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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post reports on a Democratic voice in New England politics with emphasis on party leadership and regional issues. The piece outlines party positions, influential figures, and anticipated electoral dynamics shaping the region's political landscape.
The Legislature considers a proposed amendment to curb wearing feathers from birds killed outside the state. The new rule would prohibit feathers from any birds taken within or outside the Commonwealth, aiming to ensure enforcement. Proponents argue the law should be enforced and that decorative feathers exist without harming songbirds.
A United States mail carrier in Alaska reports a pigeon from Andree’s balloon expedition claiming the explorer is alive and on land. Andree departed Spitzbergen on July 11. A pigeon message two days later showed 150 miles progress before silence for nine months.
The Cuban junta is accused of wrongly fearing McKinley might force autonomy. The author stresses support for Cuban independence from Spain and warns against any US action that would hinder the revolution. It asserts US principles favor human freedom and condemns any suggestion of an autonomous settlement.
The Senate revealed that President McKinley’s forthcoming message would be delayed at Consul-General Lee’s request to Monday to allow Americans in Cuba to leave safely. Critics question how Lee could know the message’s impact on Spain and fear a premature warlike tone.
The article questions the president's aims in Cuba and whether recent consular evacuations signal delay or pressure on Spain. It argues the sudden call for U S citizens to leave Cuba is not a peace sign, despite market reactions.
The passage argues that inventions gain value when they become popular and affordable. It cites the sewing machine reaper and binder electric motor and telephone as examples of luxuries becoming necessities serving the masses. It emphasizes accessibility as the key to widespread benefit.
The piece surveys Easter fashion prospects in shop windows and predicts a bright pageant. It notes Henry M. Whitney’s recovery, the Henry Morrison wreck at Winthrop Beach, and a library leadership shakeup in Brookline. It discusses war talk’s impact on theater attendance and a Boston ticket-office benefit. A hotel banquet incident and a new charge-check medal practice are mentioned.
An aging songwriter, once prolific yet unacknowledged, wanders the town of his birth seeking a retreat from a life of toil. He contemplates death as hunger and neglect shadow his twilight, then dies after a final, fateful moment conceived in a doorway’s dimness.
Harold, a 22 year old bookkeeper and prankster, frightens Ruth May by kissing a stranger instead of his sister. The mix up leads to laughter and a renewed courtship as Miss May forgives him. Marion and Fanny plan but end up witnesses to a reconciliation. Marton and Fanny will be bridesmaids at the Easter Sunday wedding.
A dainty summery hat featured in white mousseline with a crumpled effect. The crown and brim are covered in white fabric, left side turned up to display violets, and a jet sequin band with white aigrettes accents. White offers dressy versatility and can be matched to gowns.
Senator-elect David B. Shaw from the second Suffolk district formally fills the late Senator Hayes’ seat. He took the oath in the governor’s chamber under Senator Gallivan and sergeant at arms guards as he listened to debates on licensing boards, labor hours, and other measures. A slate of appropriations and bills followed, including funding for charity hospitals, deaf mutes, and road and highway projects.
The Post offers weekly prizes for Original Short Stories ten dollars for first prize five dollars for second place and two dollars each for four other stories. Winners named in Sunday edition. Manuscripts must be 700 to 1000 words written on one side only with full name and address. Prepay postage and include return postage. Open to women readers only. Do not roll, send folded.
A menu style list shows breakfast and dinner items including oranges Quaker Oats coffee roast beef mashed potatoes doughnuts and custard pie. It also includes a recipe note for corn gems and bananas with whipped cream and a biscuit recipe with measured ingredients and directions. The fragment ends with a name and address Alice B Davis 50 Smith Street Lynn Massachusetts.
A collage of light vignettes and quotes from various papers. Jokes about wheat prices, a mosquito fleet, a milkmaid role at a ball, French royalty, a costly marriage, piano recitals, a rich widow, and political appeals by Progressive candidates.
A large Parker House meeting voted to send an extra delegate to the Denver biennial. Miss Alice Stone Blackwell was chosen for the position and a reception for Richard le Gallienne at Parker House was approved for a date to be announced.
Mrs Belva Lockwood once a presidential candidate was disturbed by a brakeman’s cry on a New York State train and corrected only when the route halted at Belvidere. The item also notes Gladstones bed bound cure for colds and a playful jab at a Milwaukee justice candidate.
The Boston Post offers five dollars weekly for the best three meal bills of fare from women readers. Bills must read like a menu with brief preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast dinner and supper, for four to five persons, up to ten dollars per week. Submissions due each Saturday. winners printed Monday. address to Cooking Editor, Boston Post.
Dr H. B. Babbitt of Tremont Temple Boston defends Gail Hamilton’s Cosmopolitan essay The Murder of Philip Spencer arguing Spencer Small and Cromwell were unjustly executed for a mutiny that never truly existed. He condemns Captain Mackenzie’s command and comments on the court martial as unjust.
A Washington letter argues the United States must demand satisfaction from Spain for the destruction of the Maine and its crew. It denounces delay, warns of selling out the honor of the nation, and urges a decisive demand or forceful action to end Spanish rule in Cuba. April 6, 1898.
Last night in Lorimer Hall BUCL A staged readings by faculty soprano soloists and a cantata. Mrs Jessie Eldridge Southwick Mrs Emma Howe Unverhall and Mrs Mabel L Barber performed with Miss Lucie Tucker and William H Kenney. The Bugle Song served as encore and the Sappho Glee Club presented King Rene's Daughter under Unverhau's direction.
Attorney French frames Bram case as Brown’s testimony controlling outcome. Defense actors test via experiments aboard the Herbert Fuller in Brooklyn showing wheel operability limits. witnesses report difficulty seeing into the cabin from the wheel, yet some glimpses of a prostrate figure and the alleged axe swing remain.
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