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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1896
Page
4
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The Hon W J Bryan spoke in Madison Square Garden on Wednesday evening accepting the Republican nomination. The Post notes the crowd sought emotional rhetoric but acknowledges Bryan chose a calm temperate approach focused on the silver issue, addressing the country rather than the Garden audience.
Sir John Millais dies soon after his election as president of the Royal Academy. He served the academy for over forty years and as a leading figure of the pre-Raphaelite circle. His prolific career shaped English painting, rivaled only by Landseer in popular acclaim, notably for The Huguenots.
The east wind brings relief to Boston while other regions still suffer oppressive heat. The piece urges learning from the crisis, stressing better adaptation to climate in dress and work. It notes the ongoing costs of the experience and the need to lighten labor and thought during heat waves for improved happiness nationwide.
In a Bryan acceptance speech excerpt, proponents claim savings banks face risk under a gold standard but argue strict laws guarantee safe deposits. They assert investment limits are tight, asset collection is secure, margins are ample, and banks add gold payment clauses to mortgages for extra protection.
The text argues depositors in savings banks may need to withdraw funds to cover living costs under a silver standard. It notes that gold-basis dollars would lose purchasing power on a silver basis, citing Massachusetts data: deposits of 3439, 269,861 to 1,302,479 people and an estimated $110,000,000 loss if free coinage caused a 2 percent dollar depreciation.
A discussion on government money and free silver coinage contrasts with a Cambridge cultural note about Rev Hallorum, Miss Cronin, and local social oddities. The piece links monetary policy to equal treatment of all citizens while recounting travel of Congressman John F. Fitzgerald and social events at the Redberry Club in Old Orchard.
A brief quotation from Horace Mann praising the woman who has mastered the science of domestic economy as worthy of the highest respect.
Observant Citizen notes a summer resident who sings "My Pretty Irish Maid" on Lexington Main Street, while urban changes near Tremont and Boylston streets alter the cityscape. Nantasket Beach reports reduced garbage nuisances as scows dump offshore, and Boston social circles welcome Charles Metcalf's growing family as he nears a theater appearance. The Longfellow steamer to Provincetown carries an impromptu St John’s choir concert onboard.
A letter to the editor deplores the Boston and Maine railroad windows that fail to open in hot weather. The writer recalls repeated efforts to force windows open, noting discomfort for passengers and urging the company to fix the vexing issue.
A Charlestown rider defends his wife from a lampooning thug in Sullivan Square. The cyclist, a Brickbottegn Somerville athlete, knocked the offender unconscious after verbal abuse near the schoolhouse, then walked away with his wife. The letter urges authorities to heed the incident as a warning.
A study of summer fashion for observant women. A sheer green muslin gown over a blue slip with blue ribbon trim, plain untrimmed skirt hang, blue silk waist, muslin bolero with blue lace slashes, and a broad Panama hat with white chiffon wings. Veils are essential twofold, one net close to the face and a chiffon veil on the hat. If lace is unavailable, brown or blue veils suffice.
Dr. Quidde, famed for a Caligula study, was sentenced to three months in prison for calling Emperor William an ordinary man. Munich newspaper editor faced indictment for "loose majesty" remarks but avoided prosecution due to public sentiment.
In ancient Rome a Greek girl and her unknown father clash in the arena. Melius, the favored gladiator, falls but is spared when the crowd is moved by the girl's plea My father. The act shifts Rome toward an era where cruelty yields to compassion.
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars each for four others. Prizes go to female writers. stories limited to one thousand words, on one side of paper, with name and address. Submissions to Short Story Editor, the Post, Boston.
A collage of quips from Chicago News Harper's Weekly Puck and other outlets. Jokes on love money doctor golf and social plans feature witty exchanges and light humor from late period papers.
The New York World reprints reader questions addressed to William Jennings Bryan. On July 10, the day of his nomination, Bryan wired the World stating restoring silver beside gold would restore parity between money and property and aid prosperity critical of the coinage. The World invited a reply to questions from readers based on that telegram.
A lengthy set of questions challenges silver free coinage and 16 to 1 ratio. It probes parity with gold, constitutional coinage, economic effects on prices and debt, effects on deposits and pensions, and global silver trends, citing U.S. and state contexts and urging clear policy explanations.
A Felchville Vermont reader shares a full day plan: breakfast items like raspberries with powdered ice and sugar, hot broiled steak, Lyonnaise potatoes, green peas, graham gems, bread, butter, doughnuts, coffee. dinner features bluefish, mashed potatoes, butter beans, lettuce salad, bread, butter, tea, gingerbread pudding with hard sauce. supper includes escalloped tomatoes, sardines, blueberry biscuit, plain cake, tea or cocoa. detailed prep for Lyonnaise potatoes green peas graham gems lettuce dressing gingerbread pudding and hard sauce.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill of fare sent in by women readers. Bills of fare must be brief as one menu with short preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast dinner and supper for four to five persons. Limit weekly food cost to ten dollars for a family of five. First contest ends Saturday, Nov. , with winners printed each Monday and one bill published daily and several on Sundays. Send communications to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston. No stamps and no returned submissions.
A Paris rumor notes France weighing the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor for President Kruger and General Joubert of the Transvaal. The piece also surveys notable figures from Dr Roux to Queen Wilhelmina and Max Nordau, with assorted anecdotes on society and fringe figures.
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