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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
6
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The nation reflects on a year of war in the Philippines with 2867 officers and 71,727 enlisted men, while harvests falter with a tiny corn crop and no apples in New England. Despite hardships, optimism remains as Governor Crane notes plentiful harvests and a promising year ahead. Individuals may face hardship, yet charity and communal spirit are urged as the best form of thanksgiving.
The essay argues that the United States should not enforce sovereignty claims of Colombia but protect free transit and the Isthmus railroad. It emphasizes recognizing whatever government locals elect, upholding treaty obligations, and applying the Monroe doctrine by keeping foreign interference at bay while letting internal conflicts play out.
President Eliot praised the football team for embodying Harvard spirit and urged granting all Harvard men voting rights for overseers. He argued the current charter restricts the university’s governance to degree holders, urging equality in state and university leadership amid looming legislative efforts.
Secretary Root urges a reciprocal tariff with Cuba highlighting moral duty and policy need. He cites Cuba's peace and independence as crucial to U S health and warns Congress must act to aid Cuba's sugar and tobacco sectors.
The 1901 football squad is described as breaking through the conservative guard, signaling a notable advancement or shift in the team’s stance or approach, with emphasis on breakthrough action and confrontation with established opponents.
The editorial mocks Mayor Hart's debt reduction claims, noting city books show the water works payments retire municipal bonds and that debt did not fall. It argues tax burdens rose under his administration and his re election campaign rests on a fiction of debt reduction.
The Observant Citizen recounts Parker's and Young's switching to crest style letterheads. Parker's features a blue shield with a deer and a hound on a rope banner bearing Trideli Certa Merces, plus a crest on envelopes. Young's adopts a red crest with no animals. The piece hints at hostelries and dining lore.
Lodged in discussions about railroads and offices, Perkins refuses interviews claiming the public is not interested. Other notes mention the Ancients electing new officers for June during London company's Boston visit, and varied local items from prize winning pets to a Thanksgiving turkey shoot and a busy South End police precinct.
A 1920s style collection of Thanksgiving humor and social anecdotes. It includes satirical tips on hosting and etiquette, jokes about appetite and conduct at a feast, light quips about Max O Re ll and New Jersey mosquitoes, plus short comic exchanges featuring a school teacher and characters like Jester and Newton Newkirk.
Edward C. Baldwin, appointee to the school house custodian post, remains in office despite an Attorney General opinion that the job must come from civil service. He shows records and files detailing janitors and school houses, asserts use of public stenographer, and hints at possible salary suit if forced out. His allies note the school committee created the post without civil service input and may pursue legal action.
Chinese minister Wu Ting Fang met President Roosevelt in Washington and discussed re enactment of the Chinese exclusion act. He urged equality and fairness, saying justice has no color or race, and proposed a public debate with editors favoring exclusion before an impartial tribunal.
Mayor Hart received a letter from former Superintendent Wheeler addressing ex Mayor Quincys speech. Wheeler lists exact unit costs for brick sidewalks edgestone block paving and related work, arguing Quincys price comparisons were misleading and noting labor only versus labor plus materials.
Madisonville Hopkins county officials moved to search all directly interested party’s persons for concealed weapons as 21 men taken Sunday are arraigned before Judge Hal. The defense questioned Judge Hall’s impartiality but the affidavit was withdrawn and the prisoners waived examination. They are held for the grand jury without bail. The Nortonville camp remains at typical strength.
Mary Jane Hodges, 39, has waited 19 years for Calvin Blanchard to propose. On Thanksgiving Day she reveals she will marry him that day, pleading with his hesitation as he recalls church dinners and a rival deacon. In a tender moment, Calvin realizes she means him, and they embrace as she anticipates a shared holiday meal as husband and wife.
Laura Lincoln Evans of Chelsea thanks the Post Editor for the vaccination offer. She recalls a large crowd and patience, praising the kindness and noting many others would like to thank but lack courage to write. She signs from Central avenue, November 26, 1891.
A local ad promotes a second floor clothing department with a large selection of novel and nobby items priced from 5c to 6.00 dollars. It highlights redTams at lower prices than competitors and claims broad stock in men’s wear, footwear, hosiery, underwear, and more. The note promises neat styles, high quality, and the lowest prices, inviting customers to read Friday and Saturday attractions.
A Dorchester Gas Company customer writes to the editor about having his gas cut off while he was away, though he pays bills monthly around the 21st. He notes others have been treated similarly and urges decency toward longtime customers. Boston, Nov. 27.
Louis W. Darling of 561 Sumner Street Boston requests correction to a Post report naming Hugh Haggerty of 551 Sumner Street East Boston as a smallpox case. Darling states he has not lived at that address since June and that Haggerty was only a boarder then. He cites concerns over his daughter being affected by the error.
A Cleveland report claiming $140,000 worth of furs smugged across the Canadian border into Vermont cannot be verified in Newport Vermont. Locals believe there has been fur smuggling and also of Chinese laborers, but no specific incident can be described.
Rutland Vermont November 27. The customs law violation case involving Canadian fur dealers is of interest as one seizure proceeds to the United States District Court in Rutland next Monday afternoon. The case centers on 107 Copper Island seal skins seized at Swanton near the Canadian line by Olin Merrill, district customs collector, on September 30.
LAFAYETTE Ind Nov 27 Purdue College has received a Thanksgiving present of 60 000 cash from Mrs Eliza Fowler for the erection and equipment of an assembly hall.
Public Franchise League asks Mayor Hart to confirm if his March 1901 stance against city subway involvement remains his view and whether he supports a referendum on city ownership or management of subways. League notes November 26 1901 HQ letter from Tremont Building, Boston.
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