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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1894
Page
4
Senator Fitzgerald commends the Boston press for fairness and impartial reporting of state government. He notes other papers abroad may be less accurate and says Boston papers deserve recognition for correctness, justness, and reliable news, affirming their influence in the community.
The piece argues Republican claims of a Rhode Island mandate for McKinleyism are as false as past assertions tying the silver panic to tariff changes. It blames Democratic Congress delay for public discontent and predicts a political shift if reform is not enacted by May.
The Providence Journal cites Rhode Island election reports showing vote prices at two dollars for small and higher for better lots. The piece condemns the sale as morally degrading, noting a New Yorker’s attempt to buy a Senate seat and labeling Rhode Island among the most corrupt states alongside New Hampshire. It contrasts past Indiana debasement with recent improvements noted after exposures.
The piece contrasts cleaner Massachusetts elections with corrupt practices described as routine in neighboring states. It labels the spread of vote selling as a rotted trend near New England and questions why such schemes arise so close to the region.
A political column faulting Henry B. Blackwell for using women’s votes as a bargaining chip. It argues suffrage cannot be won by vote chasing for mayoral advantage and calls for eliminating the bill of sale approach. The piece stresses sustained organizing beyond single elections.
The piece argues the Wilson bill as revised by the Senate would yield a large revenue surplus of about 30 million dollars. It warns such a surplus tempts unnecessary spending and past excesses, urging the omission of the income tax to curb excess revenue and fiscal risk.
A harsh critique ties the Uniontown riot deaths to McKinleyism and tariff policy. The author blames imported labor as tools of monopolists and claims New England workers bear the cost through starvation wages struck by tariff regimes. The piece paints riot victims as victims of policy and profiteering.
A merchant laments the difficulty of hiring floor walkers who enforce discipline with saleswomen. He notes men strict with men relax around women, allowing gossip and other acts that would be reported, yet the same leader becomes gentle and harms business when disciplining female staff.
A breezy column recounts personal crushes among actors Odette Tyler and a young suitor, alongside reflections on marriage, debt, and social foibles. It notes the Goulds choosing wives with initials K and K, mentions a 2 percent 1893 dividend by Cunard, and hints at varied lifestyle choices from London to suburb comparisons.
A Hartford Times editor abstained from voting for the first time in 58 years at a Hartford charter election. Other items note General Manderson as Grand Army of the Republic commander candidate, Arabella Mansfield the first woman lawyer admitted to the US bar in 1869, and remarks on Ambassador MacVeagh's meeting with the Italian king. Also mentions Senator Hale’s cocktail skill, and Annie Besant and Olcott returning from India to London.
The People’s Institute of Roxbury held its annual meeting at People's Hall with 818 members, a 217 rise. President Robert Treat Paine presided. Edmund Billings presented his fourth annual report showing receipts and disbursements at $6095.87. Savings sales totaled $6820.02. A large slate of managing committee members was elected, with the first fifteen chosen by the Paine Association and the rest at the meeting.
The class of 1891 of Boston University held its third annual reunion and banquet at 12 Somerset street. A bountiful collation was served in Jacob Sleeper Hall. Professor Thomas RB Lindsay addressed the gathering as guest of the evening. William P. Varnum was elected president and Miss Augusta Collins secretary treasurer.
Another severe quake shook the Isthmus of Tehuantepec causing extensive damage along the Pacific coast. The shock on April 6 impacted numerous towns and villages.
Toronto report states D. W. Kinghorn and William Hatton aged 46 and 16 were killed last evening after being struck by a trolley car in the city.
The account cites a Boston water pipe leak and broken telephone disrupting care. Patients lacked medicines and milk, attendants drank liquor, teeth were broken during extractions, and death reports were corrected after diagnosis but records not updated. Dr. Parker notes servants and nurses were asked to sign they never knew of a clothing shortage.
The testimony resumed with Dr. Parker corroborating Officer McCaffrey on denial of a disector purchase by Dr. Coggswell. Brandeis pressed on fires, ventilation, milk rations, and duties of Dr. Parker, noting hospital lighting, nurse training plans, and a new matron. The session adjourned to Tuesday at 2 30.
A vote recount shows Democrat Young defeated for Senator, Republican Smith elected. Result reduces Democratic representation in the joint convention to five, with two Senate seats and three in the House.
The page surveys daily life in the Italian Quarter with a long feature on rest days and local customs. It also highlights social life, a stabbing incident, house hunting woes, a postwoman’s experiences, political sketches of Lord Rosebery, and vivid glimpses of western town life.
Mr and Mrs Theodore Blake hosted a Thursday evening costume musicale for a sizable group at their East Cambridge home. Pupils of Mrs G Lenfest performed songs duets and readings with notable entries by Miss Maud Amanda Scott Miss Elizabeth B Gahm Mr George Butters and Mrs G Lenfest Accompanist was Mr G West The event closed with a collation and a concluding Nature God quotation.
Harvey Cook age 45 of Wenham died by hanging this morning. Cause unknown. He leaves a family.
An advertisement proclaims "Inebriety is a disease" and promotes Dr. Leslie E Keeley’s simple chloride treatment for inebriety morphinism and cigarette smoking. It lists authorized RexLey Institutes in Haverhill Lexington Worcester Springfield North Adams Mass Providence West Haven Conn and directs readers to The Keeley Institute and the Bureau of Information at 197A Tramont St Boston.
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