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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1898
Page
4
MOOTTO announces subscription rates for DAILY and SUNDAY POST with prices for various periods. It instructs subscribers to provide current and future addresses, notes second class matter status, warns against sending cash, and directs payment by checks or money orders to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Editorial and business office contact details for the Boston Post. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration without notice. Readers are urged to notify by mail if the paper is not available from their newsdealer. E A Grozier editor and publisher.
The editorial urges a strong, straight Democratic vote in Massachusetts. It praises the Worcester nominations and calls on voters statewide to support every candidate, especially in Boston, as a measure of party strength.
A political call urges voters to back Democratic candidates who oppose Imperialism and Algerism and resist Republican caucus pressure to back annexation of 8,000,000 Malays, urging decisive congressional independence today.
Democratic organizers push for gains in Massachusetts asking voters in the fifth seventh and other districts to curb imperialist policy. Senator Flynn runs strong in the fifth with Ramsdell cited as a doubtful seventh district contender. Fitzgerald in the ninth and Naphen in the tenth are deemed likely wins.
The tenth district remains Democratic, a pattern that holds from six years ago to today. The campaign urges turnout to elect Henry F. Naphen to Congress and sustain party strength in the district.
A Paris meeting report cites US representatives ready to offer money to Spain for the Philippines, while critics denounce the plan as humiliating. The piece questions public support for indemnity to Spain over Manila damages and asserts the American people do not want the Philippines.
The text notes opposition to paying indemnity to Havana attackers and emphasizes that Americans will respond to the proposal. It highlights memory of the Maine and connects a Paris meeting with U.S. congressional elections on the same day as a timely moment for public response.
In a plea to voters, the piece urges Massachusetts to back anti imperialist Democrats in today’s election. It argues that every vote counts and that four anti imperialists may win seats in Washington.
This piece urges mass voting for Democratic Congressmen over Republicans, arguing national issues from imperialism to war causes dominate the election. It cites past races in the tenth district, defending and opposing tied to party pledges and the president, urging a Democratic victory to oppose the administration’s policies.
A political appeal urges voters to back Republicans as supporting Malay annexation and Democrats as endorsing the Declaration of Independence the Massachusetts Constitution and Washington era policy. The message frames the choice as a traditional civic duty.
The editorial urges Henry F. Naphen’s election in the tenth district, arguing the seat should go to the Democratic candidate based on past voting patterns. It notes the district’s Democratic lean, its creation after the 1890 census, and historic closings where Republicans earned little support.
The city drafts a series of free chamber music events expanding on Sunday Music Hall crowds. Seven concerts are planned starting Nov 15 at Lyceum Halls East Boston with a string quartet and soloists. A wage earner ticket price setup at low cost is revived for Dec 5 Jan 25 Mar 18 and Apr 26.
Seventeen members of the Violet Club confront Flossie over alleged smoking. Polly Periwinkle proposes a search and a vote to test the claim. The group visits Flossie’s room to find her puffing via a novel influenza cure device, ending with a silent commitment to unity.
The Post invites original short stories of 700 to 1000 words each. First prize ten dollars, second prize five dollars, four additional prizes of two dollars. Manuscripts must be single sided, include full name and address, and be prepaid for return postage. Winners to be named in the Sunday Post.
A menu lists breakfast lunch and dinner items with detailed notes on Delmonico potatoes and cheese straws. The piece includes recipes for cauliflower salad and a potato bake, plus a short London style home cooking guide attributed to M. Frances Kerrigan of Allston Massachusetts, dated Sept 28 1898.
Sidney Cooper, age ninety five, still painting. Mrs. David Jayne Hill, a leading horsewoman in Washington. Sir William Anson named head of All Souls College Oxford. Dienfenbach’s eccentric life atop Vienna hill with vegetables and robe. Dr R A Price resigns amid Methodist lobbying war claim. James R Keene known for precise stock memory. Alexander McDonald visiting Seattle cautions Alaska ventures. Sister Ellen Joseph, 107, Baltimore nun of St Francis Convent, oldest in the U S and long-serving charity worker.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill of fare from its women readers. Bills must read like a menu with brief explanations for preparation. Meals may be breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast dinner and supper, serving four to five persons with a weekly food cost not exceeding ten dollars. Submissions accepted by mail to Cooking Kaitor, The Post, Boston. winners printed each Monday, with a batch on Sundays.
A collage of humorous quotes and quips from various papers like Jewelers' Weekly, Tit-Bits, Chicago Record, Chicago Tribune, Harper's Bazar, Judge, Puck, and Detroit Journal. Jests touch on marriage diamonds, editor’s wife, women’s clubs, musical sermons, counterfeit money, and a playful war noting coalition talk.
Letter to the editor from Somerville Mass argues the 600000 British troops figure omits colonial and native forces. It lists Indian, Egyptian, Uganda, Somaliland, Rhodesia, Canadian, Australian, and other units totaling about 1,539,000 trained troops under British command.
A Medford letter to the editor argues that unemployment is not solved by urging all men to work. The writer mocks James Stembridge and Dr. Moody, proposing desperate, illegal acts as work substitutes, claiming idle lands and resources cause unemployment while urging sensational methods to obtain sustenance.
A Boston reader challenges James Stembridge on claims about obtaining work. The writer, claiming ordinary intellect and effort, laments difficulty in finding honest employment and condemns selling on commission as deceptive. He asks Stembridge for guidance to earn honestly.
A reader argues Officer Abbott should have handcuffed Reed and his wife to prevent their escape. The writer contends a woman would not leap from a window and suggests safety steps for future incidents at Worcester.
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