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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1899
Page
4
The discourse reviews eight hour city employee shifts with union wages in street works, a revised potato patch program, and public works for the unemployed. It notes general consensus on modest reforms and credits Mayor Chase’s prior municipal efforts as groundwork, recognizing long discussed policies nearing adoption.
A garbled critique praises a skilled actor whose eyes and tears move the audience. The fragment mentions glistening water in the eyes and a striking imaginative performance. No clear event or date is present.
A patchwork of remarks and events from area towns touches on South Station openings, a modern midnight burglary, Captain Thurston at Lynn inaugurations, and a retiring Sheriff Endicott. The piece blends local color with reflections on duty, heroism, and public honor, interspersed with poems about patriotic service.
The fragmented text recalls personal history and family roots with references to a lawyer, a criminal court case, and a family letter from Thoissey. It mentions Bourke and an orator, a New York society contact, and hints at a Danish Nordic lineage. The passage reflects partial memories and notes rather than a coherent narrative.
A collage of clipped dialogue and captions from Chicago News New York Week and Tit Bits instances. Text features jokes about pressmen, umbrellas at a table, insults about poets, and a reference to Bergerac within a Cleveland Plain context.
In a short love story set at a coastal Newport scene, Mabel falters about romance while Clarence declares lasting devotion. A deadly boating accident tests them as Clarence saves several passengers and notably rescues Mabel. Weeks later their bond deepens as she admits him her ideal and he vows to win her heart.
The Post details weekly original short story prizes of ten dollars for the best, five for the second, and two dollars each for the remaining four stories. Winners are announced in Sunday editions. Manuscripts must be 700 to 1000 words, single-sided, with full name and address, prepaid return postage, and must be submitted folded by women readers only to the Short Story Editor by nail method.
The weekly prize of dollars for the best menu submitted to and printed by the Post was awarded to Jane E. Clem mens of Springfield Ohio, whose menu appeared in the edition published Thursday December 29.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best single day three meal plan from women readers. Bills of fare must read like a menu with brief dish preparations, cover four to five people, limit weekly food cost to ten dollars, and avoid banquet-level excess. Submissions go to the Cooking Editor. rejected ones won’t be returned.
A stylish purple velvet toque features a crown with loose folds, a double puffed brim, and a knot with three ends. A large steel ornament finishes the bow, while two violet bunches trim the left side and drape over the hair. Purple velvet pairs well with dark blue or brown.
The new fast mail train from New York to San Francisco, touted as the world’s fastest long-distance regular service, arrived in Cleveland shortly before noon today, 15 minutes behind schedule after leaving New York at 9 pm. It departed Buffalo 69 minutes late, with 55 minutes recovered to Cleveland. Buffalo to Erie covered 88 miles in 98 minutes, and Erie to Cleveland 95 miles in 104 minutes with stops.
Paris reports a suite member states ex-Empress Eugenie met with Queen Victoria on the eve of Eugenie leaving England. Victoria reportedly said she would rather die than see war ignite between France and England if hostilities began. Three days later the ex-empress’s secretary relayed the remark to the French Foreign Office.
The author, Theophilus W. Curtis, ties sun god myths to Christ imagery, offering lines on the sun's return and life's renewal. The poem The New Life celebrates enduring nature, winter’s end, and the rise of light and justice, ending with Boston New Year 1860 as its attribution.
In a satirical letter to the Post, Dr Edward A Tracy mocks Boston police commissioners for licensing a hotel in South Boston, claiming the group endorses an objective education model by demonstrating alcohol varieties as a teaching tool. He notes nearby churches and schools, cites bicycle drunk demonstrations, and predicts a May commencement for the “post graduate Sunday school.”
Boston reader John D. Ormsby argues against a sewer tax as an unjust, imposed levy and endorses direct legislation and referendum on vital matters. He cites rising city taxes, calls for taxpayer input, and notes Socialist policies in Havenhill as a model to prevent burdens on the middle class.
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