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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1900
Page
4
The notice lists daily and Sunday Post subscription prices, terms for three and six month options, and rates. It instructs subscribers to provide current and new addresses for changes, states Second Class Matter, warns against sending cash, and directs payments be made to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Editorial note from the Boston Post urging advance payment for subscriptions and outlining discontinuation on expiration. The notice provides office addresses in Boston and New York and directs readers to secure the Post through hotels or by mail if unavailable. Editor and Publisher BE A Grozier signs the message.
The Democrats hold majorities in both City Council branches and can run city government without compromise. The piece questions why they would trade with the Republican minority for favors and warns against sacrificing their clear mandate for a single traded office.
The piece argues that rising prices from trusts and tariffs reduce consumer demand and export trade. It notes slackened post holiday demand, expects spring and summer declines, and warns that foreign competition will erode domestic woollens and cotton goods without price reductions.
The treasury secretary faces charges for not depositing 255000 from the sale of the old New York Custom House into the Treasury and instead returning it to the purchaser, National City Bank. The bank is linked to the Standard Oil Trust, and critics call the arrangement a gift of public funds to a powerful financial entity, sparking nationwide protests.
The State Department acted quickly on Ambassador Choate’s statement about British warships seizing American cargo on vessels bound for Lorenzo Marquez in Portugal. The move signals strong recognition of American citizens’ rights against Britain’s actions.
The piece argues that public weariness with presidential complacency will not suffice. It suggests Washington will demand a firm, plain warning to Britain after Ambassador Choate delivers the protest, insisting seizures cease and diplomacy be backed by clear intent if Secretary Hay acts decisively.
The piece questions why Patrolman Hogsett was singled out as a liar for giving specific false dates about Miss Hanlon while other officers faced no charges for similar but less precise claims. It argues the Board’s acquittal of Hogsett’s colleagues implicitly endorses false charges and denies justice to the young woman in Boston and Massachusetts.
Authors propose exchanging sites near Berkeley and Clarendon to free room for MIT growth while letting the Boston Society of Natural History move to a setting suited for a live natural history museum. A mutual relocation could enable a monumental Institute of Technology building and a dynamic educational aquarium for the public.
A humorous column recalls musical Boston and its lower walks. Schubert serenades a passerby while piano sales surge despite Chicago strikes. Rescue League work, skating ponds, and two promised moons color winter. A Portland guest thrills Chinatown and a staged duel amid friendly mischief. The Masons host an annual spree as Silas D. Reed appears in local notes.
Graceful exit from the speaker ship contest marks the evening’s social notes. The piece highlights two talents, a versatile extempore speaker and a crackerjack with a lawn tennis racquet, alongside local rail and streetcar operations during a recent snowstorm. James Osgood of South Hanson visits town as a noted Cape figure, related to Union era advocate Dr. J. H. Osgood.
A reflective verse compares life to a gambling game where people become cards, coins, and suits. It notes knaves and gileens, kings and spotted figures, with clubs spades hearts and gems. It laments the joker mindset across ranks.
Senator Hoar reports odd stats about Congress and Senators. London society wedding planned for Viscount Castlereagh and Miss Chaplin. The khedive earns 500000 a year with vast Nile investments. Walther Hauser, Switzerland’s new president, is renowned for classical scholarship and commentary on Aristotle.
Florence Nightingale remains bedridden yet stays informed through papers. Susan B. Anthony, at eighty, addresses business colleges and clubs in Detroit, attending dinners and meetings. Louise Michel, near seventy-two, resumes activity in Paris with lectures. Hannah Halsey of New York plans a farm bequest with quirky annual food gifts to her sister.
Odd Bits of News report Cincinnati to host an industrial exposition next year. Greater New York plans to spend 30 million dollars on two bridges. New York claims the largest local telephone exchange system in the world. Atlanta repeals pool selling law as horse racing nears. Ground broken at Murfreesboro for one of the South’s largest cotton mills at a cost of 100000. New Orleans pays more than half the taxes for Louisiana.
A Confederate heroine Lucille Ashton aids a Union soldier Robert Grey after a flag ceremony. She helps him escape on a horse, returns to battle, and dies in the Union effort while the flag is saved. The tale blends romance with Civil War sacrifice.
A Cambridge teacher walks to school with a white collie causing a stir as pupils spot the dog in violation of local rules. Georgie trades fifty cents for the animal, police pursue the mystery, and the tale ends with the dog’s fate unresolved amid the courtish chase.
At Parker House the New England Woman's Press Association held its annual meeting with President Mrs Nella I Daggett presiding. Reports showed a $225.11 treasury balance, most funds in Broadway Bank. Three members Mrs Oliver, Mrs Parker, Mrs Norris died. sympathy sent to Mrs Ella Ford Hartshorn. Officers elected include President Daggett and Vice Presidents Annie Murray and Mabel R B Caffin.
A coat that fled hunters hid in a vine yard and was discovered when rustling from breeze or branches drew a search. shot by the huntsmen, it dies with the moral that ingratitude perverts religion and society, making charity and goodness dangerous.
In editorials from Grand Ledge to Philadelphia, writers mock or praise wartime figures. Remarks touch on General Sherman, Lord Roberts, Cecil Rhodes, Sir Redvers, Winston Churchill, and English policy on South Africa and food contraband.
Beefs teat hot rolls coffee roast turkey and more listed for supper. Includes plum sauce chocolate steamed pudding cup molasses butter milk raisins currants flour soda and spice mix. Recipe notes and a ladle of sugar with vinegar included. Mrs L D Frazier 9 Winslow Avenue West Somerville Mass.
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