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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
4
The Boston Post presents its stance as a representative Democratic paper for New England with emphasis on regional political discourse. No further event details are provided in the fragment.
The city should rely on its own citizens for public posts rather than importing talent. Boston officials underline the value of employing Bostonians, noting taxation supports local services and stressing the ordinance favoring city residents. The Metropolitan Park Commission is cited as an example where honorary unpaid service earns public respect.
The piece notes eighty-five senators elected for the Fifty-sixth Congress and suggests Utah Delaware Pennsylvania and California may reduce that to eighty-six. It argues the administration will hold a twenty vote majority but warns of possible party splits by next December due to war costs treasury strain and reform pressures.
Mr. William J. Wilson of Chicago denounces canned roast beef as a trade lie arguing that Alger’s troops received boiled beef instead. He charges false pretenses by packing houses or the commissary department and calls for truth about what was sent to feed the troops.
The Observant Citizen reports plans for a Gentlemen's Driving Club with a club house at Readville led by J. Malcolm Forbes and a long list of prominent members. It also notes local doings from Boston and Roxbury, including weather quips about the moon, theatre visits, a Christian Science church move, and police notes on a Lynn incident.
Mayor Quincy agrees to a public hearing on sparrow extermination after Post guidance. Tomorrow at 4 pm in City Hall Aldermen's chamber petitioners for extermination and remonstrants will present, supported by science praising sparrows for canker worm control.
The state house debate centers on paying metropolitan park commissioners while noting many city and state unpaid posts like Prison Commission and Library Trustees. Supporters argue public service benefits the community without monetary reward, highlighting capable citizens who give time and effort in their later years.
The passage profiles Charlie and partner Arthur Wells noted for courtesy and duty, mentioning Wells’s past serious injury from a building explosion while on duty. It highlights Ibib Paul Steindorff, music director for The Fortune Teller at the Boston Theatre, a German native who came to America with Gustav Amberg and later worked with Aronsons, Lillian Russell, and in England.
Poem by E. Sparrow from Elm Tree No. 4 at Boston Common decries civic opposition to the English sparrow. The speaker mocks Mayor and authorities while asserting the bird's persistence and haunting presence as Boston decays into an old tale.
About sixty Senators and Representatives including Senator Frye's commerce committee accepted invites to a March 23 departure from New York aboard a Panama Canal Company steamer. The trip will visit proposed Nicaragua and Panama canal routes, with stops in Santiago and other West Indies sites. A postal officials group left Washington for Cuba to confer on island postal matters. General Miles plans to attend Maine veterans banquet in Boston. Harvard Republican Club was told Miles will speak in Sanders Theatre on March 22.
Ae menu lists dinner items clam soup roast lamb and stewed celery with desserts and supper offerings cold tongue stuffed potatoes milk toast and plum snaps. A recipe for thin wafer like biscuits uses one cup cream two cups flour and one salt kneaded fifteen minutes and cut with a biscuit cutter. Miss Gertrude S Nicholas Swain's Pond Avenue Maplewood Mass.
A brief charade riddle notes within the Columbian Charades collection. It hints at a solution linked to May and winter lingering, followed by a second clue about under fire and a final whole described as caressed by a woman's fingers. The piece closes by noting the answer to yesterday and the promise of tomorrow.
Miss Luin E B Lloyd celebrated her new residence at 38 Windsor Street with a house warming last evening. Neighbors enjoyed vocal and instrumental music followed by a collation. She received many valuable presents from friends.
In Brookfield a spoiled heiress Roberta Florence loses patience with her fiancé Clifford Livingston who goes off to war as a private soldier. After a sorrowful separation he returns a hero, and Roberta's late repentance leads her to send a single word begging him to come.
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars for each of four others. Entries must be 700 to 1000 words, one side of paper, with full name and address, prepaid return postage, and folded. Women readers only may enter. mail submissions to Short Story Editor.
A collage of humorous lines showcases banter about cosmetics debts trains half fare and a jokey westerning of outlandish characters. Quips include Miss Teaspot's credit woes, a farmer seeking tickets, a six foot cleaner, and a horse named Nails.
The Metropolitan Sewerage Commission seeks 5 million for a high level gravity sewer draining parts of Suffolk Norfolk and Middlesex with outlets at Nut Island and Peddocks Island. Opponents say the project props up the commission itself and burdens Boston Newton Waltham Watertown Brookline Dedham Hyde Park Milton Quincy Dorchester Roxbury West Roxbury with no current public necessity. Congressman Roberts predicts a legislative battle as local governments must share the expense.
The New England Woman's Press Association presented Erin Day at the Vendome, featuring Irish songs, readings, and dances. The Ninth Regiment raised its colors as they left for war, with flags from A. O. H. Suffolk and Hebrew children of Boston.
The United States Board of General Appraisers ruled that importations of pickled sheepskins and related skins are exempt from duty under the 1897 tariff. Protests from Boston New York and Philadelphia collectors were sustained wholly, reversing earlier assessments and ordering reliquidation of duties paid.
Mayor Quincy entertained German ambassador Baron von Holleben at a private dinner yesterday afternoon at the Union Club. Attending were City Engineer Jackson and Park Commission Chairman Seatton. The party met earlier at the Public Library before moving to the club.
The Boston school board faces a clash over appointing Lieutenant Packard of Salem as military instructor, with calls for a Boston candidate. Opposition argues Boston natives should lead if equally qualified. Possible rivals include Captain Springer of the Fifth Regiment, Captain Dunn of Company I, and other local officers, all amid council amendments favoring Boston employees.
Two State House hearings focused on Boston issues. The Twentieth Century Club urged a new Boston School Board while another session debated rapid transit expansions. A bill from the Boston Merchants' Association urged rapid transit commissioners to study Boston subway needs and report to the Legislature in 1900.
The Boston Fruit Company now controls the banana trade of the United States after acquiring the Columbian Land Company and Tropical Trading Transport Company led by Minor C Keith. Output rises to 8.5 million bunches this year from 6.26 million last year as Keith’s import business for New Orleans and Mobile is folded into Boston Fruit.
To the Editor the writer argues for moving English sparrows to an uninhabited Philippine island and focuses on eradicating mosquitoes in the Hub. The letter suggests the mayor consider the plan, noting job creation and eliminating pests.
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