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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1898
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for STANDARD POST and SUNDAY POST with terms for one year six months and three months. It instructs readers to update addresses and notes Second Class Matter status and payment methods, including caution not to send cash and to make checks or money orders payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Editorial from Boston Post provides office addresses and notice that subscriptions must be prepaid or be discontinued without notice. It instructs readers to inform the paper by mail if they cannot obtain the Post regularly from their newsdealer or spewsdealer. Editor KE A Grozier signs off.
The Democratic convention is scheduled for October 4 in Worcester, two days before the Republican meeting on October 6. The piece argues Democrats hold an early advantage, enabling an aggressive campaign and principled declaration, while Republicans must defend their late nominations and justify actions.
The article recalls Mr William Wilsons account of a proposed European coalition including France Germany and Russia to intervene in the US Spain war. It credits Great Britain Salisbury government with resisting intervention and argues a ten day delay in surrender at Santiago would have ruined the Cuban campaign and extended the war.
Dialogue at the Quebec conference aims to ban pelagic sealing in open sea hunting during seals' annual migration. Agreement could resolve a long dispute as the killing of seals at sea is described as murder of innocents, threatening pup survival. The article notes the stakes hinge on a ban and its effect on poaching and extermination.
The proposal outlines an arrangement to halt pelagic sealing by paying Canadians who invested in the business. It argues the payment is equitable under current conditions, noting seal poachers acted within international law and that even Blaine could not refute it. The text asserts payment is affordable to settle the vexed issue.
Off Provincetown the fleet will steam into Boston Harbor at noon led by the battleship Massachusetts followed by the Marblehead and Newark and ten other vessels including the Wilmington. The city will host a harbor procession an open harbor visit and a reception at Faneuil Hall as the men and officers are celebrated for their wartime service.
War Department blamed for deaths and sickness aboard the transport Alleghany returning troops from Santiago. Eight companies reached Montauk with 145 sick and fifteen dead, the vessel miscast as a troop ship. The piece condemns hospital and accommodation failures and praises Massachusetts citizens funding the costly tragedy.
Observant Citizen notes mockery at funerals and a friend’s quip about an uncle’s absence. General Peach eyes war coverage with calm pride and recalls his own exempting incident. Joseph Chamberlain and wife travel to America sparking local interest. Judge Meeley visits Chelsea visiting Naval Hospital and its fever-stricken sailors. Library charges set to conclude in October with inspection days planned.
A former Greek professor, once full of thought, sits beside a banana pile at a fruit stand to earn money for bread. He smiles and laughs while smuggling away the glow of health, as August 27 notes his plight and lack of a dollar for thought.
Miss Annie M Walsh sets a comic tale in Newton Lower Falls where Miss Banbury confronts a nocturnal intruder. A tall, dark visitor kneels before the sideboard as she demands marriage and security. He yields, pledging protection and a life together.
A collage of brief quips and witticisms from various papers. Sailor slang tars, penny ethics, musicians and loot jokes, class banter, and humorous exchanges between couples and strangers appear in quick snippets. The parody tone mirrors early American humor columns with punchy one liners.
Citizens are invited to send letters to the Philippine Editor at the Boston Post about the disposition of the Philippine Islands. The Post will print all readable letters, with discussion closing in tomorrow's issue. Name and address likely requested.
A reader argues that US capitalist rule in the Philippines and other captured islands will lower wages nationwide. He claims colonies enable more exploitation and that the Philippines will serve as stepping stones to further conquests, dated August 31 and signed F. Lombard.
A sequence of letters to the editor argues over U S control of the Philippines and Hawaii. J W Chase warns against occupation and wage slavery in Pacific islands. T W S M and E B Manning discuss economic costs and national duty, urging caution or restraint in annexation.
The issue before the people’s representatives demands careful, conscientious, and serious consideration before any action. It will require the keenest diplomacy to settle, for once set in motion the consequences will be far reaching.
Attorney General Griggs, noted for legal prowess, joined Major Bell and District National Guard officials at the Ordway range. He fired with veteran ease, achieving several excellent scores. The report also recalls David Bushnell as the reputed 1775 submarine torpedo pioneer and recounts Admiral Dewey’s strict disciplinary style aboard a foreign port voyage.
Reports say Dom Paul Kruger has begun to adopt more presidential pomp. For the last three months he has had a detail of seven troopers to escort him between government buildings.
Ernestine Curot a young Paris shopwoman praised as the city’s most beautiful woman leads the craze in Paris. She played Muse of Poetry crowned with laurel on Michelet’s bust and was fired for the ceremony. A popular subscription plan seeks to fund her own shop. General Bradley T Johnson notes public opinion shapes reputations as Schley gains due recognition.
The Chevalier George Marezianyi, famed heraldry authority and former editor of the Almanach de Gotha, died in Hungary. He served in Austrian and Spanish armies and was preparing to write a history of the Austro Prussian campaign.
J. S. Coxey, leader of the so called invincible army, prepares a nationwide tour in a private car to peddle trading stamps and promote non interest bearing bonds. A sixteen piece brass band will accompany him on the trip.
The Princess Dolgourouka, once cited as a beauty who captivated Czar Alexander and became his morganatic wife, is now depicted as a dreadfully ill dressed woman with a bloated blotchy face spectacles and a prominent ugly nose.
Middle aged and old residents recall Shafter once a Burlington road employee in Galesburg. The Santiago hero is remembered as a manly ambitious youth who led in spelling and wrestling.
Lieutenant John G. Quinby son of the late Brigadier General I F Quinby known as a Grant era associate. Quinby, a dynamite gun officer on the Vesuvius at Santiago Harbor, joined Annapolis by President Grant and ranked third in his class. It recalls a past shipboard conflict between Schley and Sampson over a punished marine, after which they became estranged.
Guy UW Lee of Rockford, a university student, began a voyage from Madison to Brazil by canoe. He crossed Lake Monona, followed the Yahara south, and plans to descend the Meek River toward the Mississippi, then reach New Orleans, cross the Gulf of Mexico, and continue onward.
Dr von Rokitansky of Gratz, a son of the famed Viennese professor Rokitansky, has died. The professor spoke of his four sons noting two chose medicine and two became singers, saying Zwei heulen und zwei heilen.
Nicolas de Pierola once again seeks supreme power in Peru after a mountain army rebellion and palace advance that left twelve hundred dead. Sir Samuel Strong, renowned Canadian lawyer and chief justice, is named sole arbitrator in the Canada Chile dispute and has a long record from England to Ontario and the Supreme Court of Canada.
Garrett T. Sayers of Hartford testifies after years of salt rheum on his right leg. He sought help in Hartford Waterbury and New Haven, used Cuticura products, and claims full relief as of January 20 1898.
With September near and funds tight after summer, the writer advises replacing a shirtwaist with an affordable outing costume. The plan centers on a skirt paired with a short Eton jacket to create a practical, cost effective transition wardrobe for young women.
Private Beartranoe of the Ninth Regulars an Iowa boy at San Juan endured 33 hours without food after dawn July 1. He carried a wounded comrade to safety, fought Mauser fire, and shot a buzzard to ease the dying man’s hunger, then pressed on amid heavy combat.
A crowded city streetcar carries a middle aged mother and fretful baby beside a well dressed young man. He asks if the child is contagious and the motherly nurse explains the child is teething. The moment reflects social manners and urban crowds.
A hedge doctor faced inquest over a patient he treated with ipecac nanda. The coroner retorted that aurora borealis would have been the next remedy, if the patient hadn’t died. The exchange shows the case’s morbid humor.
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