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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
8
Senator elect Willard Howland of Chel a plans a bill to the Senate next year to reform the caucus system in the Commonwealth. He says the measure will make caucuses as free as possible from influences that have prevailed and will prevent persons from voting at caucuses of the opposite party.
Chelsea Senator elect Willard Howland urges radical caucus reform to curb cross party voting. He proposes voter assessments on May 1 to classify politics and a Sept 7 notification, with penalties for cross caucus voting and nonpartisan officers. He says the city would fund caucuses and independent voters keep options.
May Shaefer, ordered to leave Boston, cannot depart due to poverty and a lingering chattel mortgage dispute. She laments a possible return to crime, recounts losing her boarding house after a $300 mortgage default, and explains police accusations while claiming her morphine withdrawal treatment was mischaracterized. The 33 year old blonde vows reform if she can reach her New Jersey parents.
SALPM November 29 pork dinner with vegetables mince pie and cranberry sauce described for John C Best accused murderer awaiting trial in Salem jail. Eastman also fed Turkey and vegetables while Cambridge jail inmate read and received no visitors. House of Correction prisoners spent two hours listening to chapel concert with sleight of hand performer.
In Brighton street Ward 8, the most thickly settled area north of New York, families in fifth floor tenements shared a kosher feast. Despite crowded rooms and language barriers, residents celebrated with turkeys raised at Charlestown and cooked by Hebrew housewives, feeling providence's kindly smile under presidential and gubernatorial proclamations.
A Boston Post letter reports overflow in a charity haven for a two month old colored infant from Hampden Virginia whose mother, 19, seeks affordable board and clothing. Agencies reportedly deny aid, and the Post offers to share a responsible contact to help place or support the child while the mother remains unnamed.
Philadelphia November 29 Charles E Wallace Jr elected captain of the Pennsylvania team for next year Wallace has played right tackle on the varsity eleven for two seasons under the disbanding at night
The Irish comedy drama The Sham rock and the Rose was staged yesterday afternoon and evening in Union Hall Somerville by the Foresters Dramatic Club for Court Maine 141 F of A of Somerville.
Boston New York horse sale reports Contralto 2:10 champion 4 year old filly of 1900 sold overseas to Ruzicka Morgenstein Vienna for 6500 dollars. Major Green 4 year old stallion bought by Frank Jones Memphis for 4500. Other notable sales include Potential to Goshen New York and Baroness of Roanoke 2 year old filly to Jacob Ruppert New York. Moth Miller pacer sold to Dr David Randall New York. Consignments from Maplehurst farm and Lincoln Morison noted.
J Thomas Baldwin of Boston famed as a leading bandmaster and promoter died at 7 10 last evening at 500 Columbus Avenue after five days of blood poisoning from a minor injury. Born in Lowell in 1836 he led Baldwin Joyce s Baldwin Kay s and Baldwin Jordan s bands and shaped Gilmore s Jubilee Orchestra He served 30 years directing music for Boston and held a longtime role with Massachusetts Title Insurance Company Survived by his widow and three sons funeral Sunday at Mt Hope.
The Somerville Cycle Club annual minstrel show drew a large crowd at Odd Fellows Hall Winter Hill with W Archibald Willis directing. Notables included S M Rich Howard A Knowles and a long list of circle members. The Eliot Male Quartet and buck and wing acts featured, with Mrs Willis as accompanist and dancing to close the program.
Billy Gardiner defeated Billy Chisholm in a 15 round points contest before the Knickerbocker Athletic Club in Lowell on November 29. Jimmy Gardiner, 15, scored a win over John Brady in a prone cer bout. Jac McKenzie and John Faulkner fought to a six round draw.
Malden won the five mile cross country race at the Malden Melrose YMCA with 18 points to 8. Finishers included Bert Gayton of Malden in 27 minutes 47 seconds, Fred J Irving Malden 28 01, Louis Levin Melrose 28 54, Everett Geary Melrose 30 12, I D Gayton Malden 34 15, Kendall Salisbury Melrose 34 33.
In Easton Lafayette defeated Dickinson 10 to 6 on November 20. At Lehigh on November 29 Lehigh beat Strathmore 17 to 0. In New Haven Georgetown lost to North Carolina 0 ROANOKE Virginia Military Institute edged Virginia Polytechnic Institute 4 to 0 on November 26.
Melrose Municipal League surprises Republican leaders by nominating Sidney H. Buttrick for mayor. The league also endorses Alderwoman William A. Carrie for at large, with M. F. Eastman and Maurice C. Cochrane as at large candidates. Republicans name Morse and Moore for aldermen at large, John Morse Ward 7 is the sole ward alderman nominee. Buttrick filed formal nomination papers and backs a win over Republican candidate John H. Larabee.
The trend sees more couples tying the knot in cars or near vehicles, with attendants and wedding parties adapting to the auto setting. The motif of horn sounds and car features replaces traditional ceremonies as couples seek convenient arrangements and unique venues.
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