Subscription rates and payment details from The Post
The notice lists subscription prices for the Post and Sunday Post with yearly six month and three month options. It directs subscribers to report address changes, notes second class matter status, warns against sending cash, and instructs payments by checks or money orders to the Post Publishing Company at 259 Washington Street Boston. Editor and Publisher E A Grozier signs the notice.
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Post Publishing Company
Free transfers eyed as city backing grows in Boston
Mayor Quincy is urged to attend the hearing on free transfers and advocate the measure with force. City government action aligns with petitioners and Democratic support strengthens the push, with Quincy seen as a key representative of Boston’s Democratic voters in backing the transfer system.
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Quincy
Boston
Board of Aldermen
Ancient History in New Hampshire Delegation Debate
Senator Chandler quotes a twenty year old affair and accuses McKinley allies of boodle in a New Hampshire convention. He warns that the Republican party faces questions of virtue while critics say he talks too much. History may repeat itself as Hanna worries over delegate loyalty.
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Senator Chandler
Senator Gallinger
McKinley
New Hampshire
Hayes
Chandler
Ilan
Hanna
New Hampshire House of Representatives
Granite State
House
Manchester
Public Demands Dividend From Bell Telephone Stock
The Bell Telephone Company should distribute its about 3.5 million dollar nest egg to the public as unearned dividends. Governor Greenhalge and anti-dividend forces blocked the plan, and the public seeks relief from what they view as inflated charges and taxed use of telephone services. The piece urges legislature to force observation of public rights and to redirect funds from subsidiary channels to the people.
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Bell Telephone Company
Greenhalge
Tfe Telephone
A Real Tax Reform and the Burden on the Poor
A Massachusetts debate argues against any tax reform that raises small householders’ burdens. The plan would exempt personal property from annual levies and tax it only through Probate Court, calculating about 30.50 per thousand, shifting costs to real estate and rents, with critics calling it unjust to the poor and middle class.
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Massachusetts
Proposed bill aims to protect small savers within new system
The speaker argues the bill is sound and can be drafted to retain benefits of the system while protecting small earners. If adjustments cannot be made, the bill should be set aside.
Aldermanic district reform debated in Boston politics
The piece criticizes Senator Hutchinson and the metropolitan affairs committee for pushing a partisan aldermanic district bill tied to Republican aims. It argues past district schemes failed, favors a citywide general-ticket Board of Aldermen, and predicts Boston will endure partisan experiments under Massachusetts Legislature led by the Boston Republican chair.
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Metropolitan Affairs Committee
Senator Hutchinson
Boston
Republican City Committee
State House
Pmcan
Hutchinson
Massachusetts
Republican City Committee of
Mr Harrison Avoids Election as McKinley Rival
The piece argues against dragging ex President Harrison into the Republican scramble to defeat McKinley. It depicts Harrison as wisely detached, planning bonds to stay out of the fray, noting a honeymoon makes an election campaign ill advised. The overall tone signals distress at Harrison's unofficial entry.
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Cupid
Hymen
Harrison
McKinley
Ohio
April fools on State street and NH convention notes
The Observant Citizen recalls April fool antics on State street with pranks including gifts and a cigar, while The Post cartoon on the New Hampshire Republican platform draws praise from Republicans and Democrats alike. Highlights include remarks on Senator Chandler’s turbulent NH House past, Rep Mahoney’s spring practice, life-saving station plans for City Point, and Edward J. Donovan adopting a cane. The column also comments on fashion tips for skirts and waists, noting a blue and tan shot taffeta ensemble with chiffon accents.
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Post
New Hampshire
State Street
Boston Figures and Notables Share Weekend Notes
A lively column sketches Boston figures from legislators to judges and socialites. It notes Rep Josh Holden’s stubborn optimism after defeat, Judge Corcoran as a superb storyteller, Ex-Mayor Matthews busy with legal work, Pietro Gori’s planned Boston talk, Maurice J. Phillips’s Marblehead yachting supplies venture, and Sergeant Rideout’s popularity on Noddle Island. Also mentioned are Fred R. Hardenbergh’s grip, Wheeler’s move to Glover Sanitary Sewerage, a пиogram at Hotel Vendome for the Home for Discharged Prisoners, and the ongoing Easter flower show alongside a display in Province Court.
Hints for Bodices Use Ragbag Fabrics This Season
Begin with a ragbag of silk scraps and a waist pattern. Stitch together multiple differing materials into the waist while keeping sleeves and back matching. The collar may be of one material. Apply Sunshine to salvage a coordinated gown this season.
A Cat Worth Having
A feature on The Black Cat five cent magazine from Boston praised for its original stories and phenomenal success. It notes six months sales nearing one quarter of a million copies per issue and cites praise from The Philadelphia Call and The Boston Post.
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Boston
Philadelphia Call
World
Boston Post
Gold Found In Big Horn Cabin With Hidden Riches
Carroll Jones, a lone prospector in the Wyoming Big Horns, seeks shelter from a storm and discovers a deserted miner’s cabin. A ghostly dream, a bloodstain, and a hidden powder keg lead to a treasure of gold and gems, marked by a note to Richard Brent, Esq. rumor says Jones may be using a false name.
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Carroll Jones
Big Horn Mountains
Wyoming
Dick Brent
Brent
Richard Brent
Carroll
Boston Horse Show Promises Society Glamour And Nuptials
Society notes from Town Topics describe Boston’s eagerly awaited Easter Week Horse Show with grand arena boxes filled by Thayer, Allen, and other prominent names. The piece details wedding plans for Miss Anna Palfrey and Bryce Allan, the Myopia hunt scene, and social butterflies—box women, creams of Boston society, and visiting dignitaries from Washington and New York—prepping for luncheons and galas around the event.
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Boston
Mr. Hyde
New York
Arena
Thayer Brothers
Nathaniel
Eugene
Bayard
John
F. H. Prince
Harry’’ Burnham
Robert Hooper
Charlie’ Sprague
Bryce Allan
Guy Norman
George von L. Meyer
Frank Seabury
H. N. Slater
Frank Skinner
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Murray Forbes
Dennie Boardman
Oliver Ames
Preble Motley
Eliot Guild
Eben Jordan
Richard Bradley
Boston Society
Washington
Mr. §.S. Howland
Marion Story
Prescott Lawrences
C. Albert Stevenses
P. Fenelon Collier
Herbert Sears
E. V. R. Thayer
de Forest Danielson
Myopia
Country Club
Anna Palfrey
Waldorf
Miss Palfrey
Francis Palfrey Winthrop
W. ¥. Barnett
Somerset, Country, Myopia
Eastern Yacht
Essex County
Union, Knickerbocker and
Tuxedo
Allans
Montreal
Boston, and Has Kept Bachelor’s Hall
Beacon Street
Somerset
Mr. Allan
English Anarchist John Turner Plans U S Tour
John Turner an Englishman with independent means arrived in steerage aboard the St Louis. He aims to organize English speaking groups from New York to San Francisco and resume work halted by the Chicago tragedy of 87. Scotland Yard is aware of him but he plans to become an American citizen for protection.
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New York
John Turner
St. Louis
Turner
San Francisco
Chicago
Scotland Yard
Post Letter Box urges statues for Butler and ex govern ors
The writer urges the state to erect a bronze statue of General Butler to honor his leadership in New Orleans and opposition to Southern brigades in Congress. He praises Butler's kindness toward the poor colored man and urges future statues of deceased ex-governors to keep patriotic feeling alive, signing Edward S. Mansfield Marlboro April 1.
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General Butler
New Orleans
Congress
Butler
Washington
Edward
Mansfield
Marlboro
Work Of Street Department Abatement Request
A citizen urges the Superintendent of Streets to remove two long standing sidewalk obstructions. A fence at 12 State street and a sidewalk clock stub at 440 Washington street are named as nuisances. The writer asks public notice to press for immediate action and notes one item has been removed already.
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State Street
Washington Street
A Suggestion for the Police on Dry Days
A reader urges the police to plan for May when surrounding towns go dry to prevent the disgraceful scenes seen when they last became no license. The letter from SUBURBAN asks for preventative measures and stronger enforcement.
Petition for electric lights at Wood Island Park gym
A Constant Reader asks your columns to publish a petition urging installation of electric lighting for the Wood Island Park gymnasium grounds. The letter notes that working all day makes exercising in the dark very disagreeable and signs as a constant reader.
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Wood Island Park
Daily Table Hints Breakfast and Dinner Menu
Breakfast lists fruit wheat germ and Teese an Manet Cream IMBiquo Vir 2vaorts lamb chops baked potatoes fried bread corn gems tea coffee. Luncheon offers oysters on half shell scalloped salmon hot rolls salted almonds sponge cake Russian tea chocolate. Dinner features oxtail soup tomatoes sat hed ah roast lamb green peas mashed potatoes asparagus tips mayonnaise dressing white bread apple tapioca squash pie coffee fried bread. Beat eggs for fry bread. Scalloped salmon directions. Apple tapioca directions.
Rules for Menu Competition at the Boston Post
The Boston Post offers weekly prizes of five dollars for the best three meal plan sent by women readers. Menus must read like a bill of fare with brief preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast and dinner. aim for four to five persons within a ten dollar weekly limit. Entries due each Saturday. winners printed each Monday. send to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston. Rejected manuscripts are not returned. write on one side only.
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Boston Post
Post
the Post
Boston
Humorous Vignettes and Witty Observations Across Papers
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers. A censorious style highlights puns about cider yeast landladies whiskers tailor made gowns and amateur painters. Snappy lines capture everyday social foibles with light satire and old time newspaper tone.
Massachusetts Senate redistricting committee formed
President Lawrence appoints a Senate redistricting panel with Galloupe Maccabe Quinn Burns Irwin Cook Soule and Chase. Democratic members are Quinn and Chase. House committee to be chaired by Harvey Boutwell, a 28 member panel including McCarthy Keenan Holden Davis Sanderson and Dickinson. Additional members to be named today as applications are reviewed.
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Lawrence
Senate
Galloupe
Beverly
Maccabe
East Boston
Quinn
Boston
Burns
Aver
Irwin
Northampton
Cook
Milford
Soule
New Bedford
Chase
Holyoke
Messrs
House
Meyer
Harvey Boutwell
Malden
Messrs. McCarthy
Charlestown
Keenan
Holden
Back Bay
Davis
Sanderson
Lynn
Dickinson
Cambridge
Jones
Melrose
State House
Boynton
Hayes
Lowell
Boutwell
St. John
Haverhill
J. H. Mellen
Worcester
Massachusetts
Venezuela
Deerfield
Greenfield
Malone
Colonel Young
Springfield
Young
Sprague
Marshfield
Thurston
Northbridge
Woodbury
Hopkinton
Parsons
Glaba Garton's Victory in Constantinople Relief Accord
In Constantinople April 2 Tewfik Pasha agreed to distribute Armenian relief through American Red Cross agents without condition, with one Turkish Relief Commission member present. No expulsion order for missionaries Knapp and Cole. Clara Barton orders eight physicians and supplies to Marash. Porte facilitates distribution.
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Constantinople
Porte
J. W. Riddle
United States
Philip Currie
Tewfik Pasha
American Red Cross Society
Turkish Relief Commission
Knapp and Cole
Bitlis
Clara Barton
Peru
Marash
Dervishes Advance in Sudan Report From Cairo
A Cairo despatch to Central News says dervishes led by Osman Azrak move on Suarda while a separate force advances on Abu Fat men Osman Digna camps thirty miles from Suakin in the region.
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London
Central News
Cairo
Osman Azrak
Suarda
Abu Fatmen
Osman Digna
Suakin
Johnny's Mother
Poem recounting a boy named Johnny whose father dies young and his mother sustains him by working in a shop. She cares for him, calms his fears, shares meals, and blesses him, while he grows tall and promises to care for her when she remarries, in a sentimental Atlanta Constitution piece.
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Johnny
Run the Shop
Lt. Stanton
Atlanta
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