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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1896
Page
4
Reports from Paris and London claim a fashion revolution led by the Grecian waist. The bicycle and new walking and evening costumes favor freedom of respiration and movement, signaling a triumph for the modern woman and a shift in style that may prevail.
Boston reports a record weekly death toll with sixty two sunstroke or exhaustion fatalities and fifty nine cholera infantum deaths linked to heat. The total tops prior weeks except during the grip year, while New York surpasses with over six hundred heat deaths. Aftereffects linger in morgue tallies, urging continued caution and temperance.
The author argues the gold standard has raised real wages since 1878, noting wage increases across trades from 1860 to 1890 and longer-term gains in earnings and productivity. He disputes claims that demonetization reduced wages, stating hours shortened and output rose, with purchasing power rising as prices fell.
A reflection on strength and burden suggests that greater power or intelligence implies a broader mission. The note credits Louis Blanc and frames duty as a test set by nature. It invites readers to consider responsibility accompanying exceptional gifts in character and intellect.
The piece surveys a late summer mood with references to Nansen and polar exploration, a fading bicycle craze in England, the Lucania voyage, Playgoers' Club hopes, Park Street Church subway dangers, a Malden funeral crossing, rising bathing attendance, Lillian Harper's theatre status, and Boston harbor improvements at Mystic Wharf with big liners.
The market swung from a week of bearish fear to a hopeful rally as Wall Street moved from a price panic after Bryan news to a rising mood. Investors covered short positions and demand lifted prices, turning Madison Square from disaster fear to a potential bull market omen.
A brief excerpt argues the gold standard harms workers by requiring more labor for a gold dollar than for a silver dollar. The wage earners express strong views on the subject, noting injury under the standard and calling for clear consideration.
Oliver Clark, veteran railroad official, supervises vast wharf property with coal docks and global freight. From early locomotive days he has represented Boston & Lowell and Boston & Maine at the Philadelphia and Reading wharf, coordinating car locations vessel progress and shipments with brisk efficiency. The Post notes his tireless, decisive hustle across scorching days.
A critical survey of Fred eric J. Stimson and Henry Hardwicke reveals cross era literary reach. Debates on authorship names and colonial narratives sit beside D Annunzio’s Italian prestige and English translations in a Cosmopolitan August feature.
A summer dream describes chiseling an iceberg into a ship to steer away from heat toward a polar voyage. The verse envisions a trip to glacier land with a breezy, freezing voyage and a friendly polar bear as they seek perpetual ice and a pole bound picnic.
The fragment sketches a pledged vote by Laura and the speaker, who vows to align with Laura’s preference. Early results hint at a decisive political moment, with the couple’s dialogue revealing conviction and anticipation as returns come in.
A city poet living by cigar box profits sustains a gentle bond with a green and gold snake kept in a wooden box. As his fortune fades, hunger ends his art and life, leaving the snake as his sole quiet friend and the girl reader left waiting for more verse.
Lillie Stonestreet of Washburn Avenue Beachmont wins the Post menu prize of 5 dollars for last week. Her prize menu appeared in the Post Tuesday morning August 11.
Ten dollar prize goes to An Apple Tree Cottage by Miss Kate Brown of 23 Trusl Street Dorchester. A five dollar prize for An Anecdote of the Arena by Edith D Laskey of Marblehead Massachusetts. Two dollar prizes go to Jack Allston s Protege Wife by Ldlla B Court 9 Alden Street Lowell Mass The Gambler s Revenge by Mrs Hattie H Howard 617 Massachusetts Avenue Only a Waif by Alice Gertrude Elwood 8 Mill Street Place Charlestown Mass.
The Post offers weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars for the remaining four. Winners are announced each Sunday and paid by mail Monday for stories published the prior week. Only female writers receive prizes. helpers may be male. Stories must be under 1000 words, one side of paper, with name and address. Submission to Short Story Editor, the Post, Boston.
Lord Salisbury was installed as the first Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports at Dover in a brilliant ceremony attended by a large crowd. The five ports are Sandwich Dover Hythe Romney and Hastings. the office, though historically significant, is now a sinecure once held by Wellington and the Marquis of Dufferin. The official residence of the Lord Warden is noted.
A Dorchester collection lists meal plans and recipes for breakfast, dinner, and supper. It includes Creamed Egg on Toast and Milk Sauce for beans, Cocoanut Pudding with tapioca, and Potato Salad with hard boiled eggs, onion, and butter. May Saunders of Harbor View Street, Dorchester, provides the notes.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Bills must read like menus with brief cooking directions, cover three meals for four to five persons, and cap weekly food cost at ten dollars. Entries accepted by mail to Cooking Editor, The Post, Boston. rejected mail not returned.
An extended music column notes Carl Zerrahn's return from Europe and upcoming Worcester festival rehearsals. It highlights autumn operatic plans in England and Denmark, artist movements, new musical ventures in New York, and fresh publications from Oliver Ditson with various vocal and instrumental pieces.
At Newport harbor colorful yachts and national lanterns set the scene as New York Yacht Club races introduce gowns in nautical fashion. Materials favored include light blue sail cloth, white duck, and white alpaca with waterproof choices for aboard. Blue and white dominate, red gaining popularity, with shore outfits echoing seaworthy details and blue linen accents.
Notices from the column reference are directed to George F Madden at Musical Echoes Boston Post. The text names Augustus L Jameson and George Hubbard Wilder as authors and mentions sending communications to the editor for inclusion.
A survey of prominent figures includes Oliver Wendell Holmes receiving a master of arts degree nine years after his doctorate, followed by honorary degrees from Edinburgh Oxford and Cambridge. Hugh J. Grant appears aged and removed from politics, Bryan’s historic homestead near Culpeper Virginia is described, and Mrs Julia Ward Howe enjoys Newport society. The Princess of Wales finds dairy work improves health. Lincoln's death is noted via a Spanish newspaper. Bryan visits New York and rides Cleveland's elevator at Penn Station. Queen Amelia uses X-ray graphs on court ladies to show fashion dangers. Portraits by Charles Ayer Whipple are underway of Do Platt, Miles and others. Astor’s wedding diamond absence raises questions of invitation. Lord Chief Justice’s American tour is planned. Miss Dora Moody scales Hood in California. Sewall is cited as a Swedenborgian. a Kansas City girl marks a five-generation family reunion in New York.
Funeral for painter James F. Henderson killed while painting a Maple Street house held yesterday at St. Joseph's Church Somerville. Rev Father Ryan officiated with pallbearers James Davlin Rich Furlong John McGonagle Daniel Gillis Thomas Joy James Fitzgibbons James Cuddy P A Parker H Ewell Captain Sweeney amid escorted procession by Hese 3 and Veteran Firemen's Association. Foresters conducted graveside service at Holy Cross Cemetery Malden.
Across the Hudson near West Point J Pierpont Morgan preserves a kennel with prize collies. Valuations reach 5000 for top dogs like Ruffled Ormonde and Sefton Hero, while others such as Bob Tail Sheep Dog fetch thousands. Donald, a prize winner, died returning from Detroit after Morgan reportedly paid 5000. Phyllis, among the finest, is valued at 4000 by many.
A cascade of light verse and quips from various papers features barbed exchanges on engagements pets and manners. Jocular exchanges include a Brooklyn Life quip on long engagements a Detroit Free Press aside about a bug a Truth line on littleness and greatness and a Puck style jab at weather altering bill rates. The miscellany preserves flavor of late 19th century humor with brief exchanges and sharp epigrams.
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