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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1901
Page
4
The Boston Post presents its representative Democratic voice for New England readers with daily reportage and opinion from a regional political perspective.
The piece warns of stock market panic and rivalries among leaders as values remain solid despite prices. It urges investors to stop gambling and focus on long term investment, noting a summer risk of lambs being sheared unless supply wanes.
Sunday golf on private links continues amid public sentiment and legislative doubt. The statute targets public entertainments with paid spectators, but its reach over private play remains unclear and untested, prompting some golfers to risk court interpretation.
The Cambridge Eastman murder trial ended with a not guilty verdict after three weeks and eighty witnesses. The judge cited the accidental discharge theory, emphasizing lack of motive and the defendant Eastman’s credible testimony. The decision aligns with public sentiment that the case was unfairly harsh.
The Kennedy murder trial consumes weeks to empanel twelve jurors while Boston and Cambridge juries are chosen in hours. In New York many summoned talesmen prefer fines over serving, arguing jurors earn only 2 dollars daily for a potentially long trial while other parties receive substantial pay.
The text argues jury duty is a community service not for pay but for the greater good of society. It stresses citizens willingly accept the obligation, even at personal inconvenience or lost profits, as the true life of a community.
The condition of Mrs McKinley requires her to be taken to San Francisco for rest and treatment. The illness creates anxiety despite no alarming reports, drawing widespread sympathy for her and President McKinley.
The column surveys Massachusetts trials, jury challenges, and societal scenes. It highlights Parsons’s acquittal coverage, yacht market slump effects, a gift of silver pieces, public lectures, and library appointments. It also recounts a near accident on the Boston Elevated Railway and summer arrivals on the North Shore with local civic tone.
A brief quip notes Mrs Newbride unhappy with her husband’s pay, contending it trails her father’s earnings. The anecdote reflects early 20th century remarks on manners, marriage, and income.
A brief humorous quip from the State Journal plays on the North Pole’s supposed stationarity. Nubbin and Numbskull banter about explorers and meeting halfway. The fragment reads as a light editorial aside rather than a reportable event.
In Harper's Weekly a playful exchange imagines Highland style apparel. The speaker asks about a Rob Roy pattern, and the answer favors a Mackintosh as the suitable outer garment. The dialogue reflects fashion quips about Scottish attire.
Humorous exchange set at the Cleveland post office where a man returns to his old stamping ground and reconnects with an old acquaintance.
A fragment from a Philadelphia Press item notes Towne and Browne discussing Jones entering a jeweller's and a wish for three engagement rings for Miss Hoopla. The joke links circus pasts and multiple rings.
The item notes 37 000 London schoolgirls taught cooking in 1898 1899. It mentions large US rosewater factories and the phrase blanc mange meaning white food. It cites 1900s South Africa typhoid cases and deaths, and that the Philippines received its first electric Signal Corps automobile. It adds Kansas courts have not ruled on abating public nuisances.
In Springfield mass, Harry Braintree, a bachelor reputed as a "man's man," pursues marriage after his friend Charlie marries. After a failed date with Amy Chalmers ends in a runaway automobile accident, Harry realizes his true wish is Lois Belgrave. He confesses, Lois rejects him at first, but he ultimately wins her, and they ride away together in his car.
A fragment notes a household scene with Myrtle cooking, describing the maid's absence and viewing the meal as something sly or wicked. The tone hints at playful mischief in domestic life.
At a church wedding a bride notes the groom’s embarrassment while a guest quips he is marrying for her money, reflecting a sharp May Smart Set wit about motive and social circumstance.
Daily table shows breakfast, dinner, and supper items including shredded Wheat, beef, potatoes, tomatoes, and puddings. A recipe for tomato fritters and bind apple pudding plus a sauce with butter sugar eggs appears, with a stray address at Auckland Street Dorchester.
King Edward VII through the Marquis of Lansdowne sent thanks to the British community in New York for sympathetic messages after Queen Victoria's death. Sir Percy Sanderson, the British consul-general, announced the gesture today.
The Independence Belge publishes affidavits signed by Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy before the French consul in London. They admit Esterhazy authored the Dreyfus bordereau and claim the document was prepared by Colonel Bathert of the intelligence bureau.
May Smart Set parody dialog notes B Jones and B Jinks quoting the line that the Fat Lady favors the Living Skeleton over others, claiming he would be a remarkable husband.
Annex advertises complete lines of furniture carpets rugs mats linoleum upholstery curtains and wall papers. Local shoppers urged to visit the annex without leaving the main store for home furnishings needs.
Local store lists three Golden Oak chamber suits with serpentine fronts in a plain design. Two pieces priced at 34.00, with eight units available at the advertised discount.
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