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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1900
Page
6
The Boston Post presents coverage as a representative Democratic paper of New England, outlining party perspectives and regional political dynamics with emphasis on governance and public affairs.
The August 1900 issue of Day by Day reports unprecedented readership for both morning and evening editions across New England, with circulation figures surpassing prior records and signaling shifting newspaper demand among regional readers.
The San Francisco port seized 154 cases of plunder from Tien Tsin on the hospital ship Solace and held the goods for duty. The piece questions whether U S officers and men on vessels have followed a global tendency to loot, risking American reputation amid China’s turmoil.
The Long family daughters, living in Colorado Springs last year, may vote for president as Colorado citizens. The piece notes Colorado grants more electoral weight per voter, with one elector per 162,000 residents versus Massachusetts' one per about 190,000. It laments Massachusetts women seeking voting rights elsewhere.
The article argues that Italy Austria and France accept Germanys note demanding punishment for Chinese officials before talks begin Russia and England are to be heard from Britain may join vengeance cries Lord Salisbury guided by London press should side with those demanding punishment The piece warns the United States must exit the Chinese crisis to avoid perilous drift and uncertain outcomes.
The piece notes early hunting season accidents in the Adirondacks where a distant hunter shot a man and a woman, one crippled for life, highlighting rising human fatalities from amateur sport. It praises Maine's guide license scheme and proposes examinations and licenses for hunters to ensure discernment between people and game and steadier nerves before hunting in populated forests.
Boston dealers raised coal prices last week in anticipation of an anthracite strike. A further peg followed as the strike occurred. Initial notes said stocks would cover regular demand. shipments arrived in large quantities and more than 78,000 tons entered the port in two days.
The piece argues coal dealers raise prices by 25 percent to curb consumption, a policy harming the poor who buy by bod or basket for essential domestic use. It suggests direct limits on sale amounts as a remedy, noting large buyers are less affected.
Moorfield Storey rebuts claims that Mr Bryan would corrupt the Supreme Court by appointments. He warns McKinley may pack the bench with imperialist views while noting Justice Gray's retirement and the Porto Rico cases challenge the court's composition and constitutional interpretation.
The autumnal equinox marks fall while temperatures feel like summer. Patroness list boosts Hodge, Paige & Co. benefit at the Museum for Galveston sufferers, with Mary Devereux Watson visiting Cleveland. Messages on Old State House repairs, Harvard Yale football prospects, Nantasket fishermen tragedy, and Chelsea Academy of Music renovation fill the column. Capers include a drunken incident and remarks on human nature.
In a City Hall clothing drive a doll sent with a letter tells of Yalveston suffering and a Lawrence mother’s wish that a local child may receive the doll. The tale highlights human kindness amid disaster as Janitor Sheehan notes the gift and its touching backstory.
The poem depicts two youths in a wet linked moment of longing in Chicago. A couple sit together as night falls with a book and cigarettes shaping their quiet tension. The moon observes their shared inaction, suggesting an old familiar romance.
A syndicate forms in Ochsenfurt Bavaria to apply electricity in agriculture. Tennessee telephone workers banned cigarette smoking. Wheat harvest 1898 totaled 396 million bushels. Dutremblay names onychophagia for finger biting. Maple syrup best from north side. flow weaker than south-tapped. London hottest day in years Aug 18 1893 at 84 degrees. Dutremblay urges pure oxygen under pressure to treat seasickness. Tsilinois flag removal attempt abandoned as flags crumble. Missouri police judge rebukes officers. 30 gambling machines seized from his brother. Eagle flight speed questioned. hare speed asserted. Sultan of Johore modern tiger hunting method with cyclist trackers. Female red grouse dresses to surroundings. native to British Isles. Dragon fly grubs devastate fish fry. 50,000 pond entries yield 54 in September. Smallpox rare in Spain Portugal France Germany. Italy still 4000 annual deaths. Canadian geographic board settles dominion spelling. Over 3 million Americans receive charitable assistance. Pneumatic rocking chair patented. air cushions mimic tires. China’s Mou Len, Joan of Arc figure, rises in legend. Phlox and verbena run wild on Texan and Australian plains. Irish whiskey price rise attempt fails. Swiss Sattel landslide. inn and gardens unhurt. Auctions in Japan private and silent. bids opened after box is full. German China expedition corps wear yellow brown khaki. Boer rifles, mosquito nets, and blankets issued.
In a sunlit C town scene Rob urges Jack to Utah to solve a love tangle between two women, Dorothy Frazer and Sally Shepardson. Jack dives to rescue Sally from a dangerous swim, revealing his true feelings. After Sally’s recovery, Dorothy and Rob confess mutual love, and Jack starts a new path with Sally.
The Pest announces Amelia F. Barr's new serial The Maiden of Maiden Lane. The first chapter, richly illustrated, debuts in next Sunday's story paper section, promising a period flavor and engaging adventure.
Breakfast items include oatmeal with baked apples and cream omelet creamed potatoes corn bread coffee. Luncheon features smothered lamb cucumbers hot biscuit apple pie cheese tea. Dinner offers tomato soup roast beef pan baked potatoes corn lettuce tomato salad fruit pudding custard and cheese wafers. Lamb dish details include layering onions tomatoes potatoes flour and seasoning before simmering at least two hours. Clara Endicott Boston Massachusetts.
A light human interest note recounts how a servant's obsessive tidiness nearly drove apart two friends. A clarifying gesture with another card restores harmony, highlighting social etiquette and the era's domestic foibles.
A visitor recalls calling on Mrs. Blank and being shown a parlor maid who reveals the mistress will see her Saturday for hair work. The guest discovers she brought the wrong card advertising house calls for hairdressing, causing embarrassment before a proper chat ensues.
A humorous exchange features a poet claiming to finish a sonnet and an ode for the State fair. The wife jokes about buying meat and staples, noting prices and weekly shortages, while the poet defines genius as polite persistence at shops.
A public official reflects on the value of a message as the private secretary notes it contains enough I s. The fragment hints at a satirical or editorial tone with witty wordplay about a document and perception.
On the first day the twins attended school they each received a card for good deportment. The next day they spoke loudly enough to require separation by several seats. On the third day they were given blocks to build a house before the lesson ended.
A humorous exchange from newspapers features a house-rent man avoidance and a dismissive Mr. Meekton declaring no one would call him hen pecked. He adds he would tell Henrietta if pressed, reflecting playful domestic banter from the era.
The executive officer aboard the Kaiser’s cruiser shouts in German to clear the decks and then asks the captain for permission to inquire. The scene unfolds as tension rises aboard the vessel during a tense moment in the voyage.
A collage of humorous quotes and exchanges from Chicago News and Cleveland Plain Dealer about politics and everyday life. The notes reference the Count Von Waldersee, a centurion joke, and a child’s definition of a book worm, reflecting light political commentary and rural schoolroom humor.
A distressed boy cries in class and declares TV cannot help. A teacher and Allen try to console him, agreeing they too cannot assist. A newspaper snippet contrasts a vivid strike quip from Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph with a Philadelphia Call remark about coal strikes and a mother’s slipper.
In a Life magazine quote, Briggs notes the Rev Bilter was fortunate about his horse. Griggs counters that the horse grew blind in one eye and was sold before the flaw became well known.
A brief exchange from the St. Louis Post Despatch shows a young wife asking for calf liver, praising the previous portion as very fine and insisting it come from the same calf because her husband is particular. The quip reflects domestic routine and consumer habits of the era.
Funeral services were held at Winchester for D. Bangs president of the Boston Stock Exchange. A simple service was led by Rev. W. J. Lawrence with hymns by the Temple Quartet. Honorary pallbearers included J. Parkinson and Charles Head among others. Burial took place at Mt Auburn.
The Massachusetts Legislature previously appropriated ten thousand dollars for Carney Hospital and the State auditor, Hon. John W. Kimball, yesterday forwarded the funds to the institution. The appropriation was made at the last legislative session.
Tomorrow Tufts College hosts the annual Russell lecture in Goddard Chapel. Rev. Dwight M. Hodge, D. D., delivers this year’s address, with special college choir music directed by Professor Lee Rich Lewis. Organist Spencer Draper Whiting, class of 1902, performs.
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