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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1900
Page
4
An item from the Boston Post notes Motte’s stance on firearm policy and public safety, highlighting his mission oriented approach and advocacy for responsible gun use. The piece frames his position within a Democratic New England context.
In Congress the case for a ship subsidy hinges on foreign bottoms carrying most American goods abroad. Supporters argue repeal of the navigation law allowing foreign built ships to fly foreign flags would prompt merchants to register in the United States and sail under the Stars and Stripes. They contend this would cut $4,600,000 in annual freight costs and end corporate favoritism.
The article questions the value of the Beveridge Philippine resolution and McKinley’s subjugation policy. It cites Lt Gillmore’s return from Luzon, warns of ongoing conflict with a remaining Tagalog, and contrasts imperial aims with Cuba style self rule. It notes Senator Bacon’s call for Filipino self government and wonders if peace and trade could be gained without endless war and cost.
The Porto Rico issue is urged for immediate free trade as a cure for poverty under U S rule. The New York Merchants Association attacks administration obstruction and cites suffering from limited access to markets. Congress must act to aid the island and counter perceived blunders in handling possessions.
The city’s new 1990 government is slow to organize as funds run short and departments scramble for remaining appropriations. The impasse stems from personal conflicts, not policy, and ordinary sense suggests the current board should move on without a permanent chairman or aldermanic chair.
The Common Council must elect its president by a true majority of the members. The author argues that the office should reflect the real majority choice to ensure proper leadership and avoid a detrimental, ridiculous situation. A resolution or decision this week could end the current doubt.
The Boston public debates disease risk from a stowaway and the spread of Asiatic plague to Honolulu and Manila. The piece praises efficient sanitation as a bulwark and frames imperial duties as a broader mission to cleanse health conditions from Cuba to Hawaii and the Philippines while protecting the U.S. coasts.
A note on Beacon Street reports a revised construction plan reducing the Woman's Club House to four stories, aiming to fit with nearby tall buildings and avoid an out of proportion look. The article also covers Boston and Maine president Mr. Tuttle praising railroad clarity and a Boston Journal ownership shift to Stephen O'Meara.
A notice describes someone discharging an $810 mortgage and burning the papers before a two month Florida vacation. The traveler will sail to Jacksonville and tour the St John’s River Lake Worth and possibly Cuba. A brother of Rev Peter MacQueen, Hugh Mace Queen, is said to be serving with the Boer forces after gold mining in the Transvaal.
A satirical verse urges lawmakers to pass a harsh ethics bill for tensorial art professors. It lampoons barbers with fines and life terms for abuses, and ends proposing a lifetime pension for the barber who believes the speaker is politically correct.
A fox leaps for a bunch of grapes but fails after many attempts. He mocks the effort and declares the grapes sour. The moral: success comes from skill and tact in appearing easy and indifferent to disappointments.
A Philadelphia note reports Dr. George T. Purves of Princeton linked to Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church where a colleague recalls Dr. Jean Hall's wish for Purves to succeed him. General Gordon issues orders for the Confederate Veterans annual gathering in Louisville from May 30 to June 8 with 1240 camps joined and about 20 more applications. Joseph G. Darlington is elected president of the Philadelphia Union League for the twenty ninth time. The league rejects a plan for 600 non resident members. Five generations attend Stephen Stackpole's ninth birthday in Saugus. Pope Veo NIT employs 109 Swiss guards 120 gendarmes and the Guardia Nobile totaling 649 military attendants.
Ann Ruth Seneca, full-blooded Indian, trains to be a nurse at Philadelphia’s Medico-Chirurgical Hospital. She is Isaac Seneca’s daughter from the Cattaraugus Reservation and Carlisle School graduate. her brother is the famed football player Seneca. India’s papers praise Lady Curzon for her courage aiding plague relief.
Brief compilation of humorous exchanges and character sketches from Puck Philadelphia North American Brooklyn Life and Minneapolis Press. Jests touch on money, work, romance, and social foibles with ironic wit.
An Tneglisi authority claims French navy shooting in target practice outshines British efforts. Britain opens a war employment bureau to aid army reserve families. A global surge to study Hebrew history emerges as the nineteenth century ends. A Charles I era lantern clock features a high wall bird cage with exposed mechanism.
Detroit Free Press notes Maher may seek a saloon site. Chicago Record backs open door for China even if force is needed. St. Louis Globe-Democrat predicts a radically improved Cuba by 1900. Pittsburg Dispatch mentions British regulars possibly learning from Natal and Cape irregulars.
A dated clip lists meal hints for PREARVAST LUNCHEON and DINNER including Wheatena and Crean items, broiled bacon, omelet, fried potatoes, coffee, lamb stew, mashed potatoes, creamed parsnips, celery, rice pudding, ginger cookies, and a vegetable dish with butter sauce. A recipe describes preparing creamed parsnips with milk, flour, parsley, salt, pepper, and butter. Cataloged under MRS. MINNIE CC in Boston, Massachusetts.
A Beacon Street romance unfolds around Jack Somers Harvard rower and aspiring Crimson editor who courts Phyllis Lee while working as a flower boy. Misunderstandings fade as summer loves bloom at Bar Harbor with family ties, class day chatter, and a protective rescue sealing a pair’s unlikely union.
A letter to the editor clarifies that the Iron Hall founded by Mr PD Somerby did not cease to exist after its 1892 court-ordered winding up. The writer notes the order’s effects and maintains the organization’s continued presence despite public impression.
The piece recounts Mr. Somerby defending an endowment insurance scheme once attacked as a crime, detailing eleven years of solid claims payment amounting to $11,050,009 and a treasury of $2,750,000. It notes a Maryland charter and state deposit, plus Somerby’s exoneration by the Indiana court and his continued leadership of the organization now known as Tron Hall of Baltimore City. The account closes with praise of his dedication to helping modest earners secure sickness coverage and family protection, dated Jan. 7, 1904.
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