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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1901
Page
4
Boston voters face closing registration with Wednesday night deadline. Observers estimate 110000 names would represent the city’s eligible voters while assessors report 166000 polls. Advocates urge boosting registration to reflect Boston’s political weight in state and national affairs. The final days should add laggards to the lists.
The New York Times notes William F. Miller of syndicate fame has been released on bail for a new trial after a two year lapse since his 10 year sentence. The court found a flaw in the indictment and Miller gains a fresh chanc e despite his proven wrongdoing.
The piece notes English nerves frayed by the ongoing South African conflict. It cites £350,000,000 spent and 35,000 troops lost to date, with total two year costs near £700,000,000 and 75,000 casualties. Kitchener hangs rebels in the Cape as martial law rises while the empire faces a dark horizon.
The 1900 census indicates females at 48.8 percent and males at 51.2 percent. Over the past decade women have grown faster than men, signaling a gradual shift toward a balanced population and reflecting regional changes in the West and Massachusetts.
The football season opened with Harvard meeting Columbia on Soldiers Field. The Harvard win by a decisive margin marks a strong start, with Harvard's performance drawing attention amid early games involving smaller colleges and notable opponents.
Harvard's improving play is praised after a closer than expected victory over Columbia. The piece notes Harvard has strengthened its lineup and may contend with tougher foes, despite past seasons' results.
W H Pickering of Harvard Observatory returns from Jamaica with a 135 foot focus telescope and faces a problem of raising and viewing from an elevated perch. The piece compares Jamaica and Cambridge latitudes and contemplates a 75 foot conning tower or dramatic rescue methods. The column also touches on local society figures Bliss Carman Charles Wigley James Reynolds and Judge Dewey plus a church sermon at the Advent and a wedding among German American circles.
A collage of quirky figures and odd scenes unfolds with the Dingbat clashing with the Skweedunk in a battle of comic bravado. The piece blends mock danger, gibberish dialogue, and a playful moral about a bee and a sting in a surreal, kid-friendly vignette.
Miss Muriel Tuckerman daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Tuckerman of Bay State Road is engaged to Mr Charles FitzGerald a Harvard graduate of Baltimore. Her mother is Mrs Ruth Appleton of New York. The couple’s families return from Europe last September. Tuckerman is a Somerset Club member.
The annual meeting of the National Congregational Council opened in Portland Maine with a forenoon sermon by William J Tucker president of Dartmouth College at State Street Church. The Rev Dr J L Jenkins led the service and Rev Dr S Newman offered prayer as forty nine Congregational preachers filled the Portland churches.
A young woman named Marion Bennett in Boxbury, under the influence of a wealthy uncle, spends a summer with him and clones a risky romance with Jack Noble. When a younger rival pleads for Noble, Marion chooses regret over conquest, admitting her role and returning to the city wiser and sadder.
In Catholic circles it is believed a February consistory will mark Pope Leo XIII's fourth year and open the jubilee signaling the quarter century of his pontificate. Cardinal Martinelli may head to Rome for the Inquisition office assignment while new cardinals receive red hats at the public session.
Grand Master Stern led five hundred brethren and friends of the Sons of Israel in a Berkeley Hall memorial for the late Ferdinand Abr. Mourners heard tributes from Moses Mendelsohn Lodge and Bay State Lodge leaders, a prayer by Rev Dr Fleisher, and an address by Schindler. A male quartet and Mrs Goldstein provided musical expressions as mourners filled the hall.
In South Framingham on Oct 43 the First Parish Unitarian Church marked its 200th anniversary of organization and the ordination of its first pastor the Rev John Swift. Historical addresses by prominent Unitarians from various regions highlighted the observance.
A letter from a Boston reader defends the South Cove against critics in the court representatives remarks. The writer lauds the Cove as a longtime, valuable neighborhood hub, noting clergy and locals who mind their own business and travel to Old Colony station, and urges defenders of the Cove to stand for its good name.
David P. Harrigan, an old Quincy School boy from 74 Bunker Hill Street, urges readers to honor the South Cove district and its legacy. He cites notable figures educated there, laments crime by outsiders, and champions the school as a monument against ignorance and crime.
A reader letter analyzes the Republican and Democratic platforms noting silence on colonial policy and voting rights, with emphasis on the anti imperialism plank. The author links state and national platforms to the Kansas City standard, arguing the republic’s endurance hinges on resisting imperialism. Xbridge, Oct. 9.
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