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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1897
Page
4
Josiah Quincy lauds The Post for aggressive intelligent work supporting the Democratic platform and candidates in Boston municipal election. He contrasts other papers and notes The Post’s important role in the decisive victory and wishes continued growth in circulation and influence. Letter dated City Hall Boston December 21 1897.
Opinion argues Boston’s aldermanic election method is a malfunctional system worse with bullet ballots. It cites district elections and minority representation as failed experiments and urges the Legislature to replace it with a simple equitable method.
The public pays over five million dollars annually to the American Bell Telephone Company and receives dividends of 16 to 18 percent. For four years, gross and net earnings show hefty dividends while the system enjoys public franchises and service duties. The piece argues a limit to the tribute the Bell system can justly extract.
Citizens accuse the telephone company of excessive extortionate charges and demand reduction without waiting for legislative action. They urge the monopoly to lower rates on its own for the public good.
The Post completes arrangements with a cable service to reproduce H. G. Wells War of the Worlds set in New England. It will depict Martian voyages to Boston and nearby areas with publication announced soon for readers to follow this unique realistic fiction.
A letter from the New York World critique argues against the idea of squared accounts with New England. It asserts New England’s enduring influence, noting its New England settlers shaped the Midwest Northwest and West Coast. The piece credits Puritan-led liberty movements with launching the American Revolution and claims New England’s indomitable spirit remains the nation’s guiding force.
The article notes a bullish Christmas week with unusually high stock activity and prices. Boston and Montana mining shares plus Sugar and Chicago Burlington & Quincy lead gains, signaling widespread prosperity, rising dividends, easy money, and anticipated January gains amid strong imports and railroad earnings.
The Observant Citizen Lizzy notes a beauty contest between Sergeants J Thomas Fitzgerald and George Pike for the deputy city marshal vacancy. Tom Fitzgerald’s blonde looks win favor with Major Ramsdell, while George Pike’s dark features appeal to the Aldermen.
The column notes a contentious board stance on a deputy issue amid a snowy landscape and sleighs. It reports fire alarm upgrades at King's Chapel corner School Street, candy shop holiday bonbons, increased Roxbury police presence, and recent robberies. It highlights Mrs. J B Hecht’s Hebrew Industrial School expansion, Circus Girl at the Boston Museum, Henry W Savage at the American Theatre, police work fascination, Maud Gonne’s America departure, and J Angus McDonald returning to Bloomingdale's publicity leadership.
A fragmented verse from Realms of Unknown Kings by Alma Tadema depicts a mother haunted by a sleeping child and the ache of an absent partner. The speaker recalls a cradle, the scent of childhood, and an unseen figure approaching in the night as she longs for waking to find him.
A Chicago Record verse honors wounded soldiers Captain Jim Major Mears Colonel Price and Private John. They refrain from boasting about battles and sufferings while awaiting the help of a pension list to ease their injuries and restore dignity.
A Boston writer recalls meeting Leila as a teen and marrying years later after a wandering path through affairs with Frances Manning and Mabel Wade. He discovers Leila kept a diary in Nevada City detailing his life, and he credits telepathy and a guardian angel with shaping their fate.
A collection of brief notes on historical figures: Burns variant spelling Bur ness. Henry Labouchere and Truth proofs. Jere Simpson retirement plans. Charles Bucher and Simpson vote exchange. Baron Grivenau’s perilous journeys in Core a and Russia. Major George Harries named brigadier general of the National Guard. H M Stanley returning to Rhodesia reporting. Andrew Bravo’s eccentric will and tomb. Wolff of Bohemia, his duel, and anti semitic town paper editorship.
Mrs Boyd of Brookline and Mrs James Boyd of 10 Juniper Street Brookline win the menu prize for last week. Their menus were published Sunday December 19 in the local paper.
A letter to the World rebuts a New England orator's praise of Puritans. It argues Virginia predates Plymouth, cites New England actions in slavery and the Revolution, and claims New England benefited from tariffs while portraying the region as intolerant and hypocritical. D. 4s, New York, Dec. 25.
Breakfast lists fruit rolled oats sugar and cream broiled steak creamed potatoes bread and butter doughnuts coffee. Dinner offers gumbo soup roast lamb mashed potatoes celery turnip bread and butter mustard pickles steamed fruit pudding cheese black coffee tea. Supper features potato cakes cold sliced lamb piccalilli bread and butter honey in comb fruit cake tea. Fruit pudding and a recipe for loaf cake with raisins, butter and spices. Mrs. W. A. Dore Athens Me.
The article suggests gray krimmer fur, aka gray astrakhan, for a fashionable blouse coat. It recommends lining with white satin or brocade of first class quality and notes home sewists can make it at low cost with careful fitting.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from various newspapers. Jokes touch on extremes in solving problems, fear of public service, and social misperceptions. Remarks about a controversial garbage contract arouse debate.
The Boston Post urges lower telephone tolls, attacking the Bell monopoly in Boston and Allegheny. It cites high dividends totaling over a million dollars and argues the public deserves a share of profits through reduced rates, urging Allegheny and Pittsburgh residents to press similar concessions.
Washington observers await the monetary commission report amid House banking committee delays. The panel may craft a single bill uniting legal tender, banking reforms, and silver coin issues, with Edmunds consulted and Fairchild leading a full measure. Boards of Trade may push hearings as Indianapolis convention backers send letters of support.
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