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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1900
Page
4
The House refused to seat Congress man elect Roberts of Utah, a decision the Post calls unwise and dangerous as a precedent. It notes the minority report was wiser, and that public opinion would curb any future usurpation while ending polygamy representation in Congress.
A House resolution filed by Mr. Fitzgerald of Boston asks gas and electric light commissioners to study gas price reductions in the city. The Citizens' Trade Association of East Boston seeks relief from 1.49 per thousand feet charges. The piece lauds Mayor Chase of Haverhill for exposing gas company extortion and urges Boston and others to adopt the commissioners’ principle against dividends on watered stock.
Commissioner Evans’ Senate submission totals 990,828 pensioners with 25,000 from the Revolutionary War era, 300 from the Spanish War, and 965,294 from the Civil War. European powers fall short in headcount and face high budgets, while American pension costs reach 139,482,696 last year plus disbursement expenses. The system shows permanence with Revolutionary and War of 1812 survivors, and future Civil War widows.
The railroad commissioners recommend leaving the decision on free bicycle transport to railroads as a business matter. Legislature may avoid action, having shirked last year, while the public urges reliable service and safe handling of bicycles. Damage costs exceed passenger charges, highlighting neglect in returning wheels undamaged.
The article urges the public to insist on proper handling and accommodation for their wheels and to pursue damages when neglect causes harm, even if it requires some personal inconvenience. It emphasizes accountability of those transporting vehicles and the right to legal redress.
The capture of Spion Kop by General Warren’s division marks a notable British advance toward Ladysmith. The move, planned and orderly, boosts London morale though critics question why Boers did not defend the position. Details remain censored as observers weigh strategic value and potential for a larger clash.
A Boston reader reports on a Tremont street car fare quip with pennies and a slick ice slip on Berkeley Street. Other notes include Mary Sanders’s Castle Square Theatre gift, a Handel lecture at Bumstead Hall, fear of falling safes, boxing at the Boston Theatre, and a Chink man’s courteous seat. Also in brief: eggs and broilers venture by George P. Smith, a New York fire bureau device for firemen, a rich Chinaman’s Toronto death, Harry Middleby’s voyage to St Thomas, and A T Kimball’s Pasadena sojourn with a link to the Dominion Line Boston to Liverpool.
Dr King shares a long buried past about Maude’s birth and Henry King’s lost love Dorothy. John Willoughby learns Maude is his beloved, and the doctor asks him to marry her.
A collection of short grave markers from Skaneatles New York and Vineyard Haven Massachusetts. Sally Jones is misnamed as Lord with Jones rhyming to stones while John and Lydia are noted as a blooming pair whose deaths were caused by a whale.
Senator Hoar dictates speeches to his stenographer and drafts them rapidly, with delivery closely matching the original wordings. Sydney Oliver, named by Joseph Chamberlain as Jamaica special commissioner, stood out as a top student at Oxford.
Through Editors' Spectacles. Advertising matter will be admitted to France free of duty during the Paris exposition. This concession does not grant American patent medicine makers the right to paste three sheets on the Arc de Triomphe or to affix large red testimonials to Napoleon's tomb. Rockefeller testifies to Standard Oil's public benefit before the Industrial Commission, a move some find amusing.
A dialogue of longing and continuity contrasts the singer's farewell with the beloved's counterpoint. The verses imagine enduring nature and daily life persisting after departure, from sun and streams to birds and storms, ending with a whimsy about breweries closing.
We offer women and children's winter boots at deep discounts to clear inventory. Lot 1 features women’s button and laced boots in large sizes from 3.00 to 5.00 now 95 cents. Lot 2 presents 50 high priced styles with limited sizes and no exchanges. Lot 3 covers misses and children’s boots from 1.25 to 3.00 now 5 cents.
A collage of humorous exchanges from era papers features barbed banter on popularity, money, missing people, new year greetings, and modernization. Pithy lines touch on Cholly's charm, fatherly payoffs, stock liquidations, police statistics, and the shift from horses to automobiles, capturing a lively snapshot of social humor.
Milwaukee and Chicago brewers produced 643 800 barrels earning 73 342 in profit while prior year reached 199 874. An Australian expedition of women explores the Solomon Islands home of cannibals. Air resistance for a sixty mile per hour train is 11 874 pounds. Syracuse University to test dormitory system after Winchell Hall ground breaking. Sandringham Club in London opens billiard room for instruction. Forestry division of Agriculture reports sixteen men in Washington gathering red fir growth statistics.
Breakfast includes flaked rice with cream and donuts. dinner features roast beef, mashed potatoes, and canned peas. supper offers Welsh rarebit with cheese and toast. The text lists half a pound cheese with eggs and butter for the sauce, melted over hot water, served on toast.
Grace Church in Newton marked the 25th anniversary of Rev. George Wolfe Shinn as rector with a festive service. Bishop William Lawrence delivered a eulogy lauding Shinn’s work in hospitals, schools, and city social and religious causes. The day also included a sermon by Rev. William Huntington and an informal parish-house reception for the honored pastor.
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