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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1900
Page
10
The Boston Post announces subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, details on address changes and payment methods, and notes on delivery and advance payment. Editorial offices and printing information are listed, with instructions for subscribers and a signature from editor B A Groziter.
The Boston Post daily circulation figures show monthly totals and daily readings for September with a list of dates and cumulative numbers. The data includes daily sales figures and a final total of 3,866,770 for 25 days of the period.
The Milk Trust faces growing public pressure in the metropolitan area as price hikes cut daily milk consumption. Citizens urged to cut orders, switch to condensed milk, or buy from independent dealers named in The Post to force terms. A broad anti trust movement could shorten the dispute and restore old prices.
The Lincoln selectmen review a request for a free electric railway right of way in town highways. Charles Francis Adams cites public rights and urges compensation proportional to the value of a steam railroad right of way, stressing the need for a fair price for highway use.
A speaker argues that adopting Mr Adams suggestion would set a high value precedent for municipal eminent domain rights in Massachusetts. He notes Lincoln could face costs of many thousands of dollars for a railroad right of way and urges selectmen to act.
A searing critique of William E Chandler, blaming him for fixing the Florida vote to install Rutherford B Hayes in 1876. The passage recalls Chandler’s boast to Tilden’s observers, condemns his role as the infamy stamped on American history, and frames today’s public rebuke as poetic justice for a man once central to a corrupted outcome.
Rome reports Italian government may push European nations to require passports for travelers from the United States. The claim centers on an alleged Chicago plotted assassination of King Humbert. Critics ask who devised the plot and fault Italian anarchists. Commissioner Fitchie cites Italy as flouting treaties by shipping undesirable immigrants, urging balanced passport demands.
Senator Legge claims credit for Hanna’s alleged push to settle with miners, but the strike drags on. The Coal Trust is in Republican control and May affect votes on election day. Warm weather eases demand, yet a cold snap could renew public pressure for a settlement and question Hanna’s handling of mine owners.
The Observant Citizen notes upcoming bell blessing at the Church of the Advent. It muses about residents needing quiet Sabbath mornings and recalls weather and fashion shifts affecting daily life, from overcoats to straw hats. It also recounts a Medford railcar baby anecdote and local opinions on milk prices impacting Boston’s poor.
A satirical election poem promoting a fictional ticket led by Fate with Cupid as candidate and Love as running mate. It mocks laissez faire romance, monopolies in affection, and social norms, calling for constant polling and open door policies while praising Monroe Doctrine style parental noninterference.
Eleanor Fanshawe plans a Narragansett summer with rich dresses and social notice, while Nan Abbot, poor in means but rich in spirit, falls for Edward Woodford after a seaside accident. Woodford rescues Nan, they grow close, and Nan becomes his bride with Eleanor as bridesmaid after a swift turn of fortune.
A collage of humorous vignettes and spoof scenes from early 20th century papers. Notable bits include a dramatist startled by a burglar who claims to be adapting his plots, a bank cashier meeting a red headed neighbor, Mrs Plimleigh’s overbearing census like self description, and a pianist joked about by Teaspot.
Jones started the furnace after misplacing papers and burned a pile of Sunday Post story papers his wife had saved. Her wrath was intense, as she valued the Sunday Post far more than his feelings, highlighting a domestic dispute over cherished clippings.
A daily meal plan lists breakfast items including cantaloupe and Grape Nuts followed by an omelet souffle and potatoes. Lunch offers tomato salad and apple snow with fruit syrup drinks. Dinner features veal loaf, mashed potatoes, lima beans, and a vegetable salad with cabbage beets and lettuce with French dressing. Mary Fescoville, 7 School Street Place, Everett, Mass.
A nervous candidate frets over a lack of crises as friends ask what weighs on his mind. A new school library unloads books including Dane Sev re Bacons Lights of History and Uncle Tom’s Cabin. children question, teachers answer, and a girl proclaims Too fine priot. A magistrate questions a witness about lampooning a husband, clarifying the lamp incident.
A humorous exchange between rival youths cited by Chicago News. The Chicago boy vows to knock the Dickens out of his opponent while the Boston boy retorts that he reads Browning, not Dickens.
A brief, witty Chicago Post quote captures a domestic exchange about marriage and gender expectations. The exchange features a woman asking how she married her husband and the husband's supposed doubt about her choices, highlighting social dynamics of the era.
A survey of humorous quips about self confidence vanity and manners. quotations from various papers note lines about a self assured man and a vain subject with sharp retorts and playful exchanges.
A Chicago Times-Herald quip shows a club president lamenting that pickpockets take things too seriously while a policeman interrupts jokingly, demanding restraint or risk of trouble as the crowd reacts with Irish slang and streetwise humor.
A widow kneels beside her dead son after a hunting accident caused by a loaded gun. In the morbid crowd a demented man suggests the boy would say he did not know it was loaded. The Indianapolis Sun notes the brutal yet plausible remark.
In a Washington Star snippet, Mr Meekton asks Henrietta to overlook his occasional overheard musings about being her husband. He confesses a nagging sense of guilt and a wish for leniency if his blurted thoughts slip out.
In the Podunk Times and Indianapolis Sun dialogue, Colonel Haskett asks what to do as Sally Biggs seeks publication of her poem. Pp. T. D. suggests sending the press up for a try, and the colonel agrees lifting a nod to the plan as a right move.
October days favor medium weight clothing for suits and overcoats not winter heavy. Oak Hall offers garments for all tasks with prices from cheap to expensive. They claim superior value on overcoats, winter suits, and ready made garments, with growing patronage as proof.
A patchwork of items notes a watch tally of 160,144,000 ticks yearly, lighthouse aid for storms, vast North American forests, a mahogany coffin with gold frame, a Hopkinsville tobacco twist from 1868, and concurrent general elections in Britain and the U S. It also mentions Ireland cooperative creameries paying high wages, foreign officers in the German army, Cape Colony export duty on Angora goats, and Liverpool liquor traders resisting license cuts.
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