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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1899
Page
4
The Boston Post reflects on Democratic perspectives in New England, highlighting regional political dynamics and editorial stance for readers. The piece emphasizes party alignment, leadership, and forthcoming policy debates shaping state and national discourse.
President Loubet received enthusiastic crowds at Longchamp while the Jockey Club barred lady members of their families from attending. Bouquet duties for the President's wife were assigned by lot, seen as a Parisian snub aimed at Mme Loubet. The piece contrasts royalist youths with France’s republican tradition and notes the republic’s resilience despite cabi net crises.
Cape Cod residents face a tougher annual fire season due to extreme dryness and pine vegetation. Forest and field fires threaten lands with little rainfall for months. Farmers fear land loss from encroaching flames, driven by locomotive sparks. vigilance and tireless firefighting remain essential.
The article notes Captain Chadwick and Admiral Sampson will pass nearby with President McKinley visiting Massachusetts next week. It extols Boston as the hub of New England tourism, with quick access to mountains, shores, lakes, and forests, and urges welcoming guests while praising the region’s self pride.
The Hague peace conference moves to publicize its proceedings by removing the seal of secrecy and allowing press statements from committees and sessions. While full access is not granted, the concession aims to restore public confidence and counter speculation about powers and delegates. Continued secrecy could erode public expectation before results are revealed.
The text argues that popular confidence and support depend on fullest publicity of the organization's proceedings to keep interest alive in the problems it faces and their possible solutions. It emphasizes transparency as a driver of engagement and legitimacy.
Oxford and Cambridge propose an international athletics meeting with Yale and Harvard. They seek agreement on event programmes and emphasize amateur status, hoping for a historic contest next month if all parties align on details. Financial and competitive safeguards are discussed to ensure fair participation.
Column recalls Col Frank P. Stone’s trout fishing trip to Rangeleys and notes changeable park leisure by Rev. Dr. Hale. It mentions Lady Irving, E Walter Johnson, and local politics in Berkshire and South Boston transport delays. Also reports Magnadier’s fishing trip, Col Mason’s farming, Senator Kenefick’s recovery, and Harry McDonald’s Cuba service.
The article notes Daniel Nyen, famed for Paul Jones, was seen yesterday in Roxbury where he is well liked and has many friends. He is described as a popular figure in the area.
A playful poem praising Columbia as a strong nation with a marine and land prowess. It lauds the American spirit, quickness, and fighting ability while celebrating national symbols and devotion to the country.
Captain Sartoris of the Third United States Volunteer Infantry, a Grant descendant, visits the Vendome. Brigadier General Irving Hale receives LL D from the University of Colorado for Philippine service. Emma Eames Story plans a Paris summer at home. Marion Crawford to join the Storys. Emil Paul named director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York. serves as judge in the sixth piano and violin prize. Captain William G. Randle resigns from the St Louis to join New York Shipbuilding Company. Henry G. Morse leads as president.
A collage of quips and cartoons from early 20th century papers. Jests mock diplomacy and fashion while jokes play on war, money, love, and daily life. associative snippets reference Spain, the American-Pacific issue, war, romance, and social satire.
A home care snippet advises soaking hands in hot CuTicura Soap lather, drying, and applying CurTierra ointment at night. Wear old gloves to soothe sore hands, itchy palms, and painful finger ends. The routine is described as wonderful and a blessing to users.
In a Malden tone poem a narrator narrates a summer stay at Mrs Putney's boarding house with Roger and his wife Alice Amid misreadings a photo of Roger as a schoolboy triggers jealousy The dawn milkman scene reveals Alice's link to Rufus and a past romance resolves with the couple affirming their union in a lighthearted finish
Daily menu lists bacon and eggs doughnuts Johnnie cake baked potatoes coffee dinner roast sirloin beef mashed potatoes turnips macaroni and cream steamed plum pudding sauce cabbage salad dressing and cake. Includes a plum pudding recipe and a cabbage salad dressing with mustard sugar salt butter eggs vinegar milk and spices credited to Mrs Addie T Stone Box 305 Danvers Massachusetts.
A riddle asks for a First that brings unhappiness to mankind and a Second tied to a songbird’s bill lifted skyward. The Whole is something you would detest if you are truly my Whole. Yesterday’s answer was CLAP TRAP and today’s is to be solved tomorrow.
Paris June 12 announced that Captain Dreyfus will not be arraigned for trial until after the Chamber of Deputies adjourns, likely around the end of July.
A reader from Washington Georgia thanks the Boston Post for publishing ex-Governor Northen's address before the Congregational Club of Boston. The writer lauds the full presentation as reflecting the sentiments of intelligent people this season in a respectful note dated June 2.
Hopdy s Paris June 12 The Dupuy ministry collapses after a four month run prompted by the Dreyfus affair and Fashoda tensions. The decisive vote of 3821 to 173 toppled the cabinet as M Ryan Radical led calls to defend republican institutions and public order amid police dispute issues.
Ministers presented their resignations to President Loubet after a brief cordial audience. The move follows rising discontent over the Dupuy cabinet amid the Dreyfus affair, with calls to hold generals accountable and rumors of a reshuffled cabinet. Potential figures mentioned include Raymond Poincaré and Théophile Delcassé.
New York June 12 Miss Lesbia M Bostwick sues Count Maria Stierngranat for 50000 damages for breach of promise of marriage She says he boasted of being the handsomest man in Sweden and pledged aristocratic plans while borrowing money and plotting a royal future He was arrested in the suit after failing to post 500 bail and is in Ludlow Street Jail
London June 12 commander in chief Lord Wolseley has been busy at the war office preparing for eventualities in South Africa. Officers on furlough are warned to hold themselves ready to return to their regiments. The general news trend remains largely pacific.
John Carson of the Broadway stable on Portland street slipped yesterday afternoon and was admitted to City Hospital with an injured left leg.
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