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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
4
The Boston Post presents coverage as a representative Democratic paper for New England readers, reflecting regional political perspectives and issues of the era without sensational detail.
The Boston Post details subscription rates for WIOTTO and The Sunday Post with yearly, semiannual, and quarterly options. Notes include address updates, advance payment requirements, and that papers are entered second class. Editorial offices listed in Boston and New York distribution through hotels. Editor E A Groziter signs off.
The piece argues for a full and discerning vote at Boston Democratic caucuses and critiques Republican corporate influence. It suggests Democrats should seize the moment, unify factions, and nominate strong candidates to present a determined front against Republicans, aiming for victory in November.
The editorial questions Harvard President Eliot's suitability for the Italy ambassadorship, arguing he is too great a national asset for Rome. It asserts his work at Harvard surpasses the duties of a US envoy and that many could be ambassadors, but few fit to lead Harvard.
A Massachusetts meeting of business and public leaders named Mr. Moorfield Storey as a candidate for Congress in the eleventh district with nomination papers to place him on the ballot. The piece argues Storey's strong Democratic alignment and potential to attract independent voters, suggesting a better chance for a Democratic plurality than the current Republican candidate.
Readers are presented with a political pitch claiming the American people would withstand assaults if the party aligned with Senator Beveridge gains control for another four years. The item frames the question as a test of national resolve and governance under that party’s leadership.
Edward Atkinson's figures show the hidden cost of war on wage earners. The average annual government burden per person rose from 4.54 under Cleveland to 7.14 during McKinley era, due to imperial policy. War expenditures 1898 to 1901 average about 8.50 per person, or 42.50 for a family of five, largely due to Philippines spending, raising questions about distant Malay Islands as a justification.
A Boston Observant Citizen column notes Egyptian like cases for bass viols in the Music Hall basements used by the Symphony Orchestra on tour. Harvard opens a record freshman class as Columbia previews The Cadet Girl. Also mentions Varuna sea voyage, fruit relief, vaudeville tales, and touring horsemen from an unfinished passage.
New England racing week highlights a large Readville event with New Hampshire delegates surpassing prior Granite State marks. Observers note broad state turnout from city to town while reminiscences on college traditions and a midnight encounter with Wandering Willie reflect local mood and humor. Ex Alderman P F McDonald honors the late Frederick W Day, praising his independence and service to East Boston.
A Pittsburgh Post poem speaks of a captive heart under a southern heavens. The speaker admires blue eyes and golden hair, likening love to a spell that binds until death. Red lips and roses deepen the sorrow, as the muse questions passing by the beloved amid tender dreams and fatal beauty.
Supper items include Cold Ham, Potato Griddle Cakes, Sliced Cucumbers, Brown Bread, Hot Rolls, Cottage Cheese, Tea. East India salad uses tomatoes, egg, mustard, curry, cream, vinegar, butter simmered ten minutes. Apple ringlets coated in batter fried like doughnuts, dusted with sugar. Mrs H A Farrington, 24 Myrtle Street, Beverly Massachusetts.
Senator Beveridge attacks U S plans in Cuba and Philippines, arguing that imperial expansion endangers Republican faith in Cuba liberty. He asserts Porto Rico and the Philippines are ours forever and Cuba should have been ours, challenging McKinley’s policy and warning of future U S governance of Cuba.
The Boston Post announces a weekly cash prize contest for photographs with news value and human interest. Prizes total 20 dollars weekly, entries judged by readers, submissions to Editor Photograph Contest at the Post, with back of photo showing title and competitor details.
A twelve year old in a Philadelphia area lawyer's office explains he rang a bell on a typewriter to disrupt a female colleague’s work. He moved the carriage, caused the other machine to misfeed, and laughed at her attempts to locate the fault, justifying the prank as payback for past snubs.
Edith Grahame and Guy Travers reunite after a year of separation caused by a mistaken intrigue. At Montressor Hall a blatant misread confession drove them apart, but a dropped fan in a carriage line rekindles their bond as society watches. The next week the engagement of Edith Cameron Grahame to Guy Travers is announced.
The Sunday Post teases a high class fiction lineup for the upcoming Story Paper with authors Grant Allen Amelia Hart Octave Thanet and Harriet Prescott Spofford. The three cent supplement hopes to boost reader interest and sales.
About twenty five members of the Association of Massachusetts Gas Companies attended a dinner at the Parker House. The gathering included a business discussion on association affairs after the meal.
A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph quip quotes Mr Bloomfield saying Snaggs is the most credulous man and Mr Bellefield noting he will carry an umbrella if rain is forecast. The exchange highlights cautious weather attitudes and humorous reproach toward gullibility.
Willie boasts of a flood survivor’s snap while urging Harry to join, but Harry declines citing the need to wash. a brief, tongue in cheek exchange captured in Chicago News.
A humorous exchange questions whether a vehicle carrying the Postmaster General can be treated as an ex officio mail wagon and whether a hitching post owner could be punished for obstructing the mails if a runaway horse collides with it. The dialogue spirals into who could prosecute for destroying government property and ends with a jab at seeking an Attorney General opinion.
A visitor waiting at State and Pearl streets lights a two-for-a-quarter cigar and boards a trolley. The conductor orders him to extinguish it before entering. The man asks to leave the partially smoked cigar outside or with the conductor, who agrees to hold it and even offers a match at Capitol. The exchange ends with the passenger departing after noting his cigar was kept.
In a brief exchange, Van Braam asks how Dinwiddie finds his room at the new boarding place, and Dinwiddie answers with hesitation, reflecting uncertainty about his accommodations.
A judge bluntly orders mischief makers to halt feasting from a roof amid weather fears. The humorous scene captures a stern rebuke and a practical warning about rain.
In a light page moment Mrs S Maggs notes Chinese Boxers wear unusual dress while Mr Snages quips they are dressed to kill. A Chicago woman Helen Thompson claims women are the mental equals of men, but skeptics note she does not claim superiority by a million times. The item closes with a pithy line about the deserted underdog and loyalty in fights.
Stockholders of the Boston and Albany Railroad ratified a lease to the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad with 116,936 votes in favor and 49 against. A new board of directors was elected, replacing Jacob C. Rogers with Walter H. Barnes, and included 14 others from Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Concord, and Brookline. The Pittsfield and North Adams and Fitchburg railroad meetings followed with no directorate changes. Fitchburg approved $500,000 in 3.5 percent bonds and amended by laws to elect fifteen directors.
Wealthy Russians seek repose in glass coffins while a Tennessee firm bans ecigarette use by staff. An electric horsewhip startles a horse. tiny battery is controlled by a push button. Onions as typhoid remedy. German glass industry growth. 104,635.4 gallons whiskey ripening in Scotland. Swiss fruit crop tops in two decades. cherries rotting due to few pickers. Bonn University linked to Hohenzollerns. English princes studied there. Philadelphia directory lists Thomas and Robert families. William Williams most common. Salina stranger recovers a $40 bill, learns no such bill exists. British election cost per vote varies by region. Chilean talks seek electric railway from Juncal to Las Cuevas. Census shows Eastern growth and New England city gains. Wild cat risk if house cats roam free.
Both branches of the City Council held a noon meeting in the Common Council chamber to honor Alderman Frederick W. Day who died. Resolutions of esteem were adopted. floral tributes and an engrossed copy for the Day family were arranged. Funeral set for 2:30 PM at his parents' East Boston home.
Officials of the New York New Haven and Hartford ridiculed a report that the South Station subway is abandoned due to the third rail. General Manager Chamberlain said propulsion system and start time undetermined, with no urgent need to operate. He noted potential overhead trolley modification may be adopted for the terminal system.
Earl Howe Richard William Penn Curzon Howe dies in London at 84. He was great grandson of Sir William Howe, British commander in chief in America from 1776 to 1778, and his brother was a famed admiral. His lineage includes a brigadier general who fell at Ticonderoga.
A standard student desk once priced at 11 dollars has been cut to eight dollars fifty cents. This regular grade item shows a steady price reduction as it moves toward clearance.
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