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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1899
Page
4
Rates for BAP ice and Geathen include three months at 50.00 and 25.0 per month. The Sunday Post lists one year at 1.30 six months 75 cents three months 40 cents. Subscribers wishing address changes must present future address details.
Entered as second class matter notice warns senders to bear risk for money and to avoid sending cash. Checks drafts and money orders should be payable to the Post Publishing Company for processing.
Editorial rooms list numbers for telephones in Boston offices. The snippet cites No 1004 for Editorial Rooms and No 428 for the Boston Business Office at 269 Washington Street, Boston. The fragment implies an address and phone line references without broader context.
The Boston Post can be secured at leading New York hotels with subscriptions paid in advance. Subscriptions will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the Post regularly, please arrange by postal mail.
The article analyzes windward performance of defenders and challengers for the Americas Cup. It compares Columbia Defender Shamrock Britannia and Vigilant, noting uncertainty about Columbia’s windward power. It expects Newport races to provide definitive data after Defender’s earlier accident delayed judgment.
President McKinley has secured a strong lawyer as head of the War Department replacing General Alger. The move is praised as a sacrifice by Mr. Root who leaves private practice to take the post. In the current crisis success hinges on a statesmanlike mind influencing the chief’s political aims.
The article weighs appointing a new secretary to restrain the President's war conduct and curb Alger's political influence. It argues the chief duties include correcting war blunders, shaping military policy in the Philippines, ending censorship, and restoring government‑people trust, with Root as a possible reformer.
American college athletes faced a close loss at Queen's Club in London. Harvard winners dominated the events, while Yale pressed the English hardest in endurance races. Though Americans won four of nine events, the series favored the English in sprints and long runs, signaling a potential return match and ongoing pursuit of athletic excellence.
The piece condemns Sir Wilfrid Laurier for threatening arbitration or war over the Alaska boundary. It argues imperial Britain, not Canada, would choose conflict, dismissing Ottawa as a mere vassal state. It urges the U S to treat with London and warns Ottawa lacks real autonomy.
A Boston writer comments on teaching in primary grades, shoplifter stereotypes, and a colorful portrait of Colonel Harry Converse. The piece notes Dr Peter D Walsh and wife sailing for Europe, Dr Walsh’s Harvard training and rail accident caseload, and mentions Paymaster Timothy McGrath. It recalls Dr A G Wilton’s Dorchester will contest, bathhouse calls, and Miss Elizabeth Donnelly’s return from western Massachusetts with Europe study ahead.
The Observant Citizen notes two sons of European nobility, Lord Falconer and Baron Le Forest, bathed with Brookline youths. It suggests girls in Manchester would envy such lords, while the pair, son of a late Baron Hirach and an English lord with cash, care little for American ladies or Filipino princesses. A Summer Street manufacturer mentions six hired schoolboys who cannot tie a knot.
A poem exploring female empowerment and the future role of women in society. It contrasts a liberated female figure roaming colleges and ballot boxes with a second vision of an aging, educated woman whose power is challenged by male fear. The piece warns that true womanhood may vanish if men fail to adapt.
A jumbled OCR fragment references a daily issue and a charade game, mentioning ancient Greece and a Grecian warrior. The readable content is minimal and nonsensical, offering no clear event, names, dates, or place to summarize.
A fashionable Boston boarding house hosts the arrival of Mr Swanberg and his bride. The couple join dinner quietly, delighting guests with simple charm. The bride, plain and 30, surprises none with talent yet wins admiration for genuine worth over displayed skills.
A column notes plans for John Wanamaker to mirror his New York and Philadelphia stores in Paris. Parisians recall M. Chanchard’s Louvre project with a fortune of 600000 a year after thirty years. Adelaide Everhardt finishes a life size portrait of Charles Crisp for the Georgia Capitol. Joseph Jefferson to plant an English elm in Tower Grove Park near the Shakespeare statue. Robert B M Cooper, once a prominent editor, inherits 100000 from John C Crego. Colonel M A O Brien links to the Plant era as press figure.
A collage of humorous quips from various papers, highlighting jokes about lies and perjury, manuscripts and stamps, illness and soap, poetry and sea dreams, a Highland luggage mix up, theater pampering, and germ lore, featuring light satire and wordplay across multiple voices.
Menu items listed for breakfast dinner and supper including cantaloupe Grape Nuts with cream picehaste Graham muffins coffee tomato soup roast veal new potatoes green peas sliced cucumbers on ice bread and butter with currants and sugar caramel custard strawberries and cream sponge cake cream cheese uneeda biscuit hot biscuit iced tea and a caramel custard recipe with ingredients and directions attributed to Mrs 1 G Felt 65 Grove Street West Somerville Mass.
William E Pettee Roxbury businessman celebrated his marriage anniversary with a lawn party at Evergreen Avenue Auburndale inviting Boston friends. The event featured calcium lights, cake walk won by William J Corbett and Miss A Stowe, with performances by pianist William E Farrell singers Duets and recitations, and remarks by Charles Corbett. Guests included State Senator John J Feneno and Representative Oliver Grant.
Miriam Rebekah Lodge No 101 I O O F Roxbury announces no meetings on the fourth Wednesdays in July and August.
Dedham July 3 Henry Smith a longtime East Dedham druggist died today. Born January 1820 in Dedham he served for years as select overseer of the town and assessor, shaping town affairs through much of his life.
Rev. Dr. P. S. Henson of Chicago spoke at Tremont Temple on weapons that win. He warned agnosticism and denial of sin and atonement erode Christianity. He urged conquering foes through peace and Christian love, noting his fame as the Chicago end man.
A large crowd gathered at a sunny open air Benevolent Fraternity of Churches meeting yesterday afternoon. Rev George L Perin of Every Day Church and Chaplain Tribou spoke on political conditions urging progress over fear and urging brave action rather than retreat. He contrasted past revolutions and wars with present hesitation and warned against becoming cowards.
The Rev Kerr Tupper of First Baptist Church responded to Robert G Ingersoll attacks on the Bible calling the Scriptures an inspired message from the skies He noted the nation fell silent at Ingersoll’s death and cited his claim that the twenty century would settle the Bible origin question The sermon relied on proving divine inspiration over literary tradition
A speaker argues the Bible’s supremacy over all books and asserts Jesus quoted from Confucius. The critic recounts Shakspere’s frequent Bible allusions, praising the Bible’s 1600 year creation, sixty six volumes, and forty writers from a fisherman to a king.
President and Mrs. McKinley will travel to the Hotel Champlain near Plattsburg New York for rest and health. The trip allows limited White House contact while they remain away from vacation quarters. Preparations at the hotel note a quiet visit with expected guests including Elihu Root and officials such as Griggs Hobart and Treasury Secretary Hobart.
A G Peck of Cohoes Falls New York has bought the Muckross estates home to the Lakes of Killarney for about 185000 amid a wave of Irish American interest. Earlier offers ranged from 130000 with a 100000 mortgage, but Peck secured the deal and the famed lakes pass into American ownership.
London July 2 Highly successful first London party of Mrs Ogilvy Haig formerly Mrs Coleman Drayton noted for NY society links. The simple taste featured white room decor green silk hangings and fruit supper in a marquee. Attendees included Earl and Countess of Rosse Lord and Lady Paltimore Earl and Countess of Mayo Mrs Ronalda Mrs Mackay Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman and Lady Campbell Bannerman Herbert Gladstone G W Russell Mins Elfrida Cockerell and others. Music arranged by Mrs Ronelde with performers Emma Nevada and others. Cost reported as $200.
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