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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1899
Page
4
Colonel Melvin O. Adams told the Middlesex Club ratification dinner he is not running for the Republican mayoral nomination in Boston. With General Collins favored for the Democratic nod, Republicans show dwindling candidates and may resort to drawing lots to choose a sacrificer in the emergency.
A proposal urges turning the Dewey reception triumphal arch into a lasting New York monument in a permanent material. The project faces theft and damage risks as funds and a secure source are debated, with a note that national interest and prior memorial struggles frame the plan.
The three day yacht event drew a bustling crowd in Newspaper row as Americans cheered Shamrock and Irish flags, while betting favored a close result. Observers noted mixed emotions as bulletins announced leaders and the wind proved a wild factor. Nearby exhibits included Philippine dancing mice and a Boston feature on women’s council in London. Burglars hit Lexington’s Lyman Lawrence store. Eben D. Jordan won prizes at Brockton show. Twins Donald and Dewey charm the Malden station crowds as a father fondly answers questions.
Congressman Henderson of Iowa, poised to become Speaker, argues Congress cannot further regulate trusts without federal constitutional powers. He favors postponing action and avoiding tariff reform, inviting critique of Republican trust policy as vague and procrastinatory.
The Greatest Store proclaims its status as New England's largest retailer with world class products. Representatives scour the globe to offer quality and style at low prices and invite customers to see the grand fall goods display at its peak.
Portland column reports two city residents arriving in Paris for a stay this month. It records the Rev E L Clark returning home for winter on Commonwealth Avenue and braving a biting east wind with a cheerful view. A Chelsea yachtsman cites a geodetic survey trip of the Bonnie Doon as boosting Peak's Island hotels and sparking hotel dueling in fund-raising summer plans.
An excerpt of John Keats evokes mist and mellow fruitfulness with vines, apples, and ripening fruit. It paints granary floors, winnowed winds, hedge crickets, and singing swallows as the season shifts toward late summer and autumn.
Washington officials refuse to recognize Col O Beirne as Transvaal diplomatic representative, citing US rules. News from General Woods hub near Santiago says Major Harrison may soon resume duties after yellow fever. Yale names Robert Sanderson to replace Jules Luquiens as head of French. Carnegie reportedly set to fund a Conneaut public library costing about 15000 dollars.
Aunt Prue Morris recalls shaping a young man’s fate when she lent him the hundred dollars from her prize. He repaid the debt, later married, and Margaret discovers the real benefactor was not whom she believed. The professor Charles Hay aspires to love, but the truth tests trust and respect before reconciliation.
A collage of pithy banter and witticisms from 19th century newspapers. Snippets include jokes about plays in New York, poets versus materialists, cricket princes, reptile house amusements, misheard names of Kruger, skeleton regiments, postal woes, and social observers debating strikes and accents.
Brief items note 1 200 000 acres of forfeited Texas railroad land mainly in Brewster and Presidio counties on the Rio Grande. A Missouri cornfield near St. Louis is touted as yielding 100 bushels to the acre. A London letter to The Lunatic was delivered to George R. Sims. An amputee veteran mourns his buried leg with weekly grave flowers. The US mails weights lack official accounting for over 20 years. San Francisco debates a 1 500 000 city hall investment surpassing 9 000 000 yet unfinished. ShilliBeer descendants in San Francisco linked to London omnibus origin.
The Hon. William Fef. Draper, the United States ambassador to Italy, is in Washington for a day or two on his way back to Rome. Draper has served with distinction in diplomacy and Congress, and is noted for courteous yet stalwart Americanism.
A widow sues for divorce claiming her husband wooed her with a pistol and a hypnotic gaze. If she proves it, something terrible ought to be done to the mean man according to the Worcester Spy editorial tone.
Four million American women work across professions including teachers lawyers and journalists. A notable debut is Miss Rachel Prank the first woman rabbi guiding the San Francisco temple after studying at Hebrew College Cincinnati. Lady Dilke’s forthcoming book on French paintings will include illustrations and be artistically produced. Alta Rockefeller works as a typewriter and stenographer though she has not taken a position.
Saco Maine October 8 Lewis P True 63 longtime landlord of the Saco House died after a long illness He was also proprietor of the American House in Concord New Hampshire and previously ran other inns in the region The obituary notes his age and lasting involvement in local lodging trade.
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