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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1896
Page
4
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday rates for subscriptions, payment and mailing details, address change procedure, and notes that money orders should be payable to the Post Publishing Company. It also notes delivery via New York hotels and advance payment policy. Be A Grozier is editor and publisher.
A feature column examines the ethic of pursuit and restraint in public service. It contrasts dedicated duty under constraints with unbridled action, arguing for disciplined courage and responsible leadership in challenging times.
Resolution passed by the Boston Board of Aldermen on March 16 1896 urges street railway companies to issue free transfers and discounted tickets for school children and working people during specified morning and evening hours. It authorizes law officers to support pending legislation to secure these special rate tickets and transfers.
Aldermen approve March 16 1896 action urging Mayor to ask General Court to amend the Boston Transit Commission Act of 1894 to cap subway leases at five years and require a six month notice before revocation for lease violations.
The Massachusetts Democratic meeting to select delegates at large to Chicago and express state sentiment is key. It predicts the convention will address currency and tariff, aiming for a stronger currency plank and a definite tariff stance to aid New England industries.
The article notes the House aggregate appropriations stand at 505,027,410 dollars, dubbing the session a billion dollar Congress. It criticizes Speaker Reed for matching the prior Congress’s spending record and questions the Republican majority's revenue stance and fiscal prudence.
Southern Democratic leaders urge free coinage delegates to Chicago a move Republicans would resist with a force bill threat. The piece warns such a shift could yield a Republican victory and a new force bill, echoing 1892 lessons as Western states back free silver.
Silver delegates to Chicago, just as they are sending that kind to St Louis, and there is no reason why they should not do it. But the South has more at stake in the matter.
The stock market shows gradual gains with confident sentiment. Buying power grows as money remains ample, aided by easier monetary conditions, improved coal and iron sectors, and cooperative gains in railroad earnings. European buyers seek American railway bonds, hinting at stronger demand this summer.
Two thirds of delegates have been elected with McKinley holding a clear majority. Current tallies show 608 for McKinley and 818 delegates selected overall, more than six times Reed’s and nearly ten times Morton’s totals. Last week 112 delegates were chosen amid Maine’s Reed convention, with McKinley’s share rising and Southern delegates diluting his margin. Senator Sherman recalls past votes bought by Southern Republicans, yet McKinley remains the likely winner as the convention progresses.
The first in the holiday series honors events in the struggle for American independence. Observed today in Massachusetts, it centers on Concord and Lexington. The article notes Buncker Hill and the local origin of the shots heard round the world, praising the holiday’s role in patriotism and public spirit.
A brief legislative item noting counts of yeas and nays and reference to Acts of 1894 chapter 548. The fragment implies passage or consideration of a bill or measure tied to the cited act and dates from 1896. No additional context or names are provided in the readable text.
A brief note records that the Boston Board of Aldermen passed a resolution on March 16, 1896. The fragment mentions a matter regarding schooling or support for school children, but details are incomplete. The entry documents municipal action without specifying the exact terms or beneficiaries.
A daily quotation urges trust and generosity, asserting that belief in others inspires loyalty and greatness in return. The brief line emphasizes treating people well to elicit their best behavior and potential.
In a Museum performance of The Wizard of the Nile, Frank Daniels, the Observant Citizen, teased Dorothy Morton about learning to ride a bicycle. He joked about an understudy rehearsal and the plan to have Miss Morton ready to go on at a moment's notice. The item also notes local tidbits about a Paul Revere School naming suggestion by Walter Gilman Page, Goodyear West's souvenir day, and various weather and parade outlooks. It mentions the Ancient Order of Hibernians parade, the East Boston Carnival Association efforts for the Fourth of July, and a broker's office remark about John Stetson's banking luck. Thomas W. Lawson is noted as a dog fancier with French bulldogs for a New England Kennel Club show.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from era papers. Jokes range from a tailor’s goose to grandpaws arm asleep, with lines on Whitman, pensions, gossip, and misfired remarks, all reflecting light social satire.
Mrs Murray seeks detective William Murray known as Hugh de Witt Glencarr, a marriage ruse to secure her fortune. Marcus Salter uncovers the incognito husband at last, revealing the couple is truly united by a twist of fate and a publisher’s clue.
Daily tables list breakfast items including oranges oatmeal and cream lamb chops baked potatoes and muffins. Dinner features mock turtle soup filet of beef mushroom sauce peas green beans new potatoes lettuce and tomatoes ice cream cake fruit and coffee. Supper offers cold tongue biscuits peaches sponge cake cocoa and tea with a mushroom sauce and mayonnaise dressing recipe credited to Mary Roche Barry of Oak Avenue West Newton.
The Boston Post will award $5 weekly for the best three meals per day plan from women readers. Bills of fare must read like menus with brief preparation directions. Three meals for a family of five, total under $10 weekly. avoid feeding at 25 cents a day or a banquet. Submissions due each Saturday. winners printed Mondays. Mail to Cooking Editor, Boston Post. Do not send both sides.
A weather piece laments persistent rain and its impact on appearance. It jokes that on wet days a woman should focus on dress to counteract sodden hair and a dull gown, urging preparation despite the continuing downpour.
The remarks advise practical fashion for rainy days with sport influenced knickerbockers and short walking skirts. Cheviot or serge suits withstand damp, Tam o Shanter hats with quills, and caped overdresses in tweed or gingham. Cloaks feature concealed pockets and pink linings. emphasize a stylish umbrella and proper furling to stay chic.
A compact reflection on fate and history, praising liberty in America. The piece notes old England and the memory of brave acts, referencing Liberty, America, and the date April 18, 1896, with a tone of national pride and destiny.
A stable occupied by W. H. Gilmore behind the St. Lawrence Hotel on Middlesex street burned this forenoon in Lowell. The building owned by Representative W. H. S. Hayes was destroyed, and eleven horses, all boarders, perished in the blaze. The fire was confined to the stable.
Thousands of Sunday Post readers are filing their photograph albums with cabinet photographs costing at least 25 cents each at timebased stores. The Post secured nearly 1,000,000 of them for readers, with no advertising mark in the paper. Availability via personal collection or mailed with 2 cents postage, addressed to Callorre Taylor.
Paris opens the Champs de Mars Salon on April 23 with an American display surpassing last year. Kate A. Carl of Louisiana shows La Glace and works on light, while Howard Gardiner Cushing of Boston presents portraits and crayon studies. Frank Holman of Attleboro, Mass., exhibits Chrysanthemums and two Venetian scenes, plus a portrait study by Albert P. Lucas from New York featuring L Appel and Yolande. Edward F. Ertz of Chicago shows Rossetti themed pieces and Toledan scenes, with other artists including Marsh and Murphy contributing decorative and landscape works.
Prominent Hebrew literary and educational society members gathered at 122 Worcester Square for a Patriots Day dinner. J J Silverman chaired and proposed sentiments on themes including Jingoism, patriotism, vigilance, and the 19th of April, with responses from Rev. C Hirshberg Rev S Fleischer Leon Byges Moses S Laurie and others. Lena Mendelsohn and Julia Bornstein spoke for affiliated groups. an ode titled Lexington by H Cortat was read to lively response.
Clothing shop advertises Bicycle Suits and Uniform Club Suits available in any quantity with prices kept low to reflect a commitment to quality. A sample card and price list can be sent on request.
Charles E French of Boston questions if the Bulfinch front demolition aims to shield private property or sway public opinion from Boston Common threats. He likens it to the West End Morgan syndicate petition and calls it a repeated game from two years ago.
The piece critiques the free silver push within the Democratic party, labeling a Bourbon Democracy lineage that has learned nothing and forgotten nothing. It contrasts current aims with bygone stores and economic expectations, reflecting Boston dated commentary on monetary policy and partisan factions.
The Democracy of Illinois backs Altgeld and Hinrichsen and accepts free silver, sidelining Sir-Bill Morrison. The era calls for Tillman or Coxey as the logical Democrat, with Boston reporting April 17.
Anthony C. Willgoose, 22, once tied to a Main Street cigar store raid, faces charges over 115 dollars of instalment property from J. S. Round. Police found three pawn tickets and several unpaid contracts, with diamond rings and other jewelry worth about 200 dollars linked to multiple firms in Charlestown and Boston.
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