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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1893
Page
4
The notice outlines daily and weekly subscription rates including one year and six months options. It instructs subscribers to provide current and new addresses for mail changes and notes Second Class Matter status. It states payments should be made payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY and sent at the sender’s risk with checks, drafts, and money orders accepted.
The piece rebuts claims that Cleveland aims to rescind reciprocity treaties, arguing no such treaties exist to revoke. It blames tariff proclamations by Harrison and notes South and Central American trade pacts lack stability without U.S. government consent and can be preserved absent rescission.
The city faces a looming cholera scare and health officials must act decisively to restore public confidence. The Board of Health has begun removing nuisances in Back Bay, but vast work remains to ensure water purity and overall sanitary conditions before summer heat triggers a rush of cases.
Governor Russell sent a slate of appointments to the council highlighting Waaply as chief of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor and Walden continuing in his post. Merrill earns praise for fidelity and effectiveness. Boston gains fire marshal William McClellan whose training and experience fit the office. David Hall Rice awaits reaction.
A Louisville gathering of Republican organizations weighs the fate of the Starrison machine and liquidation of debts from last fall’s campaign. The unsettled Anna Dickinson claim and the ask to drop Hamilton and Elkins hint at calls for new leadership, with William E Barnes of Massachusetts named as a potential replacement.
Fragmentary text notes infighting among leaders as rivals turn on each other, resulting in deaths or removals amid escalating power struggles. No clear dates or places are stated in the readable portion.
Colonel Pope advocates a dedicated training system for firemen, likening it to military and civil service education. He argues tenyear fire losses rival civil war debt and that specialized training in prevention and suppression is essential for modern city fire departments.
The article notes the universal grief and strong public sympathy for Edwin Boorn upon his serious illness. It highlights his unmatched standing as both artist and man, his historic name, and the nation’s hope to see him return to work.
FOR OUR LADY READERS. The Post celebrates its five day offer of a free copy of the Ladies' Home Journal with each annual subscription. It notes strong female readership, praising the paper’s women’s column theater news art and social items and inviting ladies to visit and sit in front seats.
The Ex Governor Long has accepted the invitation to preside at the Middlesex Club Grant dinner on April 28 at Young's. Speakers will include John S. Wise General Charles H. T. Collis of New York Colonel James D. Brady and Judge Lewis of Virginia. Nearby, art notes mention two paintings by Ernest W Longfellow and a portrait by Dennis Bunker. Also covered are Tsan Gus Guerrero in town, Simeon G. Lyford's seventieth birthday, a General Collins anecdote, and rumors of Colonel A. A. Pope’s potential command roles in the Loyal Legion and Army of the Potomac.
A Boston theatre round up notes Hoyt new character Arabella in A Temperance Town at Park Theatre tonight with Luht Taber in the role. It also previews Littl Lord Fauntleroy at Grand Opera House and upcoming features at Museum Globe Theatre Bowdoin Square, Adams House, and other venues with Lillian Russell Lotta Crabtree and performances by Julian Steger and Ramsey Morris Company.
At Viareggio on the Tuscan coast Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria married Princess Marie Louise at Villa Panore in both civil and Greek Orthodox rites. The bride wore corded silk with pearl network, a diamond necklace. groom in uniform with many decorations. Attended by Prime Minister Stambuloff and royalty from Austria and Bavaria. The couple, ages 32 and 26, hail from the Saxe Coburg and Parma lineages.
The Woman's Charity Club gathered at Dwight Hall on Tremont Street with Mrs. Micah L. Dyer presiding. Treasurer reports show 200.28 on hand, 352 in receipts, and 1836 spent, including a 200 donation to the hospital. the group noted joining the National Federation of Clubs and praised Catholic contributors, with Mrs. Julia K. Dyer elected president and a long list of officers confirmed for the year.
Special Officers Gilmore and Abbott of Station 8 travel to Lynn as witnesses in the case of Horatio G Day and Frank Chandler charged with attempting to kill and rob Miser Warren of Saugus. Their quick perception prevented a planned murder in the crime.
The Retail Clothing Salesmen's Association committee on early closing appointed members to committees on legislation labor action and agitation. A mass meeting will be held soon to mobilize public opinion.
Both houses of the Legislature adjourned sine die this afternoon after a brief day of formalities. The action ends the current session with no further planned meetings or votes.
Readers are asked to send brief memoranda of forthcoming social events. The notice lists a Chi Phi Fraternity reception on Friday April 21 from five to six and a reception by The Bachelors at the Unitarian building in Watertown.
The Sorosis list shows Julia Ward Howe as honorary and Estelle FH Merrill as active member. Boston cooking schools graduated over 1800 young women. Mrs. Jack Gardner’s long diamond necklace is noted. Amelia Barr earns 10000 to 15000 yearly from writing. John Oliver Hobbs, a newer sensation, was once a newspaper art critic. Congo gains its own newspaper run by two colored women. Yonge funded a missionary ship from Heir of Red-Elyffe profits, and Daisy Chain funds a chapel.
California woman Laura de Force Gordon seeks the Honolulu consul post. During the war she served as a nurse with bravery noted, later entering journalism then law. She was the second woman admitted to the U S Supreme Court and has long been active in Democratic campaigns.
Pretty Dutch maids in bewitching costumes highlight the S W A L Kurmess at Horticultural Hall. Dutch booths and a bustling cafe accompany merrily sold goods. Brownies entertain children, with local musicians and performers like Mr. Johnson and the Ruggles Street Quartet, Frank A Kennedy, Marian Fowler, and others. Tonight features Mr Ives, Miss Florence Ives and Miss Addie Brown.
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