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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
4
A Bolton Post edition criticizes local governance and calls for reform in New England politics. The piece frames the Representative Democratic as a key actor, urging accountability and clearer leadership.
The article argues sixty hours a week should cap grocers clerks’ work. It notes past longer hours in trade and claims modern stores show profits and service remain strong with shorter hours. It acknowledges late Saturday demand but suggests balancing with shorter hours on other days.
An editorial argues Boston residents pay too much for gas, citing a 80 cent per thousand cubic feet benchmark set by Haverhill officials. It contends Boston’s larger market and easier distribution would allow lower prices with fair profits, challenging current rates.
The anonymous donor Miss Helen Gould contributes 100000 to New York University for a Hall of Fame on University Heights. The plan includes 160 panels along a 500 foot colonnade and many see Jay Gould as a logical but controversial inclusion, given his impact and public perception.
The article reports Senator Foraker arguing in a debate on the Porto Rican tariff bill that if tariffs cannot be levied on Porto Rico and the Philippines, then the U S must dismantle customs houses and abandon protection. He ties imperialism to constitutional obligations, stating nullification is impossible while the United States remains a nation.
A terse line asserts a choice between an eternal smash and abandoning the theory of imperialists. The fragment hints at ideological conflict without names or concrete context.
The Senate foreign relations panel reportedly reshapes the Hay-Pauncefote treaty to preserve U S absolute control and fortification of the canal, rejecting foreign dominance. The changes must be explicit to gain ratification and avoid Anglo imperial compromise. The outcome hinges on whether the revised text satisfies American principle over administrative flattery.
Warren Ainsley rescues Ruth Raymond and other guests when four summer girls cause a near drowning on the beach. After a rescued outing to the mountains and a playful courtship, Ruth promises to marry Warren as the foursome depart Ainsley Hall and settle into family life with two children to follow.
A observant piece details pushy book agents on Beacon Street and a satirical view of their methods. It also records obituaries and resignations including bandmaster D. W. Reeves, Rev. John Cuckson, and comments on state theater measures.
A fragmented verse praises a Transvaal ruler, blending voices on Afrikander loyalty, English threat, and tribal authority. It echoes colonial era politics with references to Rand wealth, Orange Free State, and anti imperial sentiment through a satirical, rough portrait.
Washington March 8 The congressional committee on Cuban and Porto Rico affairs will travel to Cuba early next week to assess conditions and report back.
In a Detroit Journal note the audience reacts to a stage love story with sighs and stamps. A Chicago girl aspires to better things while humorous quotes from Answers and Detroit Free Press circulate about social cues and theater etiquette.
Fragments recount a wedding postponed by illness and death. A widow speaks of mourning as she and her husband lie in graves, noting a brief life together of three years and a half. The verse ends with a refrain on resurrection and family memory.
A collection of brief notes includes an epitaph from Shirley near Corydon honoring a merchant and his honesty. We learn of John W. Huger of Atlanta named as governor Candler's representative in Paris Lafayette monument events and of Huger’s Kinloch lineage with Dr Eric Bollman. Plans for a Henry H. Houston statue in Fairmount Park Philadelphia are announced with bronze and a dog. Friends of Lord March weigh opposing his South African war move to avoid heirs at the front. Major-General Sir W Gustavus Nichol-son, a veteran of Candahar, Cabul, and Lord Roberts’ South Africa operations, is noted as part of Bob’s old followers.
Mrs. Carl Schurz Petrasch, née Alice M. Schmidt, is highlighted as a leading figure in New York society. The piece notes engagements and forthcoming weddings among prominent families including Miss Wete pr gta, daughter of Mrs. Charles Carter, and Edmund Randolph, with connections to Mt. St. Vincent on the Hudson. A June wedding for Miss Frances La Far to Mr. Edward H. Childs is planned quietly at the La Farge home in Newport, with details about bridal attendants.
Scattered menu items list breakfast and luncheon dishes including fruit and baked potatoes, veal, oysters, soups, and desserts. A near-rambling recipe fragment describes lemon pie filling and a bread crust, with a partial Bakers address at Frothingham Avenue.
A collage of brief notes covers expenditures on roads in New Jersey and Massachusetts, religious and military remarks, palm readers thriving during wartime, Addis Ababa camp life, camphor in London fashion, a drill in Austria, and editorials on governance and public sentiment.
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