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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1898
Page
4
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices with options for one year six months three months and six months. It notes to provide current and future addresses for address changes and warns all money sent at sender risk with payments made to the Post Publishing Company.
Editorial notice from The Boston Post listing offices in Boston and New York. It instructs subscription payment at 2 leading New York hotels and warns of discontinuation on expiration. Readers are asked to notify if delivery is missed by a newsdealer.
The article notes General Sir Herbert Kitchener will receive 25 000 and be made a peer as Lord Kitcher of Khartoum. It contrasts rewards for other US and British officers and argues the British method lacks gilded peerages for heroes while praising practicality.
The speaker argues the government will owe 150 million after the war and calls for stopping new money in the Treasury. He urges Congress to meet soon and end war taxation as taxes burden workers and industries. The aim is to relieve earnings and end unnecessary wartime taxes.
The Fifth Massachusetts Regiment departs for Camp Meade in Pennsylvania signaling its drift into active service. Camp Meade serves as a detention camp from which troops will be drawn for the occupation of Cuba and Porto Rico, with the regiment likely among those selected for service and possibly headed to Havana in the autumn after Spanish troops are withdrawn.
The officer praises the regiment for soldierly conduct and suggests forging habits and tastes for military life if needed. Massachusetts anticipates the Fifth Regiment will uphold the Commonwealth’s honor and achievement in service.
The piece argues President McKinley pushed an investigation into the War Department due to urgent public demand. It notes the board’s mixed affiliations among Republicans and Democrats, with figures like General Dodge and Colonel Sexton favorable to Alger, and laments the difficulty of a unanimous verdict while anticipating facts to fix responsibility for the department’s failures.
The piece links the Empress Elizabeth's assassination to a string of royal and political tragedies across Europe. It ties Maximilian's murder in Mexico and Rudolf's death to a pattern of dangerous upheaval, noting the Paris bazaar fire and a turbulent era marked by violence and political strife.
Editorial notes reveal Standard Oil’s growing grip on copper. They reportedly own a controlling stake in Butte & Boston Mining and have acquired interests in the Anaconda, Boston & Montana, and Montana Ore Purchasing, with key figures including H. H. Rogers and William Rockefeller driving a massive potential deal amid the Lake Superior and Butte camps.
The column surveys erratic New England weather from heavy coats to heat waves, C. J. Ketchum’s Lexington autumn, and local scenes including subway crowding, a riding accident trend, and editorial notices. It mentions President Tuttle enjoying Maine woodlands, F. H. Prince’s recovery, and editor Joe Maccabe’s National Editorial Association honor.
A patient narrator in recovery envisions life as a phantom giant on a hilltop. He contrasts hopeful dawn with the hospital’s quiet, dreaming of his wife, children, and a peaceful future while acknowledging the war’s impact and the need for strength to endure.
Agatha Morrell waits for Clare at a vine shaded adobe home in the San Gabriel Valley. Tension grows as Clare fears Spaniards and war while Pedro and Francisca menace, until Fred Loring's arrival reveals the comic mix of danger and romance in a sunburned afternoon.
Sir Arthur Sullivan visits the pianist Rubinstein at his London home. They share cigarettes on the balcony, exchange a few remarks about Beethoven and Wagner, and linger chatting long into the small hours before Sullivan finally departs as Rubinstein notes how time flies in pleasant company.
J. M. Greene of Dorchester argues against the unwritten law of using horse blinders. He cites historical origins, dangers to the eye, and repeated testimony from horseowners who remove blinders and check reins. He urges repeal of the senseless custom and cautions about imagined dangers without blinders.
The item notes M. A. P. and Lieutenant John W. Heard of the Third United States Cavalry as the champion pistol shot of the United States army. It also lists new post offices Hobson Virginia Sigsbee Arkansas Dewey North Carolina Sampson Florida Manila Kentucky and mentions a foreclosure service sent to Cavite Philippines. Professor Charles Kendall Adams of Wisconsin University dined with fifty Los Angeles University Club members and responded to a toast referencing Cornell Michigan and Wisconsin.
Timothy F. Crowley of 297 Boston Street South Boston declines candidacy for the Ward 14 seat in the House of Representatives. He explains support for Mr John J Toomey due to a ward tradition of re electing a representative and urges friends to back Toomey in the caucus, dated Sept 10.
Edmund Phelan secretary of the Hibernian T A association writes to the Post to dispute press descriptions of the Ancient Order of Hibernians as chiefs and warriors. He asserts the group is peaceful, forbids intoxicants at meetings, and upholds Christian charity friendship and unity.
A collage of humorous quotes and quips from Puck and various papers. It features jests about cooks, surgeons, exams, travel customs, and language mischief, with light satire on Americans and printers.
Mrs. Sarah Gresham Grumley, mother of the late General Gresham, celebrates her 92nd birthday at her home ten miles west of New Albany Indiana. She was married to Cal Gresham over seventy five years ago and after his death joined Mr Grumley. Indiana born when it was a Territory. Flora Adams Darlin, founder general of the Columbian Daughters Auxiliary League, widow of a Confederate soldier, wrote the famous letter to President McKinley and was a prisoner in New Orleans during Butler rule.
Colonel Roosevelt urges his Rough Riders to return to duty rather than seek celebrity after their Santiago charge. A London Times correspondent recalls his wartime censorship trials, and New York dealer Bolognesi buys wrecked Infanta Maria Teresa Spanish money for public sale as historical souvenirs.
Fashions describe vivid bright stockings with green and red plaids for ankles showing above skirts over mud crossings. Dark silk stockings with tiny brilliant figures suit thicker ankles, while plain upper portions stay neat. Silk stockings prove cheapest long term, and four pairs rotating reduces laundry. Air worn stockings nightly, four days between washes.
Queen Victoria a strong admirer of American girls and their unions with British titled men. She emphasizes affection as essential in marriage and notes American women adapt well to new social conditions while men show more rigidity in cross national marriages. Her remarks reflect broader royal and public interest in Anglo American ties.
A collection of wry marriage observations from old journalism. It notes wives gaining control of the closet, husbands changing clothes after marriage, and the humor found in early domestic life. The piece contrasts courtship bravado with long term domestic routines and social expectations.
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