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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1898
Page
4
Boston Post notes the Representative Democratic paper of New England in its regional political coverage. The item highlights party alignment and local influence in Massachusetts voting dynamics.
Subscription rates listed for the paper include One year three dollars, six months one dollar twenty five cents, and three months seventy five cents. The Grunday Post charges one year a dollar fifty, six months fifty cents, and three months forty cents. Readers should provide current and future addresses, with payments sent at sender’s risk and all checks or money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The Boston Post announces subscription details from Editorial Rooms in Boston and requests readers to pay in advance. It notes discontinuation after expiration and asks readers to notify by mail if unable to obtain the paper, with editors Grozier and the publisher listed.
The war loan links over 200000 bond subscribers with the U S government creating a broad partner ship between American families and the nation. This stake is expected to sharpen voters informedness and civic oversight while offering watchdog scrutiny of contracts for military supplies.
The dispatch notes General Miles landing at Ponce on Porto Rico’s southern coast and outlines rapid advance to seize the island. Communications to landing points inland are straightforward and the United States anticipates swift conquest with minimal Spanish resistance given known military resources.
Report says Santiago refuses United States silver dollars at face value, discounting them to bullion value amid Mexican silver issues. A military order involving Colonel William Jennings Bryan is proposed, with troops prepared to act. The text notes the difficulty is temporary and questions military authority in the territory.
The United States aims to assure acceptance of its currency in Santiago and elsewhere by valuing the silver dollar at a level that reflects its bullion content while backing it with Congress’ pledge to maintain purchasing power. Once traders recognize that silver, gold, and paper dollars are all equal under the flag, acceptance and stability should follow.
The article discusses varied signals that Spain may seek an armistice and peace terms. It notes that the United States would require Spain to surrender Cuba and withdraw forces, with indemnity to follow, and mentions shifting headquarters in Spain, local events in Maine, and anecdotal items about public figures and a glue incident on a Boston street.
The article argues Senator Hoar rightfully criticizes Professor Charles Eliot Norton for deeming the war unpatriotic. It credits Hoar with bold, timely protest, says his broad generalization was rhetoric not the point, and praises patriotism over partisan divides in defense of the nation.
The Observant Citizen reports on the anticipated arrival of the Honorable Artillery Company of London in November 1900, with the Prince of Wales as colonel, offering local corps a chance to wear uniforms and entertain. It also notes Boston police enforcement, Philadelphia's telephone rights, New York phone price cuts, a knee injury trend among Boston players, the Surf City steamer, a graveyard anecdote, and a Suffolk attorney named George William Jistabrook.
Helen Ashley juggles family duties after a skating party plans with Ned Blake. A late-arriving note and a quiet train ride frame a romance as Ned pledges his feelings and Helen bears the day’s trials.
Poem by William Prescott Foster in August Atlantic Monthly echoes a call to renewed duty. It recalls ships breaking from the line and raising a banner to seek a better world for mankind. The verse urges vigilance, courage, and perseverance in pursuit of liberty.
A collection of brief humorous exchanges and wry asides from politicians artists and editors. The comments touch on politics money manners language and public life with light satire and imagined dialogue between public figures and observers.
A Paris novelty features a dark rose straw hat trimmed with pink dotted net and a wreath of pink roses encircling the crown. The left side shows a large decorative element.
A striking contrast features a black plume with a pink plume beneath creating a bold, stylish effect described as the latest trend.
The Treasury announced the first shipments of war bonds, 1000 bonds of $20 each and 1000 bonds of $60 each. It outlines the massive clerical work, from recording 300,000 names to fabricating 900,000 seals and managing daily deliveries by express services, with larger subscriptions not expected to receive bonds before September.
The Treasury Department has received protests from several large exporting houses against the newly fixed customs tariff rates on cigars cigarettes and tobacco imported in Santiago. Rates are $4.50 per pound on cigars and cigarettes and 55 cents per pound on tobacco. The department will hold the matter in abeyance until exporters can be heard.
Collector Gill issues a notice warning persons subject to internal revenue laws to square their obligations this month or face costly penalties, as conveyed by the commissioner of internal revenue in Washington. The notice was released from his office yesterday afternoon.
Mind all special taxpayers including bankers brokers and dealers in tobacco and oleomargarine that unless the same be paid in July a 50 percent penalty attaches. Real estate brokers and mortgage men may file returns on proper forms under oath with the district deputy collector. The deputy is not obliged to call for returns and nonpayment this week still incurs the penalty by law. James D. Gill collector.
The Abstract Club committee completed a seventy page typewritten code on knotty problems under the stamp act. The report, intended for local real estate men, includes decisions since work began and many new points by Estabrook Rackemann and Parmenter to guide future city real estate practice.
The British consul reassured a Spanish woman in Manila that honor and virtue are safer there now than in 300 years. The report notes global reactions and references Napoleonic history figures, Apache chief Geronimo, and a Shelley guitar donated to the Bodleian Library.
A 1900s style home menu lists breakfast items bananas oranges cream toast doughnuts coffee with hints for bean salads and baked Indian pudding. Includes a recipe note for string bean salad with chives French dressing and yolk garnish and a pudding method with milk molasses and butter attributed to Mrs. Galen W. Litchfield of Hingham.
The Press Clipping Bureau celebrates a decade of operation started in Boston by Robert and Lim Luce. The firm now has offices in Cleveland Cincinnati New York and Denver with 63 employees and 4250 papers handled weekly, producing 4 million clippings yearly.
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