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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1900
Page
4
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Readers of the Sunday Post complain about early Sunday morning shows and newsdealers. They urge supporters to insist on receiving the paper and oppose any substitution.
A Boston reader questions party guidance on free coinage and free trade, urging voters to focus on constitutional permanence and the choice between McKinley and Bryan. The reply argues coinage is settled, emphasizes imperial drift under McKinley, and urges voters to assess broad constitutional impacts rather than short term issues.
The Sugar Trust has hiked prices by 10 cents per 100 pounds, forcing grocers to raise retail sugar to seven cents per pound. Six weeks ago retail sugar cost 6 12 cents. no commercial reason justifies the rise, seen as an arbitrary squeeze on the public.
The article accuses the tariff increase of shifting 15 million dollars yearly from the public to sugar refiners, arguing it harms housewives preparing preserves and cannery industries. It blames the Republican party for allowing the sugar trust to influence the Dingley tariff differential and questions Hanna's stance on McKinley’s re-election.
The article argues for punishment of Chinese atrocities not as vengeance but to uphold international morality and treaty obligations. It contends the United States should join in a collective action with the Allied powers, aiming to restore authority and prevent future savagery while avoiding punitive overreach.
The Metropolitan Water Board endorses renewing Henry H. Sprague as a member and longtime chairman. It argues the move serves public service, notes prior investigations did not justify charges, and suggests consolidation plans could place him in a new merged board next year.
The article argues entertainment duties for the Cuban teachers’ visit are excessive given hot weather. It notes the pace and social obligations exhaust the visitors and fear the strain could undermine learning American methods. It warns the risk of returning with misapplied impressions of the system.
The article notes Charles R. Wastman in the Brattle Square courtroom during the Richard H. Gogan Jr. murder hearing. Wastman sat outside the dock, observed by reporters, appearing calm and well dressed while taking notes. It mentions railroad expansion by Bangor & Aroostook and manager F W Cram pushing a branch line from Caribou to Fort Kent, highlighting regional growth and transport advances.
Mrs Mervin seeks solace at society teas while rumors of a tragedy loom. A cross streets newsboy whispers of a deadly accident as Elissia confronts a possible loss. Her husband Robert arrives, revealing he escaped an earlier Chicago train, renewing their bond and plan to endure poverty together with love.
For vacation, these are great old days, yet a lone traveler lacks fun. A good story helps, and the Sun day Post Story Paper offers many tales to keep one lively with enjoyable reading.
The item presents a smart waist in pale blue taffeta richly adorned with cordings, lace guipure, and narrow black velvet ribbon. The blouse has a round open neck over a guipure yoke, with novel side slashings held by buttoned straps outlined in velvet. White mousseline under straps adds contrast while shoulder details hint at broader silhouettes.
A mosaic of brief items notes global curiosities and trivia. Topics range from population and diet in Germany and England to rising numbers of female physicians in Asia, Coney Island crowds, Portland wheat exports, ancient glass, a telegraph scare, fashion trends in London, translations of Pilgrim's Progress, a centenarian in Bangor, motor car registrations, a country bar tale, sun corona theories, horse meat consumption in German cities, England's early warship Great Harry, propeller shaft losses at sea, the Great Wall, bull rings in France, coal in St Thomas, boiling lead safety, the Prince of Wales, Tunis sparrow eggs, German colonies, Palmyra salt gathering, and hopeful apple and peach crops.
Breakfast includes shredded wheat biscuits sliced oranges and tripe with popovers. Lunch lists cold veal corn custard and biscuits with cake and cocoa. Dinner features rice and cheese croquettes mutton salad lemon pie plain cake and coffee. A recipe for croquettes explains a white sauce with butter flour milk cheese and rice, fried to brown and served with crumbs. Miss May Suthous 640 Washington Street Brighton Massachusetts.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recounts a newlywed's startled kiss gone wrong when his bride's hairpins trap his mouth. Laments over honeymoon expectations prompt a humorous exchange echoed by a Chicago Times Herald gag about politics and an automobile purchase.
Miss Fracks senses Dolley’s persistent advances and tries to turn him away. He remains undeterred, declaring he will ask a question in a lovesick pose as the girl interrupts with a familiar line. The scene hints at social tensions and unreciprocated affection.
The passage notes Mr Dolley gazing in a dazed way as she admits she plays golf, a light line from Harper's Bazaar. The dialogue highlights a social moment reflecting golf as a topic in fashion press.
A Chicago Post excerpt shows a tense exchange where a character presses another to contact Jones about Chicago Gas. She mocks the idea and questions the need to ask him while the man asserts he knows the kitchen range was burning when he left home.
A fragmentary harbor of quotes shows jokes about miscommunication and accent, including a Philadelphia newspaper spoof about Patrick and John and an exchange with the Chinese Emperor. Other clipped lines reference marriage plans, real estate notices, and reporting on mispronunciations.
A small boy asks what honeymoon means. The old man explains by splitting the term into honey and moon. The boy suggests the slang meaning of honey as money, then the elder guides him to interpret moon as a period, leaving the rest for the child to deduce.
A brief exchange notes memory failing for a book about last year and remarks that little remains about steamers. The line appears in Harper's Bazaar as a snappy aside reflecting fleeting recollection.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Sun features a coy dialogue about love for an ice man and a joke about a woman claiming kin as a muse. The chatter rises and stalls with playful sarcasm and a touch of whimsy from Puck.
A quarrel erupts as a fiancé objects to a girlfriend wearing an open-work shirt waist in public, recalling past remarks about decency and cooling fashions. The Chicago Times Herald cites the exchange, highlighting tension over attire and propriety.
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