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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1899
Page
4
Post Publishing Company Notice
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Post Publishing Company
Boston Post subscription notice and office addresses
Editorial Rooms announce Boston Post subscriptions with advance payment terms and discontinuation upon expiration. Readers without regular delivery should notify by mail. editor Z. A. Grozier signs the notice from Boston and New York offices.
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New York
Boston Post
Z. A. Grozier
Navy Promotion System Draws Public Praise and Criticism
The piece lauds esprit de corps in service but notes promotions under the navy favor some over equally worthy officers. Secretary Long aims to rectify this disparity while endorsing official recognition of Admiral Higginson and Lieutenant Ward, a move likely to gain broad public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Higginson
Ward
Sparrows War Sparks Public Hearing Call in Boston
A Boston editorial argues against an immediate sparrow eradication campaign at the Common and Public Garden citing public opposition. It urges a public hearing, warns of city cost and citizen distress, and questions export sales tied to copper markets and potential oil market influence on a forthcoming copper shares boom.
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Boston
Census Appointments Spark Public Skepticism Over Merit
Director Merriam pledges nonpolitical hiring for the 45 000 census staff, including 40 000 enumerators, with rigid exams. Critics doubt sincerity and call the process perfunctory, noting Congress sought to avoid merit rules in favor of patronage.
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Merriam
Civil Service Commission
Congress
A Daily Charade from Columbian Charades
A puzzling verse from the Columbian Charades collection by Lee and Shepard. The riddle teases a three part wordplay where the first leads to a man of Oz, the second tests adversaries, and the whole is found in many homes as orderly tomes.
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Lee & Shepard
Rosalind
Commodore Cushing buys Vixen and renames Lilino
The observant citizen notes Commodore J Stearns Cushing has purchased the yacht Vixen and will rename her Lilino He belongs to the Winthrop and Hull yacht clubs and sailed Nimbus last year He recently spoke as a temperance lecturer before the Norwood Total Abstinence Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cushing
Vixen
Commodore Cushing
Winthrop
Hull
Nimbus
Commodore
Norwood Total Abstinence Society
Friction in Cuba Signals Imperial Burdens and Race Questions
The piece argues that the impeachment of General Maximo Gomez by a Cuban Military Assembly reveals wider government eccentricities and racial factors in Cuba. It warns that unrest will persist in Cuba and extend to Puerto Rico and the Philippines, urging quicker relinquishment of imperial duties with caution for safety.
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Maximo Gomez
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Gomez
United States
Chivalrous Decline Shines From Naval Officers
Rear Admiral Francis J. Higginson and Lieutenant Aaron Ward are praised for declining advancement, a gesture seen as honorable amid rivalries in higher ranks. Higginson notes his Cuban fleet peers were gallant and deserving, yet their promotions stalled by Senate bickering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Higginson
Naval Service
United States
Aaron Ward
Admiral Higginson
Senate
The Basis Of Prosperity In New England Wages Rise
More than 100000 cotton operatives in New England gain wage increases set to take effect soon. The piece argues higher wages boost demand, trade, and overall prosperity across industries and regions, noting five million dollars more in wages are earned this year.
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New England
Copper Market Sees Dulness Yet Holds Firm Prices
Copper markets show dullness over the past week due to London price swings yet hold firm at 18 cents in Lake copper. Buyers already secure spot and future lots into August, September and October, with no sign of price weakness and expected strength as lakes open and demand rises. President Albert B. Bigelow notes no price decline ahead and ongoing purchases for October deliveries.
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London
Albert 8. Bigelow
Cuticura Soap Promises Skin Purity and Beauty
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap as a superior skin and beauty soap, claiming it clears clogged pores and improves skin, scalp, hair, and hands. It touts its emollients, cleansing ingredients, refreshing flower scent, and single price of 25 cents.
Speedy Cure Treatment for Itching and Skin Afflictions
Advertises Cuticura products for cure of itch burning and scaling with hot baths Ointment Resolvent and soap. Priced at 1.25 for the set with individual items 50 cents and soap 2Bhc. Sold worldwide by Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Boston sole proprietors. Free booklet offered “How to Preserve the Hands Hair and Skin.”
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Sole Props
Boston
Oblique Tales of Rail Safety and Social Visits in East Boston
The narrative recalls near misses with trains as laborers head home and notes how rail concerns escape notice by committees. It then humorously describes a cross city courtship routine involving two couples from Waltham and Woburn and their stays with hosts in Woburn and Waltham.
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Waltham
Woburn
Watch City
Christmas Box from Denver in a Deathly Cake Tale
A Denver soldier in Manila endures fatal agony as a Christmas box from friends arrives with a hidden danger. His comrades recall the gift strewn with mythic kindness and fatal deceit and he forgives his folks as death overtakes him. The tale appears in the Denver Evening Post.
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Denver
Manila
Platten
Denver Evening Post
Original Hort Stories of Horace and Hope in Hard Times
A depressed craftsman Horace Singleton loses his job and struggles to feed his wife Paulina and their hungry child Addie. He resists stealing when he finds a merchant's lost pocketbook, then is offered a steady job and a banknote while the merchant recognizes the poverty around him.
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Dan Godfrey
British Guards
Godfrey
Horace
Horace Singleton
Paulina
Arling
Addie
Mr. West
Coe
Aulina Singleton
Bohea
Greand
Horac
Gossip In Paris Circles Links Archbishop Ireland To Papal Nuncio Role
Rumor swirls in Catholic Paris that Archbishop Ireland may be named papal nuncio to Paris after the death of Mer. Cleri. General Joe Wheeler denies reports of an imminent marriage to Mrs. George W. Childs. Ambassador Choate plots attendances with a private secretary. social rise noted at Marquis of Lansdowne’s reception. Virginia Fair plans a single bridesmaid for her April 4 wedding to William K. Vanderbilt Jr with Miss Mary Baldwin Tolfree chosen. Willie K. hosts bachelor dinner.
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Paris
Ireland
Mer. Cleri
Joe
Wheeler
George W. Childs
Philadelphia
Choate
London
Marquis of Lansdowne
Lord Lansdowne
Virginia Fair
William K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Mary Baldwin Tolfree
James E. Tollfree
Miss Overman
Miss Tollfree
Willie K
Humor and wordplay jests from 19th century papers
Quotations and jokes on humorists teachers and parents. A volley of witty exchanges from Chicago Record Tit-Bits Boston Transcript Harlem Life and similar papers. Puns sarcasm and playful mishearings illuminate early humor styles and social attitudes.
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Chicago
Boston Transcript
Little Willie
Becaus
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