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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1898
Page
4
Rates for daily and Sunday editions listed with prices for various terms. Instructions cover address changes, payment methods, and where to mail checks or money orders. Notices include office addresses in Boston and New York distribution, with advance payment and discontinuation on expiry. Editor and publisher E. A. Grozier is named.
A national voice celebrates peace driving a postwar economic revival. Business optimism spreads from wheat fields to eastern manufactures as trade strains ease. It argues war spared no lasting scars, but opened new enterprise avenues, forecasting rapid prosperity ahead.
The remark notes that six months of effort have shifted business aside for war and that peace and prosperity arrived together for the country, highlighting the wartime economy and postwar optimism.
The article criticizes the Kaiserin Augusta commander for aiding Spanish General Augustin's escape to Hong Kong after Manila's surrender. It argues such sheltering a captured foe borders on a breach of neutrality, highlighting German blunders in Asiatic waters despite Berlin's pro US rhetoric.
The piece criticizes war contracts and poor troop equipment from shirts that won’t wash to shoes that fall apart. It argues Congress should probe to expose mismanagement rather than offer a whitewash. It laments past public distraction by battles and endorses scrutiny now peace has arrived.
The article argues the Manila seizure, though after peace in other theaters, stabilizes U S claims and completes Admiral Dewey's campaign. It credits Merritt's army while noting Dewey's decisive role in the early Sunday morning operation.
Jernegan company directors told stockholders they are not yet convinced gold can be profitably extracted from sea water. They fear any process costing four cents per ton would yield a loss, despite science teams at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Boston next week.
The Boston Post touts exclusive war news during hostilities claiming three key items: Dewey’s Manila victory, Major Grady’s death, and a Sixth Massachusetts resignation. It asserts the most notable exclusive report was Manila’s fleet defeat on May 1, published by the Post.
The Boston Post published the first news of Major Grady's death and confirmed it ahead of all rivals, using special cables. The paper's early war reporting drove a surge in circulation as new presses expanded to meet demand.
The Observant Citizen reports a youth misrepresenting age to enlist in heavy artillery, winning discharge after parents seek return to peaceable life. It notes greetings from Judge Lowell, a pupil’s stage ambitions by Miss Blanche Cramer, kerosene pest control at Popham Beach, a ball game foul catch by Paul Keith, and plans to settle Cuban payments. It also mentions General Bancroft’s return, Eugene Tompkins ordering a larger yacht, a Vienna-style accident in East Walpole, and remarks on lawyer James E. Cotter and a Civil War veteran seeking pension clarity.
In a list of Redberry knights, Gus stands out as the premier figure and acknowledged as a deep sea fisherman. The passage honors his expertise and standing among the Redberry peers.
Lyrics fragment honors Cuba Libre and Columbia heroes. mentions patriot band and loyal guardians to land. Includes garbled names and phrases, unclear dates. Narrative tone recalls national pride and liberty sentiments in a historical newspaper snippet.
The article notes Mrs Grace Richards Woodward who performed Columbia the Gem of the Ocean by request of President Dole upon news of annexation in Hawaii. It records her Drew Seminary graduation in June 1890 with a vocal prize.
Fashionable belts appear in leather and ribbon with a triple fold red white and blue design, closed under a shield for a patriotic look. Another white leather belt studded with stars suits boating and yachting events and closes under a star accent.
A corselet front belt with side loop clusters is noted as stylish while a two and a half yard ribbon belt tied in a short looped bow at the left side is practical. For everyday wear a harness leather belt with a harness buckle is recommended. THE LATEST.
A Victorian era style home cookbook entry lists dishes including Chicken Salad Mayonnaise Dressing and Dream of Tartar Biscuit with Graham Bread. It provides recipes for Shlueberry Cake and tea or cocoa with corn muffins, plus a method for Saute bread using stale bread slices fried in butter. Signed by Lucy Long of East Moston Massachusetts.
A wealthy wife regrets the path chosen for social gain. She recalls a humbler love with Don Summerson, now dead in Windmere from fever, while she remains Mrs. John Artwell, trapped by wealth and judgment. Her memory haunts the December window of her lavish mansion.
Ex-councilman Donovan of South Boston questions the Boston Post account of Private McLeod's funeral. He notes a Ninth Regiment detail was listed but did not appear, leaving the service without the military escort he letters as justly due, and asks the paper to explain the omission to Washington Village readers.
Readers weigh options for U S handling of the Philippine Islands after the Spanish American War. Letters advocate annexation as a U S territory under Dewey and Merritt, arguing stability, protection, and economic benefit, with concerns about insurgent rule and foreign powers.
A reader proposes using the Philippines as a penal colony for U S criminals to reform among Malays, citing Spain Cayenne Devil's Island French and Botany Bay as precedents and imagining abolishing state prisons. Jamaica Plain Aug 16.
In Chelsea on August 14 M A B advocates keeping the Philippines as an American possession. He recommends liberal settlement inducements for Americans to migrate there to advance civilization and boost the islands' commercial value.
A letter from Dartmouth Street argues for selecting two strategic coaling stations in the Philippines area, building navy yards there, and relinquishing other territories after Spain resolves its conflict with the United States. The writer cautions against distant South Sea possessions due to conflict risk with European and Asiatic neighbors.
A letter from Timothy A. Sheehan of Warren Avenue dated Aug 16 argues against Philippine involvement, saying the U S has funds and should avoid entangling alliances, calling to call off war efforts and let Spain keep the islands. He asserts a desire to stay out of further conflict until necessary.
This item argues that the United States should retain and annex the Philippine Islands after the Dewey victory, emphasizing commercial and strategic value and warning that yielding the islands would signal weakness to other powers. It urges maintaining a standing army to hold the archipelago.
Chicago reports plans for a Lafayette memorial at the Paris exposition on July Fourth 1900. Ferdinand W Peck proposes the project with President McKinley support. school children nationwide to fund via pennies and dimes with Treasury Secretary Gage as custodian.
Beverly Aug. 16 H W Pickering former president of the Old Boston National Bank died at his home today at age eighty seven. He served the city’s financial interests for fifty years through the bank and remained a director after resigning the presidency in 1891.
The twenty fifth annual Concord district camp meeting drew a large crowd at The Weirs New Hampshire with three services. Rev W T Carter spoke on Eternal King in the forenoon. Rev Dr H C McBride preached on Perfect Love in the afternoon. Rev M W Borthwick addressed Gospel Temperance in the evening. Special meetings led by Rev Dr Smith and Mrs Nellie K B Morse included children’s sessions.
Washington August 16. Today's condition of the treasury lists available cash balance of 272,060,911 dollars gold reserve 197,966,053 dollars net silver 10,634,419 dollars United States notes in the treasury 50,610,549 dollars treasury notes of 1890 4,365,197 dollars total receipts today 1,058,795 dollars this month 22,874,466 dollars this year 66,721,574 dollars total expenditures today 2,601,000 dollars this month 31,437,000 dollars this year 106, profit deposits in national banks 61,
Windsor Vermont August 16 F Kennedy the millionaire cracker manufacturer formerly of Cambridgeport Massachusetts has bought the old armory buildings and water power once owned by the Windsor Library Association. The property cost about 100000 and Kennedy acquired it for less than 10000 with plans for manufacturing use.
A collage of quotes from multiple papers spans topics from island ventures to war truces and political drama. Snippets feature remarks on Havana and Blanco, Hobson and Arnold, and Senate battles alongside social banter about courage and fighting.
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