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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
4
The Boston Post issues a caution on checks and cash payments for editions. No individual has authority to receive payments payable to a person. Only two regular collectors, J. H. Maloney and W. J. Saiter, with proper ID and authorization, may collect cash payments.
The piece notes NYSE closure during the Dewey celebration easing speculation. It argues money tightness stems from seasonal grain and cotton movement, not exchanges, with gold imports and bank reserves cited. It also covers Republican caucus results favoring Speaker Bates, praising his alignment with popular masses and noting General Guild’s near nomination.
The Evening Transcript weighs the idea of Bates advancing from Lieutenant Governor to Governor as a probable Republican succession. It argues the practice reflects civil service thinking and questions the wisdom of preselecting a future governor, given Crane’s tenure and party prospects.
The remark positions Bates as the probable successor to the lieutenant governor role, currently held by a speaker whose trajectory points toward higher office. Community observers weigh Bates's influence and path within the state political landscape.
Admiral Dewey asserts General Otis is incompetent and overextended in Luzon. He cites censorship and failed promises, painting Otis as a military and political liability while urging recall or replacement by the administration. The piece parallels Otis with Alger and argues for a stronger stance from McKinley.
A parade of social glimpses from Boston includes head usher C G Alexander back at Castle Square Theatre after a mountain vacation. Sergeant Stone receives a sabre at a Stone residence gathering, and Victorian satire laces the notes as Correspondent remarks on Edison S Brown's Boston move and Judge D L V Moffett's trip to Cincinnati.
Observations on fire dept knowledge, Harvard Square visits, and campus life. Highlights include praise for William E. Dolan of Roxbury and Timothy M. Sullivan, reflections on University of Boston female dominance in admissions, and social quirks like Chester’s mustache. Also notes Hull Yacht Club plans and Railroad Agents’ Association Niagara trip with praise for New England manufacturing ties.
A fragmentary dramatic verse evokes a wandering exile’s memory of Grecian shores. The speaker laments long ago wounds and unhealed grief, contrasting tranquil English nights with vivid bursts of memory and intense emotion.
Editors notes report rich copper veins found in East Granby Connecticut have not yet affected prices of Calumet and Hecla Boston and Montana or other copper shares. Other items mention a West Virginia murderer’s sentence of 99 years with possible hanging thought, and Judge Van Wyck delaying his presidential boom until after the Dewey celebration.
A sorrowful Dorchester widow shelters a drunkard with a coin inscribed by her daughter. The man reforms after charity rockets him to employment, returns to seek forgiveness, and reunites with his wife and child. Ten years pass in happiness as the widow keeps the coin as memory.
A reader from Medford asks where Mrs. Frederick D. Grant was born. The editor notes Mrs. Grant was born in Chicago and is the daughter of H. H. Honore, a millionnaire.
The text surveys notable women and roles across regions and eras. It notes Mrs Wyber as a wife of South African League leader, Miss Shaw linked to Cecil Rhodes, Queen Victoria's Bristol visit, a convalescent home memorial, Dr Mary E Mosher in Yukon, and comments on women professionals in Germany. It also muses on a proverb about luck in war versus love.
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