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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1898
Page
4
The notice outlines daily and Sunday Post subscription prices for various terms, instructions for changing delivery addresses, and payment guidelines. It notes Second Class Matter status and advises against sending cash, with checks or money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Editorial Rooms No 1004 Boston Business Office No 428 Boston The Boston Post can be secured at leading New York Hotels Subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued on expiration Notify us by postal if you cannot obtain the Post E A Grozier Editor and Publisher
The Hon. Jonathan A. Lane is portrayed as a venerable Boston merchant whose fifty years in business underpinned the citys commercial reputation. He is praised as a civic leader active in education charity and reform whose death marks the loss of a long and useful public life.
The Norwegian tramp steamer Merrimac, raised, repaired, and sold to the Navy, yielded about $150,000 profit for its New York buyers after a government purchase at $312,000. Despite an expert board rejecting the hull as overpriced, Washington still paid the sum, narrowly beating the earlier appraisal.
The Merrimac crew and Lieutenant Hobson have earned fame in both finance and war for their daring actions.
The author argues the Spanish‑American War should be pressed to a decisive end, noting Cuba lies ninety miles away and that prolonged conflict burdens Spain with debt. It criticizes delayed action since April 21, warns of contractor profits from prolongation, and urges vigorous, swift US conduct to conclude the war with fewer costs and greater national credit.
The article argues the House bill to let metropolitan park commissioners regulate outdoor advertising near parks should become law. It decries intrusive billboards and posters on public recreation spaces and cites the Copley square case to support residents' right to view without intrusion.
A concise note warns that delay will worsen the situation. The message urges immediate action to prevent further harm. Local officials and agencies are urged to consider rapid measures and heightened oversight to avert escalating consequences.
The annual regatta on the Thames draws interest as Cornell Harvard and Yale compete. If Ithaca wins again this year a three cornered race may emerge, turning the contest into an American Henley. The report hints Yale faces infirmities and demoralization before a possible victory.
Simeon Twiggs boasts of a fine Missouri farm and a beautiful daughter Betty as Jonas Leng eyeing his land across the river dreams of joining farms. The great spring freshet divides them when the river cuts a new channel, forcing separation and ending plans for marriage and a shared future.
Harvard graduates raise funds to gift a Nordenfeld six-pounder gun for the cruiser Harvard U S N with university seal and inscription. The excess funds go to the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association. Harvard Law School drill squad held skirmish drill at Soldiers Field and plan a Boxford summer camp to season the companies for possible later calls.
The piece surveys Governor Brackett’s Middlesex Club nominations and calls for informal meetings. It recalls Captain Clark’s astronomy joke, praises Massachusetts regiments for equipment and discipline, and reports promotions, retirements, and local figures in East Boston and Dorchester, including Walter Gould Lincoln, Tom Giblin, Dr William H. Devine, and Billy McMorrow.
A historic poem celebrates the Cuban War of Independence, praising Allied forces and denouncing Spanish rule. It depicts bombardment from Havana harbor and Morro, calls for justice, and proclaims freedom for enslaved peoples while praising United States strength and intervention.
The item reviews genealogical links among New England Deweys to a rear admiral, notes Admiral Sampson’s ex-professor wife, and mentions Edward Miller the long-serving railroad conductor born in 1824. It also cites Wheeler’s probable campaigning hat, Orchardson’s royal group portrait commission, Scotlands notable Lord Kelvin and Dr. James Macgregor, a Chickamauga joke about safety pins, Whitelaw Reid building a $290,000 Adirondack tennis court, and early Adirondack forest grass efforts.
A fragmented list shows a dinner spread including broiled mackerel graham muffins dinner vegetable soup roast beef Irish potatoes asparagus cucumber rhubarb pie whole wheat bread cheese cold water crackers coffee and Parker House rolls with shredded pineapple strawberry dessert and almond cake effort to parse the menu.
From Corbett's Herald Providence reports the Boston Post has rapidly risen in circulation and influence since EB A Grazier took over six years ago. The paper now leads with a modern, news driven approach and a motto of mission. May average daily circulation reached 159,981 copies.
A June dispatch reports Representative Grosvenor of Ohio criticizing antiwar sentiment and newspaper sensationalism. He proposes raising revenue by tariff or stock taxes, hints at a $507 million bond issue, and cites a war cost estimate around 200 million dollars with higher total potential spending already spent.
In Washington on June 6 the Senate trimmed the sundry civil appropriations, removing several items. Changes include light and fog signal stations at Pollock Rip Shoals and Hog Island Shoals, a $2500 portrait purchase of ex President Cleveland, and sea coast defence construction at $620000. Amendments add Nahant life saving station funding and a deep waterways route study with Behring Sea award payment.
The Boston Post has purchased three new eight page presses to be installed at the Post office. They can produce 120 000 eight page papers per hour and, with existing presses, reach 168 000 per hour. The high cost means presses are only ordered when necessary, signaling rapidly growing circulation.
Fragmentary note mentions fines involving the Yankees Joe Wheeler and a Civil War context. Source reads like a Louisville Courier-Journal fragment with garbled names and phrases. Further readable details are unavailable in this excerpt.
The Brazilian minister presented his credentials to President and stated commitment to strong friendship and continued cooperation between Brazil and the United States. The President welcomed the envoy, emphasizing long respected ties and mutual aims for progress and liberty.
Washington June 6 The Senate passed an urgent deficiency bill for war and navy needs totaling 17 745 000 dollars and awaits later carry provisions. In the session most time was spent on census questions with little progress reported on that broader program.
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