribbon mishap.
A lurid poem and illustrated vignette contrast a flirtatious summer girl with a troubling scene of a white passerby comforting a bereft black child whose dismembered doll lies under a tree. The piece shifts to short, satirical quips about law, divorce, and social manners, ending with humorous exchanges and quirky captions.
Miss Rand, a busy office secretary in East Boston, indulges in a private night of rearranging a warehouse sanctum. A chance meeting with Mr. Churchill, her reserved junior partner, leads to confession and an unexpected romance sparked by a withered jonquil.
A muddled dialogue sketches a timid teacher and a dismissive suitor amid comic exchanges about stories and economy. The fragment references Miss Sharpé-Vera and Mr. Pinchpenny in a Philadelphia Press style vignette with a line about the longest sentence read Imprisonment for life.
A humorous exchange notes that a man must prove boating competence to obtain a license, while questioning why the same standard does not apply to marriage licenses. The quip attributes the remark to Mr. and Mrs. Crimsonbeak.
A Viennese seamstress earns 15 cents for ten dozen handkerchiefs, forestry covers a quarter of Scotland, a wild deer wanders near Springfield Ohio, Anticosti Island is under British law though French owned, a New York dentist reports a boom during a Paris stay, Michigan Sundays show 17 percent participation, a New Zealand bicycle band performs and tours, Venus daylight photography succeeds at Smith Observatory, a 13000 acre Cuban sugar plantation near Fergus employs 1500 with forts rails and a river transport network.
Miss Etta Gilman daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph B Gilman and Mr Albert Dunn of Cambridge wed last evening at Concord Hall. The ceremony was performed by Rev H B Shoher. Best man was Mr Benjamin Dunn and maid of honor Miss Beckie Dunn. Ushers were Samuel Dunn Simon Green and M Swartz. Bridesmaids included Miss Mary Pare lof Miss Rose B Fishman Miss Bertha Gilman and Miss Fanny Greenberg.
Esther Landeman and Louis Niddleman were married last evening at Union Park Hall in a ceremony attended by many friends. Rabbi H. S. Shoher officiated with Mr. and Mrs. Simon Landeman, parents of the bride, present. J. Fae Landeman served as best man and the bridesmaids included Miss Annie Gross Miss Lena Marcus and Miss Rose Saunders.
A Washington Star note laments modern tastes replacing poetry with practicality. The column mocks crowded sentiment, noting electric lights and fans outperform poetic imagery and even summer heat tests. It stresses modern conveniences render old verse less necessary and more fragile in charm.
A list of trunk lots offers big 2 steamer trunks with black enamelled duck covers and linen lining priced 14 to 18 dollars. Travelling trunks in black enamelled duck with linen lining sizes 20 to 36 inches priced 18 to 24 dollars. Canvas covered travelling trunks with leather bound brass trimmed linen lining in sizes 32 to 86 inches priced 9 to 11 dollars. Skirt trunks canvas covered hide bound with four trays and linen lining sizes 40 to 44 inches priced 16 to 18 dollars.
Bleached cotton sheets 54 by 72 inches finished with hem sell at 35 to 42 cents. Pillow slips 42 inch bleached cotton offered at 10 cents. Maracle patterned quilts priced at 25 cents to 1.00, with bedding goods advertised in firm bleached sheeting.
Readable fragment shows discounted garments and fabrics including silk petticoats and velvets. Items listed include white waist with hemming, tucked satin belts, undies with or without sleeves, and Venice trace kerers with price reductions. Prices range from a few cents to around six dollars, emphasizing sale values and special offers.
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