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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1898
Page
4
The piece argues against ward and district alderman schemes, urging the Senate to reject both. It calls for an at large city board elected by majority vote, and condemns the district system as discredited by Boston’s experience. It also notes phenomenal Boston Post circulation figures for May 2 and April.
The Observant Citizen reports on wartime mood and social life in Boston. Observations include naval service shifts, patriotic displays, theatre gift of an American flag, celebrity mentions, a diamond theft anecdote, and local anecdotes from Gray Gables to Buzzards Bay, with broader notes on vigilance and civic pride.
The notice lists daily and Sunday Post subscription prices, urges subscribers to provide current and new addresses for mail delivery, notes Second Class Matter status, and instructs that payments be sent at the sender's risk with checks payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Boston Post urges tax reform focusing on inheritance tax, argues for ready volunteer regiments, and weighs Spain US skirmishes. It pushes a bicycle path across the Common from Charles and Boylston to Park and Tremont and critiques proposed City Council ward systems.
A poetic account laments the destruction of the Maine off Cuba with a tribute to Yankee sailors killed in the explosion. The piece condemns Spain and honors the fallen, praising liberty and the flag as the sea bears their dirge. The author signs as WILLIAM J. BURKE.
Colonel E. C. Smith son of Tennessee’s war Governor seeks the governorship in the fall elections. Miss Sibyl Pauncefote, praised Washington singer, leads British ministerial circle as other daughters share musical talent. Sir Henry Oakley, Great Northern railways manager, named chairman of a London electric railway project after decades of service. Berlin plans a public monument for Field Marshal Count Von Moltke born October 26, 1800. Reichstag meeting excludes Social Democrats amid cross party attendance.
A collage of witty exchanges and quips from As You Like It and various newspapers. Dialogues touch on wealth versus fame, fashion from Paris, engagement doubts, age jokes, silence as suffering, and a raised eyebrow about a snake charmer.
Breakfast items include hot corn cake oranges rolled oats with cream and broiled sirloin. Dinner features tomato soup roast stuffed veal mashed potatoes and lettuce. Supper offers cold sliced veal baked potatoes and currants crisps with a jelly rolled cake recipe from Mrs. 8 Hamilton of Jamaica Plain.
A Gloucester firm asks the Post to print names and votes of state senators who rejected a bill allowing cities to own electric lighting plants for public buildings and parks. The letter urges transparency and accuses officials of favoring big corporations, noting support for telephone reform.
In a Klondike gold rush tale, Dick Smith lies dying after a hard winter. Bill Hawkins discovers a tin box with a woman's portrait and letters revealing Dick’s secret wife Kitty Sutherland. A Chicago obituary confirms the tragic romance and its quiet end.
The piece describes decorative breastplate fronts not tied to wartime, featuring a V-shaped plastron of tucks and lace, edge ruffles, and color options in white red blue or combined with black lace. The example uses red mousseline and black lace with four side ruffles and a high lace collar finished with a bow. Silk is acceptable but mousseline keeps summer dresses lighter.
In a morning ceremony at Tremont Theatre manager Schoeffel raised a nine by eighteen foot American flag on the roof during a nor'easter. The flag was supplied by theatre attaches and presented by Carpenter Campbell McDermott Vinal Kistey and Thompson with a speech by Miss Katie Lynch.
George B White former Boston leather merchant, held in Philadelphia since April for defrauding banks of nearly 203 009 dollars, was discharged today on a writ of habeas corpus. Massachusetts and New York authorities sought his requisition but Governor Hastings refused, and the court ruled he could no longer be kept in custody.
The Lancaster flagship will be commissioned at Charles Town Navy Yard with a 300 man crew, then sail to Key West as a hospital boat. Southery and Vulcan preparations push toward ten day readiness. other ships receive supplies as crews recruit and shipboard work begins.
A patriotic meeting at the State House organized a soldiers relief association modeled on Civil War sanitary efforts. Gov Wolcott named an executive committee including Higginson Meyer Rand Draper Collins Hayes Paine Burnett Coolidge. Meyer became chair. The group invites Massachusetts residents to join with a $1 subscription or more, directed to Henry L. Higginson, 50 State street Boston. The secretary Elihu B Hayes will accept offers of cooperation.
Lieutenant-Commander Harrison G. Colby will command the mosquito fleet with Kate Jones as the scout vessel. The steel towboat, 102 feet long and built in 1879, was chartered yesterday and will patrol the New England coast to enforce channel regulations and avoid mine risks.
The New England railroad freight department with 50 reserves raised a flag at 1 PM near South Boston freight terminals. Locomotives and river craft joined the celebration while 600 people watched Hewes & Potter and others unveil a 26 by 36 flag at 87 Lincoln Street at 2:30 PM.
The steamer Prince Edward completed a record voyage from Yar mouth New Hampshire to Boston passing Long Wharf at 7 15 am yesterday. Captain Arthur W N McGray steered the Dominion Atlantic liner on a 13 hour 10 minute run, beating the usual time and setting a new speed standard for the route.
The brig Sceptre under Captain Dexter and the schooner Bravo with Captain Emeno arrived from St John Porto Rico. Captains say Porto Rico's departure sparked excitement as old Spanish settlers sided with Spain while natives favored independence. Dexter left on April 20 as the American consul left, and he notes Americans and Englishmen feel unsafe in St John’s streets amid presumed English–American collusion. Bravo’s captain says two large Spanish warships entered harbor before departure with three months of provisions. They reportedly sailed for the Philippine Islands afterward.
The council of officers at the State House approved returning First Regiment soldiers stationed at Fort Warren to their homes on Thursday unless they volunteer to stay in the regular army. Enlistment begins today at Fort Warren to gauge how many will enter the regular service and the rest will be dismissed temporarily. Soldiers faced a dismal fort experience while preparing to depart and families opposing regular service have stirred strong feeling among the regiment. Military routine and drill continued to maintain order.
Mr. T. W. Coakley announces rapid enlistment with over 1300 names on the lists at the American House. Possible formation of two regiments as campaigns expand. He travels to New York to meet Tomas Estrada Palma to discuss sending the unit to Cuban service.
The Katahdin, Captain Wilde, arrived near the Charles Town navy yard in the early evening, dropping mud hooks off the harbor. The vessel will coal bunker and then likely return to Provincetown after resupply.
Americans celebrated their Manila victory with a flag raising at 988 Franklin Street by J. B. Babcock & Co. employees. Miss Lizzie Nichols gave the presentation, E. Crosby unfurled the flag, and a bouquet was presented to Mr. Babcock. A literature collection drive was announced for troops, with Daughters of the American Revolution organizing it.
The Boston & Maine southern freight department raised a large American flag at 3 o'clock with Miss Katherine C. Sullivan hoisting it. Spectators sang the Star Spangled Banner led by Charles Braser. Speeches were given by Colonel Alfred Norton, W. K. Sanderson, and George W. S. Dockum. Fraternal groups pledge wartime support including continued benefits for servicemen and their families, with patriotic resolutions adopted by several lodges in Boston.
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