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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
4
A stark indictment states soldiers and the ill have been starved for lack of adequate food. It denounces General Dodge's commission as unable to truthfully portray the situation, calling the record too damning for whitewash.
The article argues no cause for alarm over progress toward a peace treaty with Spain, insisting the protocol governs all major terms. It states Cuba and Porto Rico are ceded to the United States, while the Philippines remains open, and predicts a deadlock that both nations would not break the protocol to resolve.
John Murray Forbes died at age eighty six leaving a life marked by vigorous public service and railroad construction. He aided Massachusetts at the Civil War outbreak and supported reform, building up enterprises rather than seeking profit from wreckage, shaping regional and national commerce.
The renomination of Congressman Barrows in the tenth district followed a protracted, bitter struggle with personal animosities and factional aims. The Republican outlook is weak, with a bare plurality two years ago and greater disaffection now, while Democrats gain from national issue strength. effort could flip the seat to Democrats with proper campaign work.
An evening paper highlights Lieutenant Colonel Harback's three infantry companies moving toward Deer Island. A friend reports Councilman William Martin champions Ward 16 boys seeking a playground with a $15,000 funding push. Soldier-correspondent George B. M. Houston, wounded at Santiago, lectures around Boston while awaiting rejoinment.
The Omaha speech leaves readers unsure if McKinley endorses imperialism, emphasizing international responsibilities while avoiding explicit ties to expansion. The piece contends the president’s rhetoric signals imperialist leanings, yet does not confront foundational republican principles or risks of absorbing a large servile population.
The piece argues General Dodge is unlikely to exonerate the War Department over Algerism. It condemns medical neglect in camps, noting typhoid ravaged volunteers and soldiers more than battle losses. It blames inadequate sanitary measures, overcrowded transports, and insufficient medical care across the era.
Fire Commissioner Russell designates Chief Webber of the Boston Fire Department to attend the annual Fire Engineers convention in St. Louis. The item praises his practical experience and notes the city’s aim to gain fire safety insights from the meeting.
A war veteran returns home in a humorous poem. He wryly boasts of past strength and jokes about being a skeleton now, awaiting nourishment and renewed vitality. The speaker addresses Sweet Marie, recalling mud rain and battlefield hardships, then envisions a hopeful, healthier future.
In San Francisco a bustling crowd cheers Dewey's Manila victory while Austin Chandler profits from a wheat venture. A street altercation over a Columbo bust reveals class and prejudice as Chandler courts Myrtle Merideth, whose rebuke ends his hopeful proposals and reveals a deeper reckoning with love and pride.
A magazine-style note surveys a child’s gown in soft brown cheviot with yellow lace trimming and bows. It contrasts old and modern tastes, highlighting the shift to elaborate dress for young girls and the charm some moms still find in such outfits.
The item compiles short notices: Ruskin’s early teaching at Workingmen’s College in London and Rossetti’s early assistant role, plus brief biographical sketches of Colonel John A Watkins, Bismarck dueling incident, Mme Ristori ill in Rome, the Golden Fleece collar linked to Bismarck, and various other short updates on figures like Professor Stauffer, B F Meek, George Gissing, and Ke n Rey.
Superintendent Mark Field of the carriers division at Boston Post Office resigns after many years of service. Rumor places George B. Murray as likely successor, a clerk in the office of Chief George S. Evans, the New England division postoffice inspector.
Delegates of the Episcopal Council in Washington consider amendments to the constitution. A substitute would require each diocese to consent before joining a province, a point of strong debate among deputies. Delegate Paine of Massachusetts applauds the czar’s peace manifesto as opening a new world epoch.
At the January 31 meeting of the Lawrence and Mather School Association a vote approved appointing a three member committee to coordinate with other Boston school associations. A conference to discuss representation on the Boston school committee by Boston public school graduates will be held at Parker House on Wednesday evening October 19 at 8 oclock. The movement is non partisan.
A reader questions the need for tariffs arguing that American workers can undercut foreign labor and asking why a protective tariff is retained. The letter accuses trusts and Mark Hanna of using tariffs to swindle consumers and fund corruption.
A Boston era sermon praising Governor Boutwell s Massachusetts state paper as a high minded Jeffersonian critique. The piece argues it warns Americans about dangers to the republic, labor, and immigration, urging reading in homes and schools, recalling 1852 1861 years.
A dialogue snippet from Life and Yonkers Statesman features a back‑and‑forth between a woman and a man. They joke about heroism, kiss theft and larceny, with light banter about canoeing and leisure. The fragment hints at flirtatious wordplay without full context.
A collage of humorous exchanges and captions from various newspapers. Jocular remarks cover love and weddings, criminals, gas bills, ship knots, infernal machines, and astronomy, featuring the Cheerful Idiot, the Cheerful Idiot, and names like Mrs Chugwater and Mr Short.
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