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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1900
Page
6
The notice lists prices for daily and Sunday Post subscriptions with rates of one month and longer. It advises subscribers to provide current and new addresses when changing delivery.
The Maine woods see three hunting deaths this season due to carelessness or misidentification. Proposals urge stricter gun handling, including manslaughter trials for accidental shootings, but editors argue existing law, properly enforced, would curb the danger and protect hunters and counties.
The piece argues Democrats can retain three Massachusetts seats in Congress and possibly add a fourth. It notes Naphen in the tenth is likely to win, Thayer in the third may be re-elected, and Washburn faces a tough Republican challenge. It condemns Republican claims as brag and laments missed chance in the eleventh district where corporate influence blocked progress.
Our fall business left us with brass and iron bedsteads, too late for fall trade or designs we will not carry again. We shall dispose of them this week at the following reductions.
The piece notes Moorfield Storey as a Democratic nominee and the possibility of defeating the tele phone attorney. It highlights Joseph J. Flynn challenging Congressman Krox in the fifth district, recalling Flynn's 6800 to 1000 margin two years ago and urging Democrats to vote heavily for anti McKinley Congressmen to bolster Democratic ideas and representation in the new Congress.
The piece recalls the 1892 campaign when Harrison led in early votes but Cleveland won. It compares 1892 to 1900, noting big campaign funds from monopolies, Wall Street betting, and use of patronage. It argues that bravado will not prevent an unexpected outcome.
Two recent unseemly audience episodes in New York illustrate rudeness at political events. Governor Roosevelt was harassed at Elmira and Chauncey Depew was booed at Cobleskill, signaling the excesses of campaign zeal and raising questions about free speech and decorum in public discourse.
An editorial questions President McKinley’s claim of freedom and enlightenment as American power expands overseas. It condemns the Philippine war’s devastation and argues the policy harms the very ideals it professes. Also notes charity harvest funds for Malden Hospital and Boston Teachers' Club season opening.
The column laments dreary days and predicts no relief, recalls a New York explosion and a 25 year old event at Washington and Lagrange, previews a Boston Old South Church talk on Boston history, notes Surgeon-General Blood’s Montreal illness, and reports St John’s Church East Boston minstrel show.
A fragment notes President McKinley’s brief Thanksgiving proclamation touching on politics. The item hints at a rare political angle within the ceremony, suggesting a civic message rather than detailed policy. Further context is unavailable in the readable text.
A poem celebrates autumn’s shift toward voting season. The speaker notes September and October fade as November brings crowds to ballots, praising the electoral harvest over garlands and showy display, urging a focus on business and duty.
A fragment from the Sunday Post lists daily menus and recipes for breakfast lunch and dinner including cantaloupe shredded wheat fried perch and baked potatoes. It provides recipes for blackberry griddle cakes and peach fritters with ingredient notes and serving suggestions signed by Mrs Marif Morris of Roxbury Massachusetts.
The Boston Post, buoyed by its Milk Trust victory, has begun a campaign opposing the rising coal prices. The paper aims to strike a chord with readers by appealing to common concerns over fuel costs.
The author notes men stretch out and read from chapter one while women curl up and start at the end, yet both sexes enjoy the Sunday Post story section every Sunday afternoon after a week of waiting.
In a Denver mining camp, three men shelter a baby girl Daisy Lockwood after a dying stranger arrives. Robert Gordon, the wealthiest miner, becomes her guardian and grows close as she toils between education and illness. Daisy falls gravely ill, and upon his arrival at her bedside, she dies, leaving Gordon to live with the memory beside her grave in Lockwood Camp.
Autumn Flowers and Foliages in the Millinery Dept on the second floor show imitations of violets roses black flowers and chrysanthemums. French roses made of velvet and silk in maroon and crimson shades, trimmed corsages, and natural mountings offered in small and large bunches.
Bright and medium color lines in demand for misses and children dresses and fancy waists. Genuine soc plaids offered by the yard with a beautiful line and choice styles.
A local ad promotes 50 inch imitation Bagdad and cross stripe oriental fabrics in six colors, priced at one dollar per yard. Silk damasks in light colorings for draperies and pillow covers are quoted from two fifty to five dollars per yard, with French silk damask combinations available in fifty inch width at four to six dollars per yard.
Discounted garments to clear stock as cold weather fumbled in arriving. Smart Box Coat at 8.50, Long Ulster 7.50, stylish tailor-made Venetian cloth suit 7.98, French flannel waists 1.98, taffeta silk waists 3.98. Strong emphasis on below-cost pricing and latest styles aimed at attracting patrons.
An advertisement proclaims Latour Violet Soap as the finest violet soap on the market at the price per box of three cakes. The copy emphasizes longstanding sales and quality.
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