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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1898
Page
4
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The telephone lobby defeated the Post telephone bill on engrossment 84 to 77 with 24 pairs. The editors urge a reconsideration vote, denounce lobby tactics, call for a legislative inquiry, and urge the House to stand for the people over corporate interests.
The editorial reviews President McKinley’s Cuban crisis message as neutral intervention policy risking conflict with Cuban patriots and Spain. It predicts dissension in Congress and questions the neglect of Cuban independence while criticizing the Maine arbitration stance and party politics influencing policy. It ends urging reform to curb high telephone rates.
OCR text shows absent members during a 52 read of a telephone reform bill and calls for a Democratic backing in a move to reconsider. Mayor Quincy’s rhetoric frames the measure as democratic in spirit and urges adherence to mass community interests, urging against listing those who oppose the reform.
The article argues that after sacrificing constituents for a monopoly, officials should retire to private life and focus on personal affairs. It emphasizes the dangers of continued public service under private influence and calls for ethical reform.
The piece condemns the Massachusetts House vote on the telephone reform bill as a prime chance to expose devious legislative influence. It accuses the Republican lobby law of being violated and claims heavy lobbying by telephone interests aimed at defeating the reform. It questions campaign contributions and compliance with the lobby act.
A demand for an immediate order of inquiry into the entire matter is stated. The telephone reform issue faces a strong lobby but is not doomed to defeat. Strong urging is made to press for reconsideration today.
The column notes Madge Lessing may have limped on stage after a mustard plaster on her foot. It mentions Mrs. Roger Wolcott funding monuments to Colonel Prescott, Hilda Archer as a top female traveler, and Charley Hoyt’s chorus girl anecdote. It adds word of new steel railroad cars, telegraphy experiments, Julia Arthur convalescing at Parker House, and President Connolly of Ward 17 Democratic Club ill.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt urges unity and action as war drums sound over Cuba and the Maine. It calls for liberty and justice while honoring those who suffered, rallying readers to patriotic support and martial resolve.
A mother recalls her six month old daughter’s severe eczema unresponsive to cold creams. After using Cuticura ointment soap and Resolvent, the child healed with no skin humor remaining and the mother urges a fair trial for others.
Leone Bell schemes to wed Joe Redfern while planning to thwart him for Jack Arlington. Time and disguises blur loyalties as Aunt Esther departs, and a late arrival, a charming old college chum, reveals real affections. Joe suspects Leone's ruse and truth emerges.
Chauncey Depew claims mixed Irish Dutch French and American descent. His great grandfather Robert Johnson emigrated from Armagh in 1760. Relics sold at Matteawan. Depew acquired several. Captain William T. Sampson, under 60, heads the North Atlantic squadron with 40 years in service. An Annapolis graduate, he fought during the Civil War with the monitor Lehigh. Adelaide Ide, daughter of Samoa’s former chief justice, died recently. Stevenson once sought to gift her his birthday after she was born on February 29.
A gray cloth suit features a deep yoke skirt with three rows of cording and steel buttons. The jacket front uses tucked and puffed gray silk trim with horizontal tucks forming pleats, a white mousseline front with a bow, and steel-studded sleeves with a V-shaped cord. The waist ends at the back, optional steel belt finishes the waist, and the piece is labeled THE LATEST.
A historic kitchen note lists Broiled Lamb Fish Salad and breakfast items like Fruit, Vitos with Cream, Oatmeal Gems and coffee. Dinner includes Roast Lamb Mashed Potatoes Squash Onions Turnips Cranberry Sauce Sponge Apple Pudding Lemon Sauce Cherry Pie Tea Supper features Hot Rolls Lemon Jelly and Chocolate Pie with a detailed two crust pie filling recipe.
Stuart Robson leads in Augustus Thomas The Jacklins at Tremont Theatre a bright pastoral comedy drama noted for its lively dialogue strong humor and a novel insanity thread affecting Lem Jacklin the governor father and Alf the son. The cast includes Mrs Charles John Webster Harrison Armstrong and Gertrude Perry with a promising reception from the audience.
The Boston Theatre inaugurates its English opera season with Johann Strauss’s The Queen’s Lace Handkerchief. Miss MacNichol shines in a fine voice and performances by Miss Mason Attalie Claire William Wolff Persse Wooley and Jennie Reiffarth receive praise. Wednesday matinee offers lace handkerchief souvenirs and the program includes Il Trovatore on other evenings.
Crowded Hollis Street Theatre hosts Richard Mans field in his second Shaw visit this season. Annie Clarke appears as Lady Margaret, while the cast remains largely unchanged. The Devil's Disciple draws sharp praise for its witty dialogue and strong performances, with Mansfield earning audience cheers at curtain close. The play repeats tonight, Wednesday, and Saturday matinee.
At the Park Theatre last evening H A Du Souchet’s The Man from Mexico opened its closing week with strong attendance and favorable notices. Cast members Lizzie MacNichol Attalie Claire Edith Mason Thomas H Persse William Wolff and Arthur Wooley drew ovations while Wille Collier sparked hearty laughs in the busy plot. A new Metaphysical drama Truth arrives next week with promising advance sales predicting a large crowd.
An unusually large audience attended the Boston Museum last evening for the stage revival of Jack and the Beanstalk. Nelle Lynch reappeared on the étage at Little Mise Musou after a hiatus, drawing attention amid holiday gaiety and the show’s seasonal appeal.
The Castle Square Theatre stock company revived The Prisoner of Zenda for Easter week with minor cast changes. Lisle Leigh debuts as Amelia in the prologue while Lilian Lawrence and Maude Odell reprise their roles as Princess Flavia and Antoinette, drawing strong audience response.
The Keiths show features Charles Dickson and Johnstone Bennett delivering standout turns with strong supporting acts. Gerald Griffin Grace George Marion Booth and others fill the bill while Papinta and Ostons dancing charm the audience. A varied biograph program and a tenor solo by Sig Vanni add to the lively mix for a week of entertainment.
Easter Monday crowds filled Austin and Stone's to see Mascot the clairvoyant horse, the day’s main act with the animal selecting items in the audience. The show attracted many women and children as Mascot directed head nods toward Howard Street, drawing praise from the audience. Other acts receiving acclaim included the Jacko family and a long list of variety performers.
An almost star line up presented East Lynne at the Columbia Theatre last evening. McKee Rankin Wilton Lackaye Nance O Neil Rose Eytinge and Mrs John T Raymond head a renowned company. The production Polisi should be a strong artistic success and the drama is said to be among the best seen here. East Lynne runs this week only before Joseph Arthurs The Cherry Pickers follows.
The eighth and final concert of the Kneisel Quartet season was held last evening in Association Hall before a large and appreciative audience. Mme Szumowska Adamowski assisted in the program.
Peter Maher leads a bright Specialty company with a gymnastic skit A wine at the Cribb Club and a reception from large audiences. The Murphys offer singing and dancing while Ferrall and Starr perform cycling acts. Mile Oceana and Nellie Franklyn dazzle with feats and songs. Jones and Sutton headline a strong colored act with recalls.
Captain Castro and his wife present a human endurance show at the Nickelodeon this week as they prepare to tour Europe with Barnum Bailey next week. Six young ladies join a pie eating contest described as laugh inducing. Hombo Folo performs on broken glass with balance and control. Flossie Edwardes’s English blondes entertain with a hour long display of pretty girls and humor.
Thousands watched the electric baseball automatons at the Park last season as the device simulated every play of games played far away. The feature drew steady crowds week after week under the management of a forward looking organizer seeking to extend the exhibit this season.
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