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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1901
Page
6
The Boston Post argues the US role on the isthmus is a long standing neutrality duty to protect transit. It cites the 50 year old treaty and contrasts it with current unrest in Colombia. It questions subsidies for foreign ships and suggests US registry as a solution, reflecting Frye’s views on ships and markets.
The piece argues Congress should enact Federal laws to deter assault on the President, avoiding constitutional amendments. It asserts the President represents national authority and deserves protection everywhere, advocating harsher penalties than existing state provisions for assault with intent to kill and urging action by Congress to change current limits.
A critique of Mayor Hart’s debt reduction claims for Boston highlights a net increase in city indebtedness by 2.7 million dollars while noting a large State payment for city land taken. The writer argues that waterworks assets were wiped out, the State holds funds to extinguish debt, and the city remains burdened by 10 million dollars in water obligations alongside annual service costs.
Senator Frye promised a strong push to crowd the ship subsidy bill through Congress meeting next Monday. A Reform Club memorial suggests the measure would yield $9,000,000 annually for 20 to 30 years to the men who secure passage, while American shipping and commerce would gain little.
President McKinley moves to replace Philadelphia Postmaster Thomas J. Hicks amid a scathing report by William Dudley Foulke detailing partisan acts and law violations. Colonel Clayton McMichael is named to succeed Hicks as Roosevelt presses civil service reform and follows Kentucky and Texas removals.
A Boston Post photographer earned an exclusive Halifax wreck picture by wading through Hull Gut after a Harvard student ferried him across. He set up a tripod on the waves, fought official permit limits, and returned to Boston with the shot. Also notes on Walter Gilman Page, Emma McLandis Fuller, Henry Sandham, and political figures at a Democratic city convention.
An assortment of grocery ad items lists mutton legs at 10¢ and mutton chops two pounds for 25¢, rump and sirloin steak 17 to 26¢, boneless sirloin roast 15¢, pickled honey comb tripe 8¢ per 4 pounds, pickled pigs feet 6¢ per 4 pounds, and Gunsenhiser's Hamburger Steak praised as a top market product. Interleaved are varied quotes and observations on politics, literature, and semidark notes from college observatories, Soldier Field finds, and social foibles, mixing catalog items with anecdotal commentary.
A narrator speaks from a coop describing being kept and fed with corn each morning. The tone shifts to sadness as the speaker contemplates fate and Thanksgiving near. The piece ends with farewell cues and tears.
A Colorado man devised a novel self harming method using a hazardous material cartridge. He placed the device on the ground, laid on it, lit a cigar and the fuse, then died in a planned partial funeral days later. The piece notes limited appeal due to cost and lack of glory.
The piece humorously catalogues risks of self harm and accidental death, noting Christmas gifting cigars, football injuries, and a Colorado man’s dynamite plan. It remarks on the appeal of sensational methods and the undertaker’s role, ending with coastal breezes on a Sunday.
A collage of brief humorous anecdotes and quips. A bride recalls childhood days with a washerwoman, a maid confesses ignorance about a broken dish, Alaska political unrest is dismissed as cold, a quarrel goes unreported by papers, and a humane wish for better arms ends the page. Names include Newton Newkirk.
Elwood Indiana November 25 opposition rises to Andrew Carnegie's proposed 25000 gift for a public library building. McKinley Lodge of the Amalgamated Association protests and threatens to boycott the library if any Carnegie funds are used. Other local unions favor the plan.
The funeral at Ipswich featured Rev. Dr. Thorndyke presiding with multiple clergy. Agawam Lodge I O O F members conducted ritual work. Among mourners were several ministers, county officials, and many Essex county deputy sheriffs, with abundant floral tributes.
Officers and staff of the First Battalion of Cavalry gathered at Young's Hotel last evening for a banquet. Captain Austin Peters, retiring veterinary surgeon promoted to captain, and Lieutenant A. E. Carr taking his place were honored guests, with Major W. E. Perrins presiding. Captain Baird of the U S Army, MIT military tactics instructor, spoke on daily Army life in camp. About 30 attendees including invited guests.
Jane Royce, a domineering sister in North Weare New Hampshire, finds a mysterious note in a turkey that leads to a secret romance with a stranger. A burglary at night ends with Jane confronting the thief, the arrest, and her transformation from tyrant to modest companion at Thanksgiving.
The Boston Post declares that C P Earle has no connection or authority to contract bills on its behalf. All such bills will not be paid by the Post and readers are cautioned to disregard any claims linked to Earle.
China Closets with mahogany finish and half mirror backs. mahogany sideboards in old Colonial designs. hand carved and plain effects, values listed then marked to close. High grade oak dining chairs with leather seats and wax finish. other golden oak sideboards with large carved details and claw feet. base 55 inches.
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