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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1900
Page
4
The Boston Post presents its identity as a representative Democratic newspaper serving New England audiences with political advocacy and regional coverage.
The day brings fine dry snow stirring Tremont and Boylston streets with rainy day dresses while Mayor Gould recalls a long civic record and a guard protects greenbacks. A barber shop anecdote, a lecture postponement from Tim Coakley, and business news about Arthur Henderson hint at local life and humor in Boston.
The Boston Post argues it offers the best newspaper value for advertisers in New England based on a sworn November 1899 circulation of 136 165 daily and a run of paper rate of 1 5 cents per line, contrasting Salem News rates and rival papers in a forceful, period tone.
The Custom Department offers made to measure trousers and suits from remnants at 4.85 and 17.85 dollars. The sale runs this week to spur extra orders as winter clothing is already in supply. Perfect fit and work guaranteed.
A Boston Post roundup notes Major-General Thomas M. Anderson’s Philadelphia roots and family ties, Tennessee Senator Bate’s near seventy age, and President McKinley’s abstention from theatre despite invites. It cites readings of Dutch farmers, Cape Calenvar tastes, and Kuriles links. Additional items mention William Sands in Seoul, Corean affairs, Henry Savage Lander’s Tibet ascent, and Adelbert College’s TI M Warren leading Chicago’s romance department.
The mayor pledges a government of law and order not party driven and calls for water front development highway reforms and new travel modes including cars in parks. Success hinges on keeping partisanship and spoils out of city administration.
The piece notes Melrose as the Commonwealths oldest city, pledging strong municipal growth. It highlights initial debt level, infrastructure in schools water works fire department parks sewers and other investments. Mayor Gould delivers a practical inaugural address favoring performance over promises and hints at a solid city record ahead.
In Haverhill Mayor Chase begins a second term and in Brockton Mayor Coulter takes office. Both American Socialist leaders promise reforms but face limits, with public ownership goals and calls for direct democracy here debated alongside practical governance.
Four months ago in Charlestown Mary Hanlon was arrested on a police board charge and later acquitted after court scrutiny of police testimony. The public asks why the Police Board delays a formal apology and decision while hearings linger and witnesses’ statements are debated.
The United States grand jury in Conspiracyville failed to indict Gallinger amid ongoing allegations of violations of civil service rules. Officials cited procedural questions and lack of sufficient evidence to charging standard.
The text asserts Republican committees chaired by a figure solicited campaign contributions from federal employees, with disputes over linking Senator Gallinger. It notes Chandler’s pursuit as cut-throat New Hampshire politics and emphasizes administration efforts to protect agents of a second-term syndicate raising funds for the upcoming campaign, claiming Ohio violators were protected in the Movember canvass.
Boston created a 13 member Aldermanic board aiming to avoid deadlocks but opened with a self voting standstill. Five men claimed chairmanship, each seeking the top job while attempting to sway others, revealing a flawed odd number theory and a failed first test of self interest over party accord.
A Boston correspondent notes the New York Stock Exchange closed on a holiday and asserts no harm came to Boston. Production and genuine trade continued while stock speculation paused, seen as a nonproductive loss transfer. The piece questions closing the exchange more often for public benefit.
The Observant Citizen recalls a Well-known Highland resident waking in alarm at 2:30 AM to a fire scare caused by a clock. A startled domestic, misled by a faulty alarm, lit a flame to wash linen, while an icy doorbell disturbance followed. A nearby incident notes bolts fallen from railway wires nearly striking a passerby. The piece ends noting clear, cold weather and slick streets likely to showcase fine sleighing and a bright winter scene.
A narrator recalls returning home to a cozy scene with Big Slippers and Little Slippers, his wife and herself, celebrating a three year marriage. The affectionate household, warm fire, and playful banter reveal a tender domestic moment sparked by a remembered anniversary.
Friends of Mrs. McKinley plan her prominent winter social role at the White House. Wabash College receives a donation for a president’s residence. The Princess Rusport of Rome mourns her husband. Miss Christis and the prince have noted positions. Japanese official Sakurai visits to study American labor. Queen Victoria dominates cattle show prizes in England. Prince of Wales leads in horse shows. Mario Agnesi lauded as eminent Italian woman scientist. Mrs. Lewisa J. Cabell of Lowell prosecutes pension matters and runs a farm business.
A garbled montage from multiple papers mixes dialogue on romance and stock tips with a WWII battle scene. It features a sly stock flyer remark, humorous exchanges about Christmas and pigs, and a mock front-line tactic involving grease and sand to stop advancing vehicles.
Daily table hints show a breakfast with grapes coffee and cereals and a dinner featuring soup roast pork mashed potatoes and baked Indian pudding. Supper includes cold roast pork stewed pears sponge cake and a detailed Indian pudding recipe tied to Mrs Annie H Quilu of Newburyport Massachusetts.
A narrator overhears a quarrel about Big Slippers and Little Slippers. Little Slippers defends Big Slippers as kind and noble, revealing affection that reshapes the narrator’s judgment and elicits a playful bargain for gifts.
A reader recalls receiving a wrapped parcel containing a new pair of hand-embroidered slippers. The description notes the delicate embroidery and the moment of unwrapping as the item was placed in their hands.
A fable recounts a crab advising a snake to abandon deceit and practice integrity. The snake persists in old tricks, and the crab ambushes and kills him in his sleep, remarking the snake would have lived longer by living as straight as he died. The Morat notes that frank open dealing yields agreeable conversation.
A mix of snatches from British policy, pronunciation lore, and social notes. Reports claim the government used vast corn whiskey in gunpowder production, while fashioning snuff, court speech, and eye color trivia appear alongside church discipline over socialism. A foreign royal enjoys pudding in London with a jewel guarded brooch, and political chatter hints at hunting gains in Carolina and Virginia.
A collage of editorials from the era debates Irish enthusiasm for Canada invasion fears and U S border policies. Columns reference the Roberts case as precedent and mock the notion of organized forces crossing the border. The pieces discuss press coverage of Fenian plans and a mine disaster responsibility in Pennsylvania.
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