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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1902
Page
6
The Boston Post critiques a 10 percent wage increase for tobacco workers as inadequate to offset rising living costs. It blames the Dingley tariff and trusts for price inflation and urges smashing tariffs and trusts, praising Attorney General Knox if he acts before the November congressional elections.
A New York reform debate over open street cars seeks to ban standing passengers between seated riders. The piece recalls Boston’s prior self-assertion where riders refused to yield space, leading to voluntary rules and con driver instructions, urging New Yorkers to assert rights to seating.
The piece laments the tariff fight led by Republicans and the Ways and Means committee delaying relief measures. It cites a speech urging changes to the Dingley tariff and warns of a potential popular uprising if reforms do not come. It then recalls jokes on public transport and a fire alarm mishap, ending with notes on Mr. W A McKerney and Col Frank S Richardson’s Moosehead Lake outing.
The report says Professor Alexander Graham Bell plans a Cape Breton summer focusing on kite tests to gather data for practical flying. It notes recent Paris balloon accidents shift inventors toward airplanes and airships, referencing Langley and Santos-Dumont as context for Bell’s anticipated experiments with up to 130 kites.
The hearing in Chicago on an injunction against the beef trust opens Tuesday with formal proceedings. Attorney General Knox is urged to press vigorously to demonstrate sincerity and seize the opportunity to advance the administration’s aims.
Observant Citizens report that H J Stewart will not officiate as organist at Trinity Church next year. His contract lasts to September but he will substitute during summer and return to his home in San Francisco.
A humorous verse about a man who prefers fishing over work and a comic column piece on rhyming with month. The strip includes quirky notices, detective lore, a jab at Tammany Hall, and whimsical missing plans tied to spring.
A remarkable frost is reported as the largest ever experienced in South Carolina. A 104 year old Jamaica L I man has married, bringing wishes for long life and happiness. The column also parodies slang, stock prices, royal gossip, a staged fire joke, and a tip of the hat to Newton Newkirk.
Charlie Bailey overhears a plan to burgle Cyrus Folsom with Katie Blake as an inside aid. He discusses the scheme with his mother and intends to warn authorities and share the case with the inspector and a Post night reporter to secure a beat on the other papers.
A police chief tracks two thieves by voice near the Folsom homestead. They enter the dining room to steal silver service as a plan for a raid unfolds. The impostors reveal themselves during Cyrus Folsom’s anniversary celebration before the chief aborts the operation.
Arthur C. Farley of Boston argues in a letter to the Post that the Board of Trade should insist on a 20 year lease and fair rent based on value, not cost. He urging the Elevated railway to offer a fair price for a five year term with regular revaluations to protect both the company and the public.
The President sent to the Senate three nominations including Herbert G Squiers of New York as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Cuba Edward S Bragg of Wisconsin as consul general at Havana and John Gardner Coolidge of Massachusetts as secretary of the legation at Pekin China The announcements are dated May 16.
The Newsboys Union held a minstrel show at 30 Hanover Street last night. An invitation had been sent to Mrs. John L. Gardner but she did not attend and no reply was received. Acts included clever numbers and a performance by Baller Quinn who sang after his traveling story.
The body of James McCormack, admitted to Boston City Hospital May 7 and dying the next day, remains in the hospital mortuary awaiting a claimant. He gave 17 Dover street as his address, but Joseph McCormack refused responsibility and provided a Dorchester contact. no suitable keeper is found. If unclaimed by tomorrow, the city will bury the remains.
The Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard held a dinner at Hotel Vendome with seventy five undergraduate members in attendance.
A note on old fashion pies and their shift to shell crusts with grape jam filling. The grape tart illustrated uses a light pastry shell cut into grape shapes from a paste of flour salt baking powder butter and cola water. Recipe by Alice Be Whitaker.
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