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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1899
Page
4
Indications point to a five percent wage rise in Fall River mills next month, likely signaling a broad pay hike across New England cotton plants. About 2,000 workers are affected in Fall River, with broader prosperity dependent on a sliding scale of wages tied to profits and adopted by other mills.
The Boston Board of Aldermen approved a resolution asking the Mayor to petition the Legislature for state involvement in widening and deepening harbor channels. The piece argues for shared federal and state support, urging timely action to ensure safe entrance for steamships, and suggesting local funding alongside federal appropriations.
A editorial advocates constructing a Cove street bridge to connect South Boston with the main city, arguing it will relieve traffic, aid residents and property owners, and extend Atlantic avenue to Broad way and Dorchester avenue. It urges timely presentation to the Washington commission meeting after Thanksgiving.
For a week or more the process of finding twelve jurors for Roland Molineux’s trial has stretched, with one salesman finally seated. Critics question if the inquisitorial method yields an unbiased jury, noting confusing tests on preconceived opinions and weight of circumstantial evidence.
The text argues that selecting jurors by striking from a pool of summoned talesmen can produce a better, quicker result than random selection. It suggests that in difficult cases like Molineux the strike method offers a more satisfactory outcome by eliminating objections until twelve jurors remain for the trial.
Boston votes return to district aldermanic elections with 13 as the district board size. The piece argues the odd number risks ties and superstition, predicting the change will mirror prior failures and harm the board’s personnel and performance.
Laurence Irving visits the Stock Exchange guided by Towle and Fitzgerald, provoking light humor from brokers. Consul-General Osborne plans a January return, despite a tempestuous sea voyage. City projects include bulb planting in parks, a demolition and rebuild on Washington Street, and safety notes at subway entrances.
A poet recounts a dream of abundant Thanksgiving treats drinks and baked goods only to awaken in distress with bottles and peas scattered about and the family physician absent as others fall to the season. The voice laments the contrast between dream and reality and hints at harm from overindulgence.
An ass brays at a boar and the boar initially teeth and stares, then dismisses the insult saying jeer on and be an ass. The lesson notes that baseness of character saves one from petty contests, and that great minds avoid quarrels with those lacking quality or courage.
A collage of quips and scenes from various papers. A Britisher with a Hindoo servant prays at a gas meter, a life insurance cough cuts visits short, and a rich son is said to be born with a silver spoon. A girl ponders museum fame as a captive faces sunlit doom and parallax myths. The piece mixes satire with colonial tropes.
A 19th century style dinner plan lists courses from breakfast to supper with detailed recipe notes. It includes milk punch and plum pudding recipes with step by step ingredients and directions. The text ends with a signature and address: MRS. J. M ISAAC 58 Eustis street Roxbury.
In the eighties a famed athlete Jack Adams marries Lillian Peabody despite his growing insanity. As Adams loses memory and minds fade, Lillian vows to stay, and a doctor discovers Adams is her husband. Despite efforts, Adams dies after a divine moment of recognition, and Lillian follows him into death or sleep.
Fragmentary text notes the widow of the late Vice President, Mrs Hobart, being remembered in Washington. The piece references her as a prominent figure and entertainer in the McKinley era, and mentions names at a register.
Zola defends his stance on a sensitive issue with a claim of human fear of posing as a moral final arbiter. Prince Sergius Wolkonsky, newly named superintendent of Russian imperial theatres, is a familiar figure in America after visiting in 1898 to lecture at Harvard and Cornell. Howard Gould, arriving by yacht during Alexandrosk celebrations, received a bronze commemorative medal from the Russian government amid rumors of courtesy attendance.
Princess Eva of Battenburg celebrated her 12th birthday at Balmoral becoming the first royal child born in Scotland in years. Charles Stuart was the last royal child born there. Miss Adelaide Sergeant, a novelist, has joined the Church of Rome after being born and raised Methodist. Adelina Patti now plays the zither banjo and accompanies her own singing for intimate friends.
The Commercial Advertiser favors capturing Aguinaldo to end the rebellion and celebrates Philippine victories. The Colonial Affairs and a Department of Commerce are eyed, with possible Cabinet additions and a new department to join the President's council.
The pension agency in Knoxville Tennessee lists the widow of a revolutionary soldier on its rolls. No 1812 veterans named, but more than 400 widows of those veterans appear. The United States has about 600 water power plants with over 60 million dollars invested and 200 000 horsepower. Water powered street railways total six hundred miles of transmission.
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