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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions and notes that all subscriptions must be prepaid. It provides offices in Boston and New York, contact numbers, and guidance on address changes, payment methods, and notice of discontinuation. Editor and Publisher E. A. Grozier is named.
The piece argues the Commonwealth owed pay to militia who served at Camp Dewey under federal call and notes Washington has not reimbursed them. It urges the State to cover back pay now and seek federal reimbursement later, highlighting the contrast with funds already spent on subsistence. It also points to public donations for the troops and the men’s need for timely payment.
A Carson City ring side anecdote shows Mrs. Fitzsimmons urging Bob to strike at the heart and finish the fight. The column uses the tale to critique war strategy and asks when the press will hit the core issue in Cuba.
The piece argues the United States has moved from isolation to a new era of global responsibility. It notes rising support for territorial extension including the Philippines and Hawaii, driven by Pacific and southern voices, and discusses the risk to traditional policy as the war with Spain pushes expansion. It also honors Mr. Butler, a longtime public servant and successful Suffolk lawyer.
The inquiry criticizes the commissary department for neglecting camp rations and quality of provisions. It urges Congress to identify responsibility and push reform, arguing proper food is as vital as arms and uneatable rations risk troop effectiveness.
Sigourney Butler dies at a youthful age just short of 41, after a career marked by public service and a reputation for professional achievement. The obituary notes his bright future and notable contributions.
A critique of Charles Eliot Norton's claim that America was coerced into the Spanish American War and his view of Cuba's future. The piece questions whether the nation’s leaders and people are ignorant or hypocritical and defends war as a moral act for justice and liberty.
Observant Citizen notes the sudden death of Lieutenant-Commander Edward W. Sturdy last Sunday aboard the collier Pompey after a long Charlestown Navy Yard career. He previously led the Wabash receiving ship and set an enlistment record with over 1000 recruits in three months.
A Boston era column offers dog ownership tips urging owners to take dogs along to learn routes, notes a new statewide group photo of the House, mentions the subway as cooling transit, and ends with a child’s prayer for soldiers and sailors and Spain. The piece blends local humor, civic notes, and sentimental scenes.
Bill Randall Pearce argues in the Baltimore American that supporters at home must back troops and keep spirits high. He urges faith, courage, prayer, and visible patriotism to honor those serving and to sustain the nation.
The article notes Horatio J. Sprague as United States consul at Gibraltar for fifty years. It reports Mrs. Mercy Maria Gray of Oakland dying at eighty, having donated over a million dollars to Baptist and charitable causes. Rachel Vrooman of Oakland, age 23, is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is famed for his vast collection of dressing gowns and for paying high prices for embroidered robes. The Pope is an avid chess player, seldom defeated, with priest Father Giella as a long-time challenger.
Recipes and meal suggestions from a daily table listing breakfast items such as Cream of Wheat Strawsberries Beefsteak fried potatoes and coffee plus dinner courses including Tomato Soup oast Rib Beef and Apple Snow Pudding with a custard sauce. A recipe for apple snow and Wheat gems ends with a signature from Miss MinniFa Campbell Boston.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Entries must be menu style with brief dish names and concise preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast dinner and supper or breakfast luncheon and dinner for a family of five. total weekly food cost should not exceed ten dollars. Submissions due each Saturday, winner printed Mondays, judges’ selections published Sundays. Address all mail to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston. Do not send stamps.
A collection of light quips and humorous exchanges from periodicals. Remarks lampoon marriage truthfulness life in hansoms Puritans cold photography and royal travel added with quick one liners about hearing and gossip.
The town follows the marriage of Alice Bishop, known as a flirt, to George Adams a wealthy widower. Though unsettled by past infidelity rumors, Adams forgives. A seaside scare when Bancroft reappears leads to a life-changing moment for Alice. He dives to save her, but Bancroft vanishes. The couple resumes their honeymoon with renewed devotion.
Secretary Gage sent to the House a recommendation for a $250,000 appropriation to pay wages and cover contingent costs at the mints for the next fiscal year. The plan aims to convert gold bullion on hand and process domestic deposits, with a large stock of gold bullion to be converted into coin sooner rather than later. The notice cites $97,000,000 in the Treasury as of June 1 and projects heavy gold inflow from Klondike in July and August, making overtime feasible at Philadelphia and San Francisco mints for several months.
A creditors meeting for Nayor Bros wholesale boot and shoe makers discussed a plan offering 25 percent in cash and 12 12 percent in notes at four, eight and ten months. Assets totaled 14 051 dollars, liabilities 19 441 dollars, yielding a deficit of 5 290 dollars.
The Post announces an ongoing weekly short story competition for women readers. Prizes include $10 for first, $9 for second, and $2 each for four others. entries must be 700 to 1000 words, single side, with full name and address, prepaid return postage, and should be sent folded to the Short Story Editor. Winners named in Sunday Post.
LENRY LLOYD of Jamaica Plain writes that his name appeared on a petition to use Faneuil Hall for protesting imperial U S government policy, though he asserts he did not sign or authorize anyone to sign for him and had not heard of the meeting. The letter requests publication of the denial.
A committee has organized a June 16 Union Hall entertainment in aid of the union label fund and to purchase new union labels. Talent includes Leonard and Fulton, Vernell, Kelley and Burgess, Professor Dodd and his trained dog, Pete Griffin, Miss Florence Brady, Herbert Streighorn, Miss Harrington, Cochran and Roberts, Alice Brophy, H Stuart Nolan, Harvard Quartet, and a closing farce Which Is Which.
General John M. Schofield and his wife arrived at the Brunswick for a short stay before heading to Bar Harbor. He praised U S. forces, warned of Spain clinging to its dynasty, and suggested the war's end may be distant though U S. victory is likely. He noted Spain's weak fighting power but strong political resolve.
The funeral for Coxswain K. D. Wessels of the U S S San Francisco was held in Provincetown after he died last Saturday while lowering a boat for mail. Private services were on board with forty officers and sailors attending the pier procession, escorted to the cemetery by town officials and the J G Freeman Post G A R.
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