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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1892
Page
4
Fragmented OCR shows masthead with publication info and scattered numbers. The legible items indicate Vol CXXL No 189 and daily publication by Post Publishing Co with a cryptic billing line. No coherent event or article details are readable.
The piece urges restraint in assigning guilt amid the Fall River double murder. It stresses public inquiry to uncover facts, notes the daughter’s innocent character, and calls for suspension of judgment until circumstances become clearer. The crime is described as phenomenal and not solvable by ordinary means.
Mr. Curtis Guilp Jr remarks in Fitchburg claim Indiana Democrats back free silver while a Republican president vetoes it. The piece notes Harrison never pledged opposition, asserts the Daily Advertiser urged him to speak, and criticizes Guilp for unfounded conclusions and a lively imagination.
The article explains the new voter eligibility in Massachusetts for this generation. Male citizens twenty one years old who can read the constitution in English and write their name, with one year residency in the state and six months in the city or town, may vote with no tax payment required. Registrars use assessors lists to form voting lists, and having an assessment saves time at registration. The fall vote is expected to be the largest ever.
The state prepares for a historic election with a broad franchise. It will be the first large ballot in years cast under simple requirements of manhood residence and intelligence, promising the biggest Democratic vote if voters participate in the easy preparatory steps.
A political critique denounces the Republican party as senile and decayed urging retirement. It contrasts a vigorous Democracy with a stagnating GOP, condemning past Reconstruction era policies and wartime taxation, and calls for the GOP to fade from public life with public support.
The Boston Journal asserts a price decrease in clothing from 1889 to 1891. Using Senate committee tables, the comparison shows an average relative wholesale price of 99.98 in 1889 and 100.13 in 1891, indicating a rise rather than a fall. The piece notes three other tariff-related items remain to be examined: steel billets, coal, and cost of living.
The Albany Journal defends Thomas H. Carter against being called a free silver man. It condemns misleading campaign talk and endorses bold denial as proper response. The piece argues Republican organs avoid facts, favor fancies, and praise loyal, bold rhetoric in the currency debate.
Boston's theatrical season 1892 93 nears with more theatres and a growing audience. The piece argues against a pessimistic view and frames rising competition as a sign of life and public entertainment.
The author argues that lowering standards harms quality while competition raises it. Energetic contest yields only the best, and the public quickly discerns poor work. Good plays by capable actors sustain demand, with Boston having room for more quality performances. The summer season ends successfully as the new season begins.
The week saw widespread gains across securities with Atchison crossing 40 and all grangers holding firmer values. Industrial stocks added tone as short covering and trader activity boosted the advance, while optimism about crops railroads and national legislation boosts confidence. Newsboys regulations threaten more street car incidents, with licensed boys safer but changes may raise casualties.
A Yale professor cited by a New Haven Times correspondent forecasts that about 60 percent of Yale faculty will back Cleveland in the upcoming political contest. The article notes the unnamed expert’s stance while detailing other regional figures and fortunes linked to New England and the Midwest.
The current Baron Fairfax resides in Virginia as a physician. The Shah of Persia owns a tobacco pipe valued at 4.1 million dollars and a mat worth 2.5 million dollars. MP F A Channing is W E Channing’s nephew and spent much of his life in England after Cambridge. Palmerston was the last British premier past 80, dying in office in 1865 at 81.
At East Chicago on August 7, superintendent Mr. Ingram of the horse shoe works died after being given carbolic acid by mistake by Dr. Cole who hosted a show with Louis Barr as guest. Barr escaped serious harm while Cole is in critical condition.
The Boston Post invites readers to submit original or published conundrums to the Conundrum Editor. Short, crisp verse or prose, dated and separated to one side of paper, with originality stated. Prizes include a gold eagle for the best conundrum, with earliest received favored in ties.
A compact collection of political jokes and quips from Oliver W. Chenery and others. Posing humorous questions about Mars can be grover Democrats, Grover Cleveland, and Behring Sea disputes, the items poke fun at politicians and current events.
Governor Seay received word from Interior Department inspector that Fort Reno commanders were ordered to remove cattle from the Cherokee strip and that Kansas Governor Humphrey ordered border sheriffs to keep cattle out of Oklahoma. Seay instructed sheriffs to block any attempted crossing as armed posies guard county lines and any entering cattle will be killed.
A Boston Post funded physician visits crowded North End tenements daily to aid malnourished babies and overheated mothers. The Walker Gordon dispensary at 203 Clarendon Street provides free pure milk to needy infants, aiming to cut summer deaths and emphasize the value of every child to the state.
A historical fundraising update shows multiple subscription streams from Boston and surrounding areas. Totals include 2609.15 collected in Waltham by Andrew Woods, 25 collected by J. B. Howard in Jamaica Plain, and various city-wide gifts. Overall grand total reported at 7934.65 with remaining opportunities for 100 dollar pledges.
Readings from multiple papers condemn the Homestead penalty and praise for Snowden’s restraint. The case centers on Private Sams, tortured by Colonel Streator beyond a lawful punishment, with calls for disciplinary action and even disbanding of Company K amid national attention and protests to Governor Pattison.
A survey of August issues across Forest and Stream Meehan's Monthly Cassell's Family Magazine and more. It notes features on birds and fish, manners of the early Republic, fashion letters, fiction by Tolstoi Haggard and others, travel pieces and portraits. The piece also mentions Dr Remensnyder Homiletic Review and Dwight Pratt pieces with cycling fiction by Bates.
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