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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1898
Page
4
The steamer Portland, leaving Boston for Portland, Me., was driven off course by a weekend storm and wrecked on Cape Cod. No survivors among passengers or crew. Unconfirmed rumors of possible rescues. The disaster prompts debate over sidewheel vessels in coastal service and calls for caution in such operations.
The piece contrasts classroom taught history with real records showing autocratic territorial rule in newly acquired lands. It argues U S expansion post Spanish War differs from earlier annexations, noting the need to prevent statehood for the Philippines and to grant home rule while avoiding autocracy.
The excerpt frames disaster as an unbalanced infliction lacking compensating features, suggesting a bleak view of foresight and recurrence without positive elements or reassurance. The terse line hints at philosophical or rhetorical reflections on catastrophe.
Testimony before the War Investigation Commission cites a Massachusetts volunteer aid doctor describing forty convalescents on a transport unable to eat regular rations. He says proper food existed but was not supplied, noting ice could be obtained by paying. The piece questions War Department responsibility for starvation and suffering of volunteers returning from the front.
A lengthy 1898 storm report laments a historic blizzard as the worst disaster yet seen in the area. It notes heavy snowfall, transportation paralysis, and immense property damage running into millions, with life losses described as phenomenal and prevention seemingly unattainable.
A Washington column labels anti annexation critics as treasonous and warns Republicans opposing imperial policy. The piece denounces what it calls arrogance of patriotism and questions President McKinley's conduct and threats against dissenters. It asks whether Hoar and Republican lawmakers will endure the stigma of traitors assigned by the administration.
Naval constructor Richmond P. Hobson rejects a $59 000 offer for two lectures this season. He says the Merrimac episode raised his fame, but he would not profit from it, calling his act a grand subordination of commercialism to sentiment and a patriotic example for American youth.
Rumors of anti obesity efforts spark a practical course at Tremont Temple as locals gather for girth reducing exercises. The piece notes mayoral travels, music commission duties, postal rates, sewerage staff, and transit fare protests amid a stormy city scene with references to the 1900 event and local institutions.
The Observant Citizen notes stamps for Canada penny postage, value praised for British grandeur, and reports on galoshes and high lace boots selling briskly. Fire safety is urged as cabinet storms and downed alarms hamper engines, while the camera boom grows. Nearby Hamptons talk of Humboldt Avenue trains delayed, frozen gravel on tracks, and snow. Colonel Converse buys Marion Haven estate for a summer home after admiring water and yacht facilities, amid a parade of social feasters and consistent bon vivants.
A royal feast invokes a jester's prayer for mercy. The fool admits fault, laments cruel deeds, and asks divine mercy to heal humanity's wrongs. He pleads that punishment, not pity, will cleanse, as earth holds no balm for mistakes and men crown the knave while scourging the tool.
Frank Myers and Charley Beckman spend a quiet summer near New York. Charley courts Ida Melville while Frank pursues the same woman. Ida imposes a three month no-contact rule then marries Frank, but Charley reveals Ida is avenging his treatment of Anna Melville, Ida’s sister. Charley’s revenge shatters Ida and ends the tale.
General Field Marshal Gourke suffers a stroke of paralysis, his life endangered, amid mounting charges against his son Nicholas tied to an assault and robbery at Monte Carlo and his dismissal from the Russian navy. Next year Demolins plans a Normandy school at Chateau des Roches with English-style discipline and funded by friends, aiming to mirror Harrow Rugby or Eton.
Sold throughout the world Price CUTICURA SOAP. CUTICURA ointment 30c POT. TER DRUG & CHEM. CORP Sole Props. Boston British Depot 1 King Edward St London. Depot Francais 118 Faubourg St Honore Paris. Send for Lace Wand and Hair book mailed free.
Washington dispatch of a war series on Battles and Capitulation of Santiago de Cuba by Lt. Jose Muller y Tejeiro. Eyewitness account reviews May 18 arrival of Cervera, Spanish losses at El Caney and San Juan, fleet condition, and failed defense against the American blockade. It notes 18 officers and 107 men killed, 59 officers and 656 men wounded, 7 officers and 116 men missing or prisoners.
A nun gains a fortune of 450 dollars from a St. Vincent de Paul sisterhood in Origny. A French town’s basket maker Burlureaux prospered, expanding to Newcastle and Leeds, with his wealth passing to his only daughter on death. A Bismarck anecdote quotes his dislike of Wagner. Lord Curzon names Walter Lawrence private secretary, leaving his Duke of Bedford post after ten Indian Civil Service years and Kashmir finances reforms.
A brief fashion feature notes that women no longer rely on men to craft furniture. It suggests making a hanging cupboard for china from an ordinary pine box, highlighting DIY enamel painting as a stylish skill for the era.
The transport Chester with the Fifteenth Infantry, ashore yesterday four miles below Savannah, was pulled off by tugs. General Lee directed officers of all transports leaving the city to unload and return swiftly, aiming to move troops to Cuba as fast as possible.
John Miller a merchant of 214 Fellor Street was entering the customs house when he stubbed his toe on a woven wire mat and fell. He was taken to United States Surgeon Underhill for a cut over the left eye, treated, and later returned home to 126 Pembroke Street where his physician was summoned.
A jumble of humorous lines and fragments from various papers. Jests about talking babies, financial figures, sharks, horses, and police pumpkin pie mix with playful exchanges and a love letter fragment. Notable bits appear from Puck, Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph, Tit-Bits, Detroit Free Press, Truth, and Indianapolis Journal.
The White Star liner Teutonic departed New York for Liverpool today carrying a list of passengers including Allen Tucker and a man servant, Miss BE M Neilson and maid, Herbert Du maresq, S Braggiotti and man servant, George Learnard and John B Chamberlin.
H. F. Wood of Boston complains in a November 26, 1898 letter that gas street lamps were removed for electric lights. He warns storms may cut power and urges restoration of gas lighting and better street illumination funded by public money, citing safety and practicality.
The writer argues American rule will not profit Porto Rico unless land is taxed via rent. Spanish landlords own most land in large tracts and refuse to sell, so improvements raise rents rather than owner wealth. Proposes abolishing tariffs and taxes and funding government by rent taxation of land as a policy experiment in Porto Rico. Observed closing.
A letter from a Greensville resident says a furloughed volunteer was allowed half fare on all railroads to New York, but paid full fare on the New York New Haven Hartford line. The writer urges the Post to investigate the matter and mentions James died.
Best quality overshoes and storm rubbers for men and women at extremely low prices. Knickerbocker Shoe Co. lists 40 West Street location.
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