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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1900
Page
4
The Boston Post presents its Democratic stance with a mission oriented motto. The paper emphasizes editorial independence and commitment to public discourse from New England sources. Readers are invited to engage with opinion pages and coverage aligned with reformist aims.
Washington reports say the McKinley administration will not join Germany in protesting Britain's seizure of neutral vessels bound for a South African buyer. The stance delays action on American goods and draws sharp editorial critique that the U.S. should defend its rights independently if needed, while awaiting British court outcomes.
The text argues that Mayor Hart should pursue savings of 147000 or any amount without harming service. It notes Washington’s common post-election staff cuts followed by rehiring, but endorses genuine, permanent economy. It stresses public support for trimming waste and removing underperforming personnel to reform City Hall for both parties.
The editorial urges the Aldermen to avoid self serving chair votes and urges immediate organization of both the Board of Aldermen and the Common Council to unlock city funds. It warns that continued deadlock undermines decency, order, and the city’s budget, risking abolition moves and reversion of control over appropriations. It calls for a majority to organize promptly.
Secretary Gage prepares a response to Congress on public moneys in national banks. The piece recalls William McKinley’s 1888 attack on pet banks and contrasts then and now with Gage overseeing deposits and a New York bank tied to Chicago interests. It questions the $3,200,000 return of purchase money to that bank and the treasury’s duties.
The courts oppose the depositor of treasury funds and common sense also argues against him. The fragment suggests a legal challenge or dispute over handling government money, with judiciary and public opinion aligned against the individual.
The essay argues that advances in weapons have reduced casualties by enabling long range combat and safer distances between forces. It cites the Franco-Prussian, Spanish American, and South African conflicts for lower fatality rates, contrasting with ancient and Napoleonic battles. It notes General Miles’ point that modern firepower lowers deaths despite ongoing conflict.
A reader notes lines from Macbeth suggesting Shakespeare foresaw Pullman cars, and praises Courtenay Guild’s clown casting in Twelfth Night. The piece covers the Authors Club gathering, debates on year notation, Boston Public Schools at Paris Exposition, streetcar boarding tensions, artist signings at Young’s, and halting progress in agrarian Ireland.
Sunday night on Tremont Street near Boylston a crowd gathered for about 15 minutes to watch a piano lowered from a fifth story window to a truck below. Onlookers craned necks and waited to see the tackle break and the piano drop into the street.
The poem recalls a dawn red with Africa and rising suns, praising brave defenders and righteous warfare. It frames colonial rivalries as a heroic struggle for liberty, urging steadfastness against invaders while invoking classical deities and global reverence for justice. See Fairchild.
Miss Eaton visits Mrs. Durrand to survey a china collection in a grand white house. She admires the delicate cups and plates and learns the owner will part with them for sale. A quiet negotiation unfolds, revealing loyalty, restraint, and a distant tie to long-ago days.
Republicans hold balance of power in the school board contest, but are split. Three Democrats vie for chair: Dr. William J. Gallivan, George W. Anderson and Thomas F. Strange, with Gallivan and Anderson seen as strongest on initial ballots. The board oversees about $3.5 million in annual expenditures as the city gears toward a stable organization for the coming year.
Evangelist Dowie, self-styled general overseer of a Christian Catholic Church, plans a New Zion near Chicago on 600 acres by Lake Michigan. He envisions a sinless city with a healing temple, a triumphal Holy Land tour, and a large temple complex in a suburb-like Chicago neighborhood, drawing thousands of followers and immigrants. Groundbreaking is proposed for May, with a strong security presence and disputes over funds and governance among converts.
The obituary mentions Samuel Walker of the Walker oil works in Somerville Mass as the first American to import coal from Scotland for oil manufacture. It notes John I Blair a railway magnate grandchild of Joan Blair from Scotland in 1720 New Jersey. It covers Sands named military adviser to the Emperor of Corea after General Greanouse’s death and Virginia Senator Martin’s near re election by the legislature. Paris journalist Henri Turot warned that pacifying the Philippines would take 100,000 men ten years.
Mrs. George A. Pillsbury donated 1000 dollars to Calvary Baptist Church in Minneapolis as a holiday gift. Reports claim Mme Bazaine’s illness is overstated and recovery near. Villa Achilleron, once Empress Elizabeth’s, now Archduchess Valerie’s, allegedly sold for one million francs, a sixth of original cost, with prior rumors proved groundless. Princess Henry of Battenberg loves religious books with marked devotional passages. Swords made for General Lawton will be given to his widow and family. Miss Bokken Lasson of Norway will sing Scandinavian folk songs for New York women's clubs this winter.
Compiled editorials note England's lead in South Africa affairs, Germany's cautious stance, and Wood's Cuban-backed diligence. They discuss potential Delagoa Bay purchase and its impact on the Boer struggle, framing it as a strategic masterstroke or setback depending on the outcome.
A collage of light hearted exchanges and quips from period papers. Editors rebuff an acclaimed author while editors in Cleveland and Chicago weigh political and social zingers. A magistrate jokes about bigamy as a congress bid looms, and couplely banter over portraits, travel, and wit trails through multiple city papers.
The Board of Education and the police department of New York rank as the two most expensive municipal units, costing 26 million dollars annually. North Carolina and Virginia hunting shows a strong year with plenty of quail ducks wild turkeys and red deer. Kiel experiments over two years reveal iron zinc amalgam resists sea water deterioration best in chipwashing. A new mailbox collection device uses rotating cardholders to show pickup times. A Massachusetts inventor proposes a wrist belt flotation device with weighted leg rods to keep a swimmer upright.
Alexander Dowie and his wife plan a modern Zion city in which citizens are pure and good with Chicago as a suburb, the Christian Catholic Church leader seeking to establish a new metropolis near Illinois.
The president appoints several committees, with the board projecting expenditures to surpass the current sum. Requests for new school buildings total $1,000,000. Dr. Gallivan and Mr. Anderson enter their sixth year on the school committee, regarded as highly qualified by parliamentary experience and knowledge of school needs.
A Cock distracts a lion by crowing causing the Ass to flee. The lion attacks the Ass once out of hearing. The moral warns against false courage. The vain fool is bold only in his own mind and noise alone does not help.
A Salem column lists daily meals and cooking steps for luncheon and dinner including oatmeal and cream buttered toast coffee codfish cakes baked potatoes wheat gems vanilla jumbles and suet pie with French rolls walnut wafers tea and chocolate pudding. It also provides detailed prep for hot potato salad and buet pie, ending with author Tina A. MacDonald of 410 North Street, Salem.
The nine students accuse Professor Hinckley G. Mitchell of teaching Unitarian and liberal ideas undermining evangelical Methodism. They protest his reappointment, threaten to leave the School of Theology, and urge Methodism to reaffirm core faith and polity. President Warren pledged a reply. Mitchell offered no comment.
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