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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1898
Page
4
Rates listed for six months at 1.50, three months at .75, monthly at 2c. Notice notes second class matter and cautions readers to avoid sending cash. Payments to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY via checks drafts or money orders. money sent at sender’s risk.
Editorial Offices in Boston announce subscriptions prepaid and discontinued without notice at expiration. Readers in New York can secure the Boston Post at reading hotels. notify via Testal if unavailable through the newsdealer. E. A. Grozien serves as editor and publisher.
A call for harmony between employers and workers to end strikes and lockouts. The piece argues the nation is emerging from war with renewed prosperity and urges both sides to concede where needed to secure broad industrial peace and shared revival across all industries.
A group of Gentile clergymen in Utah protest Mormon control of state politics and polygamy, condemning Republican-Mormon alliance as the root of tyranny. They urge law-abiding citizens to unite to end both polygamy and the political grip in Utah.
The article notes that harvest estimates are tentative with wheat already gathered and corn still to be harvested. It asserts that conditions have been bountiful this year, predicting vast riches for the nation from agricultural crops, based on the Department of crop circular.
Agriculture for September certifies cereal quality with corn in better condition than last year and above ten year average. Wheat harvest shows improved condition and combined crop prospects point to a clear advance since 1890. Farmers’ year strengthens the nation’s prosperity through record crops and a strong market.
The Spanish government seeks a loan from London Rothschilds pledging Almada mine revenue as security. The U S Treasury holds over 300 million dollars, largely in gold, aiming to reinvest interest and bond redemptions to restore public funds. Spain is unlikely to wage war soon, and bond prices rise with perceived peace. The piece condemns U S treasury wealth as abnormal, urging Congress to curb excess accumulation.
The Music Hall banquet opened Odd Fellows week in Boston with a united patriotic display. Attendees represented diverse creeds and political beliefs, making it a notable start and promising impactful subsequent meetings and ceremonies.
A jumble of items from the Observant Citizen includes surgical curiosities hailed as medical feats, Boston political notes on Councilman McIsaacs and John Clarkson, baseball nostalgia, autumn rural scenes, and foreign-press commentary on American advertising. The column sketches civic changes, sporting history, seasonal harvests, and a Paris Herald clipping about Miss Lavinia H. Dempsey’s Holland coronation visit, all in brisk local-news tone.
A Salem boy reporter shares satirical observations on social life, etiquette and urban quirks. Notes on a coronation pink diadem, a Baroness denying a guest, decapitated gas lamps, rising demand for roller skates, and rude car and theatre seat manners. Mentions Bryce Allan visiting from Canada, a large October firemen muster at Charles River Park, and a New York regiment honored with a deceptive welcome sign at Fort Porter.
The poem thanks the Rough Rider for rounding up the herd and shipping it to Spain. It praises the heroism and wildness after sun and rain, urging continued vigor, then recalls a Colonel’s warning about staying sober. It ends with a farewell to the Rough Rider.
Voters are warned that a new legislative rule prevents any person from being assessed after October 1. Democrats who wish to vote in state or municipal elections must be assessed by October 1 or lose their right to vote this year. Check the list now and act if not listed.
Funeral services were held yesterday for William H Daily the noted life saver who died Friday after a brief pneumonia illness at his sister Mrs Joseph D Fallon home 789 Broadway South Boston.
The article traces fashion from loose neckline chemises to the semi fitting waist styles, then to a revived dainty chemise with embroidery and a fitted skirt. It highlights a combined chemise and short skirt with a delicate embroidered yoke, embroidery at the neck, and a tiny waistband joining pieces. The piece calls the look the latest.
A city family sinks into poverty after a merchant’s collapse but finds hope at Christmas. Mary Parker and her mother face loss as Henry Varney ends their engagement. Mr. Jackson senior proposes, leading to a planned double wedding with Mary and George Jackson Jr. joining their parents in happiness.
The Post announces a weekly Original Short Story competition with ten dollars to the best entry, five dollars for second, and two dollars each for four other stories. Women readers only may enter. manuscripts must be 700 words minimum, single-sided, folded, prepaid return postage, full name and address, sent to Short Story Editor.
A collection of witty quips and spoof dialogues from era newspapers. Lines lampoon social quirks with humorous exchanges about water trouble hats parrot wings clock pendulums and political talk. Notable snippets include a nurse quip about a bath water leak and a parrot joke about hats and gratitude.
A letter to the Post editor memorializes Winnie Davis who has died. The writer, a personal acquaintance, lauds her as an ideal American woman of learning and accomplishment, revered by Southerners as The Daughter of the Confederacy and admired across sections for noble womanhood. Boston, Sept. 19.
A Hungarian immigrant in the Twenty second Infantry fights at Santiago amid the Bloody Angle. Wounded twice in the left arm, he continues to aid a wounded officer for minutes until a Spanish shell fragment ends his life. He tells a comrade in broken English, Follow the flag, then help the captain, I'm done. A forgotten yet truer Saxon never lived according to YANKEE.
In this brief, the General at Montauk who rose from clerical work to lead encampments is said to owe his education to John Wheeler of New York, a 19th century Congressman. The note disputes a Curzon viceroy claim and compares ages of viceroys. It also reports King Humbert’s plan to move the royal court to Turin with a $4,000,000 expansion of the palace and other improvements.
Homer Davenport the famed cartoonist visited Boston and shared reflections in the New York Journal. He notes how initial impressions of places often differ from reality, recalling beans and brains stereotypes about Boston and how perceptions shift after meeting people from other cities.
A speaker recalls arriving in Boston with comic preconceptions of cops, bookshops, and wig shops. He notes locals mispronounce Boston as Bos ton and Auld Archard, observes the bustling streets and prevalent fashions, and hints at lingering observations about books and single women.
Lawyer John J. Douglass Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives from Ward 2 starts active campaigning with a rally at Lyceum Hall Friday night Speakers include Phil McArdle W C S Healy William Irwin William Hasson Joseph Murlie and John H Hickey
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