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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
6
The Boston Post announces rates for daily and Sunday editions with yearly, half year and short-term options. It lists editorial and business offices in Boston and distribution notes, payment terms, and how to notify address changes.
In Boston Prince Henry is honored with a Harvard Doctor of Laws degree amid a smooth, well organized visit. The Boston hospitality marks another successful display as Mayor Low and university officials oversee the ceremony and celebrations.
The reform mayors in New York and Boston pursue cost cuts and lean administrations. In New York Mayor Low faces a budget near 100 million, with many departments seeking increases and a net rise likely around two million. In Boston Patrick A Collins already trims 571 thousand dollars, with more reductions expected as audits continue.
The city's streets were cleared after a heavy and persistent snowfall, allowing Prince Henry and his escort safe transit. Public crowds gathered to greet the visitor, with the department in charge receiving praise for the swift clearance and restoration of usable streets after the third heavy snowstorm.
The new administration improved street service with timely night snow clearance that restores downtown traffic and residential access by morning. Superintendent James Donovan earns credit for reliable snow removal, evident during Prince Henry's reception when crowds crowded the streets.
The latest reports say President Roosevelt will not push Congress or send a special message on Cuba. He favors a satisfactory adjustment by Congress, sees the issue as inherited from McKinley, and may eat his words as party forces press for policy.
Editorial questions Governor Tafts call to reduce the 75,000 strong force in the Philippines arguing 15,000 could maintain order. It cites costs of 2000 dollars per soldier annually and disease risks, urging Washington to repatriate troops if no major combat is occurring and criticizing proclamations treating natives as enemies until proven friends.
The Observant Citizen notes Prince Henry’s visit drew warm civic welcome in Boston with a German flag at the State House and police praise for orderly crowds. Art by Abbott Graves at Somerset Hotel highlighted New England scenes, including Kennebunkport garden and Mother and Child pieces, in Royal residence view.
An eccentric collage mocks nursery rhyme humor and natural history notes. Uncle Joshua recalls a leopard tale while other snippets reference Boer War imagery, weather quips, and lighthearted city life chaff. Names and places mirror rustic era chatter.
Eva I. Gill recalls Roland De Lainey meeting a mysterious singer Carlotta De Vinci in Madrid. He discovers she is sister to De Vinci, married or about to be, and proclaims lifelong love. In the masque, he learns Carlotta is the sister. his plea, and Madrid's memory, culminate in a marriage.
A humorous dialogue from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat shows a newsboy peddling papers and an editor rushing him off. The boy quips about papry and news while the editor dismisses the efforts, highlighting the clash between eagerness to publish and the editors’ tight deadlines.
A hundred members and guests of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association held their annual banquet at Young's Hotel. J Russell Reed presided, with Rev Dr Horton and many officials at head tables. speeches praised fish and game protection, noted Bristol County legislation, and closed with Auld Lang Syne.
Mme Lillian Blauvelt, renowned in America and Europe, gave a Steinert Hall recital featuring Gretry Durante Caccini Pirani Schubert Mendelssohn Liszt Grieg Bizet Delibes Verdi Tarjeon Ronald Vannah and Beach. Her voice showed exceptional range and tone, with Verdi and Grieg pieces praised, while Kate Vannah and Mrs Beach encores drew strong applause. Accompanist Wallace Goodrich complemented the performance, drawing floral tributes from a large Poston audience.
In a buoyant verse, the speaker jokes that anglers chase the elusive bite and caution that fish outsmart humans. The chorus repeats a wary refrain about patience, bait, and the sly nature of fish, hinting that sport can mislead and tempt with false promise.
A Detroit Free Press snippet shows a kindergarten scene where a teacher asks pupils what in the sky has many colors and a child replies that the wash is rainbow colored. The exchange highlights simple humor about daily life.
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