Bits of News From The Post's Original Short Story
A compact roundup of varied facts: Liverpool tops British docks. Norway loses about seven thousand people yearly to consumption. U S camphor use hits two million pounds annually. Cape Town railways employ 390. most cars are built in America. Zurich consumers league yields 12 percent members. spiders mostly harmless to humans. Treland fortunes rise with alluvial gold finds. Paris Exposition gas costs about $250 daily. U S visitors dominate Carlyle's birthplace guests. timber-rich land signals good, sparse tall trees signal poor land. 154,82 Brooklyn public schoolchildren enrolled with 2316 denied admission. German Emperor changes wardrobe twelve times in eighteen hours, 1000+ suits owned. Chinese doctors charge 2d-5d. Sultan of Johore hunts with modern methods. yacht Shamrock to Mediterranean races. Russian wells average depth 900 feet faced with saltwater intrusion. Richmond papers push canine curfew to curb night noise. Paris consumes over 2000 tons of snails. Canadian Thanksgiving set on third Thursday in October. prewar South African mines employed 69k-70k workers. Canada 1899 mineral output at 37 million with 21 million gold. British govt spent 8890 pounds on Canadian army supplies. Burmah reefs found payable gold. Scotland grouse imported to Canadian parks.
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Norway
United States
Cape Town
America
Consumers’ League
Zurich
Treland
Paris
Carlyle
Ecclefechan
Dumfriesshire
Brooklyn
N. Y
Johore
Riviera
Caspian Sea
Richmond
Canada
South Africa
Burmah
Highlands
Scotland
Princess Curly-Locks and the Old Orchard Mystery
A long domestic tale follows Dorothy, a five year old who speaks in fables on a Chicago yacht at Old Orchard. She helps set the reunion of Belle Haskins and Robert Sinclair, revealing a past engagement, a marriage, and a forthcoming wedding while recounting family loyalties and a teacher’s new life.
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Papa
Mamma
Miss Lawrence
Dorothy
Curly-Locks
Old Orchard
Chicago
Grandma Haskins
Princess
Belle
Albany
John Haskins
John
Mr. Sinclair
Robert
Haskins
Subscription Rates for Daily and Sunday Post
The Daily rate lists one year at 3.00 six months 1.50 three months 0.75 and monthly 0.25. The Sunday Post priced at 1.50 yearly 0.75 semiannual and 0.40 for every three months. Include current and future address. mail to Post Publishing Company.
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THE
Sunday Post
Post Circulation Figures from 6 Editions
Circulation totals show 120215 for the first edition and 153470, 148290, 152580, 191930, 153300, and 152900 for subsequent issues. Data point appears as a sequence of weekly circulation counts without broader context or attributed dates.
Codman Declares Election of Bryan a Political Necessity
Colonel Charles R. Codman lauds Bryan and a Democratic Congress as essential to uphold the nation’s character and republican ideals. He asserts large corruption funds are used by McKinley managers and Hanna’s influence seeks to buy votes, challenging campaign rumors as exaggerated.
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Charles R. Codman
Bryan
Congress
Colonel Codman
McKinley
Hanna
Phéefe
The Big Loan On City Debt
The city already has a borrowing capacity of 5 435 784 and the finance committee proposes borrowing 4 864 400, near the limit. Critics call the bill a logrolling scheme to spread spending among current officials. Municipal debt would rise to 92 430 178 with the new loan, plus 5 267 850 already authorized but not negotiated.
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Board of Aldermen
The Cuban postal scandal and McKinley civil service plan
The first Cuban use of the McKinley civil service system led to theft of hundreds of thousands from Cuban revenues. Officials displayed swift zeal to punish after Neely thefts surfaced last year, even pushing Congress to enact a special extradition law.
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Cuba
McKinley Civil Service
Neely
Congress
Supreme Court to Hear Neely Case Next Week
The United States Supreme Court, meeting in Washington, will hear the Neely case next week. The ruling will decide if Neely must go to Cuba for trial or face no trial at all, with the McKinley administration likely bearing the fallout for failing to punish implicated officials.
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Boston
Boston Boston
Washington Street
New York
Boston Post
Post
Grozier
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Neely
Cuba
McKinley
Roosevelt speech at St. Louis stirs crowds with staged cheers
A Republican paper notes Governor Roosevelt’s St. Louis address drew loud audience reactions. It claims advance copies sent to press included typed brackets like Applause and laughter. The piece questions whether the fervor was genuine or a charlatan’s method.
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Roosevelt
St. Louis
Teddy
Associated Press
Philippines
van Wyck
Slavery Debate Over Sulu Treaty Draws Fire
Acting Secretary Meiklejohn rebukes Bryan for saying McKinley’s Sulu treaty acknowledges slavery under the U S flag. The President and secretary argue the pact does not authorize slavery, while Bryan asserts it exists. President Schurman is praised for recognizing slavery and polygamy as part of Sulu religion and feudal homage.
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Meiklejohn
Bryan
McKinley
Sultan of
Sulu
United States
Congress
Schurman
The Observant Citizen Keeps Watch On Street Life
The column notes local begging near Castle street with a child asking for a penny to buy a timbul for his mother. It observes police sweeps failing in outer districts and hazards as drivers speed around corners near waiting passengers. It mentions a honest Roxbury district, a lost bundle on Warren and Gaston, and traces the tuxedo coat origin to P T Barnum. It ends with Cuba’s constitutional convention being hindered by lengthy oratory.
Boston Dialogue and Busy Street Tales From The City
A noisy Boston snapshot offers vignettes from Dudley Street to Park Street. A stray dog raids a market, an express wagon loses a chair in a comic crash, and progress on the subway trestle slowens. A newsboy hawks political slips as Vanderbilt dines late then networks, while a bicyclist dazzles by in a city throng full of shouts and slips.
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Dudley Street
Wise man and the sticky paper chair tale
A Chicago Times Herald item describes a man who spread sticky paper for fires and on a chair. He sat, forgot the paper, then danced wildly and made a wicked sound. The tale ends with a quip praising the cleverness of catching flies on sticky paper as the worst fog.
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Chicago Times-Herald
Milk price dispute urged as extortion by consumers
The farmers raised milk prices by seven eighths of a cent per quart while the Milk Trust pushed consumer prices up by two cents per quart, more than doubling the farmers’ increase. A fair price is suggested as 6 cents at stores and 7 cents delivered, and consumers are urged to refuse the extra cent as extortion to win the fight.
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Milk Trust
Congressional Scraps in Champ Clark Career
In a preview for next Sundays Post Champ Clark reflects on colorful congressional quarrels from his long career. The piece suggests even Boston politicians share a taste for friendly disputes and notes broad interest beyond political circles.
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Boston
Congress
Champ Clark
Daily Table Hints from the Sunday Post Menu
The listing outlines a daily table with sections for dinner and supper. Dinner includes tomato soup roast lamb rolled potatoes radishes bread dressed lettuce rice meringue salted almonds. Supper offerings follow after the meal courses.
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Sunday Post
Wood Fibre Shin Guards and Nose Masks Sale
Men's size regular price 1.25 shin guards now paired with boys nose masks in enclosure. Limited stock with bold discounts on listed items. Purchase includes pair of nose masks and shin guards suitable for youth and adults.
Linoleum and Carpets Offer Deep Value in New England
A local retailer touts the largest carpet line in New England and claims the lowest prices for quality goods. A special sale lists extra quality linoleum in small office sizes suitable for kitchens and dining rooms.
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New England
Dining Room Furniture Annex Ad Promotes Style and Comfort
The notice extols dining room furniture with inviting wording, praising pleasant daytime use and the value of beautified, neat or richly styled furnishings to create an appealing entry for guests.
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Helen A. Cousins
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Representative Democratic Paper
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Calio
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Roxbury
Warren and
Gaston Streets
P. T. Barnum
Prince Albert
Senor Quesada
Andrew J. Lloyd & Co
Boylston Ya
Braddin Hamilton
Newport
Vandeleur
Rome
Lenox
Helen Milecete
Richard Hovey
Mary Stewart
Cutting
Julien Gordon
Michael Gifford
White
Kate Masterson
Broadway
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Land of
Quinn
Boston Public Garden
Floridia
Willie’’ Vanderbilt
Southbridge
Park Street
Tremont Street
Blank’s
New York City
Earlington
27Th Street
Sixth Avenue
ER. M. Farle & Son
Earle’s Hotel
Green Peas
BE. F. Houghton
Docmaeter Avenue
Darcheeta
Jordan, Marsh & CO
Summer Street
London
West End
Shin
Horse Clothing
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Melton and Beaver
Baker
Meo Ee
Oxford
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Brussels
Best
Bigelow
Worcester
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