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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1900
Page
6
The piece argues for limited trolley access to metropolitan parks with revocable locations and a nominal three cent fare. It warns against gridironing parks with tracks while suggesting a few lines could benefit the public without harming park character.
The legislative committee on metropolitan affairs plans a five member subcommittee to consult Mayor Hart on the Washington street subway. The piece urges sending the issue to the people, arguing a direct referendum is needed beyond the mayor's position.
The article argues that states with Soth syntettis have seen murder rates fall after abolishing the death penalty, citing Rhode Island where capital punishment ended nearly 50 years ago and murders have declined. It urges the Legislature to decide on this practical issue based on protection of the community, noting life imprisonment may offer greater safety.
The Montana senator William A Clark resigned his seat to avoid Senate action likely to remove him over bribery linked to his election. The report notes the case shows corrupt practices and reflects on the Senate's duty, while citing Clark's critical but inconclusive speech and remarks on other local figures and events.
Massachusetts House considers a bill to abolish capital punishment. Proponents say hearings clarified the issue and public opinion shifted toward repeal. Opponents largely resist on grounds of conservatism and fear of crime.
Pretoria envoys arriving in New York and soon Boston face questions about US protectorate plans for the South African Republics. The piece argues against immediate war with Britain yet praises the visitors and American sympathy for independence, while noting Roberts’s advance on Pretoria.
Mid-summer heat with a strong east wind dominated yesterday as parades pressed on in Lynn and the city. The Boston fruit and flower mission began its drive with few contributions while Gen erous people should support this charity. Wadsworth Harris read Hamlet at Wellesley College for the second time this year. South Cove loses its old fame to the new South TV station and hotels. Lieutenant-Colonel A M Ferris to command the Ancients next year. Rev Paul R Frothingham will preach at Arlington Street Church next month. Helen Gould expected in Wellesley with rumors of a degree.
A string of quips and snippets shows characters debating romance crime politics and a missionary’s plea. Fragments include a farmer’s wary son a bill for an Easter hat and a senator hopeful ruined by Monte Carlo losses.
The widow of Bill Anthony, head of the battleship Maine, asks New York papers to stop fundraising for her. Chicago landmarks: Montgomery Ard Building 385 feet, Auditorium Tower 270 feet, Masonic temple shorter. Louisville judge upholds women’s right to smoke on streets, lamenting no law against it. Rats show plague symptoms with watery eyes and hair loss. U S exports in March rise across six global regions, Africa is the only import decline.
The piece argues that railroad employment decisions should not be entrusted to towns, unions, individuals, or any group. It cites constitutional limits and cautions against letting nonexpert bodies decide fitness for operating or repairing trains.
A Dorchester incident reports a responding officer assisting a runaway horse near Washington Street at 8:30 PM yesterday. Onlookers cheered as Officer Rogers tackled the situation, preventing further danger and earning praise from bystanders at the corner of Washington and Norponte.
Royal Baking Powder Company located at 100 William Street in New York is referenced in the source as a principal address for the firm. The listing notes its corporate identity and address in the financial or business notice.
Lawrence Reynolds plans marriage to Gertrude Dixon but receives a mysterious anonymous warning that she loves money. He travels to Scranton, learns Gertrude is soon to wed a rich broker, returns home broken. An erroneous rumor triggers his collapse and fatal illness, while the true wedding is Grace Montgomery’s.
John F. Gillion, claimed as one of the few Waterloo survivors, died suddenly at age 97 in Weymouth. Born June 5, 1802 in Edinburgh, he served as a hospital assistant at Waterloo and later worked in tanning before settling in Weymouth. He was a prominent Salem Mason and attended the jubilee of the British Charitable Association as the lone Waterloo survivor. He leaves no relatives.
The piece notes Lord Mayor of Dublin T D Pile as a total abstainer and first Wesleyan appointee in years. It also reports Duncan Black MacDonald’s recent installation as Semitic languages professor at Hartford Theological Seminary and his Glasgow University honors. Alfred Vanderbilt, 23, newly graduated, reflects societal ascent, while Captain Peter Astle Scott R N dies near London aged & years after naval service since 1829. Congressman Francis W Cushman in Washington gains a reputation as a fine storyteller.
Daily Table hints list breakfast items and a dinner menu including clear beef soup and breaded potatoes. It provides recipes for yeast muffins and milk muffins with measurements and directions, plus tomato jelly and meat relish. The note is signed by Mrs. M Murray of 250 C Street South Boston.
The 98th annual meeting of the General Association of Congregational Churches of Massachusetts opened at First Church in Amherst. Moderator Rev. Philip S. Moxom presided as delegates from about 250 congregations discussed church rolls, Sunday school pupil declines of five percent to 115,211, and benevolent vs home expenditures.
A Baltimore ceremony marked the tenth annual commencement of the Woman's Medical College of Baltimore. Miss Millena A. Peck of Massachusetts won the medal for top final averages while Dr. Est Kim Pak, a Korean native, became the first from her nation to earn an M D in the United States, among notable graduates including Miss Margaret Lo, daughter of the secretary of the Navy.
Workers in Maverick Square and near East Boston are excavating for a flagpole base and well. They struck a large diameter cistern filled with water while digging seven feet into the earth. Authorities expect to uncover a second well once more digging begins. About eighty men are at work as excavation nears Maverick Square.
Professor Richard Gottheil of Columbia University, a Zionist leader, arrives in Boston at week’s end. He will address Adat Israel on Zionism Sunday evening and speak at Baldwin Place Synaogue in the North End afternoon. Rabbi Charles Fleischer arranges events and presides as Zionist activities oppose the local pulpit stance. Gottheil chairs the American Federation of Zionists preparing its national convention in New York.
At the last meeting the Congregational Adath Jeshurum Roxbury created a Hebrew Sunday School committee of eight led by L. Borowski L. Margynski L. Goodman and Schwarz. Applications for membership may be made at 8 Warren Street Roxbury on Sunday mornings between 10 and noon.
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