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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1899
Page
4
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions with rates for various term lengths. It notes how subscribers should report address changes and other mailing details for future deliveries.
Public notice states all money sent at sender's risk and cash should not be sent. Payments via checks or drafts should be made payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Boston business office addresses for Eiditorial Rooms No 1004 No 438 and 259 Washington Street appear in this listing. This card records multiple location details for the Boston Office operations.
The Boston Post is available at leading New York hotels and requires prepaid subscriptions. Subscriptions will be discontinued at expiration without further notice. Readers unable to receive the Post should notify the publisher by mail. E. F. Grosier, Editor and Publisher.
Notice warns the public that the so called Associate Press Publishing Company has no connection with the Associated Press or the Boston Post and cautions readers to distrust any representations claiming such links.
Harvard faces Yale in a high profile clash at Soldiers Field. Harvard comes off a phenomenal season opener against Yale on Yale soil, while Yale seeks to reclaim pre 1898 dominance. The contest is billed as a battle of giants with both teams in fine form and no major injuries.
An article describes British prisoners in Pretoria rising above a thousand as Boer forces push toward British HQ. It notes Colenso and Estcourt fallen to Boers, armored trains destroyed, and Cape Town swelling with British troops en route or already arrived.
The piece argues that future Senate vacancies would be resolved by a committee, but criticizes the current appointment system as corruptible. It cites Quay of Pennsylvania and Clarke of Montana as examples of legislative failure and bribery, asserting popular election would prevent such scandals.
The Republican caucus names Thomas N. Hart as Boston mayoral nominee and the Democratic caucus backs General P. A. Collins. Each party positions the likeliest winner who could garner the most votes this December. Boston remains a Democratic city and Collins is expected to win a strong administration.
The fragmentary British censored reports describe Boer forces advancing beyond their borders to strike at British garrisons. Key sites include Kimberley and Mafeking near the Orange Free State and Transvaal, with Ladysmith in Natal and the Durban rail corridor as a focus of invasion efforts.
The Observant Citizen notes Superintendent Eldridge plans to return to his desk in Pemberton square after nearly six months of illness. The piece also sketches local figures such as George H. Chickering, J. J. Jeffries, Rev. Frederick C. Priest, and John Philip Sousa, with assorted city observations and anecdotes.
Boston resident RR C Dyer of 227 J W Canton Street explains severe kidney and liver symptoms including loss of appetite backache and weight loss from 150 to 118 pounds. After using Radam's Microbe Killer the pains subsided and weight was regained with no relapse.
A Somerville resident claims radical success with Radam’s Microbe Killer. She says muscular rheumatism, bladder trouble, and heart trouble were cured after using several jugs years ago, and she vouches for numerous others helped by the remedy.
The passage extols a woman's value through domestic virtue and service. It frames public fame as shallow compared to a woman who "doeth well her part" at home, presenting a moral ideal of female excellence grounded in household duties and character.
Lord Kitchener imposes land and liquor sale regulations requiring a £60 license for alcohol. Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson reports selling 250 cattle and quips about Washington life. Cornell Professor Waterman Hewitt invited to Paris for language teaching congress. Germany’s last War of Liberation veteran Schmidt dies at 105 in Wolgast. Dr Arthur C Duffy studies cancer and tuberculosis in the United States. Connecticut librarian Dr Hoadley owns an old Washington memorial placard dated after his death.
A recent arrival in San Francisco is Pauline Droulet hailed by Papelti natives as their queen by lineal descent, though an earlier French edict prevents her throne. Amsterdam receives a 1000 florin Dutch Red Cross fund gift for Boer relief. Princess Marguerite of Orleans marries Prince Jean of Orleans in Kingston, a union celebrated amid royal tensions as many friends face imprisonment.
Editors reflect on labor and wage disparities abroad with a warning that Philippine conditions differ from home and wealth may be concentrated among a few. In Illinois broom corn farmers form a price-boosting cartel as denim and tin plate costs surge, impacting the working man.
On a snowbound Boston bound train in New England after Thanksgiving 1598, Carrie Allandale and Eddie Merritt, childhood friends parting years earlier, reconnect while sharing a lunch and conversation. Recognition grows into romance and, later, a wedding in the fall.
A collage of humorous exchanges from Brooklyn Life and Tit Bits recounts domestic chatter and wisecracks. Jokes touch on memory and loss, bidding wars against oneself, and a Klondike boast about mining success.
Various tidbits include lightning killing 600 birds in County Monaghan Ireland and Japan hosting a Hebrew synagogue since 1182. The piece notes bride gift customs in Japan and hints at rail innovations and a congress on the social study of religion.
William J. Bryan will visit Boston early in January to organize a regional movement across New England for the 1900 campaign. He expects Democrats to join the effort nationwide.
William J. Bryan is set to tour New England giving political stump speeches. The itinerary includes planned stops and dates as he campaigns across multiple states.
The menu lists Breakfast items including Fruit Cream of Wheat Buttered Toast Fish Balls with Bacon Baked Potteries Hot Johnny Cake Rolls and Coffee. Dinner features Sweet Potatoes Lemon Pie Black Coffee. Supper includes Squash Grapes Chicken Croquettes Fried Sweet Potatoes German Griddle Cakes Syrup Crackers and Cheese Plum Sauce Prune. Mrs Mary V Smith at 15 Cherry street Salem Mass.
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