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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1900
Page
6
The Boston Post presents political news and editorial stance as a leading Democratic paper in New England. It covers local politics, national events, and opinion pieces shaping public discourse.
The article attacks Consul Macrum of Pretoria for allowing sealed U S government communications to be opened and resealed with Queen Victoria’s stamp. It urges Secretary Hay and President McKinley to investigate the Consul’s evidence of British insolence and expose any truthfulness or deception in the young diplomat’s statements.
The piece argues the Hay-Pauncefote treaty risks American sovereignty by granting British and European control, presenting this as a decisive November issue. It predicts Senate hurdles for ratification, notes Hepburn Bill opposition, and states the political stake for McKinley and Republicans versus Democrats who could amplify the issue.
A long awaited death at the Park Street subway crash prompts calls for safety upgrades. The piece urges rails to prevent passengers from being pushed onto tracks and a radical remodelling of the station to utilize space, improve capacity, and ensure winter safety.
The House committee on rivers and harbors should carry to Washington a clear view of Boston's commercial needs. Regular directions arise, but the port's daily business in New England's economy demands steady provision for facilitating trade, not deferral for partisan aims.
The article urges Congress to favor Boston merchants by opening the harbor to world commerce and cautions against overemphasizing debts to England. It argues American strength, unity, and a strong navy will deter foreign interference and promote national welfare. It notes social events and theatrical plans in Boston society.
A column mix of local observations and social notes. A drunk spectator disrupts Winter street shopping hours. remarks on gypsy moth control by songbirds and sparrows. gratitude for a gold watch to John H. Fahey of the Associated Press. humorous introductions at the Coon Club banquet. reunion with Edward Minot Stanyan. musings on anti trust talks and Washington plans. New England political notes and a Boston high school prize event. a public transit incident ends with a fare dispute aboard a theater crowd returning home.
A short column presents vintage gravelide verse and inscriptions from Hebron and New Haven. It mentions Peggy Dow, Lorenzo’s death at forty, a newborn babe, and retires to the graves with lines about Frank Franklin White Obadiah Wilkinson Ruth and a lawyer named man.
The piece surveys varied lives from George Everett a U S builder and day labor stonecutter to "fighting Bob" Evans who aimed to mine in youth. It notes the Duke of Somerset asserting a strong stance, General d Exen Conmerce aged 94 with service to three kings, and a London Chronicle tale of careering families.
Princess Salm Salm of Germany sails to organize a Transvaal hospital corps to aid both sides in the war. Miss Rose Murray, champion bowler, enters an international tournament at Union Hill Park in July. A gift of hotel bills to the New York Public Library is offered sealed for fifty years. Erika Paulasz seeks Austria’s first woman architect status via a public trial. Mahilda Meakin becomes medical officer candidate at London University.
Miss Bessie Evans becomes the center of a plan by Mrs Marston's boarding school girls to fool her with a Willard Fulton meeting. A midnight ghost on the Edgehill path spooks Bessie, but Jack Smith revealed the ruse, and Willard later learns of the plan as the pupils attend Bessies engagement party.
A collection of wry exchanges and quips from early 20th century papers. Jokes touch on medical ethics, domestic life, military, police, romance, and social pretenses. Notable snatches include doctors assisting death, cooks leaving, and guards missteps.
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars for first, five dollars for second, and two dollars for four others. Submissions must be 700 to 1000 words, single-sided, with full name and address, prepaid postage, and return postage. Open only to women readers. mail folded manuscripts to Short Story Foilter. no in-person applications.
Several Post readers women contribute stories to the Sunday Post Story Paper as it announces inclusion in the RPrize awards. The note promotes ongoing feature segments and reader participation.
A dog with a box tied to its neck collected 20 guineas at Driffield for the war fund. Bavarian voters turnout was 39 percent. Wrexham parish church restoration estimated at £4000. West Scotland miners get 9d daily from Feb to April. Global steel output in 1850 reached 71,000 tons. U.S. output in 1898 9,075,000 tons. Boers suspected of targeting officers’ horses first. U.S. Navy to be twice as strong by year end. 211 French officers join or head for Boer forces. Victorian Order of Nurses founded by Countess of Aberdeen. London dust-yard bottle recovery valued at 7000 pounds yearly. New South Wales sent many men and 1700 horses to South African war in 1840.
Letters to the editor argue against a proposed tower at the end of Marine Park pier and a linked auto service, warning it would favor wealthy visitors and reduce access for working families. The writer urges lawmakers to oppose the franchise and protect the park as a mass recreation space for City Point residents.
The Rev. William Henry Brooks secretary of the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts died at the Revere House from incipient pneumonia. The funeral will be at St. John the Evangelist on Bowdoin Street Thursday at noon, with interment at Pittsfield. Also dead are B S Spooner, manager of the Spooner dramatic company, from typhoid pneumonia in Meriden, and Stephen Ball, 60, president of the National Life Association, of Hartford from heart disease. ball was Civil War veteran and survived by a widow and one son.
Word comes from Lawrence Massachusetts of the death of Woonsocket police chief John G. Currier age 44 after a week long illness. Also dies Jacob Pfaff president of H and J Pfaff Brewing Company aged about 77 at his 106 Beacon Street home in Boston. funeral set for Thursday at 1 30 PM.
Editorials urge stronger penalties and accountability for public officials who evade sports and safety rules, defend boxing within bounds, warn against universal repeal. US canal security linked to fortifications and natural strategic advantages, while European navies and imperial rhetoric spark debate. The national flower debate hints at Ireland, England, and US symbolism amid Lipton cup imagery.
Daily table hints list meals for breakfast dinner and supper with items such as bananas shredded wheat fried eggs brown gravy mashed potatoes squash pineapple pie and cookies. The note includes a recipe for pineapple pie by Kittie Powers at 633 Dorchester Avenue South Kostun Muss.
The Boston Post offers a five dollar prize each week for the best three meals for a family of five. Meals may be breakfast, dinner and supper or breakfast luncheon and dinner with four to five persons. Keep total weekly cost under ten dollars. Submissions to Cooking Editor, Boston Post.
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