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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1900
Page
2
A regional promotional campaign for H. O. Co. Pancake Flour offered free samples and nationwide distribution. The ad features a simple recipe using two cups of flour two eggs beaten with milk and suggests quick preparation on a hot griddle for crisp tender cakes.
The text touts a wholesome combination suitable for breakfast lunch or tea and notes its palatability in warm or cold weather. It claims the product is satisfactory and reasonably priced at 10 cents for a 2-lb package.
In Washington on January 22 Senator Turner of Washington argued against administration aims in the Philippines, asserting the islands deserve self government and condemning annexation as dishonorable. He contrasted Philippine fate with South Africa, urged respect for liberty, and warned annexation would corrupt U.S. citizenship. The session also touched on North Carolina voting rights and a New York judicial district bill.
The Merry Workers Club staged a successful minstrel show last evening in Associate Hall. J Frank Walsh supervised the event, with bright jokes and humorous songs drawing hearty applause from a packed house in Milton.
An advertisement by Henry Parker of Boston promotes a Good Luck Box claimed to bring fortune, health, and improved living. Testimonials from a stock dealer, a soldier, and other customers abound, linking the item to prosperity and youth. the piece cites historic lore and a 700 year history to lend credibility.
A spirited election at the Congregational Club annual meeting in Tremont Temple ended with Colonel Charles A. Hopkins of Mutual Life Insurance Co. chosen as president after two ballots. Committee officers named include Gorham D. Gilman Edward Porter Joseph Stickney Charles Noyes and others with W. O. Blaney presiding as ex president.
Fall River officials meet American Thread Company executives to argue for site of a proposed new mill. The spokesman indicated Willimantic, Connecticut, is a competing site and Fall River hopes to be chosen.
The Supreme Court heard a full bench argument on the East Boston tunnel act of 1897 in a suit by Causten Browne and nine Boston taxpayers against City Treasurer Turner and the Transit Commission. The plaintiffs contend the act taxes citizens to fund a tunnel not for public use, benefiting the elevated company only. Defendants argue the Legislature exceeded within its powers.
Mrs Eliza beth Runey of East Somerville died in sorrow for her two soldier sons in the Philippines. Now the younger son James E Runey a private in Company A Twenty sixth Regiment is reported shot and dead. The family learned of her death after receiving letters from James and his brother B F Runey. James was 20, born in Somerville, and had longed for a military life. A letter from Henry T Kelly of East Somerville is noted.
Veteran correspondent notes a skirmish in which James Kney was killed and Raney fell mortally wounded. He recalls a corporal of Company DD wounded by a bolo man, the Filipino fighter’s size and deadly strike. The piece discusses trench works, morale, and Filipino resistance, with Americans drinking rain and belled water.
The ad promotes Omega Oil as a universal remedy for rheumatism sore throat and chest cold claiming it softens relaxes and preserves flesh and relieves pains joints and catarrh. Testimonials from Franz Rust of Philadelphia praise its effects on a sore leg and headache relief. The Omega Chemical Co. offers a 50 cent bottle by mail from Boston Mass.
At Revere last evening the town meeting heard Andrew J. Garbutt advocate the single tax plan. The session focused on authorizing the Board of Selectmen to petition the legislature to exceed the debt limit by up to 250000 for permanent highway work and other public improvements. The warrant was referred to a ten member committee for later action.
The Channing Club dinner at the Copley Square Hotel featured Rev. J. C. Adams of Brooklyn as the first speaker. Debate focused on cooperation and unity between Unitarians and Universalists without a denominational merger.
Henry A. Hazen, a leading meteorology professor and chief weather forecaster at the Washington Weather Bureau, was severely injured after a collision with a colored man while riding to the bureau. The skull was cracked from nose to back of head and a brain hemorrhage followed. doctors trepanned the skull and removed a large blood clot.
The A. H. committee on arrangements for the gas meeting met in Wells Memorial Hall to finalize speaker invitations from Hon. Patrick A. Collins and Hon. George W. Van Sielen. An overflow gathering is arranged for Faneuil Hall square.
Mr John J Moore of Miner Beal and Co longtime employee was honored with a farewell banquet at the Copley Square Hotel last evening before departing for New York Wednesday to assume a lucrative new position with the firm.
Emil H. Bauer died at Emergency Hospital from injuries after being struck by a fire engine on Atlantic avenue January 16. He had been hospitalized since the incident until his death last evening.
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