Boston Post subscription rates and offices
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for the Daily and Sunday editions with annual, semiannual, and quarterly options. It notes change of address procedures, advance payment, and discontinuation on expiration, plus multiple office locations in Boston and New York hotels where the paper is available. Editor E. A. Grozier is identified.
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E. A. Grozier
Mottos on Theft and Integrity in Banking
The article discusses two bank thefts: Cor nelius I. Alvord Jr of First National Bank of New York stole $700,000 while earning $5000 annually, and William Schreiber of Elizabeth Banking Company stole $106,000 with a $5 weekly wage. It argues salary level does not guarantee integrity, asserting character determines trust.
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First National Bank of New York
Cornelius I. Alvord, Jr
Elizabeth Banking Company
Elizabethport
N. J
William Schreiber
New Jersey
Strenuous Campaigning by Roosevelt Questioned
The piece criticizes Governor Roosevelt for a strenuous campaign style seen as a prelude to a possible Vice Presidency or Presidency. It questions whether harsh rhetoric and insults reveal qualifications for the nation’s top office and frames his motives as driven by political ambition and party direction.
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Roosevelt
Mark Hanna
United States
Teddy
New York
Trusts
Republic
Inauguration of Pritchett at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Henry Smith Pritchett was inaugurated as MIT president in a ceremony emphasizing the institution’s national importance. The event featured leaders from higher education, government, and industry, highlighting thirty years of progress and confident support for Pritchett’s future leadership.
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Henry Smith Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Institute of Technology
William B. Rogers
Francis A. Walker
Pritchett
Opposition to Powers in Eleventh District Fired by Anti Monopoly S
Independent citizens of high standing in the eleventh district issue an address in favor of Moorfield Storey, condemning corporate greed and trust power while opposing Samuel L Powers for Congress. The note cites anti-imperialism and fears a telephone monopoly ally. Ex Senator Williams, once outspoken, appears muzzled after the phone interests blocked his nomination.
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Samuel L. Powers
Congress
Moorfield Storey
Williams
Fight for the Eleventh District Persists in Politics
The piece argues a stronger opposition could have defeated the corporation candidate if independents rally, noting the Democratic nominee risks GOP support. It warns the telephone influence shaped the race, with 6000 votes seen as decisive and a smaller turnout leaving Powers elected as a plurality. The conflict in the district remains unresolved.
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Secreces
Powers
Mr. Clevelands Position and Public Duty
The article critiques Grover Cleveland for backpedaling on his 1890s currency views and questions the impact of a former president’s stance on the 1900 campaign. It argues presidents are elected by decisive issues, not full agreement with their backers, and urges citizens to vote according to conscience while recognizing Cleveland remains a public influencer.
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Cleveland
McKinley
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
The Observant Citizen’s Boston Musings and Local Happenings
A collage of coastal Boston life and street scenes from Huntington Avenue to Nantasket. The author notes warm spring weather, ivy covering New Old South Church, and playful urban observations. Anecdotes include a Soubrette Epigram and a tiger head stage prop frightening a burglar, plus local fishing and civic developments near Horticultural Hall as Hull plans steamship service and liquor-licensing shifts near Wade’s Ocean View House. Nathan B. Spencer returns from Maine with a 530-pound bull moose and a 100-pound deer from Lake Mattawescontes.
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Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Wade
Ocean View
Joe Lannon
Hull
Whitehead
Nathan B. Spencer
Roxbury
Maine
Lake Mattawescontes
Mr. Spencer
State
Moose Displayed After Big Local Hunt at Roxbury Shop
Mr Spencer secures the largest moose and deer ever seen in the area and exhibits them at his Tremont Street Roxbury business. Also noting the Woman's Charity Club planting a tree for president Mrs Julia K Dyer on the Free Hospital for Women grounds. Miss Minnie Curry mourned after her father Patrick Curry is killed by a New York New Haven Hartford engine in South Boston. Funeral set for Seventh and D streets and Rosary Church services at 9.
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Tremont Street
Roxbury
Tobb
Woman's Charity Club
Julia K. Dyer
The
Free Hospital For Women
Boston
Minnie Curry
Patrick Curry
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
D Streets
Church of the Rosary
Miss Curry
Marm
Jes
Tom Tackle and the Football Woman Tribute
A poem by Josh Wink in Baltimore American recounts Tom Tackle a fearless football man who loses an ear an eye a leg and an arm in a game yet marries his sweetheart who doubts his future but he wins her with wit and vows. The couple wed accepting his injuries and odd fate with humor and love.
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Tom Tackle
Josh Wink
Baltimore American
Odd Bits Of News From A Distant Era
Various curiosities and short notes from a bygone period including animal taming tales, a Missouri judge scolding police over gambling and seizure of slot machines, rapid eagle speed doubts, tiger hunting by Sultan of Johore, a papal writing quill, a life-like heart model, a Hoboken engineer’s two-horse mobile home, a Franco-Congo telegraph line completion, shipping crew shortages in Portland and Bath, Navassa Island’s phosphate mines and history, and extreme paper-thin gold leaf for mega-sheets illustrating astonishing thinness.
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Johore
Hoboken
Mexico
France
Lorango
French Congo
Brazzaville
Portland
Bath
Manila
China
Navassa Island
Whch
Haiti
Caribbean Sea
New York
United States
Porto Rico
Philippines
Baltimore
Love Triumphs Over Wealth in Norma and Dr Redding
Norma Whitney defies her uncle Alfred Whitney to marry Dr. George Redding, a poor but upright physician. After years apart, the loyal St Bernard Dandy ferries a baby to Whitney, revealing a shared fate and prompting a family reunion with the couple.
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Mary Crowley
Itenburg
Mass
Alfred Whitney
Redding
Whitney
Norma
Mr. Whitney
George Redding
Dr. Redding
Cor
Gratis
Firmwood
Dandy
Diarndy
Mrs. Redding
Sunday Post Delivers Four Pages of Finest Fiction
The article notes universal appetite for short stories and explains the Sunday Post began catering to readers with four pages of the finest fiction every Sunday, appealing to diverse tastes from tripe to quail on toast while uniting all with engaging tales.
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The
Sunday Post
Boston Post Photograph Contest Opens For Amateurs
The Boston Post announces weekly cash prizes of 10 and 3 dollars for photographs. Submit with title and submitter name and address on the back. Include a brief note on any interesting circumstances. Photos cannot be returned.
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Sunday Post
the Post
Boston
Practical Jokers Prospect Bridegroom Story
Cleveland youth returns home after late night with his bride to find a dummy woman on his bureau. Mistaking the figure for a burglar, he fights his way toward the door as sisters laugh from the hall. Gas lights reveal the prank gone wrong and a wild stairway crash. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports the gag ended with a stunned groom.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Physician Secures Night Watchman Job for Sleepless Patient
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item notes a doctor who helps a patient with severe insomnia by obtaining a night watchman post for him. The tale underscores creative care and inventive medical solution in a historical press snippet.
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Pittsburg
New Story Idea With Old Plot Twist
A young author pitches a tale about a happily married couple. The husband disappears during a trip, a search yields nothing, and the wife endures mourning as time passes and others declare him dead. The publisher dismisses the concept as overused.
Lunch Break Improves Colonel Toper's Shooting
In a humorous Pick-Me-Up exchange, Colonel Toper jokes that lunch affects his aim, saying it depends on the meal. The quip plays on timing and appetite as a light sportslike aside.
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Toper
Woes of the Doctor and the Stage Boss
In a sharp vignette from Life via the Indianapolis Sun a patient is saved by a doctor who faces a quarrel over fees. A well dressed man recalls a past egg-throwing incident, then gives Binks five dollars and offers help if needed, claiming a now prosperous business and stage remorse.
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Binks
Indianapolis Sun
The Bright Scholar and The Man from the Mint
A clipped exchange satirizes a street con in which Rip Van Winkle awakens after sleep and a joker tests a victim with fake coins. The banter contrasts gullibility with mock confidence as the con unfolds.
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Rip van Winkle
Johnny
Bigamy plot sparks doubt and wit in a sharp tale
A publisher and a young author debate a sensational plot about a wife who remarries and a man who returns after twenty five years, joking that bigamy would at least give a dramatic second act. Other vignettes unfold from stray stories to a natural tombstone quip and a rich woman critics spelling.
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Lisher
Enoch Arden
Chicago Post
From Ear to Ear at Philadelphia Press
Miss Hoamly recalls Mr Sharpe praising her rendition of a Black song and the smile at the piano as irresistible. Miss Pepprey objects calling it mean. The incident notes Sharpe sitting directly behind her during the performance.
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Miss Hoamly
Missing Boston boy found in Mills Hotel case
Peter Cruikshank of Boston reported his son Clarence missing from home in Dorchester. Police traced him to the Mills Hotel at 12 Bleecker Street in New York. Clarence said he ran away to enlist or seek work. his mother blamed Handy's histories for his adventurous impulse.
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Peter Cruikshank
Boston
Clarence
Monahan
Mills Hotel
Bleecker Street
Post
Edson Street
Dorchester
Borden Optimistic Forecast After Election
M C D Borden owner of the American Printing Company and the Fall River Iron Works Company visited Fall River today for the first time in years. He plans changes and improvements and predicts a strong trade after the election season ends, lasting for years to come.
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M. C. D. Borden
American Printing Company
Huichow Rebels Grow To Ten Thousand In County War
Oct 24 report says rebels in Huichow prefecture still hold out, raid villages and slaughter isolated imperial troops. Rebels now estimated at 10,000. no pitched battle yet as Hui-chow garrison commander fears leaving the city to avoid being cut off.
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Huichow Prefecture
Hui-c
Chow
Funeral for John Sherman in Washington DC
In Washington DC a large gathering from government departments and foreign powers attendedJohn Sherman memorial services at his K street home. Secretary Hay represented President McKinley as an honorary pallbearer. The 1 pm services were simple and led by Rev Alexander Mackay Smith.
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D. C
John Sherman
Sherman
K Street
McKinley
Hay
Alexander Mackay-Smith
Veterans Reunion Recalls Civil War Ties in Fulfinch Street Hall
First Massachusetts Cavalry Association held its thirty fifth annual reunion at Fulfinch street yesterday before noon with about sixty of the 350 members in attendance. President Edwin O Hyde presided.
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First Massachusetts Cavalry Association
Lancers
Aremory
Fulfinch Street
Edwin O. Hyde
Maine to be removed from Havana Harbor
Washington Oct 24 The battleship Maine will be removed from Havana Harbor as it obstructs navigation General Wood secured the Secretary of the Navy's consent for the wreck's removal.
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Maine
Havana Harbor
Wood
Secretary of the Navy
Charity Year’s Work At Boston Provident Association
The annual meeting at the Charity building on Char don street reported little change from last year. Total applications reached 7915 with 2456 home visits, distributing 5018 dollars for food and fires. Aid reached 1780 families, comprising 699 individuals, including 698 American and 1082 foreign. The prior officers and board were re elected.
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Boston Provident Association
Charity
Chardon Street
Board of Managers
Daily Table Hints Breakfast and Luncheon Menu Notes
Daily table hints list breakfast items such as chilled cantaloupe Quaker oats broiled chicken French fried potatoes corn meal mullins coffee. luncheon includes Pouillon chicken croquettes iceberg salad coffee jelly cake tea and dinner features tomato soup aux croutons roast lamb mint sauce mashed potatoes lettuce salad plain pudding crackers cheese and coffee. A recipe for Keg salad removes shells from six cold Sneeds boiled eggs, mixes yolks with mayonnaise dressing, fills whites, and garnishes with olives. attributed to Mrs Annie K Ellis of 12 Intervale street Ruxbury.
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Intervale Street
Ruxbury
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