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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1901
Page
4
The Buffalo fair faces a serious setback after the assassination of President McKinney. The tragedy dampened support and threatened the exposition's future, but officials urge a strong effort to finish the six week run successfully and honor the late leader.
A Washington editorial argues for reciprocity and free trade, noting Cuba seeks cloger trade relations for sugar and tobacco items. It questions how beet sugar, tobacco, Argentine wool, and goods from France and Germany will react, predicting a political fight before any overhaul of protections.
The text argues witnesses confuse memory of facts with lasting impressions and urges strict fact evidence in a judicial inquiry. It notes three years of passage dulls details, yet opinions persist, and cites Admiral Dewey’s ruling to consider only facts.
The Buffalo trial of Leon Czolgosz for President McKinley’s murder is expected to start soon with careful adherence to legal rights. If found insane he faces containment in a hospital. if sane he may face the extreme penalty. Distinguished defense lawyers promise strong representation.
The piece outlines how Theodore Roosevelt promoted civil service reform, helped enact the Civil Service Law, and shaped New York and federal practices. It notes his roles, the enforcement of the law, and his belief in nonpartisan, merit based appointments both at home and in newly acquired territories.
A survey of local life in Boston mentions unwritten weather rules for apartments, Hull Yacht Club closing season, Mrs. McFadden hosting return to city, and upcoming Symphony rehearsals. It praises Mrs. Curtis hosting at Small Point, Alderman Morris’ aid to the McKinley memorial program, and a South Boston decoration display. Dartmouth graduates travel home for Webster exercises. Ben Adams of Hinsdale and Washington roles noted.
A tale of a titled French duke self styled as a rich aristocrat who wooed a moneyed heiress, only to be revealed as a fraud after the wedding plans. The duchess and family expose the ruse and recover the marriage money as the truth comes to light.
A humorous fragment presents a lobster narrator lamenting shame and fire in a mock soliloquy. He declares becoming extinct rather than endure being cooked, imagining himself pleading guilty to a title while resisting humiliation and torture. The piece riffs on war and metaphorical exile.
A narrator in Everett Massachusetts contemplates jealousy after reading Dorothy Shepard’s marriage to her cousin Reginald Pierce. He reflects on his failed romance with Dorothy and his wish to provide a home, while his landlady Mrs Farley interrupts his reverie from her boarding house.
A satirical fable about an American heiress so rich money dominates her life. She misplaces a postage stamp among gold coins and trips over wealth, fobbing off suitors who are all from reputed American families despite no real fault other than status.
Formal investiture ceremony for Mgr Denis O Callaghan of St Augustine’s South Boston set for Wednesday October 2 with Solemn High Mass at 10 am. Attending bishops include Williams Bradley O Connell Beaven Harkins Tierney, with archbishop blessing vestments. A banquet follows in the parochial school hall.
A quiet Sunday on the Common featured Socialist speakers debating anarchists and capitalists amid long metre sermonizing. Crowds clashed in verbal volleys between Social Democratic and Socialist Labor factions while Mrs. Martha Moore Avery drew listeners to a talk on socialism. The Single Tax followers held a four hour engagement as others debated politics in relays.
In New York on September 22 an unnamed close friend of McKinley clarified reports on the late president's life policies. The exact total is $67,000 with $50,000 through New York Life and $17,000 via smaller insurers. The statement also notes Mrs McKinley's pension and projected income.
A Boston reader argues against a public fund for Maurice Barrymore, praising Lionel John and H Ethel Barrymore for supporting their father and calling any charity appeal unjust and unneeded. The letter is dated September 20 from Boston.
A reader praises a Franklin School veteran teacher and the Boston Teachers Mutual Benefit Fund while noting slow annuity payouts. The letter recalls a Philadelphian will bequeathing 1,000,000 to retired teachers and urges local philanthropy from Bostonians to support aging educators.
A letter from B. Callender asks constituents if his record as Representative to the General Court merits their approval and whether they will provide support at the caucus. It conveys an urge for continued endorsement.
Instructions for making small French loaves with yeast and butter, including warming water, salt, yeast, and flour measurements, dough handling, shaping, rising, and baking. Ends with the author Alice E. Whitaker.
Charles T Gallagher Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts corrects reports about Washington and McKinley becoming Masons. He notes Washington joined Fredericksburg lodge under Scotland at age 18 or older and cites Virginia’s 1867 rule requiring two months residency to petition for membership.
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