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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1898
Page
4
Rates list for Daily One York and The Sunday Post including durations and prices. Instructions note change of address, second class matter status, and payment methods with a caution not to send cash.
Telegraph and editorial offices listed for subscriptions and inquiries. Instructions state advance payment, discontinuation after expiration, and how to notify if unable to obtain the Post through a dealer. Editor E A Grozier signatory.
The bill signed by the President imposes stamp taxes to fund wartime costs. Some provisions take effect immediately with full operation on July 1. Officials call it a compromise measure, noting it burdens some industries more than others and urging public acceptance.
Secretary Gage frames subscription rules for the 200 million dollar issue to curb straw bids. He may require a 2 percent deposit from subscribers, except those seeking under 509 dollars, who must pay cash. The scheme aims to reduce speculative bets by small financiers who can leverage gains from potential allotment and later market-price jumps.
A fragment states a forfeit should have been larger and criticizes the leniency toward enterprising speculators, implying a dispute over penalties. The text offers no clear party names or dates, focusing on policy of forfeiture.
The Treasury issues a $200,000,000 5 per cent war loan with emphasis on small holders. Subscriptions start at $20, offering easy deposits and instalments, using post offices and banks to distribute forms. Analyst note contrasts with France’s 1870s popular loans and cites banking competition and regional rate differences.
The article portrays Joseph Leiter as facing the end of his fall in wheat and warns that any recovery would spoil a moral lesson. It frames his speculative scheme as a punishment for gambling with the food supply and calls his meteoric rise a cautionary tale.
The piece condemns Leiter as a brilliant but harmful exponent of stock gambling. It argues his corner in essentials robbed wage earners and the poor, with millions gained from laboring Americans now lost, and calls for public censure rather than sympathy.
The proposed 1080 mile Russia Black Sea to Baltic canal combines natural river sections with 125 miles of artificial channel. Estimated cost 97000500 dollars. Authors argue military necessity for control of naval movements and note parallel interest in a Nicaragua Isthmian canal for commercial and naval advantage.
Observant Citizen reports on Bunker Hill Day activities at the Charlestown Navy Yard with 9 am parade assembly of officers sailors and marines. It notes Marines successes at Caimanera and home guard preparations as well as community efforts by Massachusetts women aiding front line troops and local figures like Miss Alice T Clement and Lawyer Daniel B Beard.
A playful exchange quoted from the Cleveland Plain Dealer mocks a rhyme search for Hobson. Uncle Sam prompts a rhyme while a father and son banter over Austin Dobson, ending with the father’s confident line about finding a rhyme not suitable for Hobson.
The Treasury invites subscriptions for 200,000,000 of three percent bonds from individuals and institutions. Subscriptions close July 16, 1898 at 3 p.m. Allotments favor individual smallholders. deposits required for subscriptions above 500 dollars. Bonds dated Aug 1 1898 and payable 1918, with quarterly interest and multiple payment options.
A Boston letter to the Post urges the Boston Elevated Railway Company to permit lighter summer headgear for conductors. The writer argues hot weather makes the heavy uniform cap burdensome and risks clear thinking on the running board, asking for a cool head with a summer hat option.
Cissy, in a blue muslin dress and with a kodak, teases Charley Morton while planning photos. The Drury family arrives, Dora nurses a headache, and Allie Drury becomes a topic of talk. A hint of romance grows as Charley confesses deep love, but Cissy reveals she already gave her love long ago.
R K Munkittrick salutes Mr Wlobson and Mr Hobson in a playful verse praising their bold naval feats linked to Cervera. The poem lauds their spartan spirit, predicts lasting fame, and frames them as the pride of Uncle Sam with jaunty imagery of ships and glory. It ends with tribute to Hobson as a national hero.
A Lasell Female Seminary senior class yell is quoted with bursts of sound and school pride ending with Ninety eight and a jab at critics who doubt women poets.
A light Chicago Record verse exchange imagines Miss Gimp praying during a dangerous undertaking and a playful proposal. The Yonkers Statesman quips about women cyclists and bloomers amid wartime enlistment jokes.
A Boston reader commends The Post for cautious, accurate war reporting amid censorship and competing papers. He notes the paper treats rumors carefully and avoids sensational four inch headlines, contrasting it with The Herald's unconfirmed Manila claim. Dated June 11.
The letter argues that peace requires more veterans and army contractors to exhaust the war effort. The writer predicts ongoing hostilities at high cost, criticizing leadership while noting ships idle and yellow fever risks aiding the enemy. The piece ends with the signature or reference SIXTY-TWO.
Daily table and hints list meals from Quaker Oats to veal cutlets and roast leg lamb. The entry includes a pressed beef and cream dish with a butter flour sauce, plus instructions and a contact line for Sadte MacDonald at 2 Hanover Street.
An advertisement appeals to mothers and nurses for relief from severe skin conditions including scalp diseases. It promotes CuricuRa SOAP and Coricura ointment as the fastest cure and suggests warm baths for relief, stating the product is sold worldwide by Potter Deco corp and offers free mailed information.
James Payn's handwriting frustrates printers while Cissy Fitzgerald reveals her birth name Marie Kate Kipping. A Hood descendant is tasked by Louisiana's governor to raise a regiment for service against Spain. Mrs Gary scolds a painter who aged her and omitted facial lines. Theodore J Shaffer becomes Amalgamated Union president after a life in ministry and mill work.
Cream colored lace evening gown over white silk features a corsage front of white puffed chiffon. Puffed puffs alternate with cerise satin bands forming the girdle and shoulder bows. Lace flounces create a bertha and three wider flounces complete the design.
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