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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
4
Readers complain that newsboys and dealers are short changing them by selling early on Sundays. Chiefs urge insistence on receiving the Post as printed, and to report any substitutions or delays to ensure fresh copies reach homes.
The text argues against entering alliances over China, urging the United States to act alone to punish barbaric outrages and protect citizens. It cautions that seeking eastern power through empire would ruin prestige, and supports Filipino independence over colonial rule.
The Old South lectures open a summer course on the United States in the nineteenth century at the Old South Meeting House. Lectures run on successive Wednesdays to Sept 6 and are free to youth and teachers with tickets. adult seats limited. The series features notable speakers including William E. Sarton, M. MacVane, C. Ames, F. Spencer Baldwin, May Aven Ward, and Lt Governor John L. Bates, covering Jefferson, Lincoln, Webster and Calhoun, steam and electricity, education, and the American party.
The passage discusses progress in the Old South work, highlighting a gratifying growth pattern and suggesting ongoing development and improvement.
A century old column mix reports on China’s unrest and foreign envoys silent for a month, alongside local scenes from Revere Beach and Boston. It notes Captain Cain’s Chinatown control efforts, and mentions James Reardon of the Ninth Massachusetts, engaged to a Framingham woman.
A Boston columnist urges Mayor Hart to resume ice water privileges at public fountains amid a warm season and rising city finances. The piece questions missing appropriations and insists on restoring free ice water for poor residents who relied on the fountains last year.
The piece notes the Indian famine's death toll exceeding Boer War losses eight months into the year with over 300000 starved since January and pestilence adding hundreds of thousands, arguing global distraction from perceived governance failures amid ongoing wars.
Observant note highlights enduring fashion items the sailor hat and shirt waist as seasonal constants. It also mentions cyclists using the Lynn turnpike amid roadwork, a barber shop banjo act in Tremont street, and social scenes around Parker House manager Fred Purmort vacationing aboard the Jule with Mr. Cheney. A troubling incident reports two well-dressed men harassing an elderly man at a Washington Street fountain.
A mother and child lament hunger and violence in a world of armed defenders and civilizing missions. They question when nations will intervene and end the siege while imagery of martyrs and graves underscores a debt of global justice. The piece, credited to FE Kiser in the Chicago Times Herald, uses stark verse to critique imperialism and war.
Henry A. Baker arrested by reservation police at Nantasket on Tuesday on a peeping tom charge and later discharged in Abington Court for want of evidence. Mrs. Baker, not Mr. Baker, is the Brockton case proprietor.
A special meeting of the Paint and Oil Club of New England was held at D Randall Co to act on the death of Frederick W French of Howe and French. Resolutions were adopted and a committee including C W Dexter John D Morton W S Cutler W Chapman and C W Badger was appointed to attend the funeral.
A comedian recalls a wife’s tale of seeking a servant girl via a paper ad. The woman follows a mysterious ad to Ostrich avenue after asking a Broadway car conductor, triggering reactions from fellow riders and a quick pursuit as the group disperses.
A narrative fragment describes a group walking toward Ostrich avenue then spotting a distinguished man with a passenger in a fancy runabout. Wife questions him about the avenue while his companion jokes about a watch robbery and a humorous mispronunciation of coffee.
A playwright and actor describes a chaotic one night stand in Luling Texas. He recalls wandering for a hall amid dark streets and dim street lamps. The local manager arranged tickets and a band played while a mysterious passerby offered a stray ticket.
A Denver Times snippet recalls a comic moment where a man misplaces a ticket and a bass instrument. The exchange features a perplexed clerk asking for a ticket and a band member claiming his bass harness was too large to lose.
A Washington Star exchange recalls a citizen urging civilization of the Chinese and a practical counterpoint noting that Chinese display of artillery expertise is both surprising and potentially dangerous. The dialogue hints at evolving views on military capability and modernization.
Ethel Newton a Boston typewriter and Frank Webster a clerk part with vows as he sails on the Cephalonia. A decade later Frank loses memory, Ethel inherits a fortune in California, and both reencounter in England ending in a quiet wedding.
Mrs Bowser loves love stories and Mr Bowser enjoys jokes and anecdotes of famous political men. They buy the Sunday Post for its story paper section with romance and humor.
Daily Table Hints lists breakfast options such as flaked rice and fried potatoes with coffee. dinner includes fish chowder baked lamb and mashed potatoes. supper features cold meat hot biscuits prune sauce and jelly roll. recipe notes for jelly roll and a Mrs A Simmons Holbrook Mass entry.
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An elderly campaigner recalls a lively exchange about cabinet posts and currency while a younger ally suggests consulting a nearby clergyman for a ceremony. The scene, filled with folksy humor, captures a small town political moment.
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