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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1898
Page
4
The article notes United States Senator Quay and others face indictment for conspiring to use a national bank’s funds for private speculation. It highlights Quay’s tarnished reputation amid Republican infighting and marks Wanamaker as a powerful new adversary in Pennsylvania politics.
The piece encourages extending Thanksgiving generosity beyond the home through City Missionary Waldron and Ruggles Street Church. It notes countless agents of goodwill can identify worthy recipients whose needs are private and urges increasing donations between now and after tomorrow to aid less fortunate families.
The article argues for Hon. John H. Sullivan as a Democratic candidate for the new Board of Estimate and Apportionment. It stresses the two at large seats influence on taxation and city spending, cites Sullivan's proven administrative experience and financial capacity, and notes his current role on the Board of Linking Fund Commissioners.
The administration’s stance on an open door for Philippine trade sparks criticism of protectionism and Dingleyism. The piece argues that closing the door would harm relations with China, Japan, and Britain, and labels McKinley’s shift away from McKinleyism as a shift toward Dingleyism.
The editorial laments the street assault on a Boston victim and the ongoing inquiry into the police clubbing incident. It argues civil liberties are eroded by advancing laws and stresses the need to protect concrete rights of citizens against corporate and governmental encroachment.
The text argues communities must limit authorized police actions or risk overreach. It asserts Americans are tolerant yet vigilant, insisting that the remedy lies with the people using decisive action if rights are invaded.
The piece warns the McKinley administration risks the Constitution and American values by seeking the Philippines. It argues against annexation or joint control, insisting the United States must govern the islands itself or risk destroying the republic, urging sober public action.
Notes from the observant citizen report several electric lamps atop the State House dome are burned out creating conspicuous gaps. The writer suggests the keeper may hesitate to climb the height for repairs until more lamps fail.
The Prince of Wales has practically recovered the use of his injured leg and experiences only slight difficulty in mounting and descending stairs. A nun of Origny, France, inherits £90,000 from her father, a Leeds and Newcastle basket manufacturer, Sister of St. Vincent de Paul. Lord Kitchener, visiting Balmoral, gave Queen Victoria relics from the Battle of Omdurman. The Kahalifa's standard fate remains uncertain, possibly hung in Cairo.
The shirt waist fashion has spanned cotton silk velvet and wool but now appears in silk with a wide tie. The tie widens from about three inches at the center to twelve inches at the ends and circles the neck twice, tying in a smart bow with long ends reaching the waist. THE LATEST.
Aldrich, a hungry engineer, climbs a garden wall and meets Dolly Windsor, a sharp gardener's daughter. After a comic confrontation with Dolly and Mrs. Beverly, he learns she is the niece of his hostess. A later reunion on the vine covered porch leads to romance.
A collage of witty exchanges from the Indianapolis Journal Chicago News Puck Life and Chicago Record includes lines about a football coach an ambulance a beau named Mauée a kinetoscope of Johnny new shoes and family visit rules.
A letter to the editor from Edward B Kellogg M B praising the Sunday piece about the New England Peabody Home for Criples. He thanks the reporter and managers for explaining the home and appealing to mothers, signed from 4084 Boylston Street.
The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants held its third annual dinner at the Vendome with about 150 attendees. Officers elected include Governor Gamaliel Bradford and deputy governor Nathan Appleton, along with several other posts and a tribute to early American women. A featured poem, The Pilgrim Lovers, a Legend of Cape Cod, was read by Washburn.
Judge Fallon of the South Boston Police Court assails the police commission before about 300 Dorchester No-License Union members. He claims the board licenses hotels that sell liquor on Sundays and urges removing liquor license powers from the Boston Police Board, advocating ward option and stronger temperance education.
The Anti Imperialistic League led by George S Boutwell and Andrew Carnegie voted to seek signatures for a protest to the President and Congress opposing any extension of U S sovereignty over the Philippines or other foreign territories without local consent. Signatures and copies of the protest available through Erving Winslow secretary 44 Kilby Street Boston or Washington DC.
The Huntington avenue Mechanics' Fair drew large attendance with Reeves' American Band in the afternoon and Hall's Band at night. Takezawa's Imperial Japanese troupe showcased acrobats in new costumes with Japanese music. Various lectures and cooking talks enriched the program. A Thanksgiving display is planned with free admission.
A severe storm rages for three days above St John’s Newfoundland and fears grow that Atlantic shipping has suffered great damage as ships face peril at sea and the coast.
Star Pointer the famed pacer with a 1:56 1/4 mile record was sold at Madison Square Garden to W. J. White of Cleveland for $15,000. The price was $600 less than its 1897 sale to James A. Murphy of Chicago.
A Paris cable falsely claimed Senor Montero Rios halted peace talks, triggering war renewal rumors. The Associated Press reports the Paris bulletin was not from its Paris correspondent and was an imposition by telegraph company hackers.
Voters at Grand Army Hall pass 35 articles. They authorize $2000 for street maintenance and repairs and approve repairs to the Franklin Avenue schoolhouse to convert it into a reading room and gymnasium. The Board of Selectmen is asked to seek permission to exceed the town debt limit by 150,000 dollars for permanent street work funded by 15 year bonds.
The Boston Fruit Company's new steamship Admiral Dewey sailed a trial from the Boston Lightship to Thatcher's Island under Captain Howes. Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia built the fourth-class vessel. Officials require fifteen knots and it achieved an average of 15.43 knots over a sixty mile three-leg course in four hours.
A mass meeting of Boston University freshmen and sophomores followed an incident after the freshman play on Friday. The student body adopted resolutions asking the PhiloMathean Society to refrain from interference in the annual freshman play. The freshmen issued an apology to the college for the trouble caused, signed by Ada D A Jacoy and Percy Burrell, with further apologies expected from sophomores today.
The report to Mayor Quincy from Commissioner E C Marshall and the advisory board proposes enlarging the municipal camp on Long Island. Maintenance cost is 1.83 per capita, suggesting possible outreach to every school age boy. A ten week season could serve up to 500 boys at a time, totaling about 5900 boys for 16080 dollars. The Mayor also recommends creating a similar camp for girls.
Andrew O'Dea, coach of Wisconsin university crews and originator of the Yarra Yarra stroke, will leave for Cambridge to join Harvard as coach. The athletic board has not yet decided, but Wisconsin is unlikely to retain the Australian oarsman, with terms to be set on arrival.
The citywide caucuses open with more than two hundred nominees in a fight for seventy five victories and a projected forty two council seats for 1898. Ward by ward includes O Gara Cauley Galvin Borofsky Lydon and McCool among others with endorsements from local clubs associations and ward groups.
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