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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1901
Page
6
The Boston Post presents editorial coverage from a Democratic-leaning perspective in New England, highlighting political developments, opinion pieces, and public affairs through its traditional wartime and postwar era lens.
The Boston harbor neglect is denounced as Congress prepares to consider a $3.6 million plan by Rep. George P. Law rence of North Adams. Engineers estimate $8 million needed for adequate channel work, with past efforts trimmed by the Senate. The piece urges Massachusetts lawmakers to press for action.
A large largely Irish audience gathered at Mechanics Hall in Boston for a remarkable meeting led by William Lloyd Garrison. Speakers urged Irish land reform and self government, warning that without land for the people Ireland would continue depopulating amid ongoing distress. The event drew thousands demonstrating strong American sympathy for Ireland.
A Portland column reports Senator Lodge’s Middlesex Club speech outlining reciprocity as essential to the protective system. He portrays the President's wishes, cites failed 11 treaties blocked by protected interests, and argues for careful investigation and action by the House and Senate. The piece anticipates a commission to study reciprocity in the next Congress.
A brisk column ties Edward E. Rose to Frohman and Boston theatre, notes his fame for dramatizing The Prisoner of Zenda, and recalls Boston figures Captain Lemly and Nat Goodwin. It mentions a benefit program by the Actors' Church Alliance and a Sanatorium valedictory, with political chatter about Senator Lodge and a Prince port mayoral race.
This fragment argues that admitting flaw would smother the issue and questions imagining Theodore Roosevelt avoiding confrontation in a timid, cowardly manner.
The piece surveys the Yale and Harvard football standings ahead of the Syracuse at Soldiers Field clash. It notes Harvard’s improving play and Pennsylvania’s accidental score against them, while Yale shows less steady progress. Predictions favor Harvard entering the Princeton clash next Saturday.
A Boston centennial reveres Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe in a living memory of his 19th century deeds. The prose recalls his global humanitarian quest, aiding Greece Poland and promoting liberty, as well as his Boston institutions for the relief of the unfortunate that improved countless lives.
Rhb Internal Revenue Collector James D. Sill announces his annual exhibition of American oil paintings from February 1 to February 15 in Springfield, his former home. He will select paintings in New York January 6-8 and January 21-23, with Boston selections in between, aiming for a lively show featuring younger artists.
A dated verse fragment contrasts two voices on love and marriage. The speaker praises a beloved with golden hair and rose lips, while the husband laments changes, accusing the beloved of false teeth and altered beauty amid wedding wishes.
Foreign correspondent recounts a whimsical Buckingham Palace visit with King Edward VII. The king jokes about coronation prep and his visiting cards, shares light banter, and notes the crown fitting ahead of a spring ceremony.
Hubert confesses a past love to Doris during a game of golf on a hillside. He reveals a photo of another woman who once held his heart, while Doris confronts jealousy and hurt. A caddy later discovers a mirror rolled to a hill’s base, leaving the two alone with an uncertain future.
W P Porter, a 12 year ordnance student and eyewitness, disputes press claims about the 10 inch Brown gun at Sandy Hook. He says the gun did not burst nor breech blow out. Vent closures caused gas pressure to rise to about 15 million pounds, not 5 million, with vents open the system remains intact.
In Wakefield a strong Republican town honors Charles Dean, elected to the Legislature for a fifth consecutive year. Despite opposition from Gooch and H. Walton, Dean ran as Democrat with Independent Republicans backing him and won by 12 percent, praised for serving constituents over corporate interests.
New York reports the engagement of Miss Margaret Evelyn Herron sister of Professor George D Herron to Dr Henri Verner Berghall of Manistee Michigan. Herron supports a nontraditional union without vows or church ritual and notes Berghall is a 42 year old Socialist native of Sweden living in exile. No wedding date is set.
The closing evening of the chrysanthemum show at Horticultural Hall crowned Colonel Charlies Pfaff of Framingham and the Massachusetts Breweries Company as the top exhibitor, receiving the Agricultural Society silver medal for best bloom. Mrs A W Spencer earned the bronze, while George Melvin and rival gardener Alexander McKay were honored for technical skill and sportsmanlike conduct. The event, described as the finest and most prosperous chrysanthemum show in Boston, drew large crowds and sold well economically.
The funeral of Mr Solomon Reid took place yesterday at the Basil Hutchins chapel. Dr Thomas Stanford, chaplain of Boston's colored hotel waiters, conducted the services. Reid had served as a waiter and acting captain at Young's Hotel for 20 years before retirement due to ill health. He was born in Hampton Virginia, 48 years ago, and came to the city over 20 years ago. He leaves a wife, two sons and a daughter.
Bath Maine November 10 shipbuilding thrives with 7 140 850 dollars of work spread across seven yards including battleship Georgia monitor Nevada and cruiser Cleveland at Bath Iron Works Other big contracts include a palatial yacht Pantuset a 1000 ton 200 000 dollar behemoth and two 1000 ton government caissons totaling about 95 000 The yards of Arthur Sewall Co and other firms show multiple steel ships schooners and four masters under construction plus 25 000 tons merchant vessels completed this year and 1501 tons of naval craft costing 510 000
A dessert method for a yellow luncheon features a firm custard moulded with gelatine as a center filling rather than a sauce. The recipe guides soaking gelatine in milk and water, cooking with yolks sugar and hot milk, adding vanilla, and preparing a frothy lemon gelatine topping with whipped egg whites. Prepared by ALICE E WHITAKER.
In fifty years of business no offer matches this month. High quality bookcases at prices rivaling cheaper standbys. A 3 tier cabinet with sliding doors solid partitions locks and adjustable shelves in white oak holds 240 volumes for 21 dollars.
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