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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post notes the Representative Democratic party in New England, detailing regional political dynamics and party organization with emphasis on leadership context and local influence.
The phrase presents a patriotic or organizational motto emphasizing mission focus and restraint from unnecessary force. It signals a values statement potentially tied to a group or publication emphasizing discipline and purpose.
The Boston Superior Court began the damages suit arising from the March 4 1897 explosion at Tremont and Boylston streets. The case targets four corporations gas electric lighting construction and street railway and seeks a determinate moral and legal responsibility for the disaster. The city is not liable and the courts must fix accountability through full judicial inquiry.
The Republican syndicate eyeing 1900 weighs Roosevelt's appeal and New York results. Roosevelt's personal popularity and electability in New York are highlighted, with Cleveland cited as precedent for rising from governor to president. Republican managers must consider Roosevelt a presidential possibility from now.
A Boston era column condemns the Wilmington riots as a national shame and urges exemplary punishment while praising Massachusetts safeguards. The piece also reports on club elections, personal moves, a Dorchester birth, humorous restaurant signs, local political winds, South Boston transit concerns, a Roxbury boy’s charity effort, and upcoming charity funds from a boys’ fair honoring a destitute-child cause.
The Boston Merchants Association declares that annexation of any Philippine territory beyond a naval station would harm U S interests. They argue no real trade benefit offsets the costs of war taxes, a larger standing army, and social changes, urging President McKinley to heed business opposition.
The passage notes that congressional support for the President's expansion policy appears reflected in the reduced Republican representation. It argues that if Democrats nationwide had framed the issue as clearly as in Massachusetts, control of the next House would likely shift to the Democrats.
The possible recovery of the lost cruiser Maria Teresa ashore in the Bahamas pleases Americans who feel a strong sentimental link to the war trophy. The vessel symbolized naval skill and heroic effort, and its return to afloat would be awaited with keen anticipation as Lieutenant Hobson hopes for a successful outcome.
The President and the administration applaud what they call a popular endorsement, though the record shows a House majority shrinking from over 60 to under 20. The piece questions the strength of support for imperialism and suggests the outcome signals condemnation of the administration’s policies rather than broad acclaim.
The Observant Citizen notes police order on off duty uniforms and contrasts civilian dress with authority. It recalls naval officers in civilian clothing, mentions a Dorchester resident entering a horse at a winter show, and observes weary City Hall policemen during election returns. It also reports on Governor Pingree’s trust fights, British veterans in Boston, and a London Artillery banquet planned for 1900.
In a reflective piece from the Washington Star the speaker ponders what the day might bring including potential statements from the Kaiser, new trusts, strikes, lynchings, ship disasters, Don Carlos, Spanish delays, baseball prospects, medical cures, and rival claims of imperial fate. The verse notes it's interesting to guess and avoids meddling with the world.
A scrapbookish collection of quips and witticisms from various 19th and early 20th century newspapers and magazines. It features jokes about flirtations, landlady disputes, breakfast table comments, and comic exchanges from characters like Sniggleton and Harlem Life with a dash of smartly delivered one liners. The piece satirizes social foibles through brief dialogues and punchy banter.
Mrs Nella Daggett editor of The Home offers a free edition of Fancy Work and Art Decoration with illustrations. Readers can obtain Panelling Work and Home Dyeing by sending a coupon and 2 cent stamp to Wells Richardson Co Burlington VT. Diamond Dyes promise fast colors and simple use for dressing old clothes.
A quaint village tale unfolds as Hettie Brown and her sister Charlotte sustain charity on modest means while the new minister Francis Harland receives a life changing request from a mischief making nurse. Mildred Dakin later confronts her impulsive letter and the unexpected romantic entanglements in a dreary country setting.
Daily table hints outline cream of celery soup and chocolate blanc mange with recipes. Cream of celery uses twelve celery stalks simmered in three pints water with onion and mace, strained, thickened with flour and butter, milk added, finished with cream. Chocolate blanc mange dissolves gelatine in water, cooks with milk chocolate sugar, boils briefly, flavors with vanilla, unmolds and serves with custard. Mrs F FP McFarland Cambridgeport Mass signs the note.
The Boston Wholesale Grocers Association held its annual dinner at Parkers last night. An election of officers elected Joan F. Nickerson as president and Edric Eldridge Silas Peirce as vice presidents with William J. Seaver as secretary and treasurer. The executive committee includes J. P. Bates A. C. Manson William Saville Frank Bott Charles II Daltom.
A Lawrence Democrat laments the State Democratic committee for not aiding the Fifth District contest. He notes Senator Flynn’s 900 vote margin over Knox despite limited support and argues extra campaign speakers could have secured another Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts. He labels the committee’s neglect as political stupidity. Lawrence, Nov. 9.
A letter from Peabody dated November 7 expresses frustration of a mechanic driven to door to door selling in fierce competition. The writer laments rejection, argues for local work to prevent citizens from dire poverty and supports using funds to sustain Americans before sending aid abroad. Shoemaker signs.
James Whitcomb Riley the Hoosier poet visits Boston to read at Fremont Temple under the Boston Woman's Club auspices. The club seeks funds for a Beacon street house, with Riley’s reading aiding the effort. He reflects on Burns and himself, recalls Longfellow encouragement, and treats tales of his life as exaggerated or misrepresented.
A newspaper profile explores James Whitcomb Riley the Hoosier poet, tracing his path from early schooling and varied jobs to painting signs, selling medicines, running an advertising firm, and finally finding literary success. The piece highlights his humble demeanor, emphasis on naturalness, and belief that real life speech guides his poetry. It also notes his self described observation based farming no farm life, and factual oddities about his family background and travels.
A digest of brief items notes the Khalifa’s historically vast empire, now hard to define, and Reverend John Brunton serving as chaplain for the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. It also mentions Kansas politics with Cy Leland blocking ex Senator Ingalls, Maximilian Harden’s lese majeste trial in Berlin, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr designing a new freight engine, and claims the unit could haul more cars at higher loads though with greater coal use.
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