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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday rates for subscriptions with options from one year to three months. It specifies address change instructions and notes Second Class Matter status and payment precautions including payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Boston Post subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued at expiration without further notice. Readers urged to notify by mail if the paper is not obtained regularly through news dealers or newsboys. E A Grozier Editor and Punisher.
The piece notes interest centers on Harvard versus Yale football, while Cornell faces a decisive intercollegiate issue. Cornell has defeated Yale and Harvard in rowing for two years, claiming the championship, and may face challenges from Harvard and Yale next season, with expectations rising among the athletic council and public.
Compelled by public opinion to stop, the writer argues annexations have broken the humbug of a home market. The open door prospect reveals a future, and the American people will not long accept a shut door. Lessons from the postwar years are stirring both the public and Home Market Club.
The Supreme Court sustains the anti trust law and declares contracts or conspiracies in restraint of trade illegal. Trusts proliferate nationally with new formations and price shifts while enforcement rests with the Department of Justice.
An interview quotes Senator Hanna arguing to shift tax visibility by lowering direct taxes and raising unseen charges through stamps and fees. The piece critiques his blunt claim as aligning with protectionist aims and questions whether the administration endorses a similar tactic to fool the people about tax burden.
Massachusetts Home Market Club members argue that expansionist policy clashes with protectionist tariffs. Colonel Albert Clarke warns that pursuing both a tariff wall and imperial expansion jeopardizes Republican political gains and the nation’s economic theory.
President McKinley signals a push to open 6000 positions to patronage including pension examiners. Critics fear demoralization and private interests sway, while reform groups and medical associations mobilize protests. Public sentiment records a strong opposition to the move away from merit.
A reader notes Tremont street changes after rail removal would alter the street’s look by storm plows. report mentions Dover street bath house pipe coverings and a strong bathhouse economy with 12 000 bathers since opening and $50 weekly towel income. The St James Young Men Catholic Total Abstinence Society advertises an entertainment at the Bijou Opera House with a corkscrew tag.
A narrator recalls meeting a striking woman in the subway who seemed heiress like and chic. He admires her diamond sparkle and honeyed smile while noting her quick wit and elegant presence. The exchange ends with a surprising line about where she stays, leaving him puzzled.
At a rain-soaked hotel, Marshall and Virginia Horner drift toward confession. A playful quotations game exposes their feelings, and in a sunset walk he asks if she understands his fate, pressing her for a yes as tension peaks.
A smart frock for a young boy uses cream colored serge. Crimson velvet adorns the collar cuffs and belt with narrow red silk braid edging the bottom.
The article catalogs diverse items from 1857 to 60 including Colonel Van B B Wisker’s service to Alphonso XII and the Order of Christina. Leschetizky’s €5 piano lessons with strict rules. Rodin shielding Balzac for a year before reconsideration. Lord Egin and Lord Kedleston viceroyalty succession in Calcutta. Sullivan’s wardrobe and avowed interest in ress. Cernuschi Museum in Paris rich in Chinese and Japanese art. Fitzhugh Lee praising YMCA soldiers in Florida and Cuba work. Dr Abraham Kuyper of Amsterdam delivering lectures and noted as statesman philosopher and theologian.
In a collage of witty snippets and social jests readers glimpse satirical remarks from Puck Truth and Pittburgh Chronicle Telegraph. Snippets cover politics women’s votes a servant’s shiftless sleep and cheeky banter about signatures and names.
Toa the Editor warns that taxation may reach 18 per thousand in Boston as the treasury runs empty. He blames bad management and lavish grants, arguing sewer taxes and other levies divert funds and keep Boston the dirtiest and most heavily taxed city in the country. MeLIR Boston, Nov. 14.
Roxbury reader Charles S. Thompson commends J. R. Scott for his attack on civil service exams and criticizes the system as a farce. He supports focusing on the sought position rather than irrelevant questions in examinations.
A reader from Jamaica Plain asks the editor if meteoric stones have ever injured a person or building or fallen inside a town. He notes no recorded incidents and seeks explanation for this apparent immunity.
The Children’s Health Fund at 36 Bromfield Street asks for clothing donations especially shoes and contributions of 10 cents or more to provide Thanksgiving dinners for needy children. It warns that many will go hungry unless supportive friends respond to the appeal.
The advertisement touts Cuticura Soap for soothing rashes irritations chafings and inflammations with emollient properties. It notes global sale and lists price and products from Potter Drug and Chemical Corp with international depots in London Paris and Boston plus a free hair and face care booklet offer.
Harvard senior class elected Hasty Pudding Club slate to all key posts led by Malcolm Donald as first marshal and B H Dibblee as second. Strong opposition centered on W H Conroy and a machine organized by John Keith. Other officers include J W Farley secretary A Adams poet J A Macy edist H M Rideout ivy orator J E F Brice chorister and several class committees.
The Electric Club of Boston held its autumn meeting at the United States Hotel last night featuring Thomas C. Boone of Springfield recounting his perilous balloon mission with Lt. Col. Drew and Major Maxfield during the Santiago campaign. Boone described a balloon ascent near the firing line, a burst of a bullet, and a dramatic descent after the gasbag was pierced, with observers safe but three balloon crewmen later dying in duty.
The Revere National Bank votes to liquidate on December 19. Special meetings were called by Peabody & Co and Kidder for liquidation, while other banks await comptroller guidance. Stockholders of Continental National and Manufacturers National plan actions around December 19.
Hampshire Savings Bank of Northampton receivers face litigation over misstatements by former treasurer Lewis Warner. Discrepancies include deposits claimed at 1.547 million versus 1.413 million, real estate loans under 1.03 million, and disputed 30 thousand with Hamp County National Bank holding a claim. Creditors are mainly depositors.
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