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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1900
Page
4
A dated editorial denounces a Republican push to impose a customs tariff on Porto Rico. It argues Spain funded the island and Porto Rico paid much of its government costs, questioning why US tariff policy would harm its economy and defy constitutional norms. The piece calls the plan both ridiculous and cruel.
Boston school committee told a legislative panel that 6000 pupils lack proper accommodation. Many students are crowded in halls and poorly lit rooms, underscoring the city’s need for more funding to support education and healthful facilities.
The Legislature considers a conservative local option bill allowing towns to select how local taxes are assessed. It would let cities impose tax on land value only or on real estate, or broaden to certain personal property classes. The proposal keeps power with municipal residents and cites liquor local option as precedent.
The piece questions President McKinley’s orders to haul down the flag on two Philippine islands outside the treaty limits. It criticizes the error as a moral failure and asks whether similar action should occur in Cuba, contrasting justice for brown new with white interests.
The Democratic convention location in Kansas City signals a westward shift in the political center. Officials note the Missouri setting holds no special significance beyond geography, with the nominating process likely to be concise and sharp after Philadelphia. The Republicans, meanwhile, have shaped issues for the Democrats, keeping voters alert.
The war office reports British losses to February 17 reach 11 964, a minimum figure. Excluded are prisoners taken at Nicholson's Nek and large losses during retreats and late operations. Roberts estimates 700 killed in three days, with total likely near 15 000. republic losses are untracked.
The report estimates 20 000 plus fighting men lost so far, with many wounded or captured. It notes not all deaths but the tally reflects a heavy price England pays for subjugating the South African republics amid a long, costly war.
The Observant Citizen reports Isaac B. Rich turning seventy three with congratulations at the Banner of Light office. Olga Nethersole's Sapho trial postponement is noted along with audience makeup and a remark on Anna Gould’s wardrobe. Other items cover Boston society events, theater plans, and upcoming lectures and receptions.
Miss Luther hosts Miss Marjorie North in a tale of wealth and romance. Jack Vernon, son of a wealthy family, loves dressmaker Miss Brown, while Marjorie North seeks a suitable heiress marriage. A dramatic city reception reveals true love surpassing wealth.
A Sunday Post feature announces inclusion of several Original Short Stories by women readers in the Post Stormy Paper. All stories will be eligible for prize awards.
The note recalls Lorch cutting wood when a tree fell and a fatal neck break. It records the death of John Iligley and notes his parents were drowned en route from America, a fate they avoided only if they had lived to be buried there.
A young Augusta area woman turns poor land into a thriving bulb and flower farm, supporting herself and her mother by selling bulbs to Northern seed houses. She cleared fifty acres, bought a mule, and improved soil and fertilization despite neighbors doubting sprouting. The story notes her practical approach and hints at her past as a Boer war bullet maker.
The papers compare promises by generals in the Boer War to past assurances at Ladysmith and Mafeking. Editorials urge the Senate to defeat the Nicaragua Canal treaty and praise Canadian loyalty to Britain while noting Canadian willingness to fund the war effort.
A collection of brief notes on diverse figures including Speaker Trenderson’s hickory cane from Corinth battlefields and John B. Allen’s gift, a Geneva Ohio library fund for Platt Rogers Spencer, a 1901 centenary dedication target, Dr J J Henna’s Puerto Rico beggar count, Kentucky University to elect Ka ward Ames as president, Ames a Butler College graduate with Yale and Chicago PhD, Sir Bryan Leighton’s Shropshire effigy target practice in South Africa, Henry Frick tied to a Carnegie suit and Swiss-German ancestry.
Census-like counts show 35 Sac and Fox 8 Chippewas 256 Wwickapoos 240 Iowas and 58 Wotta gwatomies on the Pottawatomie reservation in Kansas. The Hamburg-American Steamship Company pursues pigeon mail experiments between ships and ports. Salicylic acid from wintergreen oil is claimed harmless as a food preservative. ordinary salicylic acid is slow poison. Connecticut dogs show a canine influenza outbreak with the usually immune curs affected. Dr H E Annett reports pink eye in Liverpool horses with pacillus identified in every case.
A Wakefield Massachusetts home recipe features apple pudding baked with butter sugar egg milk and baking powder served with cream or sauce. The card credits Miss Hattie Chadley of 19 Eaton Street Wakefield.
A humorous verse portrays sulphur and molasses given to children as a mock remedy. It mocks health quackery with playful lines about parents, babies, and the dubious tonic in a spoon. The piece travels through playful imagery of spring and warning signs about blood health.
The Boston Legislature reduced police board perquisites by about 500 dollars yearly. The dog license fee work is performed by captains, not the board, which has earned 22 500 dollars since establishment, plus salaries. Other actions include rail extension bills, civil service moves, and the Free Public Library Commission report noting library access across towns.
Letter to the Editor notes that Dr. J Edward Turner established the first medical treatment for alcoholism with the 1858 foundation of the Walter Baker Sanitarium in Roxbury, backed by prominent figures including Edward Everett. cites 1880 as later popularization rather than origin. The piece also mentions a Joe H O Neil lecture on America's Navy at Dahlgren Hall in South Boston.
A column extols the Sunday Boston Post's Story Paper gift as the best three cent value with many serials and entertaining short stories. It notes a new copyrighted novel to begin, and an upcoming sketch of life in the New York Sun office, urging readers to enjoy the weekly feature.
President Eliot of Harvard left New York for Chicago to attend a National Educational Association committee meeting on a national university project and a University of California conference on U.S. student admissions to foreign university exams. Major universities and the U.S. Commissioner of Education will be represented.
In Atlanta on February 23, Arthur Sewall of Bath Maine met with William Jennings Bryan on the train that carried the Nebraskan to Atlanta. Sewall refused to disclose the conversation’s nature before the party departed for New York.
The Volunteers of America invite the public to hear General Ballington Booth speak on "Why I Am a Volunteer" tonight at the new hall, 64 Pleasant street, opposite Shawmut Avenue subway entrance. All are welcome.
President E D Codman withdraws opposition to the Boston and Maine lease of the Fitchburg road. State directors Leeson Plunkett Renfrew vote in favor. Codman warns of vast Commonwealth and preferred stock interests, signaling Dr. Webb’s defeat and sidetracking Fitchburg Rutland plans.
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