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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1902
Page
6
The Boston Post presents itself as the representative democratic paper for New England, asserting its role as a leading media voice in regional politics and public discourse.
The Boston strike drew thousands from work with no arrests or violence reported. Labor leaders urged law and order, earning praise, while city efforts to avert wider disruption failed. A peaceful resolution is urged to avoid a costly long conflict for all involved.
The account hints Delarey aimed to draw off troops by pressure on Dewet and appears successful in pulling back a leading commander. It marks the first instance of a British general being captured and held by the Boers, suggesting continued resistance to British subjugation.
The House learned last Saturday that a conference stripped the Census Bureau bill of its spoils provision granting 2000 insiders entry to the classified service without exams. President supporters claim he would have vetoed if not fixed, and a grave injustice to thousands awaiting rightful Civil Service appointments was averted.
The piece argues for a constitutional convention to consider remaking Massachusetts' constitution rather than patching it. It notes past public resistance to change, references the 1853 convention, and suggests voters may prefer tradition to sweeping reform, while cautioning that a convention might yield no real change.
The Attorney General files a bill in equity in the U S Circuit Court at St Paul to challenge the Northern Securities Company claiming it was formed to pool the stocks of Great Northern and Northern Pacific railways in violation of public law. The suit questions whether such an incorporated pool can be recognized and protected and seeks the root of a matter tied to district development.
General Kitchener’s dispatches reveal a Boer success that defeats a 900 cavalry and 200 infantry British detachment, four guns, and substantial supply trains. Major Paris is surrounded and released. General Methuen is wounded and captured. The report argues this is beyond mere guerrilla action and exposes wartime realities in the Orangeree conflict.
The Observant Citizens report Mrs Eliot wife of Harvard College president is seriously ill and the planned Western journey is permanently abandoned. Previously delayed due to Prince Henry's visit, the trip is now given up entirely. General Loring resigns as director of the Museum of Fine Arts due to ill health after leading since 1870.
Mr Carleton R Foster of the class of 1901 has been selected to play Claude Melnotte. He has amateur stage experience and has studied the mummer art at a school of acting. Jud Henry Dewey criticizes educated men on police force hire. The English High School class of 1892 held a jolly reunion with over 60 members attending the dinner. Commodore Foster Hooper acted as toastmaster, Secretary Walter Lincoln aided the event, Hannibal crossing Alps referenced by Newton Newkirk.
A humorous sketch of Hannibal born 247 B C in Carthage. It recounts a sensationally fictional life from infant firearms to crossing the Alps, battles with Rome, loss of an eye, and the supposed political career ending in Libyssa with suicide in 18 B C. The piece mixes satire with invented incidents and dates.
Nathan Appleton of New York argues for a sea level canal across the American Isthmus, detailing past congressional action, the Paris congress, and the need to finish the project from Culebra to the Pacific. He favors Panama and calls for dam and reservoir measures to control the Chagres River and rapid excavation by capable contractors.
Mr E A Grazier of the Boston Post leads a shift to raise first page ad rates and reduce page one ads, yielding a notable improvement in the Post’s make-up, as reported by Corbett's Herald of Providence Rhode Island.
In a small town Lucinda pushes for a new lounge and a showy parlor upgrade to impress visiting kin. Her nephew Jimmy, the projected pastor, gravitates toward Marion Briggs the city cousin, as Flora’s finery contrasts with country thrift, hinting at a church wedding to come.
Former Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed argued in a crowded Supreme Court session before Chief Justice Holmes and Judges Knowlton Morton and Barker. He represented the Provi dent Savings Lafe Assurance Society of New York seeking a mandamus to force Insurance Commissioner Cut ing to compute reserve liability on one year term policies with renewal options for life endowment. The case rested on technical facts and dry legal principles. decision was reserved.
A recipe for Star Creamed Eggs with plain toast, including white sauce, boiled eggs, and a decorative bread presentation. Steps cover preparing sauce, cooking eggs, slicing and toasting bread, assembling on a hot platter, and garnishing with parsley. Cautions note proper toasting to avoid a soggy center and recommend older bread for better toasting. attributed to ALICE E WHITAKER.
A high noon wedding in Emmanuel Church Newbury Street unites Miss Marion Steadman Mason to Mr. Richard T. Wilson of New York. guests include Cornelius Vanderbilt and Orme Wilson, with 300 invited for the ceremony and 150 for the post nuptial reception at the Mason home. The couple plan a Carolina honeymoon aboard Vanderbilt’s private car.
The City Council committee assigned the Evacuation Day budget from a $1750 fund. Fireworks get 600, decorations 250, music 400, athletic games 300, leaving the remainder for incidental expenses. Weather permitting a hurling game at Commonwealth Park is planned, with intramural events in the gym on A street in the evening.
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