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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1900
Page
4
The Boston Post presents as the Representative Democratic paper of New England with a mission to inform readers while maintaining a strong editorial stance and clear voice. It articulates its motto and aims to reflect regional political perspectives and public affairs.
The despatch of a British general announces a rare success in South Africa that quickly collapses into disaster. The piece cites Elandslaagte and Dungiee as recurring fatal errors where bold officers fail against a stubborn Boer defense. It condemns British leadership as blundering while war weariness grows among the English public and critics.
The State's Fitchburg railroad stake was not acquired to profit but to serve public interests. Sale arguments citing stock returns clash with the original purpose and protection of local communities along the line, whose livelihoods depend on maintained independence.
A Boston editorial denounces watered gas capital and inflated rates, arguing the public should not bear interest on fictitious capital. It blasts exchangeable corporate greed, calls for exposure and punishment, and asks lawmakers to set transparent costs and reasonable profits.
Municipal Court Judge Dewey vows reform to secure absolute honesty in police evidence. He indicates possible evasion in recent testimonies by officers, condemning any deceit as a dereliction of duty and planning to report the matter to the Police Board.
A harsh critique accuses H. Hanlon of injustice and faulting the Board of Police for failing to correct wrongs. It argues police testimony risks becoming discredited in Boston courts without sharp corrective action across the force.
The Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners urges the Commonwealth to proceed if Congress delays. It calls for a 1200 foot wide and at least 33 feet deep channel from the navy yard to the sea. The report presses immediate action to protect Boston commerce and asks whether the Legislature will heed.
The Dominion liner New England docked with 212 aboard and will sail next Thursday at 11 to Egypt and the Holy Land with tourists before possibly extending to Paris. Also notes illness of Hon F J Phelps and local transportation quirks and a theft mishap near the Boston Museum.
A montage of humorous lines from old newspapers includes witty exchanges about age and travel, a debtor’s payoff under ten cents on the dollar, superstition denials, a Detroit newsboy selling last editions, a rich father’s joke on marriage, Irish prisoners, and a desk clerk debating authorship of Twice Told Tales.
General Maximo Gomez stated that in appointing Monsignor Sbarretti bishop of Havana, Cubans have shed blood for renewal of the island and that religion as well as political independence is essential to Cuba’s rebirth. Cuba’s struggle for freedom continues to shape church and state relations in Havana.
Fragmentary notices from Marshfield and Boston Harbor recount a Boston gallant John Witherbee and lines about Hetter Cox who died of smallpox. A Burlington widow is remembered for fifty years of marriage. The tone is obituary like, with bleak reflective verse on mortality.
A mill owner dismisses a jobless boy arriving in New York. Alice Goldstein, the owner’s daughter, lends help and returns a missing parcel. Twenty years later Dr. Martin meets his savior in a patient’s sister, and they wed after resolving a family tragedy sparked by a stolen token.
The anti Rhodes press in England reacts to reports Cecil Rhodes will have bronze medals struck for Kimberley defenders. Earl of Dudley promotes golf with pro Andrew Kirkaldy to supervise a Witley course. Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison seen as versatile, composing music and performing. Blair’s educational agenda is highlighted. Yale’s George T. Ladd completed India lecture tour. Archbishop Corrigan requires Italian study for theology students. Governor McLaurin of Mississippi, age 62, nominated for long term Senate seat after a year in Senate by appointment.
Mgr. Donatus Sbarretti, named bishop of Havana, faces Cuban opposition. Officials and clergy, mostly Spaniards, argue Cuba needs control of religious matters as it seeks independence. They say if Sbarretti accepts, he would symbolize a perceived usurpation.
A Brockton city marshal pledge to strictly enforce the Faxon express law promises a major crackdown on medicinal goods movement by express firms. The Quin cy Advertiser remarks on the broader moral questions about liquor, while other papers comment on German trolley expansion and Egypt’s ruler salary and polygamy.
Brief items on diverse women and events. Lady Emily Foley’s advanced age death and Welsh hotel living. Indian princess Ann Ruth Seneca studying medicine in Philadelphia. Carlisle School nurses and football brothers. Miss Helen Gould donates Mormon collection to New York Public Library. Mrs. Mary Bryan Cobb aged 98 near Kokomo. Mme. Yacco en route to Paris Exposition studying American stage with Otto Kawaskami. Queen Victoria’s private breakfasts and open air summer meals. Elizabeth Meharry endows two chairs at Ohio Wesleyan after adding 10000 to 50000 gift. Covent Garden theater charity event featuring Mme. Adelina Patti for Landsdowne fund.
A roundup of diverse items notes fifty women studying scientific farming at the Minneapolis College of Agriculture. A Brazilian Senate bill would allow women to practice learned professions. The New York grape belt yields 7000 cars yearly from 50 000 acres with 300 baskets per car. Chicago merchants seek large California fruit packing plants. Mexico buys lumber over $100 000 in September, triple September 1898. The National Woman’s Christian Telerance Union forms a Sagem branch with Mme Keelhoff as secretary.
Readers debate the Post's stance on free silver and the 16 to 1 ratio. Sherman P. Hand urges open discussion of views, while John F. Bowditch and H. H. Bryant express support and critique of gold standard policy andBryan's sincerity, citing political and economic implications.
Jim Hewson a reformed troublemaker and Alice Huyler a Puritan organist form a cautious bond after a night of social mischief and a bold supper invitation. Jim seeks reform while planning a departure to a distant border town after accepting a merchant clerks job.
Daily Table hints list boiled fish lemon pie creamed salmon olives Swiss rolls baked apples sponge cake and cocoa. Sponge cake recipe uses four eggs two cups sugar two cups flour two teaspoons baking powder and one cup hot water. Bake in a quick oven. Address MR A C Sampson 16 Beethoven street Roxbury.
A poem by Edward J. Wheeler reflects on a dove sent from Ladysmith during war, portraying hope and the wish for peace. The speaker imagines a future republic across Africa, where freedom and equal rights prevail from cape to desert.
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