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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1903
Page
6
The Boston Post details daily and Sunday subscription rates including one year at 3.00 and 1.50 for six months. It notes address changes must be sent, payment in advance, and discontinuation on expiration. Contact points include Boston offices and New York hotel distribution. Editor and Publisher E. A. Grozier.
Alderman Slattery’s bill replaces a wasteful finance committee scheme with a focused borrowing plan for essential needs. It lists 1.5 million for new schools, 600 thousand for Old Colony Railroad payments, 5 thousand monthly penalties if bridges aren’t widened, 20 thousand Atlantic avenue work, 100 thousand street upgrades, and 75 thousand for an institutional steamboat, bringing total near the debt limit. The measure, backed 7 to 5, seeks nine votes to pass.
The Boston supporters of district option present a variation to the compromised scheme rejected by voters last November. The piece argues Boston chose the simple local option and should not be forced into a second referendum or frills. It warns that imposing district option without consent would threaten local self government.
Trusts and woman suffrage lead a slate of at least ten constitutional amendments on today's ballot in New Hampshire. Voters decide whether to strike the word male from the state charter and grant women full political rights, while a sweeping trust and monopoly amendment would enable the legislature to regulate or suppress price-raising combinations. Other local questions also appear on the ballot.
The Senate moves a bill to protect parks and parkways from billboard disfigurement with hopeful momentum. Past similar measures caused anxiety about passage, but advocates insist vigilance remains until the bill becomes law.
The article notes a bill engrossed by both houses could fail at the last stage despite broad support. It warns against past defeats in the Senate two years ago by powerful interests and predicts enactment to grant the people undisturbed enjoyment of public pleasure grounds.
Massachusetts Gas and Electric Light Commissioners urge merging Boston area gas firms into a single state corporation. They cite back-and-forth trading among Pipe Line, Brookline, Jamaica Plain, Dorchester, Bay State, Roxbury, and Boston companies as inflating costs for consumers. A unified under-law company would improve regulation and reduce public burdens.
The piece recalls rival newspapers failing to discredit the Post's exclusive story on Perry the accused slugger. Sheriff Fairbairn provides new testimony aligning with the Post, bolstering the report and urging competitors to verify and publish timely news.
The Observant Citizen relays a street discussion on time as common property and the mistaken belief that time equals money. A Cambridge man wins a gold watch from a club, Captain Pritchard moves to Etruria with raise in pay, and a London census on longevity shows moderates outliving drinkers and teetotalers among drinkers.
Readers share bizarre heat experiences from Boston to Kingston and Woonsocket. From rubber shirts melting to ships dumping boilers, the letters chronicle record heat in 1902 and earlier, with women wage debates and odd notices peppering the page.
A sensational early 20th century item reports that half of Cuba has disappeared, with theories of volcanic activity. Later dispatches claim financier J. Pierpont Morgan found and removed half the island, while natives draft petitions to thank him for sparing the rest.
On March 10 1572 Emil Holtzberne of Berlin allegedly invented glue. The tale notes glue mucilage paste and related adhesives transforming progress and ends with Holtzberne’s arrest and later wealth from glue.
West Bethel, Me. March 9. Sylvanus Mason born July 26, 1824 in Gilead Me. married Isabel Bean December 25, 1849. They farmed near West Bethel since long ago replacing a two room home with a two story house and barn. Mason once a famed boss chopper and hunter with 18 black bears to his name and a 38 55 Winchester. Mrs Mason taught school and spun and wove. They have three sons two grandsons and two granddaughters.
Thomas C. Randall born 1817 Effingham now Freedom New Hampshire and Alice T. Guptill born 1821 Porter Maine wed April 20 1840. Randall, son of the poet Thomas Randall, has worked in railroads mills and mills along the Mississippi and at Portsmouth navy yard. He recalls many diversions and narrow escapes, a long career in newspaper work, and a hard constitution with no physician ever called.
Mr and Mrs James S Bailey of Marblehead celebrated a joint age total of 170 years. He born December 26 1817 and she August 19 1817. They married January 28 1840 and have five children two living in Marblehead and Hudson plus Mary Bailey. They have five grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. He served as Marblehead Neck lighthouse keeper for twenty years.
The Boston Post invites readers across New England to submit photographs of the oldest married couple in their area. Include a 200 word sketch with birth and marriage dates, address, number of children, and notable life details. A Morris Chair and Rocking Chair will be delivered to the chosen couple, with express prepaid shipping.
In the lower branch the mercantile affairs committee was defeated twice and adjourned for want of a quorum. Telephone and electric light interests lost bills to cut rates and require neighbor consent for pole locations. Dietrick Olney and Ham led the efforts, with lobbyists alarmed at failed plans and a battle likely to follow.
John Parlin and Rose Tynsdale, estranged after a trivial quarrel, drift toward reconciliation with Cupid’s plan. A Sunday morning hedge scene brings John and Rose together as he declares she is the rose he dreamed of and seeks to reunite their love.
The Gas and Electric Light Commission recommended consolidating all Boston gas companies into a single Massachusetts corporation. The report notes the Mercantile Trust Company’s sale of Boston gas stocks held as collateral for Boston United Gas bonds and urges legislative provision to effect the consolidation.
Representative Mellen of Charlestown pushes a bill to bar use of names and pictures as trade marks or for advertising. The measure, heard by the judiciary committee, carries a fine up to 1000 dollars or up to one year in prison or both.
In a garden hedge encounter, Rose reveals she too dreamt of a beloved figure. She tells John she has found her Jack rose, and they share a kiss as Cupid seals their bond. The tale notes the coincidence of identical dreams and a destined connection.
In Rome the Pope met Cardinal Perraud bishop of Autun France in audience and dismissed alarm over his health He expressed hope Franco Vatican ties would improve and held separate talks with five cardinals leaving Rome after jubilee events Tomorrow a British Catholic delegation led by the Duke of Norfolk visits He also indicated a coadjutor archbishop of St Louis will not be appointed for about a fortnight.
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