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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday rates with terms for address changes and payment methods. Subscriptions require sending payments by check, draft, or money order and warn buyers not to send cash. Address changes must include both current and future addresses.
Boston Post offers subscriptions at leading New York hotels with advance payment required. Discontinuation occurs at expiration without further notice. Notify by mail if unable to obtain the Post regularly. Editor and Publisher K A Groziffr.
The piece criticizes Madrid for feeding national pride with sensational tales. It cites El Progreso’s defeat narrative and a celebratory telegram to Admiral Montijo as evidence of deliberate propaganda. The text condemns Spain’s political rot, hollow finances, and fragile government grip on popular support.
The article urges a liberal city reward to aid police in capturing the Ellis murderer. It argues Boston police have not been highly successful and stresses the city’s duty to enforce ordinances and protect its officers. It warns against letting the assassin escape.
A contemporary editorial condemns attaching a rider that would annex Hawaii to the revenue bill. It argues the House should not see the measure and warns such an obstacle would delay passage and question the patriotism of all involved. The piece stresses the separation of fiscal and territorial issues.
The speech discusses financing the war through taxation or bonds, weighing Hawaii annexation as a separate issue, and urges each proposition to stand on its own merits. It honors Civil War memory while linking patriotism to the present war, praising volunteers of 1861 and 1898 and affirming national unity and duty. It salutes the Maine, Bagley, Winslow heroes, and those in service shaping the republic’s fate.
A week of buoyant activity sees improved demand for municipal and railway bonds and a copper shares boom led by Boston and Montana and Calumet and Hecla. Osceola nears 50, Tamarstek boosts dividends, while a surplus money supply supports stock gains as war fears subside and general business conditions improve across the West and South.
The Observant Citizen and I sighted a genuine Irish jaunting car in Brighton yesterday. Though several are owned nearby, they are rare here and this compact strong vehicle seats five comfortably and is ideal for country use, more stylish than the Meadowbrook which has lately popular appeal.
Earnings in grain movement boost profits with corn and other cereals contributing. Atchison Railway reports $428,608 gross and $518,860 net improvement in April. Strong export trade and another large crop loom, as London remains a major buyer of American securities, suggesting an active market with higher values ahead.
A poetic meditation on Memorial Day noting roses for the blue and lilies for the gray. Fathers and sons stand together over new graves as a long history of blood and tears fades into unity across former foes. The poem honors fallen soldiers and the enduring bond of shared sacrifice.
A crowd at the station notices three: an elderly Mrs. Smith, her ward Annie Warren, and George Smith in a naval uniform. George departs for Cuba after a furlough, promising to return. News of the Maine’s destruction devastates Mrs. Smith. she dies from the shock, leaving Annie to join the Red Cross in Cuba to comfort the wounded and endure her loss.
The Post announces a $5 prize for last week's menu. Mrs. L. F. McLaren of 614 Tremont Street wins after the menu published in The Post on Thursday May 26.
A pantry list of Bananas through SUPPER items followed by concise recipes for Potato balls, Strawberry cream, and Tea wafers. Includes method for Potato balls formed from mashed potatoes, a lemon strawberry cream mold, and tea wafers with flour egg cream shaping. Notes author Mrs William Bremner of 33 Telegraph Street, South Boston.
The Princess of Wales owns a sixty piece tea service each piece bearing a different photograph she shot in Scotland. A Gold Coast prince is a candidate for the bar at Lincoln's Inn, son of Acquasie Kaye King of Denkerah under British protection. Captains Gridley Coghlan and Wildes, famed for Manila action, were Naval Academy classmates.
A debutante gown in soft white silk with heavy yellow lace trimming. The skirt features a demi-train and is fastened at each side seam with black velvet ribbon. Corsage is accented by two bands and a large bow of black velvet ribbon. The design emphasizes a refined evening ensemble.
The World correspondents Charles H. Thrall and Hayden Jones recount their capture by Spaniards on May 12 and subsequent humane treatment as guests rather than prisoners. They describe taunting in Havana, careful guards, and a future exchange aboard the gunboat Marquez de Molins near the Maple, with officers from harbor, army, navy and the British consul present.
Patriotism will be high in East Boston as the Cottage Social and Athletic Association holds a flag raising at Sumner and Cottage streets Thursday evening. The East Boston Cadet Band will play gratis, with fireworks and speeches including Councilman Hickey, President Conry, ex Senator Kennedy, and Rep John J Kelley. A committee led by Jeremiah Murphy arranges the program.
Several hundred Hebrew residents gathered at Kenesseth Israel Synagogue on Emerald Street yesterday afternoon for patriotic speeches and a flag unfurling. President M. Kasanof officiated and spoke in German on duties of Hebrew citizens. Professor Solomon Wellington and Rev. Mr. Baron followed. Over 200 South End Hebrew School children sang as Miss Minnie Stein hart unfurled the flag, a gift from David Breitstein.
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