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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1898
Page
4
Treasury figures show exports of foodstuffs cotton and mineral oils for year ending June 30, 1898 totaling about $79,007,519 with a 50 percent three year rise. Breadstuffs lead gains with $24,706,060 last year, up sharply from prior year. cotton and mineral oil volumes rise while lower prices reduce value, pushing total export value near $800,000,000.
The United States leads in wartime civility and reform in Cuba. Prisoners from Cervera’s fleet experience comforts beyond Spanish rule. Santiago refugees are fed, missionary work by U S forces is praised, and efforts aim to clean Cuba. Meteorological stations will monitor the island and improve global weather knowledge. The era of Spanish blight appears to end as a civilized nation takes control.
A editorial piece discusses repatriating thousands of Spanish troops from Cuba, noting the logistical and financial burden for the United States. It questions wartime feasibility and suggests using Watson’s fleet to escort transports, while criticizing mixed military objectives and urging prudent handling of prisoners of war.
The article declares the fall of Santiago as a decisive U S triumph, stating Spain loses its fleet and a thousand sailors killed and many captured while U S forces incur casualties and illnesses. It praises U S military supremacy on land and sea and notes the unconditional surrender with an unusual provision to transport the defeated army home at U S expense.
Official despatches confirm yellow fever among troops near Santiago. Refugees from the city allegedly carried the contagion, spreading it to those they met. Measures are being taken to stamp out the infection, but it already poses a major wartime problem beyond military operations.
The text notes immune troops occupying Santiago while others retreat to the hills above the fever line. It argues for any sanitary measures possible to check disease spread, warning that ongoing military operations in Cuba during the rainy season cause constant anxiety over health.
Observant Citizen notes a well dressed woman scolding a persistent youth on a Brookline street car. She warns him to learn decency as the car passengers watch in amusement. The youth leaves the car after a block. The item also mentions William Forsyth predicting Anglo American unity and a Newton Centre scholar’s Europe trip. A railway hearing on Boston Elevated tracks through Humboldt Avenue to Franklin Park is described with objectors, lawyers, and potential impact.
The writer reflects on a road official's ambitious claim to lay tracks to the park, recalls an intimate friend of William Tiffany with the Rough Riders in front of Santiago, notes Tiffany's fearlessness save for darkness, and observes a well dressed man walking barefoot along Commonwealth avenue reading a morning paper while pursuing the Kneippe cure.
Alma Pendexter Hayden recalls Captain Capron of the First United States Volunteer Cavalry who, amid the heat of La Quasina, vowed to fall two more to avenge glory. A dying smile crossed his lips as riders pressed the foe, and he whispered a final vow to be wrapped in the old Red, White and Blue.
Quick quips on relationships and money spark humorous exchanges. A wife calls a man inconsistent while a mother notes a manly ideal. A wife buys gifts cheap on a tip about thrift and a father’s money talk hints at a Senate bid.
The monument to Emperor Rudolf of Habsburg to be placed in a major Vienna square is reportedly the capital’s first statue of an Austrian ruler erected there before Maria Theresa. In related notes, the 1827 gold trade in Sierra Leone was controlled by Macaulay and Babington, the former father of a writer.
Green taffeta cape with black lace insertions forms a V shaped back and front from rows of five pleats. Edged by a pleated black muslin flounce over green taffeta, it features a box-pleated ruff, high collar, and scarf bow under the chin, short on the shoulders.
The passage notes that trolley parties originate in suburbs and small cities with open car facilities and that Boston may adopt the practice after a large audience reads the Post’s upcoming story. It mentions conductors, motor men, and optional refreshments as part of the programme.
Twenty two members of the Republican State committee met at the Devonshire building and voted to hold the state convention at Music Hall Boston on Oct 6 at 10 in the forenoon. Colonel A H Goetting chaired the meeting with Chester B Williams as secretary pro tempore. William H Moody will be convention chair and William Knox will head the resolutions committee. Caucuses for delegates set for Sept 27 or 28 with optional Oct 4 or 5. Nomination papers due by Oct 10.
Jesse B Rideout longtime Charlestown resident died at No 1 Prescott street on July 13. Born in Hollis New Hampshire January 6 1820 he started in stable and livery work and once owned the Nashua to Lowell stage line. He later ran stables at the Profile House Franconia and settled in Charlestown in 1840s continuing in the business.
Mr Osborne Howes leading Boston Chamber of Commerce special committee leaves Boston Friday evening July 15 to address commercial bodies in Buffalo Indianapolis Detroit and San Francisco on Rectory With Canada. He speaks in Buffalo July 16 Indianapolis July 18 Detroit July 19 and San Francisco August 2.
The Twentieth Regiment Association plans a summer reunion at Bass Point Nahant. The executive committee seeks the largest attendance yet with dinner at Bass Point House at 1 p.m. and a business meeting at 2 p.m.
At the Lake houseboat party Mrs. Lake and guests welcome a pale elegant Lamar mistaken for Woods. He pretends to be the absent poet while rescuing a river drowning husband and child, earning covert admiration from Mildred Palmer and the town's curiosity.
The article lists recipes and kitchen tips including Greek soup with marrow bone to simmer then remove meat add lemon juice and eggs, an egg soubise with a meat and egg whites mix, orange salad with blood and white oranges and lemon juice, plus baking powder biscuit and cheese egg soufflé. It credits MISS M. FRENCH of 86 Washington Avenue, Waltham.
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