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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1900
Page
6
The piece contrasts a majority push to limit U S domain to admitted states with a minority view que rying every foot of U S soil as part of the nation. It critiques expansionist myths and questions the republic's ideal of equal liberty for all under one law.
In discussing Boston gas issues, the text advocates adopting the Haverhill reform to demonstrate practical benefits. The expectation is that the Haverhill experiment will serve as a clear example of successful reform in action.
A conservative note argues Washington should refrain from interfering in Kentucky unrest. It warns McKinley would face political danger if he meddled and urges Kentuckians to resolve their crisis locally, praising self reliance over federal action.
The under secretary of war reports 195000 British troops in South Africa with 18000 more en route. The force could reach 213000 in the field, and with 90000 more requested, Roberts would command about 308000. The figure set the Queen's speech tone and suggests overwhelming odds against the Boers.
The piece dismisses McKinley’s commissioners and Admiral Dewey as uninformed about Manila and Philippine wishes. It argues Filipinos seek independence, not human rights guarantees under Spanish rule, and condemns a paper plan that omits independence as impractical.
An Effingham Falls correspondent reports a scare when a man and daughter found a crouching object in the road three miles from town. A doctor and neighbors searched with lanterns and clubs, only to discover a bag of hay mistaken for a wild animal. The incident unsettled locals and the finder faces social awkwardness afterward. Thomas A. Mullen discusses career moves from city law to private practice. Brookline’s free baths report about 50 000 bathers in the year ending February 1. cleanliness in focus.
The Haverhill Gas Light Company resists a 30 percent rate reduction recommended by 64s commissioners. The column urges a cheerful reply, noting decades of 50 percent dividends, and warns courts may be drawn in if the dispute continues. It frames the issue as an object lesson for the Legislature.
A London despatch from January twenty nine recounts Dundonald’s cavalry executing a noted retreat from the Boers. The note praises bravery, notes confusion behind, and claims the bridge was captured as the Boers trailed. War humor and resolve fill the cadence of the verse dispatch signed W A Croffut.
The Sherman-Worrell Fruit Company proposes two new California plants and one in Boston to expand fig and fruit product manufacturing. It offers stock at 10 dollars per share with a credit plan, and invites investors to visit displays of fig products at its Boston office. This industry groups seeks wide development and growth. Verona Hathaway and Dr. Jack Harcourt rekindle memories at Fort Point as a romantic telegram-like tale unfolds.
Daily Table hints list breakfast items oranges broiled beefsteak rolls potato croquettes honey coffee lunch bread and butter canned berries lemon sandwiches cocoa popcorn pudding dinner consomme roast leg lamb canned peas currant jelly scalloped potatoes tomatoes white bread tea popcorn pudding breakfast and lunch recipes included One teacup popcorn recipe by Mrs Evan Folsom 1 Evans Place Everett Mass.
A fragmentary obituary notice names Oliver Tuer of Portsmouth and Peter Letig of Baltimore. It labels Letig a Democrat and mentions Christ as his station with heaven wished, reflecting 19th century obituary phrasing.
Frank Gould buys a Parisiangiant St Bernard for 10 dollars on unnamed advice. Princess Lada, betrothed to Jan’s Crown Prince, plans a 1.5 million dollar trousseau funded by the Emperor. Louise Evelyrmeuse and Mary Lease push suffrage lecturing. The Queen of Greece is a noted admiral in history. Mrs Dewey receives diamonds from a Manila sunk vessel. Hask endows Oberlin with 77 thousand including a 32 thousand lectureship. Senator Salls’s mother lives at 90 and knitted robes for him.
Letter to the editor recounts Admir Dewey’s reply to Emilio Aguinaldo on loyalty and alliance. It cites witnesses and substantial evidence claiming the administration’s handling and Winslow’s role in the affair.
A collage of quoted lines shows playful exchanges about weather favoring golf players, debt worries, candle shortages during war times, and measles at a neighbor’s house. A political quip on voting and price quality rounds out the mix.
Judge David Cameron, appointed by Governor Stone to Tioga county bench, rose from mine boy roots in Blossburg. J C Needham began stamp collecting as a child and now owns a top US collection. Henri de Regnier to lecture at Harvard on Contemporary Poetry in France. Rudolph Schwartz completes first colossal stone figure for Indianapolis soldiers' monument. dedication next August with ex president Harrison delivering the oration. Count Nigra to publish a memoir of forty-five years in diplomacy across major capitals.
The season’s seal catch by Canadian vessels totaled 34 244 versus 238 052 last year. The Valley of Santa in Peru shows drastic depopulation from 700 000 to 5 000. Lulinoig ranks second to Pennsylvania in coal production with 23 434 446 tons mined across 52 counties. A fire starting by blowing into fumes lights more quickly than from below. A new device to aid high stepping in coach horses uses goggles with crystals that distort the view to appear nearer.
Readers recall quaint memorial lines from Kensington and Amesbury Cemetery. One stone notes a 34 year illness with 67 taps totaling 2388 pounds of fluid drawn, and a March 28 1790 death. Another marks a Lowell founder buried in an Amesbury plot, with a marble verse praising talents and benevolence, died 1824.
The Philadelphia Press notes continued missteps and a lack of military insight in the Tüg ela engagement while the Baltimore Sun reports Hamburg as Germany’s leading seaport pushing ahead with the adoption of an overhead trolley system, catalyzing nationwide progress.
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