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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post describes daily and Sunday subscription prices, requests subscribers to provide current and new addresses for mail changes, and notes payment instructions. It states the paper is entered as a second class matter and warns against sending cash, with checks and money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The Boston Post states subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued at expiration without further notice. Readers are urged to inform the paper by mail if they cannot obtain the Post regularly from their dealer. E. A. Grozier is editor and publisher.
The piece salutes sailors working below decks on warships at Manila and Santiago. It stresses their danger and duty unseen by the public, noting their courage while awaiting orders and fate. The labor union’s resolutions praising these sailors are praised as appropriate.
The State Senate postponed the East Boston grade crossing bill by twenty five to six with four pairs. Republicans backed postponement while most Democrats supported action. The editorial condemns the delay as corporate influence and urges voters to elect representatives who defend public interests.
At 2 o clock this afternoon the crews from three universities will race a four mile Thames course at New London. A Cornell win would cement its rising status matching Harvard and Yale, while any victory by others could settle debates on stroke and training. Harvard, buoyed by lessons from last year, seeks a strong finish and a favorable lane.
The Cadiz fleet repeatedly leaves for diverse missions only to return to Cadiz, with Admiral Camara’s ships reportedly bombarding Boston, aiding Cervera, or heading toward Manila via the Suez before ending up back at Cadiz. The columnist notes the ships’ uncanny tendency to refasten to their home port, suggesting sealed orders might be needed to drive them onward.
An old note states that if orders were opened they would read Return to Cadiz signaling a directive to reroute or confirm a destination to Cadiz.
The Santiago campaign moves forward as 35 transports carry 16 000 troops with 14 warships toward Santiago de Cuba. The force includes infantry cavalry artillery siege guns hospital corps mules and teamsters. Cuban insurgents aid Admiral Sampson while plans target sea and land fortes and harbor cruisers.
A July Pall Mall Magazine poem by Christian Burke laments war’s fevered zeal. It contrasts martial pride with bloodshed on red fields and laments divine justice and healing for nations torn by conflict.
A Boston observer notes a middle aged woman crocheting while aiding drunken men and recalls her rescue efforts. The Dorchester carnival parade on July 4 features Councilman William E Harvey as marshal amid a playful broncho act. The new D A R naval chapter honors John Paul Jones with thirteen symbolic links, including a thirteen named charter and thirteen covers at a June 13 regent event.
Miss Lillie Reasor, Charleston High School graduate, earned first honors and a four year scholarship to Illinois Female College and College of Music and Art at Jacksonville after thirteen years of perfect attendance. A Kentucky widow, Aloynna Jackson, buried her seventh husband with a monument bearing a marble hand and the words Seven Up. Orlando F. Lewis, former Tufts instructor now in Munich, won a Germanic languages fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania and will return in August. John Sherman shows health gains since leaving the Cabinet.
Claiming to strengthen nerves and enrich blood, Munyon's General Debility Pellets are advertised as a tonic for new vitality and sold at druggists. The clipping notes the product is available through retailers.
In Havana during famine Max Campbell a Massachusetts student selflessly aids a wounded Cuban boy Joan Delmadho. He adopts the boy and seeks aid from a U S cruiser Lincoln which brings provisions. Joan grows to Harvard senior class honor, reflecting Campbell’s enduring impact.
The Senate, by party vote, sent the East Boston grade relief bill to the next General Court with six against reference and two in favor. Debate centered on railroad plans and the highway bill, with leaders arguing over relief, hearings, and the city’s control of transit and departments.
Mayor Quincy met with church representatives to plan July and August trips for 5 to 14 year olds. Funded by George L. Randidge estate, the program will use park launches and city tickets, with six member church committees to organize outings from 9 am to 6:30 pm, aiming to serve up to 6000 children over two months at a cost of 750 dollars.
A collage of fragmentary quotes from newspapers shows flirtatious banter and social pressure. Dialogues feature lovers debating marriage and enlistment, with comments on etiquette and propriety, including references to accountants, war, and old songs.
June 21 report that Signor Gaspare Finali, Senator and president of the Court of Counts, is working to form a cabinet to succeed the retiring ministry of Marquis di Rudini in Rome.
The public and banks rush to buy the new government bonds as applications pour in. By week’s end Washington expects the full two hundred million dollars subscribed, with three fourths already sold.
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