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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
6
The Democratic paper lists prices for daily and Sunday editions. Daily rate is one year at $8? No, the text shows One 08 Six months $1.50 three months 75c month 25c. The Sunday Post annual $1.50 six months 75c three months 40c. Readers must provide both old and new addresses when changing delivery.
Notice warns readers that material is entered as second class matter and that all money sent is at the sender's risk. It cautions against sending cash and instructs that checks drafts and money orders be payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Boston address fragment lists editorial and business office locations at 259 Washington Street and 428 Boston Office in Boston. The readable text provides no events or dates.
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The bill before the Legislature would allow town election of tree wardens with defined powers and authorize funding for shade trees. It aligns with scientific forestry, parks, and public reservations efforts and charges communities with official, regular tree protection and highway planting. It would municipalize tree care benefiting fire protection and local resources.
The article reports an upcoming executive order to limit the merit system by transferring parts of classified service to patronage. It notes Cabinet discussions and predicts opposition from spoilsmen while forecasting eventual success for merit-based appointments among informed citizens nationwide.
State House figures on Beacon Hill claim to uphold principle while criticizing its operation. They advocate a reform that amounts to no real reform, seeking changes that preserve the existing system rather than fix underlying issues.
Critics argue that artifacts found by Maud S. sailors near Stillwagon Bank do not prove the Portland wreck location. They note items could stem from earlier trips or wear out and insist Cape Cod finds do not confirm the ship’s fate there.
The piece argues that failed Senate elections expose widespread scandal across states. It cites Utah California Delaware and Pennsylvania with arrests money offers and bribery schemes. The author opposes legislative fixes and urges electing U S Senators by direct popular vote to end corruption.
The War Department rejects Mayor Quincys plan to build a sea wall and embankment beyond harbor lines in the Charles River. Engineers call it impracticable and the secretary says conditions render it impossible. The piece suggests private city efforts to improve Beacon Street and even proposes extending a driveway over the water with pilings, seeking a feasible esplanade without river intrusion.
A crowded Boston scene notes ongoing debates over housing and park extensions, rescue coffee for mariners, fire department bravery on Bristol street, and the arrival of a large steamship for the Leyland line. It also covers police commendations, university alumni dining, school sanitation concerns, and local officials traveling to New York.
Members of the Castle Square company cultivate talents beyond acting. Charles Mackay wrote the words to a sacred piece titled In That Eternal Home to be published in the forthcoming Dramatic Review. The note mentions among remonstrants to the pro- part of the text.
The piece notes Colonel Paine's Aphrodite gaining new contracts after last week's launch and a transport Hooker set to sail for the Philippines on April 15. It urges sending books and papers to soldiers and mentions Governor Wolcott’s return after illness and Ex-Senator Gallivan's first appearance since a City Hall elevator accident.
Dan Daly explains to Michael Maroney his misadventures locating Boston streets after a late landing. He wanders through Charlestown Dorchester Jamaica Plain Roxbury and Back Bay, chasing Uncle Joe’s address with comic misdirections. An old joke credits a blind cow as the city’s architect.
A collage of light quips and anecdotes from Chicago Tribune Chicago News Cleveland Plain Dealer Washington Star Chicago Post Chicago News Indianapolis Journal. Jokes feature maple sugar authenticity a would be suitor and courtroom curiosities.
Fragmentary remarks note speakers enlarging on topics while listeners drift in and out of wakefulness. The piece hints at a broader discussion but lacks cohesive detail or clear outcomes.
Murray Howard and Marion Deane, once farmer and country girl, reunite years later in a New York opera, after he returns from New Hampshire and she pursues singing. She reveals she was the farmer maid he met, and they marry after the opera season.
The Joseph Webb Lodge A F and A M celebrated its twenty second anniversary with a reception and banquet at the United States Hotel attended by about 150. Navy Lt. R C Smith of the Indiana was a guest. Rev. S H Roblin spoke after dinner. the Harvard Banjo Club entertained. Officials and committee members from Boston were listed among speakers and organizers.
A correspondent denounces Chinese laundry workers for "injurious" price cutting and near competition to American laundries. The writer, claiming to be a sufferer, urges the public to boycott Chinese businesses to protect American livelihoods.
Dr John B Murphy of Chicago claims rapid cures with a nitrogen gas injection into tissue for consumption and reports many second and third stage cases improving. Also notes Rev John Watson Ian Maclaren injured in a Burlington railroad wreck in Kansas.
Cballem expresses deep thanks on behalf of rescued cattlemen to the Marblehead Life Saving Crew for saving lives from the Norseman. Captain Rees is praised for supervision, and Marblehead townspeople for generous cream cakes and luxuries. Patsy Sheppard recalls breeches buoy rescue efforts with pride. Boston, March 27. Cc. Ballem.
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