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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1899
Page
6
The Boston Post and The Sunday Post list subscription rates including six months at 75 cents and one year at $1.50. The notices advise subscribers to provide both current and new addresses when changing delivery locations.
Notice states Second Class matter status and that all money sent is at sender risk. It instructs that checks drafts and money orders be payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY and warns to avoid cash payments.
EditorialRooms No 1004 and Boston Business Office No 428 listed at 259 Washington Street Boston with ambiguous location details. No article context provided.
The Boston Post can be secured at leading New York hotels with advance payment necessary for all subscriptions. accounts will be discontinued on expiration without notice. Readers with no regular access should notify KE A G Rozier by mail.
A historical note on anti trust sentiment in Ohio where traveling salesmen challenge trusts. The piece argues economy in distribution displaces drummers and calls unions to unite against growing trust power, warning of widespread job losses if the trend continues. It highlights the parallel with production cuts and predicts labor resistance may gain allies from salesmen mobilized against consolidation.
The article notes a grand Fourth of July celebration with Admiral Dewey in attendance. It states flags are free and may start as soon as the department allows, and directs mail for the Olympia to London through the department's agent, signaling an immediate start.
The article discusses plans for Admiral Dewey to arrive by July 4 after a voyage of over fifty days. It suggests New York or Boston as the likely port of entry with Boston potentially declaring a public holiday. Boston prepares for the New England hero who shattered Spain’s sea power.
Testimony in Washington questions the alleged benefits of monopoly led by the Standard Oil Trust. James M Lee argues a market with multiple refiners would still be large and cheaper, noting independent refiners seek only ten percent profit while Standard seeks one hundred. He adds Germany curbs trusts while the United States tolerates them, with 40 percent of oil exported. The speaker condemns legal subservience to monopoly in America.
A May 13 sale promotes Patters Suits from tour tailors using Custom Ends fabrics. Garments mirror order quality with padded collars silk stitching hand button holes high grade linings in worsteds Scotch Cheviots and fine lines. Many double breasted vests offer varied patterns for a precise fit amid spring fashion.
The value of these suits if made singly to special measure would be Forty Dollars. Note all garments manufactured by us bear our full name and designation on the Etiquette.
After a year of war experience the schoolboy regiments parade with heightened enthusiasm. The piece highlights erect bearing, obedience to authority, and the value of drill for character, noting schools are not recruiting the army but training citizens in discipline and virtue.
The first test of Professor Langley's flying machine yielded 800 feet of glide and 500 feet height, far short of earlier model expectations. Experts note progress but question practicality, contrasting balloons with engines driving air upward, and forecast future progress into the early twentieth century.
Schoolboys march past the Common led by Colonel H E Pray amid fine weather. The Boston Fruit and Flower Mission opens May 16. Fire alarms rattled the Brighton district showing quick response by the department. Reports of fires and a Northampton street boarding house lingering meals amid flames. Dartmouth President Tucker arrives in port for dinner at Parker House. General Collins to Europe as private citizen next week. U S bicycle exports reach four million dollars, with England claiming a share. Smugglers in Boston Harbor noted.
In Washington D C Jeanne Ramecy recalls a childhood friend Myra Seymour who befriends her husband Karl. After a night apart Karl covertly visits Myra and plans a private future together. Jeanne overhears their plan, flees, hides, then awakens in her own room as the clock shows eight, realizing her marriage is imperiled.
A collage of jokes and wry quips from the Washington Star Chicago Record Indianapolis Journal Detroit Journal Cleveland Plain Dealer Philadelphia Inquirer and others. The items feature humor about fashion meals pets cars and social scenes with quick punchlines and playful banter.
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