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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1900
Page
6
The Boston Post reports on a Democratic paper centered in New England politics and representation. It discusses party alignment, influence in regional affairs, and the role of media in shaping public opinion.
This compact record notes numerical counts 142,800 142,400 141,200 140,500 143,840 146,220 in a sequence tracked over time, highlighting gradual increases and small fluctuations without further context or events.
The article laments Congress rushing to adjourn for campaigns without relieving the public from two year old war taxes. Secretary Gage reports last year’s taxes on formerly free items at 45.7 million dollars and predicts a 70 million surplus this year and 82 million next year. It argues to repeal the war taxes and warns of future financial strain.
The legislative committee recommends a $10.50 per $1000 tax rate for Boston as a compromise between $9 and $12. Mayor Hart rejects the plan, arguing the middle rate endorses overspending and fails to curb excessive taxation, while the higher rate remains untenable.
The House approved the Porto Rico bill by 161 to 153, imposing customs duties on trade with Puerto Rico and establishing a form of civil government. The measure splits the Republican Party and signals a pivotal policy shift regarding new possessions and constitutional rights.
The piece warns the Porto Rico bill threatens constitutional jurisdiction across U.S. territory and urges voters to repudiate the act in the November election. It argues the Supreme Court will again rule on the Constitution’s reach and that the republic should not become an empire.
The piece attacks contractor profits from laborers’ beer sales as discreditable to the Commonwealth and argues for paying unskilled citizens fair wages without commissary-driven profit. It condemns alien labor incentives, favors higher bids without contractor ruses, and notes other local civic events and figures.
The current Massachusetts Legislature shows a wish to avoid interference with personal conscience on Sunday. Mills's bill to censor Sunday concert programs is opposed and a revival of blue laws is viewed as unnecessary. Restrictions on selling cigars on Sundays are deemed backward. Public officials should not police religious observances.
The Observant Citizen reports Boston actress Mary Young has wagered to eat thirty quail in thirty days. She already finished seven and believes she will win. The note mentions the death of Frank Hamilton Cushing and his visit with Zuni Indians to Boston, guided by Mr. Cushing to Deer Island in Boston Harbor.
A collection of short items about city figures. A man keeps quiet on a supposed fault while hinting at guilt. B M Bacon, once editor of the Post, recovers from pneumonia and pleurisy. Hub Hart plans a spring baseball nine with Williams Tufts likely to pitch. Herbert M. Jenks joins Glendon Club theatricals as manager. William F. Watson reports a letter from Thomas F. Brennan in the Philippines about pushing civilization and poker.
A narrator describes being two girls in one as the mother scolds the bad child and consoles the good child. The speaker recalls tears on the steps, doll repairs, and greeting the mother with a cheerful claim that the bad girl has gone away and the good girl remains.
The Detroit Free Press and St. Louis Republic critique Dewey and Lord Roberts as they navigate public fame and lingering Boer resistance. The pieces imply national pride and political uses of military victories amid ongoing conflicts.
A collage of quips and brief comic exchanges from Philadelphia Bulletin Puck and other papers. Jokes cover manners, politics, love, and daily life with mock dialogue about actors, Lent, bachelors, stagecraft, salaries, rheumatism, and work patterns.
Dr Richard T Ely head of the university of Wisconsin announces that Professor Franklin H Giddings of Columbia University will teach sociology courses in Madison this summer. D B Skinner died in Detroit after aiding Jefferson Davis and received 820 from the government. buried at public expense. James B Stetson the California millionaire often serves as engineer on the Northern Pacific Coast railroad. George Bassett dies in Chicago an early settler who arrived in 18% and lost 8000 in a recent fire.
The piece lists social items such as a Porto Rico women’s club, Baroness de Rhaden’s dire finances in Nice, Mrs. Grant Allen planning a London bookshop, Illinois hosting 228 women clubs totaling over 20 000 members, Crown Princess Stephanie’s $62 500 allowance, autograph requests to Miss Helen Gould, and Queen Victoria’s lady in waiting reading popular novels each evening.
Disjointed notes report settlers moving into Manitoba in large numbers. Other items claim the Tartarian alphabet has 202 letters, royalty costs Britain 10 million yearly, a 102 year old court case settles in Washington.
Miss Mary Jane Simpkins, near forty but looking thirty, confronts a burglar in her home using a loaded revolver and a bell as alarm. The captured man is Sam Hopkinson, her long-lost beau, who returns to explain his visit. The pair marry the next month, acknowledging that surprises can bring two old hearts back together.
The police commissioners issued a general order detailing retirements and promotions. Lieutenant George E. Haines of Division 13 retires after 35 years service at 800 dollars yearly. Sergeant William F. Perry rises to lieutenant at Division 9. Patrolman James P. Canney becomes sergeant at Division 12. Lieutenant Hiram H. Rich moves to Division 13 and Sergeant William J. Hennessey transfers to Division 4. The order, effective this evening at roll call, notes Perry is brother-in-law of Superintendent Eldridge and highlights staff shifts across divisions.
Daily Table hints describe making a blueberry shortcake with hot biscuit mix and extra shortening then simmering blueberries on the stove. The cake is split while hot and buttered with berries between layers and on top, signed by MISS S ALLEN in Boston.
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