Boston Post rates and subscription notice
The Boston Post explains subscription prices and payment terms. It lists rates for one month and three months, directs readers to send payment to the Post Publishing Company, and notes advance payment is required with discontinuation on expiration. It provides office contact details and instructions for missing delivery.
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Post Publishing Company
Boston Business Office
Boston Boston
Washington Street
Boston
New York
Boston Post
Post
End of Fifty-sixth Congress Brings Mixed Reflections
The closing actions of the Fifty-sixth Congress draw praise for rejecting campaign debt subsidies and for limiting the ship subsidy bill while criticizing the handling of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The piece notes tariff effects on living costs and predicts the next Congress may be more partisan yet less subservient.
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Congress
Hanna
McKinley
McCall and Hoar Face Off Over Cuba Policy
The piece lauds Samuel W. McCall for voting against a Cuban protectorate and criticizes Hoar for backing imperialist moves. It portrays McCall as acting from conscience, contrasting his stance with the Hanna McKinley camp and urging principled resistance to repudiation of Cuban independence.
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Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Hoar
Cuba
Senate
Lexington
United States
McCall
Senator Hoar
Hanna-McKinley
Congressman McCall
Congress
America
Puritan Conscience Cited Over Cuban Ultimatum Vote
The text argues that denying Cuban accede to a congressional ultimatum could trigger extra sessions or war, warning that fighting the Cuban people to strip independence would betray the Span ish War’s aims. Congressman McCall voted against the Cuban dishonor, praised for his Puritan conscience, unlike Senator Holar’s boasting.
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Congressman McCall
Holar
The Second Term of McKinley Inauguration Critique
A critical reflection argues that McKinley’s second term expands presidential power beyond constitutional bounds. It contends the military empire shift grows via a large standing army, unchecked authority, and expanded control in Cuba and the Philippines, forsaking the republic’s founding ideals.
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William McKinley
United States
Republic
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Capitol
Mr. McKinley
Jefferson
Spain
Cuba
McKinley
Philippines
Reform caucus methods for elections plan at State House
The Legislature considers reforming caucus procedures to align with primary elections. Aimed at simplifying nomination, the proposal urges same day caucuses for all parties, sufficient voting time, and the same officials overseeing primaries and final elections. It notes potential higher cost but argues it is worthwhile.
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State House
Massachusetts
The Omnibus Trust Expansion and its Vast Capital
The Morgan led consolidation raises its capitalization to 1.164 billion dollars. The article notes the scale surpasses national debt and spans nearly every American industry including production, transportation, and investment, claiming it will bring stability without raising manufacturing costs.
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Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Republic
Local notices mix with politics and theater in city dispatches
The column reports a lecture at the Public Library by Mrs Abba Goold Woolson on Velasquez and Murillo with photographs. It notes spring signals in suburbs and a Boston lawyer Charlie Martell rising in law after Georgetown study and European sports trips. It includes political chatter about naturalization, school funds, and remarks on town meetings and Representative Callender.
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Abba Goold Woolson
Velasquez
Murillo
Suffolk Bar
Charles Martell
Charlie
Boston
Washington
Georgetown
Europe
Paris
In the Private Office Ruth and Gale Find Love
Ruth Ellison defies Miss Merry at the office dictation then faces isolation. Mr. Gale discovers her locked in, forgotten by duty, and returns to confess love as he carries her home and asks for her heart. The scene ends with Ruth pledging love and consent to marriage.
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Mr. Gale
Miss Ellison
Ruth Ellison
Miss Merry
Ruth
Merry
Gale
Amy
Jack
Little One
Love
They Met Again in Quiet Literary Roundup
A reflective monologue about a past beloved and enduring love, ending with a humorous note on marriage and a pair of short jokes from Chicago Post and Detroit Free Press. The scene then shifts to a literary roundup with quips about a finished writer and a birthday gift mix up.
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United States Court
Chicago Post
Stubbins
Delia Jones
Detroit Free Press
Odd Bits of News from Across The World
A collage of obscure facts: French Legion of Honor numbers 500000. US contract surgeons earn up to 150 a month. Kansas literacy among the lowest globally except Belgium. Sbasse city foreigners 112.42 inhabitants per square mile, 43,139 of them Swiss. US electrical industry employs 600000 with 4 billion invested. Southern France beer 26c milk 15c quart wine 2c quart. Deutschland steamer proves fastest. 534 miles daily and 570 tons coal. Bohemian miners dwell two thousand feet below sea level. sponge fishing eyed for submarine tech and new gear improvements.
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Dustry
China
Nh Legion of Honor
Gions- Stak Press of Merit
Kansas
Belgium
Amon
Sbasse
United States
France
Bohemia
Brookline Socialites Hear Talks and Plan Charity Events
Brookline society items note a paper on Denominational Loyalty and a talk on The Social and Religious Life of Hindu Women. Planned events include a Fairildren tea, a study group gathering, a whist and subscription dance, and a charity ait home.
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Borary
Fairildren
Charles Pargene
Hosco
Grace Dabney
Marjorie Cochrane
Katherine Thayer
Lydia Eliot
Louise Katherine Harnett
India
Ostello C. Converse
Beacon Street
Isaac W. Chick
John Livingston Grandin
Commonwealth Avenue
Brookline
Women’s Al-lance
Edwards. Philbrick
Walnut Street
Iles
Puzzling Exchange on Discovering New Stars
The Sweet Thing says she cannot understand how scientists discover the names of new stars. The professor asks what she means and replies with the question. The Philadelphia Times is cited.
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Philadelphia
Distinction with Tommy and cat tail joke
A humorous exchange in Tit-Bits features Paterfamilias scolding Tommy for tail pulling. Tommy deflects by saying he only holds on while the cat pulls its own tail, highlighting a playful family moment.
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Paterfamilias
Tommy
Church fair critique echoes in social satire
Exchange notes a church fair costing more than it should for items desired by strangers or disliked friends, with Clara showcasing a photo to Hattie. Hattie admires the portrait but jokes it bears little resemblance, suggesting luck favors Clara rarely.
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Frank
Clara
Hattie
Townes and Browne on popularity and secrecy
The exchange features Towne noting a celebrity’s popularity as a stage lead, Browne praising his acceptance, and a dramatic plea for a lover not to toy with the heart. A cab waiting suggests a hurried departure, while another line ponders what moves genius, joking about an ultimatum from a landlord.
Daily Table Menu and Recipes by Miss B P Bullard
A kitchen column lists breakfast lunch and dinner items with recipes for Bacon Fraze Corn pudding and Cherry pudding. Includes steps for batter dipping frying and steaming with ingredients like corn milk eggs flour sugar butter and cherries. Miss B P Bullard of Roxbury Massachusetts signed the note.
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B. P. Bullard
Harold Street
Roxbury
Mass
Burial of W M Evarts in Windsor and Ascutney sermon
The body of William M Evarts was brought from New York to Windsor in a special car for burial. Service was held at a house this morning and the church rites followed at St Paul’s Church. Rev BD Goddard led a large crowd. Pallbearers were former farm workers. attendees included Mrs Henry Ardner and Miss Steele, J Evarts Greene, and guests from Boston and New York.
Social whirl includes weddings lectures and concerts
The piece lists many Chestnut Hill and Boston society members and events. It notes Mrs Monty Whitney Mrs Lowell Miss cy Lowell and others attending Mrs Tobey's Art of Right Living talks at Jamaica Plain, a Monday Fortnightly club concert, and a large host of associate members. It mentions Miss Musette Lovell and Newell Tucker wedding plans, a Kernwood Club ladies night with an Edmund H Garrett lecture, and social happenings around Beacon Street Ponkapoag and Core Hill engagements.
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Monty. Whitney
Lowell
Cy Lowell
Chestnut Hill
Williamson
Henry V. Poor
J. We Tay Kay
Charles H. Stearns
Galen I. Stone
Fanny Loring
Margaret Winsor
Tobey
Robert M. Morse
Jamaica Plain
Charles S. Gill
Hannah Minot Weld
David
Thomas Porter Lovell
Lovell Arms Company
Newell Tucker
Newton
J. Tucker
Simplicity
Jes Lovell
Ckers
Kernwood Club
Malden
Edmund H. Garrett
Carl H. Skinner
Frederic W. Ives
W. Waldo Merrill
Weehington
Charles Frost Aldrich
Ponkapoag
Aldrich
al- Banaus Club
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
May Ll. Greenleaf
Beacon Street
California
George Winthrop Hyde
Henry L. Endicott
Gertrude Endicott
Mrs Lawson pink carnation earns multiple top prizes in Baltimore
Lawson Pink junior Peter Fisher of Fillis Mass originator of the Mrs Thomas W Lawson carnation returns from Baltimore with honors. The flower won three capital prizes including the Lawson gold medal for best carnation the society cup for best bloom arrangement and the best dark pink. Fisher describes its promising child No 207 showing mature potential and vows it will rival the Lawson parent in quality though not color.
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Peter Fisher
Fillis
Mass
Thomas W. Lawson
Baltimore
American Carnation Society
Methodist Bishops Take Salary Cut Across Board
Acting on the Chicago general conference, Methodist bishops face about a 5 percent salary reduction and similar pension cuts. Retired bishops Bowman and Foster receive fixed allowances of 1200 and 237 respectively. Other bishops and church officials in New York and Chicago also see reduced pay, with several editors and publishing agents noted among those affected.
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New York
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Chicago
Bowman
Foster
Homer Eaton
George P. Mains
Lawson Adds Philanthropic Gift To Coffee House Fund
Lawrence industrialist Thomas W. Lawson known as a copper king yachtsman and patron of floriculture endowed the Coffee House fund of the Church Temperance Society with a substantial check. The contribution followed a year marked by donations with the largest prior gift at 100 dollars from F. H. Peabody amid funding shortfalls.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Coffee House Fund
Church Temperance Society
Episcopal Charitable Organization
F. H. Peabody
Berger Rubin Miss Leah Rubin Bride of Jacob Ber er
Miss Leah Rubin daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Rubin and Mr Jacob Ber er were united in marriage at Webster Hall East Boston. Rabbi H B Schoher performed the ceremony with Morris Rubin as best man. Bridesmaids Fanny Bushner Annie Aronson ushered by Meniel Rubin Charles Rubin A B Seele and M Tanenbaum. The bride wore white satin and carried bridal roses. A reception supper and dance followed.
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Leah Rubin
Samuel Rubin
Jacob Berer
Webster Hall
East Boston
H. 8. Schoher
Morris Rubin
Fanny Bushner
Annie Aronson
Meniel Rubin
Charles Rubin
A. B. Seele
M. Tanenbaum
Shamrocks for Charity Plan Angers Irish in England
London scheme to raise fifty thousand dollars for soldiered families fund uses shamrocks for St Patrick’s Day. Countess of Limerick plans the sale while Irishmen denounce the appropriation of their emblem for British army use and intend to wear it with a badge to disown English imitators.
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London
England
Countess of Limerick
Dorchester Glee Club Plans Whist Party and New Club Location
Dorchester Glen Club members met to appoint committees for a whist party and to secure a new location for the club.
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Dorchester Glee Club
Dorchester Glen
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