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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1901
Page
6
The Boston Post frames itself as the Representative Democratic Paper of New England with coverage aimed at political affairs and regional issues. It positions editorial stance and community relevance within the Northeast.
The Democratic caucuses backed General Patrick A. Collins for Mayor and the Republicans backed Mayor Thomas N. Warts renomination. Nominating conventions set for next week, but both sides show near unanimity on the mayoral contest. The ticket must be strengthened with solid alderman and school committee candidates to deliver a complete victory.
The passage notes the two year mark since Sir Redvers Buller departed London aiming to reach Pretoria for Christmas. It laments the continuing slaughter and desolation, arguing civilization protests against prolonging the war with no end in sight.
The New York Evening Post marks its 100th anniversary with praise for its conservative, honest, and influential role in American journalism. It praises the paper for promoting higher ideals, education in independence in politics, and enduring newsroom integrity despite human errors.
Today at New Haven Yale and Princeton meet in a crucial rivalry that may indicate next Saturday's Soldiers Field outcome. Both teams enter unbeaten with similar scoring lines and a history of close clashes. Freshman action on Soldiers Field features Edgar T. Glass, the Yale guard once disqualified from varsity play.
A historical critique notes the U S Treasury’s flip flopping on whether Philippine beer is taxed as domestic or foreign under the flag and constitution. It highlights the Supreme Court’s reversals in related Porto Rico rulings and questions if the Constitution will follow the flag. The piece mentions Judge Taft in the Philippines and a pending case labeled U S vs 14 diamond rings as central to the dispute.
A Boston area column notes a Boer advance to within 40 miles of Cape Town demonstrates British superiority in the ongoing South Africa conflict. It argues the campaign is costly and futile for Cham berlain's side, as Boers can endure and threaten British strongholds while British forces remain numerically overwhelming.
The Rev. Charles T. Tenney has accepted a call from Auburn Maine and resigned with regret after a long deliberation by Grove Hall Universalist Church parishioners. F G Phillipps, a fish dealer of the T Wharf, found a diamond ring yesterday among fellow members of the T Wharf Fish Dealers Association. presentation by C J K Sullivan at the association rooms.
A critical editorial attacks Boston officials for deploying patrols in high crime districts while snatch thefts persist. It cites women’s purse snatchings near officers, urges withdrawal of patrols, and compares unfavorably with Chicago’s safer, more restrained policing. The piece ends with a jab about a Lynn bound train baby incident and quips about corkasses.
A playful exchange imagines a couple planning their future together. He mentions dwelling in a rosy trance while she highlights the idea of having all wedding presents announced in the press. The vignette satirizes publicity and romance.
Multiple short vignettes and lines from a 19th or early 20th century page mix humorous exchanges with neighbors and common scenes. Notable bits include a warning about noise from a resident in the 14th suite, a Utah earthquake remark, a request for potatoes to a grocer, a New Haven barber abandoning her husband, Roosevelt match-bay note, and a scribbler seeking a book title. The collection centers on everyday urban life and light quips.
In a Harwich cranberry swamp Candia Silvia, a determined picker, faces a forbidden entanglement with a man who has wooed her while contrasting with her Portuguese husband Manuel. Candia reveals she has learned independence and will confront deceit, choosing her own path.
A gown of fine gray satin in ladies cloth trims features gray Arab lace and chiffon with tucked sleeves and skirt. Accessories include a gray taffeta hat with black velvet crown and ruMes edged with black ribbon.
Lavender tinted cream in yellow sponge cake baskets for a violet luncheon. Bake small cakes, scoop tops, craft walls, beat egg whites with sugar, fold in cream and grape juice for tint. Chill ingredients, fill baskets just before serving. Credit to ALICE E WHITAKER.
Fifty members of the Massachusetts Commandery, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, attended a smoke talk at the Brunswick. Brigadier-General E. P. Clark of Springfield, department commander, presided, with Senior Vice-Com mander Major H. Merriam and Junior Vice-Commander Major James A. Frye assisting. Speakers included Lieutenant Lindsay of the Forty-third Regiment, newly returned from the Philippines, Captain Fred McDonald of the Forty-sixth Regiment, and Lieutenant Grant of Mort Banks, U. S. A.
Washington November 15 Navy constructor Richmond P. Hobson is detached from the Bureau of Construction and Repair and attached to manage the government naval exhibit at the Charleston Exposition in Charleston South Carolina.
The North Atlantic squadron winter cruise begins November 25 with four days in Charleston for the exposition then calls at Cuba Porto Rico the Isthmus of Panama Colombia the Leeward Islands and the Danish West Indies. Departing Hampton Roads December 1 the fleet will head to Havana arriving the same day for speed trials off Barren Island before proceeding south.
Free orchestral concerts, under the Music Commission, will be held in Hancock School North End on Monday evening November 18 with soloist A A Densmore Curtis Hall Jamaica Plain Wednesday November 20 with soloist Miss Victoria Johnson and Girls High School West Newton Street Friday November 22 with soloist Mrs Helen Hunt Tickets available by applying to the music department 64 Pemberton Square and at schools halls and local stores hosting the events.
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