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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1901
Page
10
Stockholders of the New King Crowther Corporation already scattered across the country as the big reward news circulates.
Sam Crowther reports discovery of vast 142 square mile illuminating oil lands in Atascosa Live Oak and McMullen counties Texas. Boston Texas investors form King Crowther Corporation to develop wells with ten rigs, offering stock at 50 cents a share, rising to 75 after November 22.
Police investigate a theft at 43 St Stephen's Street after Mrs Helen Stone discovers $1000 in diamond jewelry missing from a closet in her bedroom. The items include a diamond crescent on a chain, a diamond pin, earrings, seven diamond rings, a bracelet and other pieces. No signs of forced entry are found and insiders are suspected.
New York dispatch profiles Miss Margaret Herron of Metuchen explaining why she plans an unconventional marriage without vows or a pledged lifelong commitment. She recounts her change from conventional views to rejecting formal promises, arguing marriage is a personal, not absolute, pledge and cites her brother George Herron’s example.
The passage presents a reflective line about love and marriage, contrasting a heartfelt promise spoken in intimate presence with formal declarations. It emphasizes that a sincere, shared statement holds more sacred value than a formal claim rooted in impracticality. The excerpt centers on the depth and legitimacy of true marriage over ceremony alone.
President J P Hutchinson returns to town and takes charge of the Republican city committee campaign. He lays down the law to Mayor Hart demanding recognition of the city committee. Campaign heads will operate from multiple hotel bases while an advisory board handles unresolved issues.
In Ward 16 Democrat Richard J. Foley is declared winner after a recount in Faneuil Hall yesterday. Initial returns had Rep. Van Courtlandt Lawrence ahead by six votes, but the recount shows Foley winning by five votes.
In Ward 1 a lively council race features Gilbert Im. Stalker as a candidate. Supporters accuse Mayor Hart’s official family of trying to defeat him, citing Stalker’s brother Hugh Stelker who opposed Hart’s tax hike in the Legislature. Stelker was once a council candidate but lost by 52 votes amid caucus contention. Stolker, a longtime Fast Boston business figure, presses his campaign while facing City Hall opposition.
James J Donnolly the Ward 2 Common Council candidate has labor union support from East Boston groups. He has long served in Noddle Island Assembly 5789 K of L as financial secretary and held district posts. He led the Labor Day parade staff and comes close to last year’s election victory, with caucus on November 15 expected to confirm his nomination.
A proposed Congress bill by Mr Farnsworth aims to require strict labeling and marking of all wool or woollen goods and shoddy imitations. It targets tailors clothiers and merchants who sell non genuine wool and sets penalties from 50 to 800 dollars for violations and 5 to 100 dollars for purchasers of unlabelled shoddy fabric.
In Roughan's Hall Charlestown Sunday District Secretary Treasurer Thomas H. Canning chaired a meeting praising five years of Hurley as district master workman. He noted a 300 percent membership rise and a sizable local Knights bank balance. A. G. Norander presented the resolutions urging caucus support for Hurley as the sole labor candidate for the Board of Aldermen to counter corporate privileges.
Senator L E Chamberlain of Brockton announced last evening that a legislative committee tasked to revise the Massachusetts Statutes since 188 has finished its work. The panel, appointed by Governor Wolcott in 1896, will submit its report to the special session of the Legislature convening at 11 o clock Wednesday.
A large gathering of Dorchester Republicans at 85 Adams Street Meeting House Hill elected Ward 20 Republican Club officers: President Patrick Hart, Vice President John C. Kiley, Secretary Treasurer Eugene W. Hanson, and Sergeant at Arms Martin F. Daily Jr. Refreshments followed. speeches were made and the meeting adjourned to Tuesday for a smoke talk event.
Women will play a prominent part in Boston municipal politics though they cannot vote except for the school board. The Social Democrats will have two women delegates, Martha Moore Avery from Ward 12 and Rebecca Riesman from Ward 8, who will vote in the convention for mayor and street commissioner as if they had a vote on election day.
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