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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
6
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for Daily and Sunday editions, payment methods, and addresses for editorial rooms and offices. It states second class matter status, advance payments, and discontinuation on expiration. Editor and publisher A. Grozier signs the notice.
Circulation totals shown for the Boston Post and daily editions. Figures include monthly and annual totals with several year-to-year values and a large overall sum listed as 5,866,770. Specific daily and monthly numbers appear for January through June with varied totals and a 93 percent Jal reference.
Assessors count 172607 polls while registrars list 101027 names. Registration in wards is just starting, with last year’s full list at 102875. This year may see 10000 competent voters, signaling a strong Democratic potential and a chance to shape Massachusetts politics.
The Republican party refuses Hon. Harrison H. Atwood for Congress and nominates Dr. Pierce. The piece argues Pierce lacks the qualifications to beat Democratic incumbent Mr. Naphen, who is praised for his record serving commercial interests. It notes Naphen won by a wide margin in 1898 and the district leans Democratic.
The Democrats of the Eleventh District should nominate Hon. Moorfield Storey for Congress on an anti imperialist and anti monopoly platform. Powers supports Republican monopoly, boosting Democratic prospects this year as anti imperialist revolt rises and Republican pluralities shrink since 1894. The district remains fair fighting ground.
The article notes Sprague’s 1896 plurality of 12,839, cut to 6,292 in 1898, signaling a swing that could place Republicans in the minority this year. Democrats in the elev enth district aim to nominate a candidate who can attract enough votes to flip the result, making Storey’s opposition potentially debatable in a normally Republican seat.
Boston milk price up one cent a quart over last year amid suspected milk trust control of supply. The editors of the Post and Evening Record push public notices naming dealers who sell at 6 cents a quart and pedl ers at 7 cents to curb extortion while stressing the need to defeat monopolistic charges. The piece also threads in local scenes from Scollay Square and a political theatre schedule, highlighting press cooperation and public response.
The Republican committee assigns 112 Bryan votes and 266 for McKinley with doubtful states, Indiana excluded as too doubtful. The piece notes bragging may sway few voters, but the public seeks issues over victory rhetoric, aiming to make votes count for their principles.
The Observant Citizen notes heavy fog disrupts shipping in the harbor with ships groping through a thick mist. A Bowman family reunion occurs at the old Hancock house in Lexington with warm memories shared. The piece mentions celebrations for Rev. Charles G. Ames on his 72nd birthday and a humorous anecdote about a politician’s alibi after a night of revelry.
A reader recalls attending the theatre with you and notes the show’s familiar jokes and plot. He praises the stage stars, especially the soubrette billed as Little Tottie, whose unchanged charm and pink cheeks persist after twenty years in Baltimore American.
The Post's original short story features Pa in a conditions competition on Sunday. Readers glimpse competitive writing and local voices as participants grapple with prompts and constraints.
Evelyn Winters waits for Graham Carlton on a Montreal eve as a note invites canoeing and a life changing confession. Their romance, forged at a private dance, frays with Buffalo temptations and a New York opportunity until fate entwines them again amid social duty and a lingering betrothal.
A tease announces more Applebutter Cat content in the Story Paper Section of next Sundays great 8-cent Post. It promises several new love stories never before printed and the closing chapter of Hilda Warne by Conan Doyle, sure to attract every family member.
Ireland has 280 distilleries and Scotland 143 while Persia exhibits women in carpet weaving. Alexandria claims the largest artificial harbor. The Tripoli War spanned June 10, 1801 to June 4, 1802. Manila serves only fresh meat as markets sell live game and fowl. An Italian doctor reports success inhaling petroleum fumes for whooping cough. Japan encages fireflies for guests. British geologists find payable gold reefs in two Burmese localities. Only one War of 1812 pensioner remains Hiram Cronk, 100, of Oneida County New York. ~2000 widows left on the rolls. A Swiss Sat tel landslide moves the inn garden without damage. Auctions in Japan are secret and silent with slips of paper. An English doctor says life is safer now. German soldiers carry Bibles. A pike under twelve ounces not to be taken from water in Australia. Britain has 3000 theatres and music halls employing 850,000. Old Bank of England note from 1699 valued at £655. Persian cats revered. Shah’s cats have private meals. A fully maniac Indian lunatic has never existed. lunacy rose with whites. Britain’s insanity rises by 2000 annually. Global government costs 80 percent from wars. Turks revere their mother and stand nearest when she is present.
Daily table hints show a Sunday Post condition competition with menu items Roast Beef Green Corn Brown Gravy Boiled Sweet Potatoes Sliced Tomatoes Hot Biscuits Apple Dumplings Cream Sauce Iced Tea and Cocoa. The dessert recipe details a marble cake with butter sugar milk flour eggs baking powder and a chocolate layer iced with chocolate icing credited to Mrs G A Peck of Brightos.
Miss Kate Mace deputy clerk of the County Court recounts an odd meeting with an elderly theosophist who claimed to have known her in another world. He insisted she was once “a lamb” during a flying trip and vanished after she urged him to leave.
In a boastful claim the sellers insist their prices are unbeatable for the quality offered. They argue no rival can match the value as their figures are widely known and trusted by customers.
A narrator admires trembling skies and purple clouds as a quail signals joy and a man-kisser girl in a box coat appears on a sunlit hill. The dreamer grows angry and dejected, pondering whether joy always carries a sigh, while an Indianapolis Sun item notes a baby growing to resemble its mother and beginning to talk.
The Indianapolis Sun quotes Raggedy Man describing Matty Cann’s plan to borrow clothes from a photographer and have his portrait taken to beg for handouts, presenting himself as having seen better days.
A collection of humorous vignettes from a Baltimore American and Omaha World Herald excerpt focuses on habits and social dining. A couple breaks an engagement over smoking and chocolate. Mrs Etta Kett recalls inviting Mr Ryeyun to dinner, only to find him inspecting utensils and water for bugs before eating.
A brief Chicago Tribune quip contrasts Sybkvester as a poor book binder who nonetheless becomes a book maker and rich, illustrating a witty view of family, vocation, and success.
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