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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1902
Page
6
The Boston Post announces subscription terms for daily and Sunday editions with yearly and quarterly pricing options. Instructions cover address changes, payment in advance, and that subscriptions may be discontinued without notice if not obtained regularly. Editor waiter and publisher Be A Grotier listed.
The Republican State convention faces pressure from delegates and voters arguing for tariff reform. Leaders like Mr Fitts push for removal of duties on coal iron steel hides and essentials, while Lodge’s machine wins. Massachusetts Republicans urge support for Gaston, seeking relief for shoe and leather industries and other manufacturers.
The piece argues Percival W. Clement’s Vermont challenge to the Republican machine could spur temperance legislation via local option and a statewide referendum. A Senate license bill is praised for simplicity and basing change on a referendum, with Massachusetts as a model for a streamlined, workable law.
Senator Lodge spoke at the Republican convention yesterday cautioning against immediate ratification and urging careful review of the proposal. He emphasized constitutional concerns and urged party unity ahead of upcoming votes.
The piece argues Massachusetts Republicans should push tariff relief now rather than wait for a nationwide revision. It accuses leaders like Mr. Lodge of delaying local interests from iron, coal, steel, and hides industries. It contends the state party has drifted from home concerns and rejected essential details.
The coal strike talks ended without resolution as operators refused arbitration by the President and offered only local wage deals. The country faces renewed pressure as miners' unions and operators clash over recognition and broader terms, while public confidence tilts toward Roosevelt over the coal crisis.
An attempted stock market rig circulated claiming the currency controller overruled Secretary Shaw on releasing the 25 percent reserve for government deposits. The rumor faded as readers learned the controller reports to the Treasury secretary, though questions linger on the legality of relief measures and reserve releases.
The article critiques Secretary Shaw's move to accept non government bonds as security, arguing the law intended government securities in all cases with other collateral only at the secretary's discretion. It labels the approach eccentric and potentially perilous.
The Observant Citizen reports yachts being stored for winter in Dorchester Bay and a bleak season for yacht clubs. It notes Maud Paradis returning to Boston after 18 months abroad, a coal strike impacting New England life saving stations, and a humorous revolving door incident at a Back Bay hotel. It also covers local option campaign planning at Dudley Street Opera House and a crowd watching coal deliveries in the South End.
The piece ponders the mysteries of Chinese writing and humorously limns the challenges of deciphering Chinese characters. A comic anecdote follows about a handwriting expert who misreads a laundry check, ending with a joke about Chinese language quirks and schooling.
Translation items include shirts socks cuffs collars and a nightie. The text features characters Jester Jimson and Graspit debating a miserly figure who counts his coal every night, with mock dialogue describing the old miser’s stinginess.
A young woman recounts how her flirtatious past led to a bold romance with Jack Holden. After a summer courtship at Long Branch, he wins her hand with a diamond engagement ring. Her pride and suspicions fade as she accepts marriage and prays for their future success.
The thermometer at Thompson's 219 Washington Street logged yesterday's temperatures with readings at 6 am 55, 9 am 58, noon 62, 3 pm 63, and evening 57. The average yesterday was 62 and the average for the previous year was 58.
The Ninth District convention ended its session without choosing a candidate as three ballots produced ties 54 54 50 between Conry Kelcher and Dennison. A plan to adjourn to October 14 was approved to file the nomination papers by October 16 and avoid further late sessions.
Our stocks rise to a peak of completeness with easy choosing and satisfaction for all. Preview a £20 line offering striking novel ties and quiet worsteds, Scotch cheviots, and casimere suits. Staples in blues, blacks and grays emphasize Morse-made superiority and low price.
A roster of named individuals fills multiple officer and trustee roles including Gordon Abbott Oliver Ames C W Amory Samuel Carr B P Cheney T Jefferson Coolidge Charles E Cotting Philip Dexter and others with George P Gardner James A Parker F G Pousland Elmer Foye Eben Draper Reginald Foster Henry Howe Walter Hunnewell Laurence Minot and Julius R Wakefield among the officers and positions noted.
Gertrude Gallagher, 60, a domestic living with Mrs. George M. Winslow at Newton Centre, was found unconscious in the kitchen. An overturned lamp caused severe burns. the family was away and the accident likely happened 24 hours earlier. She is not expected to recover at City Hospital.
Student life at Boston University was interrupted by two class elections. The sophomores were overwhelmed by freshmen who shattered the glass doors of Convocation Hall and scattered collars cuffs and neckties. Eunice Thomas was elected president with Ray Wuntington vice president Harriet Fiske treasurer Hiram Archer secretary and Dorothy Hersom assistant. In the junior class election Bessie Gordon won president Azariah F Reimer vice president Marton Kd Dimond secretary and Paul Dorchester treasurer.
A vestibuled car on the Houghs Neck line collided with a two horse wagon loaded with piling on Coddington street in Quincy. Wagon driver Charles Logan was seriously injured and several passengers including Mrs. Crosby of Hyde Park were bruised or unconscious. Motorman J. E. McCarthy and Conductor Arthur Willis were unhurt.
A large convoy of coal laden vessels passes Shoals and reaches Chatham at sunset. The fleet includes 12 four masted ships, 3 five masted ships, 20 barges towed by Lehigh Valley tugs, and names such as Augustus Hunt Rebecca Palmer William B Palmer Jason M Haskell Estelle Phinney Sarah W Lawrence and Alice M Colburn. If it sails to Boston tomorrow the delivery quantity will be substantial.
At the third Middlesex Democratic senatorial district convention in Somerville Charles F. Morgan M D of Ward 6 Somerville was nominated for Senator and Attorney William H. Flynn of Somerville was chosen a member of the State central committee.
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