Subscriptions and payment terms for The Sunday Post
The notice states one year subscriptions for The Sunday Post at 1.50, six months 75 cents, three months 40 cents. It instructs subscribers to report address changes with both old and new addresses and notes payments must be in advance. Mail payments to Post Publishing Company New York and contact editor E A Grozier.
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Boston Post
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Boston Post Aims For Telephone Reform Millennium
The Boston Post signals it will push a second stage of telephone reform if its telephony bill passes. It plans to propel rate reductions through a legislative delegated commission and seeks cooperation with existing telephone companies, aiming to popularize phone use like streetcars.
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Boston Post
Sweden
Post
Powers
A Spanish fire eater criticizes Spanish policy
The Archbishop of Valladolid issues a bitter pastoral denouncing Spain's government. Cardinal Cascares’s letter condemns Spain’s policy, declaring finances ruined and industry and agriculture in decline. The document is suppressed by Spanish authorities and holds little U.S. anger.
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Valladolid
Madrid
Havana
Spain
Cascajares
United States
Medical bill opposes registration of practitioners
The Legislature should ignore a registration plan for medical practitioners. Critics call the bill despotic and a violation of individual rights. Mr. Garrison and Professor William James decry the move as a threat to liberty, knowledge, and free inquiry.
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Mr. Garrison
William James
Harvard
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Light at New Bedford Arbitration Progress
The State Board of Arbitration appears to be moving toward a settlement in the wage dispute at New Bedford mills. Weavers and owners face each other in consultation as both sides aim to resolve differences before deeper distress and losses occur. The arbitration influence, once rejected, now invites discussion to avert permanent shutdowns.
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Efhe State Board of Arbitration
New Bedford
Consulta
Arkwright Club
New Bedford Cotton Mills
National League Adopts Language Suppression Rule
In a St Louis annual session the National Baseball League approved a rule to curb obscene indecent and vulgar language by players on the field. The measure aims to promote sportsmanlike conduct during games.
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National Baseball League
St. Louis
League adopts new rule to protect game’s character
Legislation was sustained by a unanimous vote. The rule aims to reform language use by ball players, prompted by last season’s rivalries and disruptive scenes. The measure seeks to keep the game respectable and worthy of public confidence among refined citizens.
The Side of the Corporation in the Post Telephone Bill
A Massachusetts legislative hearing on the Post telephone bill features the telephone company's counsel urging exemption and arguing for state supervision of telecoms. The article says a board of appeal is needed for fair rates, contrasting with Southern and Western trials, and asserts the bill as a rightous step toward universal telephone access.
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Legislative Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Telephone Company
Post
Mead
Lexington
Powers
Commonwealth
State House
North Carolina
Indiana
Massachusetts
Board of Appeal
Massachusetts Commission
High Hat Ordinance Sparks Public Debate Nationwide
The Observant Citizen notes a nationwide stir over a high hat rule with readers sending pro and con letters to City Hall. Police assigned to venues report readiness to enforce the law, including detaining disruptive individuals and pursuing warrants if necessary.
Boston Notes on Theatre Laws and Local Personalities
A Boston era column reports theatre enforcement cautions, plus local recollections. It salutes banker Matthew Bolles on his 91st birthday, notes Ignatius Donnelly’s Boston visit, praises electric railway car lighting trials, and praises Dennis J. Hern as a telegraph expert while highlighting local civic figures and ward bath house ideas.
Hills of the After Awhile in Hale's Chicago Times-Herald poem
Poem by Will T. Hale printed in the Chicago Times-Herald explores a distant realm called the hills of the After Awhile. The verse blends dreamlike imagery with themes of loss and yearning as lights and shadows, music and memory travel beyond paradise.
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Joy
Will T. Hale
Chicago Times-Herald
Notable Mentions Across the Empire and Eras
A set of curious notes covers Walter Ralston’s insect studies for the Smithsonian, Scarra Ireland’s 114 year old postmaster R Taylor, James Otis burial discovery in Granary Burial Ground Boston, Piscataquis County Maine reporting a large family of six with multiple twins and ages, and Dr Bickersteth the Exeter bishop, aged 73, suffering injuries from a fall.
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County Down
Ireland
R. Taylor
United Kingdom
James Otis
Age
Boston
Piscataquis County
Dr. Bickersteth
Exeter
England
Peas
Fragmented satirical quotes from 1900s papers
A collage of witty exchanges and comic dialogue snippets from Detroit Free Press Chicago Record Philadelphia North American Chicago News and Detroit Free Press. The items feature married life expressions farmer style patriotism and light social critique with playful banter about war slang and superstition.
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Detroit Free Press
Boston Legislation Moves on Elections and Railroads
The Senate advanced an amendment to election laws banning names on delegations without consent. Boston & Maine stock issuance to replace leased rail stock passes House and faces carrier scrutiny. Hearings on East Boston grade crossings and a medical practice bill draw crowds as Mayor Quincy and others push reform measures.
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Boston
Daniel D. Rourke
Ward 6
Quincy
House
Rourke
Gallivan
South Boston
Roberts
Chelsea
Committee On Rules
Boston & Maine
Myers
Cambridge
Friends of the
Parsons
Greenfield
Bennett
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Tuttle
Boston & Lowell
Central Massachusetts
Crouch
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Massachusetts
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Trow
Salem
Railroad Committee
Sheehan
Holyoke
Western Massachusetts
Connecticut River
Haskins
Rockport
Washburn
Worcester
McCarthy
Railroad
East Boston
Committee On Railroads
John L. Kelly
Bates
New State House
F. D. Edwards
Grover
Canton
Metaphysical Club
Arrison Carrett
Linwood S. Pratt
George Fred Williams
Barrett
E. A. Horton
H. Roblin
B. Fay Mills
Edwards
William Lloyd Garrison
William James
Harvard
Thomas N. Hart
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Samuel B. Capen
The
Municipal League
Alpheus Hardy
Merchants’ Municipal Committee
Rufus K. Flanders
Associated Board of Trade
William ©. Blaney
H. G. Curtis
J. . Carter
George Witt Leonard
Jerome Jones
EB. P. Wilbur
Charles
Alderman Lott
Committee On
Liquor Law
Cooke
Police Commission
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Legisature
Charles H. Innes
Fenno
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Return of the Wreath and the Knight in a Masquerade
Mary Lincoln and Ada Somers contend for Addison Deland’s favor through a masquerade. Ada uses deceit while Mary hides a note guiding Deland to love her. Deland flits between them until Mary reveals the truth, clearing the mystery and bringing happiness.
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Mary Lincoln
Ada Somers
Ada
Addison Deland
Deland
Mary
Addison
Mr. Deland
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Silk Chemisettes and Plaid Shirt Waists Highlight Summer Styles
The article notes chemisettes remain in fashion with tucked silk versions for now and lighter white organdie or mull as weather warms. It describes a white silk tucked chemisette with a blue plaid waist and white leather belt, plus red plaid shirt waists and bold patterns for summer beachwear.
Short Story Submissions Guidelines for Publication
Writers must submit on one side with name and address for publication. Prizes go to identifiable writers. Unreturned stories require a stamped self addressed envelope. Weekly decisions follow publication and many stories may be held for potential posting. Address to Short Story Editor at the Post in Boston.
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Marble Cake and Plum Pudding Recipes in Daily Table Hints
Marble cake and plum pudding recipes with detailed ingredients and steps. Includes dough portions for white and dark marble cake layers and a plum pudding method with suet molasses raisin mix. Ends with a signature line listing Edith M. Dixon and address in Jamaica Plain.
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Edith M. Dixon
Everett Street
Jameica Plain
Boston Post Menu Competition for Readers
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Bills must read like a menu with brief preparation directions and cover three meals for a family of five. Limit weekly food cost to ten dollars. submissions to Cooking Editor, The Post, Boston.
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the Post
Boston
Harvard Overseers Vote to Extend Franchise to Overseers
The Harvard overseers voted to instruct the committee formed on 12, 1898 to present a bill to the Legislature extending the right to vote for overseers. The vote was 18 to 7 in favor guiding the committee to proceed under the original mandate.
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Harvard
Short Story Competitions with Weekly Prizes
The Post offers weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with $10 for first, $5 for second, and $2 for each of the other four stories. Winners are named each Sunday in the Sunday Post and paid by check by mail the following Monday for stories published the previous week. Only female readers can receive prizes. Assistance in plotting or composition may be sought from fathers, brothers, or male friends.
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Magic Sara toga Springs Water Promoted by Physicians
Bottled at Sara toga Springs and distributed nationwide in its natural state. Praised by physicians for invalids and convalescents for its natural curative properties. Send for pamphlet with testimonials from prominent people.
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Lincoln Spring Co
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Exploits of the American Navy in Two Frigate Battles
The United States forty four gun frigate defeated the British Macedonian at long range, with 104 British dead or wounded to 13 Americans. The Constitution then fought Java off Brazil, Bainbridge wounded but in command as Java surrendered, later sunk by the Americans.
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United States
Hornet
British Guiana
Brazil
Java
England
India
Hislop
Bombay
Bainbridge
Constitution
Fifty-Year Married Life Featured by Sunday Post
The Sunday Post plans a feature on couples who have celebrated fifty years of marriage in Boston and surrounding areas. The piece promises insights into enduring happiness and partnership through decades of sunshine and storm.
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Massachusetts
Sunday Post
Boston
Ontario Liberals Reaffirm Majority In Provincial Vote
Toronto March 2 Liberal government sustained by a 48 to 43 edge with 1 Patron and 1 Independent. One constituency remains uncounted.
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Public appeal seeks street smoking reform strike on sidewalks
A letter to the Post from Chelsea dated March 2, 1893 urges curb on tobacco smoking on sidewalks. The writer argues smoke harms nonsmokers especially children and calls for reform and respect for citizens' rights in shared public spaces.
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Chelsea
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