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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1899
Page
4
The notice lists subscription pricing for various periods including One year $1.50, six months 75 cents, three months 40 cents. It also notes a separate rate for the Sunday Post at one year $1.50, six months 75 cents. Readers are advised to provide current and future addresses for mail delivery.
The notice states payments including checks drafts and money orders should be made payable to the Post Publishing Company. It notes the document is entered as second class and sent at the sender's risk.
The Boston Post offers subscriptions via offices at No 1004 and No 428 in Boston with payments in advance and discontinuation on expiration. Readers in New York can secure the paper at leading hotels and are urged to notify by mail if unable to obtain it from their dealer. Editor E A Groster signs the notice.
The Supreme Court upholds a right of the people through their Legislature to take private property or limit individual privileges to enhance public beauty. It cites parks and artful city planning as elevating health, pleasure, and education, with Boston’s Copley Square height limit cited as a model and a precedent for future architectural restraint.
President Procter of the Civil Service Commission cites Senator Edmunds to declare Hanna's scheme to bleed department clerks for Ohio campaign funds unlawful and vows prosecution of violators. He warns McKinley should speak up as clerks face mail sent solicitations and threats to resign if compelled to grant access.
A commission is formed to safeguard individuals amid their refusal. Officials explain protections and procedures for asserting rights and ensuring security during the process. The article notes the commission’s mandate and scope.
The piece notes Vice President Hobart remains gravely ill with a malady that could end his life at any moment. It argues the Vice-President’s real power is limited until a presidential vacancy occurs and praises his tact and dignity in presiding over the Senate.
The column records various items including a church reception for Rev Samuel Dunham and wife in Newtonville, a warning about an uncovered 10 000 volt aluminum wire experiment in Hartford, and news of Della Fox's health. It also mentions a hoax about bronzel wood, Dr D M Trecartin visiting Bridgeport, Morris Pendleton bringing yachting boats to South Boston, and the Roxbury Club changing hands.
Editors note Wanamaker will run a large retail business a Sunday school and a yellow newspaper simultaneously. Commentary compares Irish MPs in Parliament with Irish soldiers at Dundee Hill and mentions Senator Hoar's tariff stance.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes it will be impossible for both parties to join issue on trusts. The Minneapolis Tribune says Senator Hanna overreaches discussing the trust question. The St. Louis Globo Democrat remarks Dutch as future language. The Chicago Tribune cites Dr De Costa’s complaint as the procession moves on. The Topeka State Journal notes the national WCTU session and Brigham Roberts’ direction, while asserting women cannot throw straight.
A great grandchild of Burns is said to live in Nevada City Susan HB Andrews. Engagements include a daughter of Admiral Cervera to Mr. McKinley nephew of Herman Bender. European royals Prince Nicholas of Greece to Princess Xenia of Montenegro. Queen Victoria gifts James Shaw on retirement. Fowler sister to Allen Thorneycroft Fowler to publish A Corner of the West. Mrs Voynich in America from Italy. Queen Emma of Holland’s sister Elizabeth I to Count Erbach Schoenberg. Royal Red Cross awarded to three nurses for field hospital service. Milas Annie Russell Allen and Duke of Montefeltro story, engagement with Count Fes tetics.
A street paper boy Joe Vaney learns his mother and father died, then Emily Hurst discovers Joe is her long-lost sister Margaret Hurst’s son. Emily adopts him. he joins her family and finds happiness with the Hurst relatives.
Charles Laurier, brother of Canada’s premier, works as a traveling salesman for a Calumet Michigan cigar firm. Kipling declines English copyright but argues for free English circulation. Alfred Krupp’s Essen becomes a German city with 41 000 workers and no strikes. M Pia Makhibol appointed envoy to Russia. President Tyler’s unmarked grave at Hollywood Cemetery to get a monument.
Indian scouts are being enlisted for Philippine service among Nez Perces and Umatillas. Seattle plans a lasting Alaskan totem pole display in public square. Britain keeps eleven ships charting ocean beds. 10 000 square miles were mapped last year. Italy orders locomotives and cars for its Mediterranean line. Elephant shooting in Ceylon is tightly regulated to protect the population. Pike's Peak Power Co proposes 3200 hp for Cripple Creek mines with Beaver Canyon water and a 16 million cubic foot dam.
A compilation of humorous exchanges and quips from 19th to early 20th century papers. Snappy lines touch on money, travel in the Klondike, fashion, and social graces with a dash of satire.
The page lists daily breakfast items including oatmeal and mutton chops with rye muffins and hominy griddle cakes, followed by supper of oyster patties and peaches with cake tea. The recipe describes making a chocolate Bavarian cream with gelatine, cream, milk, sugar, and Baker's chocolate, chilled then served with whipped cream.
All Souls Day services will be held Thursday Nov 2 at Calvary Cemetery Roslindale mortuary chapel. Two memorial masses at 9 and 10 am with Father John F Cummins officiating and preaching to the Calvary Cemetery Purgatorial Association. Music by the Sacred Heart Church choir directed by Helen M Burke. Special streetcars will run from Forest Hills to Ashland Street cemetery entrance.
George Bartle, longtime keeper of the great seal and a friend of Daniel Webster, died in Washington. The veteran clerk, appointed by Secretary Buchanan in 1845, was born in the capital. His death marks the loss of a storied public servant.
A Boston reader petitions reform of the police following the unwarranted arrest of Miss Mary H. Hanlon of Charlestown. The letter urges policing changes and questions officers virtue, proposing crossings cleaning or island confinement for a period, arguing women must walk at night without fear.
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