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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1898
Page
4
Boston Post outlines the Representative ventures in New England, highlighting regional events and community notices. Details focus on local governance, public projects, and civic developments affecting Boston and nearby areas.
The notice outlines subscription rates for various terms including six months and one year, requests subscribers to provide current and future addresses, marks the paper as second class matter, warns against sending cash, and instructs payments be made by check or money order payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Editorial Rooms No 1004 in Boston and Business Office No 428 in Boston along with the Boston Office address at 259 Washington Street. Indicates multiple city locations serving operations in Boston.
The Boston Post announces advance payment required for all subscriptions and warns of discontinuation at expiration. Readers unable to obtain the Post via newsdealer should notify the publisher by mail. E A Grozie, Editor and Publisher.
A critical editorial faulted President McKinley for withholding the peace treaty with Spain from the American people. It urged immediate public release, warned of possible extraordinary Congress sessions, and noted a $20,000,000 payment due to Spain six months after ratification. The piece questioned senatorial courtesy and executive secrecy as the House and Senate race to ratify.
The report notes that Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines would receive public franchise control from Secretary Alger while Guam is excluded. It argues this creates a distinction favoring self government for Guam and questions the need for utilities and services there. Alger retains authority over franchises with financial value.
The piece argues that U S expansion to the Philippines and Asia will force alliances in European politics. It cites Britain and Tingland as examples of nations seeking partners, suggesting the United States must consider its role as an imperial power and the necessity of alliances in the east.
The passage argues that opponents of entangling alliances must oppose expansion and rejects taking the Philippines as a step toward international associations. It claims the Philippines would threaten safety and happiness, asserting the republic is safer without imperial possessions or binding treaties with European powers.
The author argues against enacting the Nicaragua Canal bill urging emergency justification. Private syndicates, including the Maritime Canal Company and a new Ever-Cragin concession, seek government backing and high payments, while the US treaty rights to build remain with the government. Congress should proceed cautiously and avoid more railroad style favoritism or bond guarantees.
General Miles’s epithet embalmed beef and the ensuing dispute over commissary supplies ignite threats of court martial for General Eagan. The incident centers on whether Miles or Wagan commands and the broader Algerism influence. The debate highlights whether troops faced unhealthy rations and deaths, framing discipline and official accountability.
A collage of local anecdotes and stray comments includes Christmas spillover, a Newton car fare coin mix up, New York grip news, ice safety lessons from Leverett Pond, turkey price talk, a predicted total eclipse, and Boston women taking up hag punching as a fad. Names and places are scattered through brief, humorous vignettes.
Postcard notes reflect diverse topics from self defence for women in Massachusetts to a law about barking dogs and city politics. Alderman Joseph J. Norton ends a year of quiet influence, Rev. Father Allison of Charlestown seems joyful, and Rose Coghlan endures a family incident with a damaged cheek. Also fond remarks about Dr Nathan Goodman and a birthday celebration for Leon Carro.
A Harper's Bazaar excerpt features Mrs. Solon Brown and Belle Van Voortie in a social tableau on Fifth Avenue. The narrator contemplates love, money, and social climbing as fortunes, marriages, and reputations intertwine in a world where beauty and wealth dominate.
A highly fashionable violet cloak designed by Dou cet features a straight fall from the shoulders, a very high fur trimmed collar, and wide fur cuffs. The article notes its luxurious silk fabric.
Dick Courtney, famed for idleness and charm, deserts his chair to enlist with the Rough Riders. Dorothy Vernon a spirited reformer pushes him to war, earns his love, and learns true bravery may outlive boastful lineage. Dick is wounded at Guasimas but survives and returns to Dorothy, who realizes heroism comes from action, not talk.
Weekly prizes offered for Original Spot Stories in the Post. Ten dollars first, five dollars second, two dollars each for four others. Winners named in Sunday Post. Manuscripts must be at least 760 words, on one side, with full name and address, prepaid postage, return postage enclosed, and only women readers may enter. Send to Short Story Editor by mail.
The Louisiana steamship sailing from New Orleans to New York relayed that on December 25 a bark owned by New Bedford from Buenos Aires bound for Hampton Roads requested their position about twenty miles north of Cape Hatteras.
A collection of kitchen directions including fruit muffins a simple oyster soup French cream candy fig creams and horehound candy with instructions for mixing heating and shaping by Jane B Clemmens of Springfield Ohio
The Boston Post offers a $5 weekly prize for the best three meal bill of fare submitted by women readers. Entries must read like a menu with brief preparation directions for four to five people and total weekly food costs capped at $10 for a family of five. Submissions are due each Saturday with winners printed Mondays.
Major-General Wesley Merritt, retiring governor of the Philippines, arrives in Chicago with bride Laura Williams and aide Major Strother. He plans to return to New York to resume command in the East and discusses postwar policy, including a simple military administration and local Filipino enlistment for a native-provided army.
General Hector MacDonald’s rise mirrors Lt Col Harry Finn of the Twenty first Lancers who earned promotion from sergeant seventeen years ago and became major in the Soudan. Colonel Virquin wins high honors from the Chinese emperor for aiding Panama subjects while U S consul general. Police Inspector Rhoades loses a gold watch on a crowded streetcar and reports it. Reverend Wisher faces mob hostility for endorsing democracy. Mme Carnot’s diamonds sold in Paris to fund widows and orphans, with 50 000 francs donated by her will.
A collage of humorous exchanges from multiple papers shows sly remarks on justice, dialect humor, and social behavior. Points include a boastful return of a crippled foe, casual ethnic nicknaming, and light social commentary about manners and manners at society events.
Senator Frye spoke with a Star reporter on the peace negotiations and U S relations with Spain. He rejected claims that Europe opposed the United States and said sentiment outside France did not reflect the nation. He forecast quick restoration of diplomatic ties and commercial treaties after ratification and urged Congress to decide the Philippines’ disposition.
Washington reports a precautionary U S expedition to Iloilo in Panay Philippines. General Otis dispatches two regiments and artillery to Iloilo while Admiral Dewey sails Baltimore toward the same port. Officials stress no confirmed disorder but prepare to suppress lawlessness if needed. The Buffalo and Manila route are noted in dispatches.
A reader from Rexbury argues for softened views of the Civil War era, urging North and South reconciliation. He cites slavery, property rights, and postwar conditions to support a united republic and praise Northern veterans for outreach. The letter praises Whitman Thirty-fifth Regiment and closes with a call for a union of hearts and hands.
A Boston Post letter to the editor critiques Lieutenant Hobson’s celebrated kiss and his Merrimac exploits. The writer questions the repeated anecdotes, dismisses Hobson’s defense, and hopes his return to Boston finds the city cold and unimpressed.
In Santiago Cuba on December 26, Americans marked Christmas under summer heat. General Wood and staff received a tortoise shell walking stick as a gift, regiments tried to celebrate, churches sent greeters, hospital and state areas were decorated, and plans were made for a commission to survey local affairs led by Colonel Henry Ray and Gendarme chief Valerio.
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