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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
4
The Boston Post presents as a leading Democratic voice in New England, showcasing political commentary and regional news. The paper emphasizes party alignment, editorial stance, and coverage of local affairs shaping public discourse.
Daily and Sunday Post subscription prices are listed with annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly options. Address changes must include old and new addresses. Payment in advance by check draft or money order to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY. Office 259 Washington Street Boston telephone 428. Editor and Publisher E A Grozier.
The piece argues Speaker Reed should hold the top spot on a Republican ticket with McKinley, opposing Ohio bosses’ share logic. It says Reed would be eclipsed by a McKinley ticket and platform, that he cannot secure support in his own region, and that he is worth the first place or nothing, or else nothing at all.
Cuban patriots urge the United States to supply guns and ammunition to aid their independence. The Bermuda carried arms to Honduras under US authorities, with no belligerent status recognized, allowing unregulated trade that risks Cuban access via Spanish patrols. If belligerent status were officially granted, neutrality would tighten and such shipments would be halted.
The article notes a misworded river and harbor appropriation bill that fails to directly fund Boston Harbor ship channel improvements. Merchants sought 1 145 million to complete widening and deepening, raising main channel to 30 feet and surveying Broad Sound. The bill would only authorize contracts paid as future appropriations allow, prompting calls for an immediate amendment.
The Transvaal president Kruger commutes the court-imposed penalty on traitors, signaling no intention to defy the civilized world. A diplomat and famed statesman, he combines blunt directness with decisive action shaping South Africa's Dutch republic.
Local notices advertise second-hand upright and grand pianos for sale with prices starting around $100 and up. Listings emphasize affordable instruments, octave ranges, and potential deals for buyers seeking budget options.
The piece praises President Kruger for dignified independence guiding the republic during crisis. It notes he halted an invasion and jailed invaders for lawful handling. It mentions his return to his duties at home after discussions with England and comments on Hollanders facing Anglo-Saxon advances, while Dom Paul leads the country.
The Vermont GOP backs Reed as the true sound money candidate and rejects McKinley citing protectionist policies. They warn that choosing McKinley simply to win would snub Reed and likely hurt New England industry and influence at the St. Louis convention.
The Common Council finance committee may report an order to appropriate 300000 for improving school sanitary conditions. Advocates say reform is urgent. prior oversight left many buildings unsafe and unhealthy. Work should begin now and finish by summer so students return to healthful schoolhouses.
A brief quotation mirrors Shakespearean praise of man. The lines admire reason, faculties, form, action, and intellect, comparing humanity to divine likeness. The excerpt celebrates human potential and imaginative eloquence.
Wool buyers set out from town on annual trips to western wool centers to purchase the crop and spend millions. Boston broker figures lead the market while farmers in the West know buyers hail from Boston. George Emerson Cooke sails Wednesday aboard the Cestrian to England to visit Warwick Castle and Stratford, staying with the Countess of Warwick.
A feature on the summer girl mastering the sea, her growing sea worthiness, and her preference for yachting gowns on shore. It notes white pique and mohair gowns, their graceful drape, and a new gown being made for a well known actress with a full skirt and a distinctive back drape.
In a broad Observant Citizen feature a range of notes are offered: rubber tires become common on light and heavy vehicles and reduce road noise, the Massachusetts battleship impresses yet remains a distant target, theatre patrons throw improvised bouquets that miss the stage, and a tale about John Stetson’s will is recounted. Other items touch Sybil Johnstone in A Florida Enchantment, two fashion-forward young men in Highlands, antique X rays revealing gold, and travelers Cox Grose Humbert departing San Francisco for Boston with Tom Lawson’s dog.
White buttons fasten the blazer with a large back collar and front revers matching the skirt’s button trim. A white kid belt threads through a side opening now placed near the front edges for a neater silhouette. Sleeveless sweater complements the gown, inspiring yacht club style.
A collage of jokes and quips from playful columns and cartoons. Lines include wagging witticisms about a prisoner, a hen that laid an Easter egg, marital banter at a bachelors club, a Western Sherlock Holmes style gag, and betting on donkeys.
Fragmentary poem explores a pantheistic force behind restless winds and future woes. The speaker seeks what the winds see in dark, uncertain fates and asks the sprites for vision beyond mortal understanding.
In September 1880 George Carson begins as baggage master on a perilous line near Eagle Ledge. Two badge-wearing inspectors board at Cantonville and attempt a mail theft as Jennie Marsh, the farmer’s daughter, foils the plot by clinging to the last car. Carson survives, later becomes ticket agent at Keyes Rock, and marries Jennie, forever remembering the nickel badges and their danger.
The Post announces weekly prizes for original short stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars each for four other stories. Prizes paid by check each Monday after the prior week's publication. Only feminine writers eligible. anonymous entries not allowed. Submit to Short Story Editor, the Post, Boston.
Readers praise motormen and conductors for their daily service while criticizing unsafe track speeds and dangerous gaps between stops. Eyewitnesses defend Patrick Gearen from manslaughter claims in the Mary Fitzsimmons incident and call for safer regulation of speed and track layout to prevent future accidents.
Thomas Mair of Boston praises William Eustis Russell as the Democratic leader for national elections. He lauds Russell as a courteous, brilliant orator and incorruptible statesman, whose principles would advance finance and policy with honesty and vigor. April 28.
Resident complains of rapid motor traffic along the Highland avenue trolley route and urges authorities to curb speed for safety and smoother transit. The note requests action to slow vehicles and protect pedestrians and riders.
A Roxbury reader objects to the West End Street Railway Company extending its line and charging a second fare or minutes for a trip from Roxbury street near Gardner to Lenox street. The writer demands fairer terms, suggesting a nickel round trip or free transfers, and signs as Percy G. Clary from Boston dated April 29.
George T. Angell writes that a Waltham post house report about President Angell's daughter is false. He clarifies no Angell daughter exists and that the girl cited is a niece of Mrs. Angell. He says the illness is chickenpox, not smallpox, noting local cases in Wal tham.
A vintage home cooking excerpt listing breakfast and dinner items including potatoes, corned beef, cabbage slaw, beets, squash pie, mince pie, quince preserve, and homemade breads and beverages. It includes detailed serving notes, cookware, and measurements, concluding with a recipe for raised loaf cake and raised doughnuts by Mrs Sarah B Thayer of Dorchester Massachusetts.
A dated grocery or personal notice lists supper items including tea shredded wheat sirloin steak baked potatoes corn fritters chocolate vegetable soup roast veal mashed potatoes mashed turnip gravy spinach mix pickles fruit coffee iced tea iced coffee and cold sliced veal lettuce tea rolls jam corn fritters made from canned corn milk and flour, fried. Anna Long at 111 Salem Street Medford.
A Miss Howe from 55 Webster Street, Somerville shares a small menu of meals including oranges oats lamb chops and various desserts. The text also provides banana fritter and gingerbread recipes with ingredients and instructions for a home cook.
A letter from Louise Marston of 89 West Newton Street returns sincere thanks for winning a menu prize. She says she feels highly complimented by the award and signs the note with respect.
A tribute to St Nicholas May issue describes its spring inspired content with young readers science pieces by John Burroughs and Oliver Farrington plus notes on Zola in Italy. It lists forthcoming works by Mrs Burnett Scribners Stevenson Dole and another on Governor Bradford’s Plymouth Plantation with details on its rarity and provenance.
A brief letter from Mollie M'Laughlin of Canterbury Street Roxbury acknowledges receipt of a check dated Thursday of last week. She extends thanks and signs off sincerely.
United States Commissioner of Education Dr William T Harris spoke at the Twentieth Century Club in the Ashburton place parlors on the practical importance of philosophy. Next Saturday the club will study Horace Mann in connection with his upcoming birthday.
The Boston Post invites women readers to submit a three meal bill of fare for a family of five with four to five persons. Prizes of five dollars weekly for the best concise menu and brief preparation directions. Entries due Saturdays with printing of winners Mondays and Sundays. address to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston.
The Bookman notes Mr. W. D. Howells current literary surge with The Day of Their Wedding nearing publication in the Century in June. The Landlord of the Lion's Head will begin in Harper's Weekly in July, and Scribner's will publish a further work titled The Story of a Play next year.
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