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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1899
Page
4
The notice lists subscription rates for The Boston Post and The Sunday Post. It shows three month and one year pricing along with per month costs. It instructs subscribers to provide current and new addresses for paper delivery changes.
Notice states second class matter, sender risk, and payment directions. It instructs that all checks drafts and money orders be made payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Editorial Roems No 1004 from Boston Business Office announces subscriptions to the Boston Post can be secured at New York hotels and at 253 Washington Street Boston. Subscriptions must be prepaid and will be discontinued on expiration. readers are urged to notify by mail if the Post cannot be obtained regularly.
The Shamrock faces changed conditions with a 16 second handicap due to ballast and waterline extension as Sir Thomas Lipton hopes for wind off Sandy Hook. Local sentiment sympathizes with Lipton after Tuesday’s setback while designer Fife’s illness weighs on the challenger’s prospects against the Columbia.
The article argues that the people hold power to nominate a president like Dewey despite party machines. It cites Grover Cleveland’s 1892 nomination as evidence that popular demand can override politicians. It notes nominating Dewey in 1900 could follow a similar pattern if the masses demand it.
The Dewey arch proposal envisions a marble permanent monument in New York City funded by widespread subscriptions from all trades professions and regions. Organizers would mobilize state city schoolchildren and diverse groups to gather small contributions from diverse donors.
A speaker questions New Yorkers willingness to fund a memorial arch and suggests sending it to Boston for completion. The idea hints that Boston money could finance the project and local artists could craft a superior lath and plaster version if the New York sculptors fail.
The piece urges Boston to push for a deep port channel and modern docks to compete with New York. It envisions city and state funding guiding federal harbor improvements and expanded transatlantic trade, citing Oceanic bookings and local civic effort.
A Roxbury group plans a large meeting at Fallon Hall to organize a political association aimed at Hebrew voters and civic participation. The crowd watches the Dewey bust removal at City Hall while local notables and journalists attend discussions on law, conveyancing, and liberal club issues at Boston University Law School events.
A noted Dutch novelist sends a poem about England from the London Daily Chronicle. The piece speaks of England as a powerful yet ethical nation and questions alliances with pirates and frauds, concluding with a plea for righteous restraint and divine guidance.
Highlights include Queen Margherita of Italy building summer palaces at Gressony and Madame Astor Chanler accompanying her congressman brother to Washington. It mentions Susanna Emory as a leading woman mine owner, Caroline Hazard as Ellesley College president, and Empress Victoria’s yearly dress intake.
Arthur A. Zimmerman, famed rac ing champion, eyed as possible Democratic sheriff candidate for Monmouth county New Jersey. Joe Moe Dermott, Zimmerman’s former manager and brother-in-law, to run Republican for county clerk. Carl Hendrick Kruger, nephew of the Transvaal president, graduates Edinburgh University with Lyme bursarial scholarship. Hubert Herkomer named professor of painting at the Royal Academy replacing Sir William Richmond who resigns. Tyrol hosts two octogenarian poets Adolph Pichler and Hermann Rollett. Uganda's prime minister expected in England and to visit Sir Henry Stanley.
Jordan Marsh & Co markets the County Down line of pure linen collars and cuffs, offering 21 collar styles for men. The display highlights the celebrated quality and variety in the new season assortment.
Gertrude Deering, age 20, lives with cousin Grace in a large East Cambridge mansion. Widely admired, she catches the eye of Philip Bayley, minister, who loves her as Grace’s past-love. Grace’s death leaves Gertrude her fortune and seals a quiet marriage to Bayley after a sequence of discreet social confirm shows.
A brief Chicago Tribune republished cartoonish lines decry perceived political sensitivities. One quip targets Ohio men as peanut politicians while another taunt implies Britain ignores past demands from Africans, reflecting dated partisan humor.
A short: John Bull remarks to Sammy about sending Dewey for an immediate visit, cited as from the St. Louis Star.
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