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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post argues that Congress should allocate more than 100 000 for deepening the Boston Harbor ship channel. It compares Boston with Rockland Maine and Portland Maine, urging national action to make entrances safer and docks more accessible, citing prior plans and surveys.
The Transit Commission must remove Tremont street surface tracks to Boylston Street when the subway opens unless the Legislature repeals that provision. The article urges referendum and voter approval, noting the original act required removal after public backing and warns against assuming opinion has shifted.
Senator Allen's Cuban resolutions, unveiled in Washington, rest on a sweeping Monroe doctrine claim that any portion of this continent may be wrested from foreign powers as a basis for U S policy. The piece rebuts Cleveland's Venezuela stance as safe and established, while warning against new interpretations.
The Navy aims to raise the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor despite high costs. If feasible, submarine tests could reveal its sinking cause better than debris analysis. Even wrecked, the Maine’s value to the government argues for the undertaking, with Boston Towboat and New York contractors leading the effort.
The piece argues the French government chose a poor method to convict Zola, framing the trial as a burlesque of justice that damages the republic’s image. It notes Zola faces a year in prison and a fine, but suggests the true penalty is borne by the French republic itself.
The article discusses the part played by the government in the affair, outlining official actions and their implications. It notes how authorities influenced outcomes and the broader political context surrounding the incident.
A montage of sensational topics from storms and wrecks to disappearances and economic notes. Asa Potter visits the Touraine, references to Maverick Bank failure and a broker in New York. John D. Long praised. debates over press credibility and the Andree relief expedition. A physician touts kissing for indigestion while jokes and social notes mix with golfing travels and Cuban sympathies in Florida.
The article notes public suspicion that the Maine was destroyed by a submarine mine and urges Spain to publicly confirm whether a mine existed at the ship’s Havana mooring. It argues Spain should speak to clarify whether treachery occurred and to aid Washington investigators.
A neighbor hears Mrs Jones explain her stove care routine using Rising Sum Stove Polish in cake form with a brush for general blacking, and Sun Paste with a cloth for an after dinner shine, claiming no other product compares.
Lucy flees home to avoid a marriage urged by her father to Charlie Spooner. She falls for Rufus Griffin but is tricked at the minister's by her family and learns she has wed Charles Rufus Spooner instead. She forgives him and embraces their unplanned union.
Graphic poem recounts the Battle of Mobile Bay with Farragut as commander. Sailors endure smoke and fire, the Hartford leads, and both sides suffer heavy losses as ships close to the line of death. The verse honors courage and sacrifice of the crews amid ironclads and explosions.
Five little brothers set out in a leather carriage that holds them tight. One big brother and three small plus a tiny wee one grow gloomy as the carriage proves too snug. They escape and run, leaving behind a mother’s shoe, while the five brothers become five toes in the end.
The archway under the State House serves as a large shelter during Governor Walcott's reception on Washington's birthday. Musicians, actors, and notable figures are mentioned, including Marie Barna and Walter Damrosch, with notes on polite crowds and the effort to curb sidewalk ticket speculators led by Jack Savage. February 1898 noted as historic.
Mrs John A Logan and Mrs George M Pullman tour Mexico. The late President Barrios of Guatemala’s widow, Miss Alge Benton, once a Mobile Orphan Asylum inmate, later became an actress. Senator John W Daniel plans a congressional lecture series. Yale receives manuscripts of Rev Timothy Edwards from Charles Gromley. J R Clarkson of Omaha becomes a Christian Science healer after selling his law practice.
An expedition led by Swedish scientist Professor A. G. Nathorst will depart Sweden in May to head north toward the pole. Its goal is to locate signs of Andree, the polar balloon explorer, who is believed to be in Franz Josef Land barring unforeseen balloon accidents.
Mrs Ingersoll wife of the famous agnostic is noted for dozing by eight o clock. While with a friend she explains she has for some time fallen asleep early after accompanying the colonel on a recent lecture tour.
A historic menu lists meals for breakfast dinner and supper including hulled corn with milk eggs bacon rye gems and more. The text includes a recipe for Queen pudding by Mrs A E Batley of 180 Jackson Street Lynn Massachusetts with egg whites sugar lemon juice and bread crumbs for the topping.
The Boston Post offers a $5 weekly prize for the best three meals bill of fare from women readers. Bills should read like menus with brief dish preparations. Three meals for four to five persons with a weekly food cost under $10. Submissions end each Saturday. winners printed Mondays. Send to Cookin Editor, The Post, Boston.
Fragmentary OCR text references four electric vehicles and prior acknowledgment. No dates or explicit outcomes are readable. The snippet suggests a count or count-related remark and a partial confirmation of existence or receipt. Further context is required for full factual rendering.
A worn black skirt can be transformed with two yards of new silk and black velvet ribbon. Trim the bottom, take in the seams a quarter inch, and rebound the piece before cutting a French flounce to attach to the upper skirt.
The Post offers weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars for the remaining four. Winners named each Sunday and paid by mail Monday for stories from the preceding week. Open to female writers with required name and address on submission.
The article explains two yard wide silk skirts with an inch velvet edge and graduated velvet bands on the upper skirt and flounce. It notes back length options and suggests replacing worn skirts with new silk fronts or fresh flounces to extend wear, then offers practical trimming guidance.
Charles C. Fairchild ex Secretary of the Treasury outlines a sound currency plan tied to bank notes backed by commercial credits and bank assets. He supports Indianapolis convention recommendations while urging minimal government interference and a gold redeemable credit system under supervision.
The Ancient Order of United Workmen of Massachusetts held its annual meeting at Paul Revere Hall. Edward F. Danforth of Skowhegan and John Temple of Boston were unanimously chosen grand master workman and grand receiver respectively. Other offices saw close contests amid calls to repeal the relief law.
Daniel C Foley known as Rogers Worthington is in Worcester county jail awaiting bail after a lab theft connected to platinum cups at several colleges. A Boston woman Miss Muriel Temple promised to bail him but has not fulfilled the pledge.
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