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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1900
Page
6
The Boston Post provides a notice about mailing practices and payment methods. It states the newspaper is a Democratic paper of New England, entered as second class matter. It warns to avoid sending cash and to make checks drafts and money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Senator Hoar opens this week with speeches supporting McKinley’s election, but his Senate words on Philippines policy outshine the campaign. He denounces McKinley’s title to rule, calling it usurpation, and rejects promises of better Filipino governance as tyranny born from despotism.
The Worcester district may not yield a Republican victory. Analysts note historical swings, with 1892 and 1898 patterns suggesting a rough balance around 1000 votes, and warn that party unity or internal factionalism could decide the outcome for Hon. John R. Thayer against a strong Democratic challenger.
The Massachusetts Single Tax League hosted real estate leaders in Boston for a dinner where C. B. Fillebrown outlined a local option single tax plan applying taxation to land values. He argued tax inequities and evasion under the current system and urged municipalities to pilot reform locally before statewide adoption.
Samuel A Burns, a milk dealer allied with contractors, urges readers to resist rising prices. The Post warns trusts in milk, meat, coal, oil, and sugar are squeezing consumers, with milk rising from 7 to 8 cents while farmers gain 7-8 of a cent. A bold consumer kick may curb extortion and echo across other trusts.
The Democratic convention last night nominated Fred H. Seavey for sheriff of Suffolk County, marking a clear, uncontested choice. Seavey, longtime deputy and former special deputy, has served since Sheriff O'Brien's death and earned public trust, with opposition efforts thwarted by the party's endorsement.
An elderly woman distributes pink tickets inside a Washington street car, causing passengers to read and pass them along. The tickets advertise a whist party, an early example of street advertising. The narrator notes new grano lithic walks improving city sidewalks over older brick paths.
A Boston writer recalls a September visit to Mt Vernon New Hampshire, praising George A. Marden and his brother Fred, and describing Mt Vernon as a progressive New England village. He also critiques local newspapers, observes petty con artists in downtown Boston, and notes civic figures and events including the Chinese insurrection souvenir, firemen muster, and a forthcoming novel featuring Quincy Adams Sawyer.
An elderly man visits the post office daily to collect his mail but cannot recall his name. After a tense moment, he declares the surname Killam, confirming his identity, and receives a warm reception from a friend before returning inside. The piece blends humor and memory with a quiet portrait of dignity.
A sweeter love story unfolds as Amelia E Barr’s tale The Maid of Maiden Lane returns in next Sunday's Post Story Paper with a setting rooted in an old fashioned garden. Barr’s writings are well known to Post readers.
The poem voices a rebellious English sparrow named by Ernest Harold Baynes, claiming immunity from U S game laws and declaring it will stay in the country. It blends colonial pride with sly defiance as the bird mocks authorities and asserts resident rights.
The Sunday Post carries a compact note on the Daily Table hints and aims at guiding readers through the conditions contest. It highlights likely standings, key matchups, and runner expectations for the forthcoming events.
The text lists meals for breakfast lunch and dinner including Cream of Wheat Breaded Lamb Chops French Fried Potatoes Popovers Coffee and more. A gelatine custard recipe follows with eggs sugar milk and method. Signed by Miss Alice Capen 167 Huntington Avenue Boston.
Albert F. Houghton of New York telegrammed to deny the rumor that he intends to marry Louise McIntosh his longtime typist. The company rejected the report as false and unauthenticated.
Robert A. Woods head of South End House Boston will give a lecture series at the Tuck School of Administration and Finance Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire on October 8. The talks will cover the development of municipal policy focusing on forms and aims of city government.
A Philadelphia Evening Bulletin snippet shows a child named Johnny defending his sister Ethel by sharing an apple and recalling his mother’s instruction to always take sister’s part. The brief dialogue captures early moral instruction and sibling loyalty.
In a humorous Chicago Times-Herald note, a mother disciplines her only child to curb his spoiled ways. The boy, crying reform, asks for hamamelis as spankings continue about every thirteen minutes, then announces self-imposed punishment after breaking a cup during play.
Detroit Journal reports a plan during an interrogation to detail an officer wearing citizen’s attire to conceal identity and reassure authorities. The exchange stresses avoiding suspicion by using an officer with plain clothes demeanor.
The Holland torpedo boat is described as unusually amphibious, capable of submerging and resurfacing without a trace. It gleefully sneaks under enemy warships to attach firecrackers to their rudders, then observes their shocks from a short distance, remaining elusive and sly.
In Glasgow, Mrs Nagsby impatiently orders Nora to drop everything and come. Nora confirms the baby cries because she dropped him, a brief domestic scene reported by the Glasgow Evening Times.
In a Chicago News page item a man laments Miss Foot Lights engagement with DeRocks cooling as he fled to enlist to fight in China. The exchange accuses him of cowardice, reflecting wartime sentiment and social snubs in a brief gossip note.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, a dialogue about magnificent trout exposes a price of 17.54 dollars per fish. The exchange suggests suspicions of purchased stock versus self-caught game, grounded in documents offered as proof.
John G. Taylor’s droll humor and A J M Stevenson’s severe cold sank a crowd of patrons at a postponed entertainment event. The pair’s absence or reduced performance dampened the evening’s mood and left attendees unimpressed.
A miscellany notes Lanarkshire’s high judicial output, September 1882 Post Office gains, Germany funding for railroad housing, Labor Day origins, aluminum production growth, and Galveston storm rescues. It also mentions planned international expositions, a Pasteur institute in India, Kansas tax estimates, Paris cheese varieties, Minnesota fire wards, Italian railways mosquito nets cutting malaria, telegrams to Galveston dead, Jamaica’s Judgment Mountain, and London footman calf pads.
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