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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1899
Page
4
The Boston Post reports a stance by the Representative Democratic of New England with a motto emphasizing mission and independence. The piece frames the group as advocating reform and challenging established norms in regional politics.
The Post Publishing Co warns all checks must be payable to the Post Publishing Co or the Boston Post. No individual may solicit or accept checks payable to them. Do not pay cash for editions except to authorized collectors J H Maloney and W J Salter, with proper identification. By E A Grozier, Treasurer.
The Maryland Republican convention denounces trusts and favors laws to suppress monopolies. It cites the federal anti trust act as a record but critics note its ineffectiveness and weak enforcement. The article argues the party shows friendliness to monopoly, with tariff protection as a sustaining force.
The piece warns that rivalries within the Massachusetts Republican nomination for lieutenant governor risk turning confrontational over trust questions and class issues. It criticizes coverage by the Boston Journal and urges discarding or suppressing divisive talk to avoid public harm and preserve party prudence.
The Twenty six Regiment marched through Boston in a display praised for its superb condition and discipline. Colonel Rice led a body of picked men drawn from New England youth, receiving enthusiastic welcomes from MA residents.
The Grand Army of the Republic shows enduring vitality as Civil War veterans age. The Philadelphia encampment reports 7994 deaths among 305,603 members last year, with a pension system supporting about one third of national revenue and many veterans still active in public service.
A Boston correspondent notes lively scenes during Colonel Rice’s regiment parade. He recalls a flirtatious maid at Union Station and reports on Jeffries’ return voyage plans, police beat changes, a crowded station count, and local social notes including actress Eliza Otis and Capt. Weeks’s military trip.
A cautious note on the future of Grand Army of the Republic gatherings as the shadow of extinction looms yet does not fully cast itself over upcoming reunions.
Jordan Marsh Co Society of Marblehead invites Essex county residents to a field day featuring quaint eights in the old town and a mammoth clam chowder by Samuel Roads. The event may include remarks on the Sea Orbos Club, a noted organization. An extensive sanitary excavation near Park Street subway entrance costs about $20,000 and progresses rapidly. Olex Aron Hamburger, Philadelphia capitalist, plans to depart for Europe next month to pursue film ventures with possible long stay if new offers arise.
A satirical monologue mocks a hypothetical Sultan of Sulu earning 250 Mexican dollars monthly under the US flag, noting currency devaluation since 1873 and mocking political fixations. It contrasts cheaper goods abroad with American wages and politics, ending with a jab at Republican fundraising and a joking call for a political throne.
Daily menu includes breakfast with cantaloupe Pettijohn sugar and cream, broiled beefsteak, baked potatoes, Spanish toast, coffee. Dinner offers Scotch broth roast lamb mashed potatoes stewed tomatoes cucumbers macaroni entire wheat bread prune whip with cream iced coffee. Supper features cold roast lamb potato salad blueberry biscuit white bread blueberries sponge cake tea cocoa and prune whip recipe with beaten egg whites folded into chopped prunes served with cream. ADDIE B HORNER Stoneham Mass.
Beatrice Norman and Clyde Reynolds wed in Venice then return to Grosvenor Square. A hidden portrait of a former lover unsettles Beatrice and sparks trust issues. Clyde hides a sister’s dangerous secret until Beatrice follows him to London square, where reconciliation and forgiveness restore their bond.
The FEuditor is informed that Mayor Quincy will have served two two year terms by the end of the current municipal year. He was elected in 1895, inaugurated January 1896, and re-elected in 1897, now in his second term.
Warren A. Adams of Yale resigns from the modern language department likely to return to Cornell. Jay Glover Eldridge of Penfield N Y will succeed him. Eldridge graduated in 1896 and has taught at Penfield Scientific School for two years. Plus naval command changes at the Indiana and Bureau. Senator Gorman health improves. Platt and Quigs meet the President. Stern sought for Paris Exposition post. Brown University endowment fund hits 250k. Faunce inauguration set for Oct 17 with dignitaries from Harvard and Chicago University attending.
The Republican leaders eye Eben D. Jordan a Boston business man long tied to the city welfare. Illness delayed Harvard studies but he rose from minor department to head of a great business house with national and international fame. The article notes his store's growth from a Washington and Avon corner to wide mercantile influence.
A profile of Eben D Jordan of Jordan Marsh & Co reveals his rise from entry level in the Boston firm to head in retail and foreign buying. His leadership helped expand departments, introduce a major art gallery, and shape a store that mirrored Boston’s growth over fifty years.
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