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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
6
Readers complain their Sunday Post is sold out early Sunday mornings. Newsdealers urged to deliver the paper as ordered and to resist substitutions, with readers promising support to ensure they get the Sunday edition.
The report details British casualties in the South African war, listing 2657 killed, 2679 missing or dead, 4337 died of disease, and 19 722 sent home invalided. It argues these losses, plus future wounded and sick, exceed any potential gains in empire building.
At the Democratic national convention in Kansas City a spontaneous demonstration greeted David B Hill of New York. The crowd expressed strong support for Hill despite his denial of presidential nomination, signaling his growing influence and possible opposition to Tammany power.
More than a thousand Cuban teachers visit to study American government practices through observation. They arrived after a major Cuban postal service scandal showing theft by officials tied to McKinley era powers. The piece urges President McKinley to extradite the defaulter Neely for trial and punishment if guilty.
The letter criticizes Congress for passing a law to extradite a Cuban thief, but no action has been taken. The author accuses the administration of inaction amid threats of disclosures and questions whether Mr McKinley is crafting an object lesson in shielding crime by influence.
Stephen O'Meara editor of the Boston Journal delivered an Independence Day address at Faneuil Hall arguing against idealized past virtue. He said the nation remains wiser and stronger today and urged a realistic view of history over nostalgic cynicism.
The House faces a choice to kill or refer the Boston and Albany lease measure after the Fourth of July break. Attorneys general critique, amendments offered, but lawmakers warn against hasty passage without full examination to protect state interests. Refusal or referendum anticipated for proper consideration.
The Legislature may pass a mill tax to fund school spending across municipalities with refunds to beneficiaries. The Transcript favors direct assessment of the forty four cities and direct payments to others, a plan nearly the same in effect. The piece urges Governor Crane to veto or vigorously challenge the measure, as his predecessor did.
A fragment from a letter to The Observant Citizen notes a national convention scene in Kansas City. The writer praises certain personalities and expresses approval that George Willman is out.
A long column surveys city life with anecdotes on motormen, public behavior, and local events. It notes deaths in the John Stetson will case, a cracker mishap, trolley risks, and a rising Emergency Hospital trend. It also mentions Henry Heindl Jr. and Harvard President Eliot amid civic chatter and Fourth of July bustle.
Lewiston Maine journal recounts Maud Muller in a humorous verse about an icehouse man from Kennebec and a judge, as Maud declares her independence and negotiates a playful marriage plan while the iceman’s wife status looms amid Maine setting and local wit.
In a town school the 1900 graduating class featured siblings Charlie and Clara Barton. Clara takes her brother's composition and claims the prize for best original piece, then reveals the ruse to win for him, and Charlie receives the gold watch amid surprised cheers.
About twenty percent of Boston’s business population leaves the city for Sundays, seeking shady piazzas or beach nooks. They buy a Sunday paper for company, the Sunday Post stands out as the only paper with a fiction supplement and appealing love stories.
A collage of witty quotes and social sketches from Harlem Life Brooklyn Eagle Chicago Evening Post Harper's Bazaar Punch and other periodicals. Jests about marriage money inheritance age census and photography echo urban manners and foibles.
Ex Governor Taylor of Kentucky plans to enter the Indianapolis insurance field and make it his home. Ali Ferouk Bey, Turkish minister, joins the Washington Fencing Club led by Count Cassini and is a top swordsman. General Charles A. Woodruff travels to the Philippines to join General MacArthur as chief subsistence officer, recalling service with MacArthur in New Mexico two decades ago.
Mrs. Barney Williams donates 1.0 to the Actors' time fund in New York. Priscilla Alden, daughter of Frank A. Alden, born in Chicago, is eighth generation descendant of John Alden who wooed Priscilla Mullins. Helen B. Thompson, philosophy instructor at the University of Chicago, wins a European scholarship from the Chicago Interelegiate Alumnae Association and plans study abroad this summer.
Tennessee pays the chief justice of its Supreme Court a salary of 3500 dollars. The canker worm devastates orchards in Platt County Missouri, reducing expected crops to one quarter. Cape Nome lies 2 degrees below the Arctic Circle and may soon host a town with modern improvements.
Dr. Sarah Merrick of Boston oversees twenty six Cuban girls at Whitney Hall amid shopping in Boston. Otilia Hernandez, 19, from Habana teaches in Tampa, wears a two heart brooch, and speaks English well. Cuban women charm locals. the group inspires support for an orphanage in Santiago and admiration for American hospitality.
The guidance warns teachers not to take excursions without carrying a wrap for sudden weather changes. It notes the climate produces frequent and extreme shifts making this precaution dangerous to skip.
Editorials discuss New York grand jury actions on Ice Trust officials, campaign material tactics from Philadelphia GOP convention, and allegations that the platform swapped Nicaragua for Isthmian wording. The column also critiques Li Hongzhang's restraint of the Boxers and China’s diplomatic balancing act.
Daily table hints outline breakfast items including shredded wheat, sugar and cream, lemon omelet and cocoa. Luncheon suggests wafers with maple syrup and dressed lettuce. dinner features asparagus soup veal stuffed potatoes and cream pie. Lemon omelet recipe provided by Mrs. B F Low of Cambridgeport.
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