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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1899
Page
4
In a Massachusetts Club address, Hon. William R. Castle argues Hawaii voters can vote as intelligently as Boston citizens. He condemns wealth tests for suffrage, cites Hawaii literacy rates, and accuses Republicans of pushing a white man’s government to deny full voting rights.
Opinion urges removing General Eagan as commissary general to stop Algerism influences in the War Department. The piece links Eagan to Alger and argues Miles and a court martial of Fagan should start cleansing reform, with Alger to follow if Eagan is removed.
The Sunday Post reports a vast rise in capital entering trusts in 1898, totaling more than a billion and a half dollars. It cites major groups like Sugar, Standard Oil, and Beef Trusts, warns of concentrated control of industries, and urges possible law reforms and tariff changes to curb monopolies.
The column blends social notes from Boston and New York with observations on a missing local man J Reed Whipple and a brisk stock market week in New York and Boston. It mentions demolitions at Bellevue, a Sharon Sanitarium benefit, and cultural items at Tremont Theatre along with poems and public lectures.
In a rural scene Dorris Leland faces a dangerous cliff while sketching. Philip Duton, a wealthy lawyer, rescues her after she teeters on the edge. Her realization she loves him follows the dramatic moment and she accepts his proposal.
The piece argues for adopting Senator Hoar's resolutions as US policy guidance for the Philippines. It notes Carnegie's view that the President lacks a stand and urges action before the treaty vote and before any commissioners depart. It cites Gray's comment on sovereignty held in trust by the United States and signals rising anti-imperialist sentiment.
The article compares Secretary Gage's 1899 1900 imperialism expenditure estimate of 641 million to the prewar 1897 366 million. It argues taxes would rise by about 275 million per year, equating to roughly 3.75 per person, or 18.75 for a laborer with a wife and three children, pushing the annual per capita to 8.75 and family load to 43.75. Senator Caffery warns costs rise further with garrison and administration of new possessions, raising per capita and laborer burden. It questions the Spain purchase for 20 million and ends by asking how the people like it.
Mr George H Morgan is engaged to Mrs Benjamin Mifflin daughter of the late Edward Learned of Pittsfield Mass and widow of Benjamin Crowninshield Mifflin of Boston. Mrs Mifflin, widow about fifteen years, is sister to George Mifflin of the publishing house Houghton Mifflin Co.
This week features several social events led by Mrs. BW DPD Jordan hosting a stylish evening for her niece Miss Marion Jordan at the Algonquin Club. Mrs. Joseph Bigelow hosts for Miss Thorn dike on Tuesday, Mrs. George Nickerson on Wednesday, and Thursday features two key occasions including the second of four small dances at Copley Hall and Mrs. Bryce Allan's dance.
The Rev Dr E Winchester Donald improves health after grip with treatment in the South. Mrs Lelia Seton Wilder runs a 1600 acre plantation near Decatur with 700 acres in cultivation. She describes farming: cotton as main crop, plus corn hay oats sorghum for cane, timber and a farm society.
Mrs. Roger Wolcott wife of the governor will attend the final meeting of the Lowell branch of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association soon to be held.
Miss Clare McParlin, daughter of the late General Thomas A. McParlin, will marry Senor Don Victor Eguren, a former Peruvian minister. The ceremony will take place at her aunt's Baltimore residence and will draw officials and diplomatic society from the capital.
A fashion note describes a theatre blouse in lavender chiffon topped by a heliotrope velvet bolero edged in black lace with purple beads. The blouse features a gathered chiffon and lace collar.
Readable menu fragment lists meals from breakfast to supper. It includes items like broiled rump steak fried potatoes buttered toast graham cakes sugar and cream for breakfast, tomato soup roast beef with brown gravy mashed potatoes squash and bread for dinner, and cold sliced lamb hot biscuit lily cake plum sauce custards for supper. Names of dishes and courses appear without dates or venues.
An Irishwoman writes to the Post condemning General Eagan as insane and duplicative, claiming he echoing General Miles's accusations with harsh denials and urging loyalty and shame. The letter dated January 14 calls for accountability amid political controversy.
John Hamilton of 157 West Brookline Street Boston urges a public meeting and statewide petitions to back Senator Hoar's position in defending the constitution. He argues that Boston has strong sympathy and that visible approval could influence Washington before the crisis.
Louis Lena writes from Boston on January 14 seeking guidance to aid educated Italian youths who struggle to find fitting work due to language and social barriers. He notes many accept menial or menial-adjacent jobs within immigrant circles, causing distress and demoralization, and asks for advice to better channel their talents into suitable positions.
A collage of quips and witticisms from various papers. The items span social exchanges about cleverness luck and love with light humor from Life Washington Star Chicago News Chicago Post Chicago Record Brooklyn Life Tit-Bits and Boston Transcript.
Assistant Postmaster General Merritt announced designs for a Cuba stamp series. The 2 cent shows a map of Cuba the 6 cent a statue copy the 5 cent a New York and Cuba Mail Company steamer the 10 cent an agricultural scene with a Cuban plowing in a tobacco field. Similar sets will be made for Puerto Rico and the Philippine Islands.
Mrs Senator Frye, visiting Paris with peace commissioner husband, urges American parents to beware of Paris student life. She cites lack of decorum and universal license, warns that many girls fall to destitution and vice, and questions sending youths abroad for art study.
Portrait of Joseph H Choate noting his 75 8 hat the largest in trade and his refined tastes. The piece recalls his calm temperament in a famous will case and his habit of collecting legal manuscripts from Rufus Choate John Marshall and Daniel Webster.
In Washington on January 15 a reception hosted by the Misses Long drew attention for its lavish decorations. Miss Long, studying medicine in Baltimore, visited with her father the Secretary of the Navy and sister Miss Helen Long, joined by grandmother Mrs Glover of Boston. Assistants included the Misses Lovering, Genevieve Mattingly, Miss Cotton, Miss Satterlee, daughter of the Washington bishop, Miss Foster, Mrs Cobb, Miss Thornton and Miss Poor.
The Midland railway of Great Britain placed a last week order for twenty locomotives of the largest size with Philadelphia and Schenectady makers. The engines will be built to English design and priced to allow cheaper import across the Atlantic than buying in England.
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