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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1898
Page
4
Rates for LY-One FORE and Sunday Post listed with monthly and quarterly options. Notices urge subscribers to provide current and future addresses and to avoid sending cash. All payments to be made payable to the Post Publishing Company with money at sender's risk.
Editorial rooms and office addresses in Boston connected to The Boston Post. Notice that subscriptions must be paid promptly and will be discontinued at expiration, with no further notice. Readers in New York can secure the Post at leading hotels. dealers should notify the editor by postal mail if unavailable.
A editorial urges President McKinley to direct U S commissioners to demand release of all Cubans jailed or exiled for political offenses by Spain. It warns the number of prisoners is uncertain but substantial and argues clemency should be a treaty condition without delay.
The Fifth Massachusetts Regiment is ordered from Framingham to Camp Meade in Pennsylvania. The unit, praised for its soldierly appearance and efficiency, has waited in camp for active duty and is viewed as a strong addition to the U S Army for ongoing service in our new possessions.
The thirty second annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic is under way in Cincinnati. Veterans of the Civil War, now over 300000 strong, outnumber the Spanish war army and influence a more conservative stance in politics and pension matters. The proceedings promise notable public interest.
The illness of the Hon. Thomas F. Bayard has grown serious and unsettled the provosts with concern. He visited his daughter Mrs. Warren in Dedham a few weeks ago.
The ailing Bayard, long a leading figure in U S public affairs, faces alarming health as heat and poor air worsen his weakness. Though retired from active politics, he remains a historic statesman whose name is tied to major events of the century. The nation hopes the worst will not pass.
A tightened cabinet and renewed push for a public retrial signal a possible correction to the Dreyfus verdict. Forged documents and Henry’s confession raise questions about government secrecy and the chance that justice will prevail with full testimony brought to light.
The Boston Labor Day celebration featured a well organized trade union parade with minimal politics. The standout display was theatrical workers forming a great American flag. Across parks seasides and amusements crowds enjoyed a festive holiday atmosphere and widespread public entertainment.
A visitor tours Judge Keyes’s Monument Street residence opposite the Old Manse in Concord Massachusetts noting its 1644 main building and preserved interior. The tour mentions a bullet hole, a Washington fireplace, and a Rufus Choate statue model. The writer comments on subway travel times and subway routing quirks amid a parade and hot weather.
A broad roundup covers public figures smoking habits and ballooning by the Duchess of Aosta, Ingersoll's funeral plans for 92-year-old Tuttle, Carroll's grave marker in Guildford, Charley Ross mystery rewards, Santiago battlefield reporters, Miss Helen Gould's $25,000 aid, Walter Wellman Arctic plans, Prince of Wales knee injuries, A A Munger art bequest to the Art Institute, Peck at Paris expo, peace conference delegates, Irish political lines, and Mecklenberg Schwerin ruler decrees on pigeon shooting and duel burials.
Iva Wallace and Harold Fletcher mend their quarrel after Clara Desmond stages a staged meeting with a dashing suitor. Harold learns the truth when Iva admits the returned manuscript was the ruse and humor turns to wedding plans.
A Bay State tribute praises war ships fresh from combat and the sailors who returned from Cuba. The poem lauds the fleet's courage, the sailors' joy at homecoming, and the ships that earned a deathless fame against Spain. It greets the famed flag and deepens patriotic feeling.
A collage of satirical snippets from Harper’s Bazaar Tit-Bits Chicago Tribune and others features wry exchanges about wars armies travel manners and social foibles. Jokes range from a caddie’s reply to mistimed gifts and a farmer’s wife to witty banter about War scrapbook collecting and a man named Ganzer.
Jerome ONeil argues that Norton never lost faith in the people and that his warnings about war arise from patriotism. He compares Norton’s stance to historical critics and asserts Norton embodies peace, patriotism, and democratic principle guiding citizens away from unwise expansion.
The writer recalls a bygone era when cargo flowed through ports and mints ran, praising the Walker tariff and contrasting with later tariffs that benefited millionaires. He argues for repealing class legislation to restore broad prosperity for all, from Boston in September.
A Roxbury reader thanks a street car conductors advocate for understanding their challenging work. The writer notes conductors are human and prone to mistakes amid frequent passenger roughness and demands. They call for fair, reasonable treatment and a hopeful return to courteous relations. Sept. 4. "FREE TRANSFER."
A historical discussion reviews prewar and postwar trade shifts influenced by tariffs. It notes a New York merchant lamenting losses and a Boston South America trade collapse due to high duties, contrasting British free trade for South American markets and recalling the Walker tariff era that boosted the U S mercantile marine.
A letter discusses a Sharon railroad disaster asking why public interest was low and charges the New York New Haven Hartford line with fault. It argues the Newport express sped from Sharon Heights within a minute of the local and faults officials for failing to slow or warn, implying negligence and cover for saved lives.
Miss Horace Greeley Perry, proprietor and editor of the St Peter Journal, is noted as the state's only woman editor and Minnesota’s youngest professional. Beginning as a newsgirl at age, she progressed to typesetting and job work, and in 1891 took charge of the paper. Under her leadership the Journal won the county printing contract, breaking a twenty year monopoly.
A brief mixed piece from Boston dated August 28 1898 urges sustenance as a moral duty to prevent death and sorrow. The tone blends wartime reverence with a call for nutritious eating to avert disquiet and danger. Medicus signs the item.
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