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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1899
Page
6
The notice lists subscription prices for the Boston Post and the Daily Post. One year costs $1.50 for both papers, six months 75 cents, three months 40 to 76 cents, and monthly rates of 26 cents. Readers are urged to provide current and future addresses for delivery.
Fragmentary text indicates a notice about drafts and money orders associated with Post Publishing Company. No clear events, dates, or named individuals beyond Petras Ecks and Sromas Voss.
Editorial and office addresses listed for the Boston Post including Telephone lines and subscription terms. Subscriptions must be prepaid and discontinued on expiration without notice. Readers in New York hotels can obtain the Post. notify by mail if unavailable through dealers.
A commission to study industrial combinations will begin next month as trust securities surge past 1.5 billion dollars in new stock and bonds this year. The piece argues much of this capitalization is water and questions how much is real value versus fictitious capital. It notes New Jersey laws ease such arrangements.
The Washington ratifications of the Paris treaty announce the war's official end. President McKinley proclaims peace to the world. In twelve months Spain relinquished most colonial holdings in the Americas and far abroad, shrinking to a fraction of its former empire. The United States assumes new burdens from the war. Spain loses about 165,000 square miles and over 10 million people in dependent territories.
The article notes that Spain may profit from U S consola tion totaling 20 million dollars within three months and argues that ending the state of war would be favorable for Americans. It warns that buying the Philippines creates a war without a near end.
Public and business groups press for a tribunal under state law to review telephone extortion claims. They cite existing appeal bodies for gas electric street rail and railroad services and urge extending the same policy to telephones and telegraphs. The call, backed by thousands of subscribers and major trade groups, asks the Legislature to act.
The piece argues Governor Roosevelt overstepped in a Chicago address by blaming those delaying ratification for Philippine bloodshed. It asserts Senator Hoar and allies bore no real responsibility, while the administration and censors held sole accountability for delaying transmission and exposing troops to danger.
Judge Morton of the Supreme Court holds that city authorities cannot charge fees for permits to dig up streets by corporations active in public works. The decision urges strict adherence to restoring street surfaces after excavation, noting this duty benefits the city far more than any permit fee.
The statement argues that rigorously enforcing the superintendent of streets condition would yield greater savings for the city than any alternative fee system.
The Observant Citizen reports on a speedway being leveled on Commonwealth Avenue, a decline in demand for ordinary horses but continued interest in blooded animals, and various social notes. It covers a funeral for Lieutenant Charles Jarvis, New York fires destroying wealthy residences, Wellesley College golf and leaders, European travels, Hasty Pudding preparations, robins heralding spring, and local baseball opening. It mentions Justice Stephen J. Field and David Dudley Field, and updates on Major Darling’s counterfeiters trial aftermath.
The new Charlestown marshal recalls his Sixth Massachusetts duty in the Pearl of the Antilles and his role as instructor at Boston University Law School. A police note mentions 6000 wooden poles replacing iron for safer electrical lines. The author attends a Catholic Union of Cambridge ball at Union Hall tonight.
A verse by W. J. L. in the New York Sun recounts a tiny sparrow narrator bragging of multiplying in Boston and outlasting city efforts. It mocks Mayor Quincy and later Mayor Laid down arms while vowing to roost on the State House and Bunker Hill.
A collage of quips and wry exchanges from early 20th century papers. Jokes range from beggar and housewife lines, mispronounced dialect, and wry social observations to a barroom gag and a curate’s health inquiry. Includes witty exchanges about titles and climate.
A charade clue builds on Julius Caesar with a convulsion then a second part tests skill in war. The riddle hints at survival to outlast every weak competitor, framed in playful puzzle language.
A long parade of book titles and characters frames a voyage back to our old home. Narrators recount gifts and guests from literary worlds as the wedding hush settles, culminating in a return to familiar shores.
Esx Governor Altgeld declines Bryan dinner in New York but approves the movement. Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas ill and confined for weeks. Choate the U S ambassador active in London. he attended a trial at the Old Bailey. Loubet met Iglesias of Costa Rica in Paris. Beveridge to spend spring in India. Mrs McKinley improving. Kipling draws caricatures during convalescence. Frau Embden Heine, 93, offered 5000 for brother Kipling's manuscript. Irish study opposed by Mahaffy and Atkinson. Mrs S C Gilbreath of Austin, Tex., first woman pensioner of Spanish War. Librarian Herbert Putnam on library ideal. Simon Armour’s early life. Dr Samuel Kohn becomes first rabbi in Austro-Hungarian upper house.
L B Pillsbury writes to the Post arguing that suburban residents do not want Tremont street tracks and that railroads pressure influence Somerville representatives. He warns against legislation favoring corporations and urges actions in the interest of the majority, noting stockholders’ profits and taxes.
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