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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post presents itself as a leading Democratic voice in New England served through editorials and regular news coverage aimed at residents and political readers in the region.
Subscriptions priced at three months four fifty, six months three dollars, monthly five dollars. Address changes require current and new addresses. Paper enters as second class matter. Money should not be sent in cash. Checks drafts and money orders made payable to Post Publishing Company.
Editorial offices in Boston announce subscription terms for the Boston Post. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration without notice. Readers in New York can obtain the Post at leading hotels or by postal notice if unavailable through dealers.
The text reports a terrible death toll from a great storm sweeping the region. It describes a national calamity as ships wrecked and crews missing, with death counts exceeding those from the Spanish American War and rivaling long campaigns. It warns that future tallies will rise as communications resume and salvage continues along the coast.
The Portland tragedy is examined with caution toward blame. Officials acknowledge no survivors to recount events. The piece notes side-wheel vessels struggle in extreme storms and argues such ships belong at the dock except in safe weather.
The police commissioners face criticism for closing the bribery hearing to the public. The editorial argues such star chamber secrecy fuels suspicions of corruption and harms justice, urging reopening and full publicity as the wiser policy.
Andrew O'Dea outlines a practical plan for Harvard varsity rowing. He favors selecting heavy men, focusing on physical form, and emphasizes conditioning as crucial to victory on the Thames. The plan aims to end Harvard's rowing misfortune and beat Cornell and Yale next season.
A reflective note speaks of lessons learned from years of defeat and the commitment to secure the place. It emphasizes not forgetting the cost and hoping the warning is heeded for lasting safety.
The piece argues Senator Hoar misreads the constitution by labeling sovereignty a saleable item. It notes his stance against ratifying a Paris treaty for Philippine sovereignty while supporting Hawaii annexation, and questions how he will vote when the Paris Commission report reaches the Senate. The column pressures Hoar to clarify his position on ratification.
Snow disrupts lectures at Yowell Institute as Col Theodore Roosevelt is delayed at Oyster Bay. The Navy Yard marks a commodore’s pennant for the Wabash, while sleighing deteriorates and theatre patrons cope with cold and ruckus in galleries.
Editorial urges admitting Pacific Mail Steamship Company to U S registry and expanding registry to all foreign built liners. It argues free ships improve merchant marine, cites Paris and New York as successful precedents, and notes wartime service and the need to remove medieval navigation restraints.
A crowd gathers near Tremont and Bosworth streets as a slippery Granary Burying Ground sidewalk causes many to slip. The scene echoes public amusement at misfortune and profiles brave New England lifeboat crews left exhausted by recent blizzards.
A Lewiston Journal item from November 26 describes a blighted coaster drifting toward Wenobo scot Bay as harsh winter seas batter the shore. The old vessel struggles to dock, leaking bricks and battered by breakers while pumps toil and hands lash at a weary deck. The scene endures with nautical peril and weather driven turmoil.
The firm at 181 Franklin Street showcases gas and oil lamps, art globes and shades as sensible gifts. The entire line is offered at retail prices but until wholesale rates through January 1st.
Arthur Rayburn confesses love to Norma Burton in a seaside town. She cannot return his romantic commitment, offering friendship instead. He resolves to earn her respect and remains ashore while Norma fears his departure on the Whirlpool. In the end he declares danger of leaving and recants his departure.
The Post invites women readers to submit original short stories in weekly contests. Awards: $10 for first, $5 for second, and $2 each for four others. Stories must be 700 to 1000 words, on one side of the paper, with full name and address, prepaid return postage, and folded manuscripts. Submit to Short Story Editor by mail. no personal applications. Winners announced Sunday.
Henry Havemeyer, famed sugar magnate, pursues amateur conjuring as a hobby and is described as an expert with one of the finest collections of magic apparatus in the nation. The excerpt notes he is among the youngest generals.
An advertisement extolls Cuticura products as speedy and economical treatment for skin conditions including itching burning and disfiguring rashes. It claims to clear scales crusts and dandruff and promote healthy hair with use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment, sold by J. V. Tutte? Drug and Chem. Corp. in Boston and abroad.
Fashion notes describe puff sleeves falling full toward the elbow with lace frills on side seams. Paris introduces a one seam bell sleeve lined in velvet with velvet bands and rosettes. Tucked sleeves with wrist ruffles of Irish point or chiffon remain popular for street wear.
The article notes General Wheeler as the oldest in national service against Spain, Admiral Walker's morning bicycle rides, Mrs. Russell Sage's interest in her husband's business ventures, and John Mackay seeking papal dispensation to consecrate his Greenwood Cemetery chapel. It lists chrysanthemums at a New York show and remarks on Rosebery’s speech patterns and Peel. It also covers Lombroso criticizing Italy's brain drain and Italians seeking study abroad.
A collage of jokes on Sunday golf clergy and cold winters with quips from several papers and a note on doughnut holes. An ad ends with Knickerbocker Shoe Co offering overshoes and storm rubbers at low prices.
A compact listing of assorted foods and meals including Jn ane Grapes Grape Nuts Cream or Hot Milk Lamb Chops Baked Sweet Potatoes Graham Gets Doughnuts Coffee Roast Beef Pickled Pears Mashed Potatoes Squash California Shortcake Wellerts Pie Cocoa Cold Roast Beef Raised Squash Biscuits Prune Sauce Frosted Date Die sponge Cake.
The Boston Post offers $5 weekly for the best three meal bill of fare for a day from women readers. Bills must read like a menu with prep directions. Meals may be breakfast dinner supper or breakfast luncheon dinner. For a family of five limit weekly food cost to $10. Submissions due each Saturday. winners printed each Monday. Address to Cooking Editor, Boston Post.
A letter argues the U S Constitution forbids a standing army. It cites that appropriations cannot exceed two years, and that if voters oppose it, the House would refuse funding and disband the army, preserving liberty.
A reflective note by Belle Louise Louger on snowfall as a white mantle of charity, pondering how a pure past and present life will be remembered in heaven amid gleaming flakes and quiet awe.
Chief Horace G Wadlin presents 18% Massachusetts census data on nativity. It shows 38.23 percent of residents have native parents, with 58 28 percent native born, 24 43 foreign born, and mixed parentage rising to 8.33 percent. Boston native parentage declines from 31.31 in 188 to 27.8 in 1895 while foreign parentage rises to 62.32.
The will of Eliza Jane Heard of Brighton was filed at the Suffolk county probate registry. It provides 400 to the First Parish Church Brighton Sunday school and names executors Dr John W Willis and Marshall N Rice with two codicils attaching 1000 to the church in memory of Charles Heard and 500 to the Brighton Ladies Association for Mary Heard. If the association ceases, the fund goes to the Associated Charities of Boston.
Worcester, Nov. 30 Senator Hoar denounces the treaty proposal to buy sovereignty over the Philippines for 20 million dollars. He argues the US Constitution bars such sales and that Spain has little sovereignty to sell. He cites existing precedents and warns the move is inappropriate for a territory with millions of inhabitants.
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