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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1899
Page
4
A promotional snippet lists subscription prices and terms for Daily One paper and THD DAY POST with annual and six month options. It mentions changes of address procedures for subscribers and notes present and future addresses.
Printer notices reference Second Class Matter status and safety warnings for mail handling. The fragment mentions risks to air routes and rail checks, urging firms to code campaigns with the post publishing company.
An advertisement from the Gesten Pest outlines subscription sales at major New York hotels. Subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued at expiration without further notice. Readers are urged to notify the provider by mail if they cannot receive the Pest regularly.
The article reviews McKinleys forthcoming message to Congress focusing on his positions on Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines. It argues his stance favors free trade with Porto Rico and warns that his approach could erode constitutional checks and empower a self styled presidential dictatorship over colonial policy.
The message signals upcoming challenges for the republic as President McKinley warns of dangers ahead and calls for unity before looming crises.
The Boston Post notes John R. Murphy’s pledge to vote for Republican Hart amid Collins mayoral bid. It questions Murphy’s charges against the city board of strategy, defends Collins’s honesty, and urges Democrats to rally for the incumbent. The piece ends by contrasting Boer war fate with colonial independence, and wonders about Dom Paul’s confidence.
The President and Mark Hanna distinguish between good and bad trusts, urging a careful line to protect beneficial enterprises while restraining harmful combinations. The article argues there are no good trusts, contending any production control or price manipulation harms the public welfare and workers.
The piece argues against the 3 to 1 vote to bar Congressman-elect Roberts from sitting while his case is decided. It warns such a majority rule risks future harm, urges honoring the seated member’s oath, and notes the Constitution requires a two thirds vote to expel. It condemns creating a precedent that allows a simple majority to exclude an elected member.
As the war in South Africa continues, the courageous qualities of both English and Boer combatants are praised by onlookers and supporters alike.
The Observant Citizen notes rapid removal of the long standing cannon remnants at Charlestown Navy Yard with pieces broken up for scrap or sent to other cities as park ornaments. A plan to define hotel size and licensing is discussed along with theatre permit updates and public works in Boylston Street widening. A charity bazaar supports the Free Home for Consumptives as well.
The narrator recalls a close friend Richard H Webster aboard the Pavonia. A tale of love, longing, and a proposed English bride unfolds through a memory of a shy store clerk who falls for an English speaking singer. A fatal scar hints at a hidden tragedy as the friend’s fate remains uncertain.
The Post invites entries for an Original Short Story contest with weekly prizes of 10 dollars for first, 5 dollars for second, and 2 dollars each for four others. Entries must be 700 to 1000 words, single-sided, with full name and address, prepaid return postage, and addressed to the Short Story Editor. Only women readers may enter.
Daily Table hints outline breakfast items such as rolled oats and cream omelette sausage fried sweet potatoes hot graham muffins coffee and popcorn fritters. Luncheon features split pea soup cold roast lamb baked potatoes wild grape jelly tapioca cream Washington pie. Dinner includes roast beef dish gravy boiled potatoes sweet corn olives macaroni English plum pudding crackers club house cheese coffee and popcorn fritters with a popcorn flour batter recipe. Clara B Freeman Roxbury address listed.
The Boston Post invites women readers to submit three meal bills of fare for a family of five with four to five people. Winning bills, kept under ten dollars weekly, will be printed weekly with directions to prepare the dishes. Submissions go to Cooking Pastor at the Post. no stamps or returns.
A collage of humorous quotes from Chicago Record Yonkers Statesman and Indianapolis Journal, featuring lines about love letters back rent clover paintings and overcoats. The snippets showcase playful mischief and a child’s sly warning from Puck.
James P. Sterrett retires as chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court after serving as Senator Quay’s law mentor. London artist J. F. Herring specializes in animal life, once a sign painter and stage coach driver. Lord Charles Bentinck, wounded at Mafeking, is related to the Duke of Portland and serves as a lieutenant. Richard Mansfield uses an electric bell before acts to hush the audience. Walter H. Page left Atlantic Monthly editing to join Harper publishers and edit their forthcoming encyclopedia with McClure. Senator McCumber of North Dakota featured in political notes.
A manufacturer offers dogskin leather jackets and flannel lined windproof overcoats and vests. They claim broad Northern State sales and advertise gentlemen's heavy underclothing at low prices this season.
Mr McCumber has taken a house on Twenty-first street in Washington and prepared a room in his new gallery for his valuable painting collection. The owner plans to display the works there.
Washington on December 4 reports Miss Belle Henderson daughter of the new Speaker of the House is among the season’s most popular young women. An accomplished musician and singer she devotes time to reading and study and is not an athletic type.
Agnes Robinson daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Robinson of Jersey City secretly married circus star Francia Reed after falling for his daring trapeze acts. Parents who dreaded a circus life and church ties urged against it yet the couple wed last Wednesday night amid family shock.
George Winslow Pierce of Boston questions the idea that British influence is always correct. He condemns Boer and Dutch actions, criticizes colonial attitudes, and argues that English civilization imposes unequal rule and exploitation in various regions.
The writer hopes a new passenger and freight boat will sail to Provincetown in early summer 1900, matching the Longfellow in speed and safety. Provincetown grows as a resort, and a fast, well-equipped vessel could offer comfortable three and a half hour trips with efficient coal use and reliable boilers and engines. MERCHANT MARINE, 99 State Street, Boston.
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