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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with prices for 6 months, 3 months, and yearly terms. It reminds readers to provide both old and new addresses for address changes and notes payment should be sent by money order or check payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The Boston Post announces subscription terms and delivery options. Subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued at expiration without notice. Readers in New York can obtain the Post at leading hotels or via news dealers. contact Jostal for interruptions.
An editorial hopes the America’s Cup challenge by Sir Thomas Lipton will ease strained international relations in yachting after the Dunraven incident. It urges apology from Lord Dunraven for accusations against American yachtsmen and anticipates Lipton’s challenge being properly endorsed. The piece predicts renewed US supremacy in sea sports and a memorable next race.
The Fifth Army Corps protest denounces Secretary Alger and Washington orders in Cuba amid illness and yellow fever scares. Roosevelt notes and military critics claim orders would kill or ruin the army, blaming wartime mismanagement and contractor scandals. The piece argues for accountability to the nation.
The piece questions reports that officers of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment in General Miles's Porto Rico force resigned their posts. It notes the regiment’s credible combat record in Cuba and Porto Rico, including a notable late arrival, actions at Yauco, and a gallant promotion, urging caution until facts are substantiated.
The Mayor of Greater New York, while at a seaside resort, heard cries for help on a bathing beach. He shed his coat and hat, swam to the drowning women, and brought them safely to shore in a notable act of bravery deserving praise.
The narrative recounts the mayor directing barrels to lay unconscious young women face down, with Mr Scherick and the mayor rolling them. A physician arrived in time to perform resuscitation, saving the women within half an hour. The account praises quick action despite a flawed method.
The Observant Citizen notes miners in the Klondike suffer and calls for sympathy while contrasting harsh northern conditions with temperate regions. It mentions Dr J F H Slater of Cambridge being named staff surgeon at Camp Alger and en route south amid reflections on the Spanish American War impact on American empathy.
Tremont Femple promotes Mnyon's Remedies available at all druggists with skilled doctors at service free of charge.
The piece notes plans for new Back Bay railway stations by A. W. Longfellow Jr with inner and outer structures of granite and brownstone and baggage rooms. It also humorously recounts stamp purchases in Boston shops during a heat wave, a lawyer’s advancement, the Bay State hospital ship, Ancients club activities, and public playgrounds opened by the school board.
A quirky literary clipping notes a suitor lamenting a delayed kiss as another man swoops in, with playful dialogue about missed chance and romance in a Detroit Free Press extract.
Elizabeth Ashe of San Francisco descends from soldiers and Farragut kin in a note on the torpedo boat destroyer Farragut naming. Also mentions Professor Robert Bunsen winning the Albert Medal and Colonel Hallowell of Wichita once opposing Jerry Simpson, plus a line about New York cavalry at Camp Al.
Two troopers Moon and Angel are famed as "The Heavenly Twins." Lord Kelvin and Dr. James Macgregor of Edinburgh are described as premier living Scotch figures, one a leading scientist and the other a renowned preacher. The Institute of France honors few, including Emilio Castelar. John E. Stuchell became assistant preacher in Washington after filling Talmage's pulpit for a Sunday. Captain Robert Powell Page Wainwright, praised for good conduct at La Quasina, is son of Commander Jonathan Wainwright and brother of actress Marie Wainwright.
The article explains how to craft attractive garters at low cost using crinkled black silk elastic and lavender ribbons. A top left design features side elastics with a narrow lavender edge and a large lavender bow. The top right and left show two views of the same pair, highlighting the hose fastenings.
Menu items listed for a day including breakfast lunch and dinner with Cantelope Shredded Wheat Biscuits Fried Perch Potatoes Rolls Butter Coffee Bouillon Salmon Salad Cheese Wafers Olives Whole Wheat Bread Cocoa Pot Roast Chicken Soup Spaghetti Cabbage Pudding Cold Sauce Wafers Cheese and two recipes describe pot roast and spaghetti preparation attributed to Mrs C F Ward of 127 Brook Avenue Roxbury. Pot roast uses beef and fat pork. spaghetti uses macaroni tomatoes and pot roast juices.
Two day laborers Bill and Joe, nicknamed mascot and hoodoo, navigate luck and misfortune in love and work. Bill plans to marry dressmaker Mary, while Joe pursues the same, testing their famed fortunes amid colleagues. Their bond shows humor and affection despite rival hopes.
A collage of witty lines from era papers features banter about war readiness and social airs. Exchanges include Teaspot and big guns, a poodle taught to eat ice cream, and the stubborn wife amused by marital power plays.
Senator Sherman Hoar departs with Dr. F. Jones and William H. Brooks on a second southern relief mission. They will join transport Lampasas in Newport News with thirty Massachusetts wounded from the Sixth Regiment and then move toward Fortress Monroe and Louisville as needed. Donations to the soldiers fund total 165,138.18 from multiple towns and organizations, with Wolcott visiting the hospital ship and St. Andrew’s Hanover among contributors.
The Common Council session adjourned at 8:20 p m for lack of a quorum while trying to pass an additional 11000 for bath houses. The mayor’s gift message for an ornamental drinking fountain at Peabody square Ashmont was approved. All other calendar items were moved to the next meeting, preventing bath house action. President Connolly noted no quorum.
The funeral of Archbishop Walsh drew a vast crowd in Toronto today with a pontifical mass at the Cathedral. Bishops McQuaid of Rochester preached the sermon as the absolution of the dead followed, and the body was interred in a vault beneath the altar of the Blessed Virgin.
A reader argues Germany kept a Manila squadron to protect foreign subjects during the Philippines conflict and asserts German neutrality and restraint. The letter defends the German Emperor as a peacekeeper, notes trade with the United States, and contrasts German policy with British actions.
Advertising copy extols CUTICURA SOAP as the most effective skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world for cooling soothing and refreshing baths. It claims suitability for toilet bath and nursery and mentions relief for rash sunburn bites and stings and various inflammations and chafings.
Price 25c for Cuticura Soap. Cuticura ointment distributed by Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Boston Sole Props. British Depot at 1 King Edward St London. Free copy of How to Save Your Hair.
Sergeant Francis A. Adams of the Fourteenth New York Volunteers writes from Camp Thomas Chickamauga. He describes the assault on El Caney with courage and sacrifice, noting that many riders fell yet survivors pressed the charge toward the Spanish flag as the Stars and Stripes rose in triumph. The letter honors the bravery of soldiers and their nation.
Fine old estate near the center of Lexington features a mansion with 20 large rooms, refitted throughout, new plumbing and furnace, electric lights, broad veranda and extensive views. Three acres of sand or read with shade trees. Contact A. E. BCOTT, Boston address.
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