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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1900
Page
4
Readers report frequent early sold out copies of The Sunday Post causing delays and prompting pleas to insist on proper delivery. The note urges vigilance against substitutions and asks friends to ensure correct newspapers are received.
Radical rhetoric at Faneuil Hall pits democracy against empire as Gargan voices opposition to free coinage and McKinley reframes the platform. The core question asks whether the Constitution can stand with the Flag or yield to a plutocratic state. The debate centers on republican government and national unity.
The editorial lauds Governor Crane for competent steady administration. It notes no dramatic events, but praises his conservative influence, faithful attention to executive duties, and vetoes showing thorough legislative understanding. It credits his commercial sagacity with protecting the state's material interests and dignity.
The article urges a personal duty to slow down during extreme heat. It frames midsummer heat as a natural edict to relax strain and live more easily, calling it a general vacation order for present comfort and future well being. It encourages readers to heed the season’s demand even if some cannot.
The piece argues against constant pace year round and urges a natural pause during the hot season. It says some overwork in vacation misleads, others overemphasize rest, but a proper let up aids renewal. It promotes using hot weather for constructive rest within nature’s balance.
The second day of fighting at Tien Tsin brings relief across Christendom though the Chinese forts suffered heavy losses. The article notes uncertainty about reports from Pekin and distrust of Chinese sources while hoping envoys survived.
The piece argues McKinley’s policy of subjugating the Philippines drains troops from China duties. It notes the Ninth Regiment and other units sent to the islands are weakened, while critics demand 100000 troops to subdue natives. The author calls the Philippine war an elephant on the American people.
The Observant Citizen admires General Bancroft's discipline at Framingham State encampment and praises the Second Brigade beside veterans from the war with Spain. It also relays urban anecdotes about penny conundrums, Italian North End pride, a near nude clothes-swiping thief, Somerville injury spectators, and a recent oil explosion’s lingering discomfort.
Men's vacation furnishings clearout before inventory. Madras and percale shirts in bold stripes and many sizes. Negligee shirts with attached collars and cuffs at deep discounts. formerly 1.00 to 1.25, now 0.75. Also golf stockings and swimming trunks marked down.
Our stock of these garments is oversized for the season and must go. A massive price cut cuts price to about half or less for 500 suits in Scotch plaid styles with self cuffs and riding breeches design. Also 850 Bicycle-Golf Breeches in flannel stripes now offered in all sizes at drastic sale prices.
About 100 bath robes from Boston supplier Hub Mfg and Knitting Co. offered at four fifths of usual price. Described as light weight all wool with 25 colors, fancy border, girdle and tassel. Blanket cost $2.00, retail normally $4.00, sale marked accordingly.
The piece notes Italian parents in the North End laboring over wood carrying girls aged 10 to 11 at long hours each day. It also describes a Framingham visitor in khaki and the Lafayette mall naming discussion in Boston. A Post Office Inspector exposes a clever advertising envelope with counterfeit stamp mimicry and a mistaken first class mail misdirection.
A Lewiston pastor recalls a rural man who hired him for a sensational funeral sermon. The preacher, uncertain about the deceased, delivered a stark performance while the caller boasted of cash. A bystander teased the pastor who blushed and admitted he might not see the man again.
Gertrude Fay, desired by many, clings to a haunted past as Ernest Newton returns to Shelborne. He recalls a debt of love and life as the tide rises, a final promise to a fading romance that may yet be renewed by a bitter, hopeful reunion.
The Post invites women readers to submit original short stories of 700 to 1000 words. Weekly prizes are ten dollars for first, five dollars for second, and two dollars for each other story published daily. Include full name and address, prepay postage, and send manuscripts folded to Short Story Editor.
A South End resident laments the heat draining her energy for a seaside trip. Her husband vows to bring home the Sunday Post Story Paper to lift her spirits and help her forget the discomfort.
Two men in Boston's paving division yard at Charlestown are suspended. Thomas Coughlin has served four years as a messenger. Jeremiah O'Donovan ten years as a laborer. O'Donovan, a friend of the late J B O'Reilly, was once a political prisoner in Australia and pallbearer at O'Reilly's funeral.
Breakfast items include raspberries and cream, baked potatoes, hot Graham rolls, and spicy punch with maple syrup. The text lists fried tomatoes with an egg batter and curry powder, fried quickly in hot beef fat, and mentions coffee and a brief note on mixing.
Fragment mentions ingredients teaspoon cinnamon half teaspoon allspice one eighth teaspoon nutmeg mixed to stiff batter. Instructions note heating fat and dropping batter until golden brown. Location cited as 87 St Botolph Street Boston.
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