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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1898
Page
4
A brief feature highlights a motto focused on commitment to a cause and the idea of speaking freely. It contrasts disciplined purpose with unrestricted expression, underscoring values of resolve and vocal advocacy.
The author argues the Zola case shows French civil and military law support abuses of power and deny individual rights. American readers see this as a threat to republican ideals, fearing an oligarchic or bureaucratic state rather than popular liberty.
Editorial opposes proposed legislation by the Board of Registration in Medicine to widen control over practitioners. It warns such rules would criminalize chosen medical services and infringe individual liberty, arguing current law suffices and medicine is not exact science.
The Post bill to give the Gas and Electric Light Commission appellate jurisdiction over telephone service gains support. Telephones, like gas, electric, railroads, and streetcars, use public streets and are quasi public. The public should have an appeal right for unjust charges and telephone service should be subject to supervision.
The week shows an unsettled yet steady market with a hopeful outlook for a bull phase. Traders await Havana and Maine event explanations while money remains easy and rail earnings rise. Wheat exports surge and commerce expands, though Cuban complications linger as a risk.
Photographs from Havana Harbor show the massive destruction of the Maine but do not prove the explosion’s origin. Officials begin an inquiry to determine whether magazines exploded or damage came from an external force while the public awaits factual findings.
The article lauds Secretary John D. Long for calm, clear headed leadership amid a Maine incident. It condemns narrow minded and reckless options while praising his open handed, non jingo stance and independence from Spanish influence.
The speaker cautions against hasty war over the Maine catastrophe. He praises a measured, fact based approach and the need for indisputable evidence before any conflict, commending Secretary Long for embodying nineteenth century restraint and justice in government action.
Observant Citizen notes soldiers at Fort Warren facing poor accommodations in Winthrop amid looming conflict. He recalls a Boston police arrest of a child for pennies, a cat rescue story, beekeeping by mail, and a Tufts Glee Club performance at a rail union banquet. A local newsboy prints a bulletin. life moves through quirky incidents as winter persists.
A lively panel of Boston society details a surprise meeting led by Samuel J. Carroll. March 5 marks bar exam dates in Boston and the Boston massacre anniversary. The paving department dinner honors labor, with Deputy Superintendent Kelley among guests.
Vida Bliss recalls a boy sent to banishment who finds solace as his granddad fills a grim corner with color. The child’s sorrow softens as the old artist explains that hardship does not leave God’s world bare.
The piece argues that grooming directions target only young pretty women while women of a certain age, married or not, must rely on natural tastes. It notes some succeed by following natural preferences and hints at a portrait of a fortyish lady adapting to appearance without extra embellishment.
A collection of puns and witticisms from Chicago News Tit-Bits Puck and Indianapolis Journal. Bits feature lines on marriage longevity doctor jokes about Methuselah and a Yale center rush request. Ends with a humorous exchange about vanity and mirrors.
In Julian Sin clair’s home a tale of past romance unsettles his wife Gertrude. Alice Renfrew hints Julian once loved another woman, Minna, who rejected him. Julian explains Minna’s role in family plans and his devotion to Gertrude, ending with forgiveness and renewed trust.
P B Hennessys daughter Florence L Hennessy a noted Boston musician with skill in guitar banjo mandolin and piano died after pneumonia worsened by long heart trouble. She was buried at Mt Benedict after a Requiem mass at St Peters Meeting House Hill with many floral tributes from friends and family.
The novelist David Christie Murray gives a free lecture in defence of Dreyfus using a magnified display of Dreyfus handwriting. Lionel Phillips, a Jameson ally, is banished for life from the Transvaal but released with others on a promise to refrain from politics, later breaking it by an article in the Nineteenth Century. William Bonny, Stanley’s relief expedition medical steward, lies dying in a London workhouse after years in camp with the rear guard under Major Barttelot.
A meeting at Rev Thomas Scully s residence arranged the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America convention to be held in Boston August 10 11 12 and 13 with 10 000 men and boys marching under Father Mathew. Archbishops bishops and many laity expected. parade plans include delegations from Portland Hartford Springfield Providence and New Haven. Railroads and steamboats will offer travel inducements. March 6 circulars seek business subscriptions.
A fire destroyed the post office and store in Runsberg. Postmaster Kartunen, who slept inside, was cremated. Authorities report no foul play and deem the blaze accidental. Kartunen had served as postmaster for nine years.
The Post announces a prize of dollars awarded to Miss Mary V. Donovan of 18 Bower Street Roxbury for a menu published on Saturday February 19.
The menu lists breakfast items including sliced bananas with cream and oatmeal, lunch and dinner courses with soups and roast chicken, followed by supper offerings of egg salad and creamed celery. A prune pie recipe details cutting prunes, lining a pastry, adding prune syrup, baking, and serving with whipped cream. signed by Miss M. E. Warren of 41 Lynde Street, City.
Spanish warship Vizcaya commanded by Captain Eulate anchors off Tompkinsville Staten Island after a fogbound approach from the Narrows. Marines guard, salutes exchanged with Castle William, and a formal courtesy visit occurs aboard the Nina with Admiral Bunce’s aide.
Captain Eulate stated that during the ship's port stay no social invitations would be accepted. The visit was for courtesy and friendship and, upon news of the Maine disaster, flags were lowered to half mast. The captain compared the visit to a mourning friend and avoided festivities.
A description highlights a beverage praised for its taste alongside a fine natural sparkling mineral spring water. The note emphasizes quality and refreshment from natural sources.
Advertising copy touts Lincoln Spring Water as a wonderful product with testimonials of wonderful cures from prominent people. It urges readers to obtain pamphlets and notes availability at Saratoga Springs springs, hotels, restaurants, druggists, grocers, and mineral water dealers with a Boston office at 47 Cornhill.
The speech praised naval officers and families affected by the Maine disaster. A telegram was sent to the Secretary of the Navy. First Lieutenant Villar Del Fuentes recounted the Vizcaya’s voyage from Sandy Hook to Tompkinsville amid fog and buoy difficulty. Captain Eulate expected to stay in port awhile.
The Rev Denis O Callaghan gave a lecture on 98 and its glory and sorrow at St Augustine s Hall in South Boston. Stereopticon views showed Wexford battlefields and peasant resistance. The talk praised Irish patriots and critiqued English cruelties while urging unity and resistance to tyranny. The audience, many of Irish birth, rose to cheer.
The National League magnates convene in St Louis on February 28 to settle the 1930 schedule. Opening day is set for April 4, with Browns at home against Cleveland and about twenty additional games planned from last season. Most clubs plan Sunday baseball. Philadelphia declines.
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