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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1901

Page

9

Post Office report flags second class abuses in mail costs

Washington dispatch on Charles Emory Smith's annual Post Office report. It cites a $3.92 million deficit with expected improvement next year, denounces extensive misclassifications of second class matter, and outlines proposed postal reforms. Details include cost imbalances, publication practices, and recommendations on money orders, retirement funds, and regulatory amendments.

Washington Charles Emory Smith Roosevelt Post Office Department McKinley Congress

Hard Thanksgiving for Longshoremen at Boston Harbor

Amid a light cargo flow on Thanksgiving week longshoremen face idle shifts as few steamers and square rigged craft arrive. The Merchant lighter crew received a large turkey from the U S purveyors at the customs house while others, including tug crews, await better weather and fleet arrivals. A nine-strong tug fleet left harbor with the rest of ships or anchored offshore. captains, many residents, plan to spend the holiday ashore. The Algiers from New Orleans carried molasses under Captain Hopner at Boston Fort Point Channel, while the Freeman bark, owned by R R Freeman and captained by John Van Namee, was moved to New England docks after departure from Mystic pier.

Buenos Ayres Belmont Dominion Line Charlestown Commonwealth Boston Mediterranean Prince Line Fisher's Wharf Cesar Government Norfolk Plummer Eureka Staples Coal Company Fall River Wilmore Grant Chadwick Toms River N. J Atlantis City Philadelphia Alabama New York Vineta West Indies Newport News New Orleans Orion Taurus Devonian Liverpool Chicago Saxonia Liverpoool Queenstown Kenwood John 8. Emery East Boston William MekKee David 8. Emery Peter B. Bradley Fiske Lydia Hamburg Buckman Carlisle Landsman Lewis Wharf Cape Cod Ead Haddock la Jiave Banks Lizzie Dyas Nova Scotia Ginvee Morgan Line Algiers Prescott Hopner Boston Wharf Fort Point Channel Eastern Railroad South Ferry Freeman R. R. Freeman John van Namee Salt Lake City Mystic Pier New England Docks

Shipping News Miniature Almanac Update

Shipping notices list sunrise at 6 60 am and sunset at 4 14 pm with nine hours two minutes day length. Captains report arrivals, departures, and cargoes for multiple steamers and schooners including Cambrian Antwerp and Commonwealth amid northwest gale conditions.

Commonwealth Sails on First Boston to Mediterranean Run

The Dominion line steamship Commonwealth began its initial regular voyage from Boston to Mediterranean ports just after 11 am. It carried 49 passengers including 110 in first cabin, 30 in second, and 350 steerage. Many steerage travelers were Italians returning to their homeland. notable saloon passengers included prominent Americans and foreigners. Chamber of Commerce officials joined the departure as guests of the line’s general manager.

Dominion Line Commonwealth Boston Mediterranean Chamber of Commerce Elwyn G. Preston L. 8. Brown E. C. Paul Chamber Boston Light C. P. Jameson

Self Help Cure Promises Vigor for Weak Men by Mail

A Detroit doctor offers a home treatment to cure years of weakness and enlarge small organs. Readers are urged to mail name and address to receive a free receipt and full directions. Correspon dence is confidential and printed excerpts praise the method’s improvements in size and vigor.

L. W. Knapp Hull Detroit Mich Daily Mail Boston Longest Hallock Medical Institute Court Street Mass Court St Jackson U. 8S Home Remedy Tremont St

Secretary Roots Report Details War Establishment and Defenses

Secretary Root presents the annual War Department report listing 3253 officers and 7608 enlisted in the regulars, plus 4336 hospital corps, 172 volunteer surgeons in the Philippines, 4973 native scouts under 98 officers, and 2 officers with 815 Porto Rico Provisional Regiment. He critiques the canteen law, opposes a peace time transport service, notes coast defense upgrades including 16 12 inch guns and 3 mortars, and outlines plans for San Juan Puerto Rico West Point rebuild and militia organization reform. The Militia Act is deemed outdated. Congress urged to create a ready plan for organizing and arming national guards for nine month service as a first reserve.

Washington Philippines Porto Rico Root Chesapeake Bay San Juan Pearl Harbor Honolulu West Point Congress

Burglars Bomb Safe But Delayed Explosion

In Lynn on November 27 burglars bored a hole in the Boyd Bros. safe planted dynamite and a fuse then fled, leaving the fuse unlit. The attempt likely wrecked the safe and would have exposed its contents if the fuse had not been left unignited.

Lynn Boyd Bros

Former Colorado Governor Waite Dies in Aspen

Aspen Col November 27 Former Governor Davis H Waite of Colorado collapsed and died here today in what is believed to be heart trouble He had been in good health prior to the death and his passing was sudden and unexpected

Aspein Col Davis H. Waite Colorado

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