Refer. The Lease. Referendum faces final passage
The House approved a Boston & Albany lease bill with an amendment delaying effect until the 1900 state election and placing final decision to the people. Editors urge lawmakers to stand by the referendum, warn against reversals, and note allied local items on volunteers, a giant jellyfish sighting, hospital praise for John Anderson, and a Dorchester moonlight excursion details.
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Commonwealth
Newsboys sell out early Sunday editions of The Sunday Post
Readers complain their Sunday Post editions are all sold out by early Sunday morning. Friends are urged to insist on receiving The Sunday Post and to protest any attempted substitutions vigorously.
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Em Friends
A GOOD APPOINTMENT
Mayor Hart nominates Edward W. McGlewen to the city registrar post, seen as a merit-based choice amid priorSpoils era. McGlewen, mentored by former registrar William Whitmore, brings training and Boston office experience to continue the office’s model status.
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Edward W. McGlewen
Hart
McGlewen
Whitmore
Boston
The Indian Horror and China Turmoil
The piece describes famine in British India with cholera deaths counted in the tens of thousands and critiques British imperial policy and relief efforts. It also surveys the unsettled Chinese crisis in Beijing with the legations under siege and foreign troops aiding defenders, noting uncertainty about events after July 4 and the need for protection of nationals.
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Washington
Pekin
China
Shanghai
Those Stubborn Boers in Pretoria Conflict Report
Jord Roberts reports from Pretoria in 1904 as British conquest lags and Boer defenders resist. The capital news notes Boer flank attempts and Free State forces pressing attacks on outlying towns, with demands for surrender and ongoing fighting despite no decisive results.
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Jord Roberts
Pretoria
Transvaal
Free State
Reoe
Boer Troop Movements Boost South African Resistance
The report notes energetic Boer troop movements in regions nominally held by Britain and confirms substantial basis for Kruger’s boast of persistent resistance. It cites a 9000-strong force engaged west of Pretoria last week and questions whether a free people have fought more valorously for independence.
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India
Bombay Presidency
England
Kruger
Roberta
Pretoria
Observant Citizen and Town Notes Mixed in December Whirl
A stream of short items covers vacation mishaps, a new riding school in Ipswich street by Eben D. Jordan, a large lobster company in Maine, projected Delaware peach output, Ira D. Sankey’s England trip, and Astor Chandler’s rumored visit. The column wanders to San Juan Hill echoes and a Maine trip for Mr and Mrs J Hallett Gilberte.
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Eben D. Jordan
Ipswich Street
Billy Blue Soldier of the Starry Banner
A poem praising the U S regular soldier Billy Blue from Minna Irving in Leslie's Weekly. It contrasts Tommy Atkins with Billy Blue, highlighting duty, courage, and readiness to die for the flag. The verses evoke trench and shorefront valor and imply universal sacrifice among soldiers named Billy Blue.
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U. S
Billy Blue
Jack
Billy
Starry
Blue
Minna ‘Irving
Leslie’s Weekly
Original Bible Idea Narrates Mary and Tom Gibson’s Rural Life
Mary Gibson and her husband Tom start married life on a cottage near a village farm. A mowing accident with a horse drawn machine leaves Tom injured and ill, while Mary struggles to keep house and finances together as winter approaches. Family members propose Ruth and Mary return home to care for Tom.
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Mary Gibson
Tom Gibson
Mary
Anne
Silas
Mase
Uth
Ruth
Odd Bits of News from a Press Chronicle
The Supreme Court of Tennessee bars women as attorneys. A Prague chateau lights up with 12000 acetylene jets. A Constantinople sample room showcases German wares. Parisians spend about $120,000 yearly on confetti. Klondike mines speed up with steam thawers. Chicago to Milwaukee trains to reach in three hours next year. Japan exports to China, much in cotton ore and matches. German battleship armor cooling estimates. Candles in China driven by religious ceremonies demand. Mississippi River and tributaries now lower than in half a century. Cuban street shade trees include Spanish laurel, beetwood, West Indian almond, sandbox tree. Six robbers in New Orleans wore evening clothes at Mrs. Hilda Cole’s residence. $3000 robbed. Average cirrus velocity ~89 mph, winter up to 230 mph. Ocean-bottom studies reveal rivers entering the sea beneath the surface.
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Constantinople
Klondike
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Milwaukee
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China
Mississippi
Hilda Cole
New Orleans
A Humble Tale of Separation and Resilience in Hard Times
In a worn home Tom faces separation from Mary as Uncle Silas offers support. They part to save money, Mary bears a daughter, and Tom and Mary’s family slowly reassembles. Mary converts hardship into work selling ferns, sweet peas, herbs, and bulbs to hotels, cottages, and drug stores, gradually rebuilding their life together.
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Silas
Tom
Mary
Ruth
July Fire Record Breaks Across the Month
The July period sets a fiery record with unusually high incidents, highlighting an alarming rise in fires. A forthcoming Sunday Post story paper section promises engaging fiction next Sunday, priced at 3 cents.
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Colonial Breakfast and Dinner Menu Memoranda
Daily table hints show a breakfast with iced cantaloupe fried butterfish and baked eggs, a luncheon featuring lambs tongue salad and hot French rolls, and a dinner including potato hash potted pigeon, asparagus salad Gruyere cheese salted almonds and coffee. A recipe for lambs tongue salad suggests combining three tongues with a boiled potato and herbs, served with a French dressing. Address: Mrs. Von Etteh 68 Danforth Street Jamaica Plain Massachusetts.
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von Etteh
Danforth Street
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Platt Was Talkative In a Chicago Style Political Jest
A humorous Chicago style piece recounts Sen. Thomas Platt cordial with a reporter and a negotiable interview on the Brooklyn girl. The tale shows Platt as perceptive and sly, guiding the press with a sly pledge to back the piece.
Summer Resort Photograph Contest Rules
The weekly competition selects weekday photos from amateurs and professionals alike. Submit one photo per weekday with title and photographer details on the back. Include any circumstance notes and names of people appearing if possible. Do not return photos. Winners announced weekly in the Sunday Post with prize checks mailed on pay day. Send entries to Editor Summer Resort Photograph Contest the Post Boston.
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Casey Nooks
Sunday Post
Adéreas
the Post
Boston
Dialogue on Roosevelt Vice Presidential saga from Philadelphia
In a Washington Star account a young wife and Charley discuss the 1900 convention intrigues. They weigh Roosevelt Platt Hanna and McRee as potential leaders while musing on who benefited most. The reflections reveal differing views on the power plays behind the vice presidency.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Charley
Woman Denies Divorce In Chicago Shop Encounter
A Chicago woman asks for collars for her husband at a shop. She insists the car she belongs to does not recognize divorces and notes they have lived in Chicago only six months.
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Chicago
Chicago Times-Herald
Unsuccessful Escape Plot Among Insane Asylum Inmates
Two inmates considered harmless plotted an escape from an asylum grounds. They planned to climb a wall and pass to the other side but the attempt failed as one inmate remarked the other was not yet cured. The dialogue reveals their casual confidence and the thwarted plan.
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Insan
Maeva
Tom
Jack
Manasea
Funeral services for Nathaniel F. Ryder held at home
The funeral for Nathaniel F. Ryder was held in the afternoon at his Beittein Street residence. The Rev. Wal conducted the service at the Central Baptist Church.
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Salem
Henry Merrow Meek
Mr. Meek
Meek
Mlonleboro
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