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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
4
The Boston Post argues rail systems are consolidating nationwide, expanding private power. It urges stronger public oversight, possible state ownership in future, and rate regulation to ensure benefits reach the public. Coordinated state city action is urged to speed port and canal projects and avoid delays in Boston docks.
The piece argues that telephone rates are extortionate and should be halved through public intervention. It notes competitors lowering costs nationwide, accuses Massachusetts' monopoly of stock manipulation, and urges passage of state bills to curb abuse and popularize telephone service in Boston.
At the annual meeting the Boston Chamber of Commerce announced a full 1000 member roster and a sound financial condition. William H. Lincoln was chosen president and George H. Leonard as vice president, expected to provide active service for the city’s business welfare.
Boston Chamber of Commerce directors urge faster federal action to dredge Broad Sound Channel after the sole bid, tied to a 1901 start, prompts calls for time extension and contractor patience amid slow government response.
The editorial argues that despite large Senate and House majorities, Congress stagnates due to McKinley campaign strategy. It accuses the McKinley syndicate of blocking reform on tariffs and currency while pushing costly bills tied to campaign contributions, hindering regional and national needs.
The piece notes cab fares for one passenger stay at 60 cents, while two riders pay 70 cents for the same distance. A home pickup for two passengers to venues and back costs about $1.56, arguing that carrying two fares costs no more than one. It cites London and other cities where tariffs are per ride, not per passenger, and urges reform.
Sketch of society and past twenty five years work notes plans for steel engravings of the battleship Maine as central figures on the new ten dollar silver certificates. The piece shifts to a Boston crowd doubting Snow's claim of nonpremeditation in Whittemore's death and reports Dewey's expected visit to Boston guest Dr Charles C Ellis of Somerville, formerly tied to Horace Partridge’s Broad way mansion.
A riddle praising purity using imagery of blossoms moonlight snow and star light. Hildegarde Hawthorne frames the comparison as true fair as fabled lovers strong as hope holy as Good or Truth pure as light from a star who think you.
Nell, a Texas ranch heir, travels to New England and faces hardship after her father goes bankrupt. On Thanksgiving Eve in a busy city she plays a blind veteran violinist for coins, rekindling memories of home. George Swanton, once vanished, appears and vows to rebuild the ranch. They reunite as a Texas water well is finally struck.
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories. The best story receives ten dollars, the second best five dollars, and four other stories earn two dollars each.
Women readers are invited to submit folded manuscripts to the Short Story Editor by mail. Do not include personal applications. include full name and address and repay postage. Winners announced Sunday. one side only. ensure return postage for manuscripts.
Lunch offerings include fruit Oatmeal and Cream Sroiled Steak Boiled Potatoes Doughnuts Hot Rolls Lemonade and dinner features Tummito Soup Roast Beef Brown Gravy Baked Sweet Potatoes Squash Green Corn Cucumbers Cottage Pudding Watermelon Reflects a historic menu with varied fare and home style dishes.
Mrs. Benjamin Briggs died suddenly of heart failure at age 65, longtime resident of the Worthington building. Former husband named Sawyer. Service scheduled for 12 noon today at Williams's undertaking on Washington Street. Body to be buried in Connecticut.
A collage of quips and cartoonish lines from multiple papers shows wit versus humor, social banter, and pithy exchanges. It includes exchanges about marriage, hosts, late arrivals, stage villains, and a child's earnest death question, highlighting era humor and editorial chatter.
A collection of editorial excerpts comments on wartime events and public figures. Mentions American prisoners in the Philippines and General White’s conduct, Kentucky lynching reference, and social notes about Chicago hotel waiters and Paderewski audiences.
John H. Storrs longtime Ware resident and leading real estate owner dies after a long illness. He was the town’s largest individual taxpayer and held major ownership of buildings on the principal business street. His estate valued at about $210,900 to $300,000.
Monsignor Frederic His named bishop of Sailt Ste Marie and Marquette, a German native who came to the U S at 12 and spent 30 years in Michigan. Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, Britains Spain ambassador, turns 70 in 1968 and plans to resign. John H Page Jr joins U S Army as third John Page, with father and grandfather serving. We Ting Fang the first Chinese minister to speak Mandarin in America. diplomat Alfred Tagerheim becomes Sweden Norway foreign minister at 17 in service.
John D. Rockefeller praises his private secretary Miss Harris as highly valuable for sagacity and judgment. Richard Harding Davis with wife Mrs. Davis plans a South Africa trip. Davis will be joined in travel by his wife. Olison H. Sakurai, a Japanese researcher in the U S, forecasts Japanese women becoming as progressive as American peers and serves as a director at Meigi Girls Seminary in Ohio.
A Dorchester reader claims in the Post that local grocery and provision clerks with access to horses secretly use their employers’ horses for nightly sleigh rides and parties. The letter urges owners to tighten access to protect property and prevent abuse of the animals.
A Revere resident disputes a newspaper’s portrayal of his remarks at last Monday's town meeting. He says he never urged the moderator to turn on the stereopticon light, and insists the incident involved only this brief exchange, noting the reporter was frightened by imagined events.
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