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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1899
Page
6
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The article notes Czar Nicholas I announces reform amid disarmament talks at The Hague and orders a commission to replace transportation to Siberia. It praises moves toward liberty while criticizing allies opposed to abolishing Siberia as a penal realm.
Supreme Court ruling voids the special sewer tax triggering immediate discharge of many sewer department workers halting sewer construction. City faces material detriment as sweeping orders suspend laborers and deprive men of their livelihoods, with reports noting those affected.
The passage urges keeping trained sewer department workers on the job despite financial concerns. It notes their arduous healthful service, the city’s need for an uninterrupted sewer system, and criticizes the Board of Apportionment for lacking forethought and foreseeing the revenue decision.
The piece reflects on ex Governor Flower's wealth and stock market practices, then shifts to The Hague peace conference led by Czar's delegation. It calls for a practical high court of arbitration and notes past Universal Peace Society disruptions. Various local notes follow, including a bicycle injury and gopher hunt results.
The Observant Citizen notes that Boston financiers await Thomas Lawson at New York to advance a copper boom plan. It mentions Byron lines about being observed and cites church hiring news, plus a subway conductors’ confusion at Scollay square Tremont row and a note that General Curtis Guild Jr. is chosen as Bunker Hill orator.
A Provincetown mariner involved in a shooting case testifies that the wound struck him on the port side. Dr Richard Frothingham ONeil, a young physician and son of a navy Rear Admiral, is also noted in society circles. Adele Pegram Myers of Richmond wed in Richmond last Wednesday. Lt Governor Crane travels to New York staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel for a few days.
Citizens across regions send invitations to Dewey with festive calls and promises of feasts, wine, and grand hospitality. The chorus touts a welcoming tour from Oshkosh to Pompey Smash and beyond, urging the hero to visit and be treated in style.
Andrew Carnegie plans an anti expansion London conference in June with figures like Senator Hoar Bishop Potter Carl Schurz and Thomas B Reed to draft a memorial for Americans Mark Twain and family depart Vienna for London after hospitality in Austria Mrs Harriet Beach annulment case proceeds led by her children alleging insanity at marriage Also noted are the Prince of Wales quit yacht racing and M Deschanel joining the French Academy.
The riddle hints that the first letter is the lowest degree, the second points to wisdom, and the whole mirrors the page's wording. The line references yesterday and today’s charades with BAT TEN as the solution key.
On a streetcar, Alta Pillsbury recognizes Philip Wentworth, her former fianc e now returned from war. A 2 cent fare mix up reveals their past, and after a tense confrontation he learns why she ended their engagement. She explains Percys attention and the conductor’s fare mistake, leading to reconciliation.
The Earl of Malmesbury Edward James Harris born 1842 died after apoplexy. A Conservative and retired lieutenant colonel of the Royal Irish Rifles he authored philological works and served as a diplomat at Madrid Berlin St Petersburg The Hague and Paris. He also was aide de camp to General Mitchell in Canada 1860 and to the Governor of Mauritius.
Kipling files a complaint against G. P. Putnam's Sons, D Appleton & Co., Doubleday & McClure, Scribner's Sons, and Century Co. alleging unauthorized publication of his works. He notes one authorized edition the Outward Bound Edition and claims trademarked names identify his writings.
The Boston College Stylus staff elects James A. Supple editor in chief and Ambrose A. Dore exchange editor among a slate of editors and an advisory faculty member. Supple, from Holliston, has edited the society section and has been honor man in his class.
Captain Robley D. Evans and Grover Cleveland canceled corner-stone laying at Port Clinton due to heavy lake seas. Evans blamed short choppy waves on the lake while aboard Middle Bass Island, noting seasickness in contrast to ocean motion. Citizens joked about his weakness.
Metropolitan Opera official Mr Gray offers Emma Calve a $159 per performance deal totaling $9510 for sixty appearances, a unprecedented large lump sum for an opera singer. The offer signals Calve's high profile return to the American stage next year.
Last Saturday we were short fifteen salesmen but have corrected the mistake this Saturday. Customers will receive prompt attention in every department. Spring suits are offered in many varieties and Spring overcoats priced from 6 to 20 dollars. Hat and cap department features late styles below market. Custom department taking many measures daily. Display of suitings invites careful examination.
A collage of humorous and social snippets from various papers includes remarks on politics, railroads, postage, and a joke about a letter to Fred. It also features exchanges about luck, peace damages, and a mischief of quotations touching on opium, arithmetic, and a beggar’s clever ruse for money.
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