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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1899
Page
14
The text lists subscription rates for the Boston Post and Sunday Post dated June 18 1899. It provides yearly, half year, quarterly, and monthly prices, plus instructions for address changes and publication details.
Entry as second class matter warns money sent at sender's risk and advises against cash. all checks drafts and money orders should be payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The Boston Post offers subscriptions secured at leading New York hotels with advance payment required. If delivery by a newsdealer fails, notify by mail. Editor and Publisher Grozier.
The article describes an English inventor B. J. Smith promoting a cooperative alliance between manufacturers and workers. It outlines setting minimum production costs, shared profits, and price protections to avoid strikes. It warns about tariff policies harming lumber and pulp mills and threatens New England forests and paper supply.
The Massachusetts Forestry Association warns tariffs on Canadian lumber threaten New Hampshire spruce forests used for pulp and paper. It urges repeal of all lumber tariffs, arguing duties raise forest destruction and endanger natural beauty, while noting export taxes in Ontario and potential broader provincial response.
The article argues that public sentiment toward industrial combinations is shifting as trust promotion weakens. It notes charter abandonments in New Jersey, shrinking outputs, and promoter profits, warning of a looming collapse and urging stopping trust creation to avert wider danger.
The article notes the rising danger from cyclones and tornadoes as the Great West changes from sparse settlements to dense towns and cities. It highlights how early homesteads avoided damage due to space, while growing populations bring the storms closer to buildings and communities.
The piece warns that cyclone damage will grow as communities expand and urges practical defenses. It proposes cyclones cellars or bombprooflike refuges and calls for a coast cyclone patrol to warn towns, aiding faster shelter before danger arrives. It notes Atlantic coast safety from eastern winds as a contrast.
A playful verse from Boston Charades clueing a knight and sea battle leading to eleven by adding parts to a whole. The riddle says the answer to yesterday was CHESTNUTT and promises tomorrow's answer to today's charade.
The Examiner reports the Vanderbilt family plans to acquire Fair estate property at North Beach San Francisco to build terminal facilities and complete a road from New York to San Francisco under their control.
Governor-General Davis signed an order to establish a United States provisional court in San Juan Porto Rico. H B C Pettingill is named presiding judge with two Army officers as associates and J M Keedy as prosecuting attorney.
Boston and New York financiers discuss buying Calumet and Chicago Canal and Dock Company holdings from the Calumet River mouth to the Indiana line. Value estimated between 600 000 and 300 000 dollars with river and lake frontage. Officers say no decision reached yet.
First prize of 10 dollars goes to Mrs. L. L. Sibley of Revere street Malden for Initials. Second prize 5 dollars to Ida Laura Fales of 31 Winslow avenue West Somerville for Explanations. Additional 2 dollar prizes awarded to several writers for An Old Maid's Love Story Blind Estelle His Mistake and A Fortune of War. Authors asked to supply correct legible addresses and include their real names rather than pen names.
The Post announces weekly prizes for original short stories 10 dollars for first 5 dollars for second and 2 dollars each for four others. Entries must be 700 to 1000 words, single side, full name and address, prepaid return postage, submitted by mail to Short Story Editor. Only women readers may enter.
The best menu printed in the Post goes to Mrs. Addie I. Stone of Box 305 Danvers Massachusetts. Her menu appeared in the newspaper on Tuesday June 13.
A collection of breakfast and dinner menus with recipes and tips. Includes macaroni bake instructions and chocolate cream pie frosting. Credits: Mrs. TL Thompson of Dorchester and Mrs. Anna Brigham of Milford detailing menus and kitchen hints for meals and luncheons.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for a three meal bill of fare submitted by women readers. Meals for four to five persons must stay within ten dollars weekly. three meals per day are required with simple preparation directions. Submissions go to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston.
Package of reviews for Wilkins's The Jamesons a novel about a New York woman attempting to reform a New England village with comic失 and a strong social message. Also notes on Bettering Ourselves by Katherine Conway and other contemporary works including The Sturgis Wager and Summer Homes and Camps with detailed author and publishing info.
Boston society women embrace a new fad of collecting photographs of stage stars for luck and art. Dealers report rising numbers, with some women amassing hundreds of portraits in varied poses, pursuing exclusivity and status among peers. Prominent favorites include Hackett, John Drew, Lillian Russell, and Maxine Elliott, with both married and single women participating.
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