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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1900
Page
4
A pundit warns that a $2,500,000 Kruger contribution tale to the Bryan fund is a creative but reckless fiction. The author notes the yarn mirrors the older British gold claim and predicts many will believe implausible stories as the campaign heats up.
In the legislative expense returns the telephone company shows $600 for Samuel I Powers on State House work about the excise tax and conduit powers. Powers’ pivotal role in state supervision of telephone companies and his withdrawal of opposition are debated as the company later pressed the plan after his departure.
A report from General Chaffee places the American advance at Ho Si Wu, thirty three miles from Pekin, after the Battle of Yang Tsun. In three days allied troops covered eighteen miles toward the capital, meeting little Chinese opposition. The path to Pekin appears steady and largely unchallenged, with encouragement for the relief forces.
The Chinese government has effectively backed down and seeks peace. Li Hung Chang is appointed plenipotentiary to negotiate with the powers, signaling concessions. Negotiations hinge on China meeting conditions and cooperating with the relief expedition and the military representatives. The overall view is that an early solution to the international complication is possible.
The city auditor reports July 31 1900 gross debt at 87 588 778 while Dec 31 1899 stood at 85 060 578 net debt rose to 59 112 224 from 56 206 145 reflecting a 2.9 million increase in net obligations since Mayor Hart took office.
The piece warns against mocking the anti imperialist gathering at Indianapolis noting the historical Mugwumps balance of power and arguing the meeting signals a strong revolt within the Republican party. It stresses earnest, conscientious men meeting tomorrow deserve serious consideration amid a party crisis.
The Observant Citizen recounts Lieutenant Frank Stevens praise for observance of military ceremony while sharing a humorous tale of his Fort Rodman visit. It recalls a Lynn store awning incident during a downpour, an undertaker’s wagon on Warren Street, and a theater ad tactic. The column mentions a Chinaman from Brookline planning to marry in China.
A brief contest item notes a conditions competition in the Sunday Post. It highlights the program and signals readers to check pages for the story. The item emphasizes the contest format and invites participation without detailing prizes or rules.
In a New England cottage a 19 year old son Ralph persuades his parents to let him go to California to lift a mortgage and save the family home. He endures privations, writes daily from the mines, and returns home to present a deed and marry his fiancée Helen Form, after a close call with a doomed steamship.
The text notes Mark Hanna and Bons speak well of Boston while criticizing a local newspaper, not The Post. It mentions praise for The Post and its Story Paper section in the Sunday Post.
The new political group of British born residents met at Arcade Hall and named officers Porter as President Fred Walker as Vice President Charlies Sharpe as Financial Secretary and John Gordon as Recording Secretary. They drafted aims to promote naturalization loyalty to the constitution and customs to unite Anglo Saxon people and curb powerful capital endangering workers rights. A ward committee system was proposed and a lecture by Robert Stewart Macarthur of Newark is scheduled.
New felt hats debut with lighter weight and fuller trim, featuring elaborate decoration in shaded felt and birds’ plumage. The style seems more becoming to wearers and may boost adoption among those previously hesitant about felt.
A miscellany of facts and curiosities reaches from Michigan’s log houses to Rhodesian farms. Reports note Cape Breton herring yields, Victoria Crosses in the South African war, rising Denver population, gas costs at the Paris Exposition, and varied scientific and geographic tidbits.
A chaotic miscellany with jokes about a banjo, a hotel scene, and a peculiar boy on a streetcar. August Toeliner of the First Washington Regiment engages a freckle-faced passenger with a flour sack mystery while a marketbound mother comments on the boy’s intelligence.
A cafe mystery ends when a banjo plays itself after a boy’s breath seems to start it. A Seattle car scene erupts as a pocketful of frogs is released, causing mothers and girls to panic and seek help while the boy escapes.
The piece discusses designing waistline fashions for young men and cadets with neat ribbons lace and open work. It warns to reveal change gradually to ease public acceptance and advises discreet tailoring to conceal suspender use and emphasize a snug back fit. It anticipates future fashion shifts next summer.
The writer returns from a monthlong country retreat to find a jovial farmer exploiting city guests. While guiding his children to gather eggs he slips into a hay chute and lands in a haymaker, prompting the farmer to quip whether the egg was broken. The scene unfolds with a mix of nostalgia and risk.
A fragmented quarrel graphic shows a saleslady claiming a glassie Sipger is driveable while a purchase agent questions the idea. A pennay figure jokes about driving nails with a dipper and a wife, reflecting a quirky exchange in a Montreal era paper.
A fragmented comic exchange shows siblings and diners. The first vignette has a sister weeping and a onion rubbed eye, the brother quips about her sorrow. The second depicts a diner ordering odd syllables and a humorous menu mix.
A scanned menu style page shows meals including breakfast items like Quaker Oats and fried foods, dinner with tomato soup and roasted potatoes, and supper featuring cold sliced lamb and pudding. The text lists pieced menus, breads, custard, and a jagged recipe for a fruit and fig pudding, noting a Massachusetts address at 61 Minot Street in Medford.
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