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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1902
Page
6
The Boston Post presents regional political commentary as a representative Democratic paper of the New England area, highlighting editorial stances and city news shaped by the party perspective.
The Board of Aldermen passed the annual appropriation of 15,930,665 for current municipal expenses. Critics warn the plan would force higher taxes, greater valuation, or loans, noting unfunded items and looming deficits. They urge merging departments to cut waste and ease the financial strain.
The legislature faces a district based local option license proposal for Boston. Prohibitionists back the plan, but many fear local districts should decide liquor policy given distinct conditions. Proponents argue districts like East Boston Charlestown Roxbury Dorchester South Boston and Brighton deserve control, while the statewide license stance should not be overridden.
The Commonwealth grounded in Boston Harbor highlights the urgent push by commercial interests for harbor approaches improvements to allow safe entry for modern steamships. No damage occurred, only a berth delay, but reform is essential as Congress weighs the river and harbor bill with significant commerce implications for Boston and the nation.
General Miles submitted a plan to end the war in the Philippines to the War Department, but Secretary Root rejected it. The grounds cited were that the war is virtually at an end. Similar claims have circulated for years, with taft and military leaders offering conflicting assessments about ongoing commitments and troop needs.
Five life saving crew members died saving a wrecked barge off Monomoy. Captain Eldredge earned 900 dollars yearly. others 650 each. No pensions exist, so the community launches a fund to support widows and children, urged by Lee Higginson Co and the Boston Chamber of Commerce. The appeal emphasizes noble sacrifice and calls for a lasting public monument to New England’s plain heroes.
The Observant Citizen reports heavy demand for the “Old Salem” reading at the Art Club with ticket applications brisk. Other notes cover church relocations, local deaths, and street life, including a Cape Cod drowning, a trotters display, and the birch of a Boston terrier ad in a South End window.
A riddle describes a woman's new spring hat with violets hay daisies and plumes. Backtalks with Girls offers faux advice from a fictional editor to a young girl about an intended marriage to a clergyman, cautioning patience and domestic roles amid social quirks and playful asides.
In Cambridge a quarrel between an elderly man and his wife near the Old South Church is softened by their small white dog. The dog roundly barks and loops between them, drawing their attention until they edge toward each other and chat as the car arrives, leaving everyone smiling.
Chicago March 18 The Union Park Congregational Church committee returned unopened a letter from Dr W T MecElveen of Boston who declined to accept the Chicago call He planned to return to New York to consider the matter before informing the committee The chairman sent the Boston postmarked letter back to Dr McElveen without consulting other members.
A wild scene unfolds as a burglar is startled by a hatpin pulled from beneath a pillow while a woman discusses hats and a mystery murder case. The New York Brooks case and a train robbery remark add to the sensational chatter of the moment.
Mrs J Ellen Foster of this city filed with the Civil Service Commission a protest against what she called a deliberate and systematic exclusion of women from government appointments Henry B Blackwell of Boston for the National Woman's Suffrage Association joined the protest The commission will consider the matter
A special meeting of the Drug Clerks Protective Union will be held tomorrow night at 11 oclock at the home of President James J. McVey, 73 EButaw Street. New members will be initiated. Nonmembers are invited. The union aims to reduce labor hours and press for earlier store closures in each district except one.
Post's Illustrated Menu advises roasting a four week old pig for about four to four and a half hours in a moderate oven. It contrasts oven roasting with spit roasting and quotes Theodore Child on roasted meat. The article details prep, stuffing, rubbing with salt and butter, baking, basting, and garnishing with cranberries and lemon in parsley. By Alice Whitaker.
Harwichport social drama unfolds as Marjory Davenport, spurned by Guy Churchill, exposes his betrayal at a gathering. He pleads and falls, while Marjory proclaims her triumph over deceit. In a final twist, a sisterly artist paints a sister’s portrait while mourning a broken heart.
Washington reports Captain Perry of the Iowa has set the conduct for US vessels during Panama isthmus disturbances. The Philadelphia will reach Panama from Guayaquil in two days, with the Marietta on the gulf side. The navy will not intervene between factions unless military moves threaten railway transit, prompting marines and sailors to land on both sides to keep transit open.
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