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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1898
Page
4
Daily One year rates listed as six months at 75 cents, three months at 40 cents, and others. The Sunday Post offers one year for 1.50, six months 75 cents, three months 40 cents. Notices include address changes, payments, and mailing handling details.
Editorial Rooms announce the Boston Post is available with subscriptions paid in advance and discontinuation after expiration. Readers are urged to contact E. A. Grozier editor and publisher for supply or delivery issues, with offices in Boston and distribution at New York hotels.
The passage argues Spain should keep relics of Columbus as a lasting link to the discoverer, noting the Duke of Veragua bears a motto praising Columbus. The author laments Spain’s surrender of the new world and calls it cruel to refuse the legacy Columbus left behind.
The article notes the Dreyfus affair reignites as forged documents surface linking the conviction to a key letter. It cites Lt Colonel Henry’s death by suicide after a partial confession and General Boisdeffre’s resignation over the deceit, striking at judicial credibility. It mentions related naval and local notes and public notices.
Treasury figures reveal deposits in savings banks totaling 1 999 276 025 dollars for over 5 000 000 savers. The average is 372 dollars per depositor with about one fifteenth of the population saving. Massachusetts leads aside from New York, marking U S financial well being.
The article argues Washington should protect and develop the Porto Rico fish trade for Cane Coed and Cape Ann fishermen. It notes imports of about 2 million dollars annually, with US shipments averaging 72 75 thousand over five years, and calls the trade vital for Massachusetts and New England markets.
A call to General Alger to return troops from front and camps to their states. The Ninth Massachusetts Regiment arrives at Montauk after many deaths on the Santiago voyage. Camp Wikoff blamed for typhoid risk. governors should care for veterans and resume peacetime work.
In Greenland New Hampshire a hungry man asks for food at the minister's door. Mrs Elkins and her husband plan aid and sermon tracts while Tim hides stolen doughnuts in his shirt. During a church sermon the truth bursts out as Tim confesses I have doughnuts in my bosom in a moment of dramatic embarrassment.
Boston readies an official and public reception for the large naval fleet arriving from Provincetown. Governor Wolcott and city leaders plan a shore parade and Faneuil Hall reception with private citizens aiding meals and gifts via the Volunteer Aid Association.
The Columbus descendants urge Spain to repatriate the explorer’s remains via treaty, a sentiment critics say belongs outside substantive terms. They argue a postwar reparation honors Spain, while opponents warn it would overstate politics and obscure treaty purposes.
Observant Citizen notes a Province court building infested with rats, caught alive then dropped on pavement for sport as a terrier mauls them. crowds gather amid delight while critic pleads for humane methods. Fred R. Comee of Music Hall has returned from a trip along the great.
A ballad-like poem by George Hobart laments a fallen lad named Jim and the unit returning, contrasting marching soldiers with a blood-stained hill where a loved one rests. The verses evoke drum taps, tramp of marching troops, and the sorrow of lost comrades.
A collage of humorous quips from newspapers shows jokes about reputation, cooking, washing clothes, weddings, finances, and romance. Bits reference Detroit Free Press, Boston Tran script, Chicago Tribune, Tit-Bits, Puck, Cincinnati Enquirer, and Harper's Bazaar style dialogue.
A brief on low necks and short sleeves for little girls’ autumn gowns with lace trims. Also notes on a Luxembourg Chamber of Deputies boycott, Schiller’s nobility diploma found in Württemberg papers, and tributes to Thomas Tucker Wise and Colonel James Forney, highlighting naval service and Civil War era leadership.
Reader letters from citizens urge views on the fate of the Philippine Islands held by the United States after the Spanish‑American War. The writer from South Boston argues natives must share in the benefits of 19th century civilization under military rule.
A reader argues the Philippines should be returned to Spain or disposed of by the peace commission. He claims the U S government cannot cope with domestic Indian and negro questions or assimilate these populations and cautions against managing other uncivilized races.
A Roxbury letter requests lifelong imprisonment for a self described lunatic signing as KE. P. G. urging Keen rights to islands and to resist foreign mockery. The writer A. H. W. closes with strong nationalist tone.
A. F. Gilman of Boston argues the United States should retain possession or transfer the Philippines to Great Britain instead of imperial rule. He condemns annexation and urges a cooperative Anglo-American alliance guided by Britain’s governance model.
S Houston Letcher of Virginia, eldest son of the war Governor, appointed judge in the thirteenth judicial district. He fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War and later practiced law with his father until his death. Professor Echterwelere finishes a monument model for poet Immermann to be unveiled in Mainz on April 24, 1899.
A scattered column notes a Paris death at 70, Sir Edwin Arnold on press access at Marlborough House, Emile Arton in Paris, Rev E K Muller the first Roman Catholic Zulu priest in London, Baron Henri de Rothschild earning a medical degree, and Spanish code on general palliation. It also recounts Rough Rider Gerald O Grady in Cuba, a jokey exchange Miss Golden and Mr Rounder, Admiral Dewey and war bonds, plus Roosevelt praising Teddy’s ally Wainwright.
Munnyon's skilled doctors provide free services at Tremont Tempe as Munyon's Remedies promote their medicines to customers at the drugstore location.
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