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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1900
Page
4
Harvard varsity stroke Captain Higginson is out of Thursday’s great boat race due to a severe accident. The defeatist talk fades against the spirit expected from Harvard as Yale’s strength is seen edge ahead. The piece urges resilience and a heroic, game finish.
Senator Hoar, once a towering Massachusetts figure, bows to McKinley and Roosevelt, endorsing imperial policy and Philippine subjection. The piece notes his shift from anti treaty stance to backing the administration, and warns of party discipline sidelining him as a back number in the race for re election.
The death of Mellen Chamberlain marks the loss of a Boston scholar and public servant. A former legislator and judge, he contributed to the judiciary and to the city’s growth. He later led the Boston Public Library, shaping its rise as a major cultural institution.
Berlain's administrative ability and scholarship marked his post library service era. After leaving the library, Judge Chamberlain focused on historical work, producing notable material on New England and Massachusetts, especially Boston and vicinity. He lived to the eighty-year mark, leaving a life filled with useful work and an honorable record.
A new quadruple press from R. Hoe & Co. will be installed in the Boston Post cellars in July. The Post already operates a large press fleet and claims circulation surpassing all Boston and New England papers. The piece argues for rapid school building repairs, citing a $500,000 needed for sanitary upgrades and urging immediate action by the school committee and city council.
General Grosvenor and New York Republican papers spar over a paragraph censored by Lemuel Quigg at the Philadelphia platform. Quigg argues he acted to protect the platform from Supreme Court pushback while McKinley’s stance is debated. The dispute centers on constitutional authority in governing territories.
The big warships sailed from Boston Harbor bound for Newport where they will arrive today and be joined later by the battleship Kentucky. Officers and men expect a smooth voyage and plan to make Newport a success. The dialogue hints at a Massachusetts lieutenant’s remark about leaving Boston and hoping Newport proves welcoming.
A poetic piece by aera Scollard in New England Magazine uses castle imagery to describe a guarded heart that will only yield to love when the right trumpet sounds. The metaphor contrasts battlements with a tender engagement as a lover approaches.
Lord Halsbury may retire as lord chancellor when Lord Salisbury leaves office with Sir Francis Jeune named as his successor. Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommaney, aged eight, entered the navy in 1826 and will be pensioned from Greenwich Hospital after a career including Navarino, Arctic exploration, Franklin search, and Crimean War service. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford is reforming the Mediterranean squadron, stressing accuracy in gunnery and spearheading gunroom debates to sharpen officers and men.
The trustees establish a new office to aid graduate women. Edith R Darrich is named adviser to assist arriving New York students, address illness needs, and oversee welfare. Mrs Ruiz, widow of Dr. Ricardo Ruiz, is to receive compensation from the U S government after peace treaty obligations. Queen Victoria plans to offer the bedchamber post to the dowager duchess of Argyll when a vacancy occurs.
A luncheon catalog lists scrambled eggs with shredded wheat black broiled ham fried potatoes hot cream tar or biscuit and hot orn with pope Cotton. It includes hot steamed clams with butter gravy, salmon salad, hot rolls, rhubarb sauce, strawberry blanc mango, sponge cake, tea. Roast chicken with giblet gravy, mashed potatoes with grated cheese, steamed sponge pudding in sauce, and other dishes described in a fragmented menu.
Tom Walters, a shy bank manager, posts an anonymous $20 note and umbrella to aid a distraught woman, Alice Palmer, who later learns his identity from a letter. She returns home, forgiven, while Walters awaits a possible reward and connection, hinted by a finale reunion.
The Boston city council debates street pole warrants, color bar in appointments, and a July fund transfer. Aldermen vote to reconsider confirmation of two colored nominees, approve one party ally, and fault Mayor Hart for pole permits after a six month deadline. Mayor vetoes six Liverpool street poles as illegal.
Alderman Day denounces Mayor Hart for vetoing an ordinance, urges the board to rebuke the mayor for what he calls a lawless act, and compares Hart to a famed political figure. Alderman Tinkham objects yet supports action. a related measure aims to replace council members as Fourth of July agents. A printing-plant issue and a $60,000 park-loan are also considered.
The piece cites editorials noting a possible billion-dollar German investment in the United States and warns American exporters would face similar rates of access. It also remarks a prominent New York mayor’s perilous legal position in the ice trust case and cites Jake Sharp’s bribery testimony impacting prosecutions.
A United States steamer Nero reports depths of about six miles while hydrophones map a Guam Manila submarine cable. Ormond Beach Florida sees growing winter traffic as cars top speed on the broad sands. St Paul and Minneapolis stores offer free bicycle stands with attendant riders. London suburb women take up portraiture as President Kruger with false features is posed.
The Haverhill Gazette notes Boston has a new drink named Mamie Taylor that the Boston Post says has more kick than a South Boston politician. The item hints at notable local reactions and expectations.
Dr George W Galvin appeals to the editor criticizing Boston police ambulances for not taking accident and illness victims to the Emergency Hospital. He cites a skull fracture case from Wayland that was refused and later aided after an Emergency Hospital ambulance intervened, urging less red tape and more common sense in emergency care.
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