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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
4
The Brooklyn cruiser trial was postponed to today to allow max speed testing after overhauling the engines. While public interest centers on speed, the article questions whether such trials reflect real wartime performance under pressure, noting enemies would not permit engine overhauls to showcase ships.
Despatches from Oklahoma report the death of Bill Doolin after a fierce battle marking the decline of outlaw sightings on the frontier. The piece notes civilization eroding such figures and cautions that some in England still fear travel beyond cities, believing danger persists.
The piece recalls the perilous Grand Banks fisheries near Newfoundland where Gloucester crews brave fog and storms as ocean steamships pass by. Despite frequent hazards, the casualty list remains surprisingly small given the high risks of wind, wave, and dense fog.
The article reports Captain-General Weyler’s plan to suspend gathering of the coffee crop in Cuba and prohibit sugar planting and harvesting. It quotes Weyler saying insurgent subsidies will be cut off as punishment. The piece criticizes these methods as warlike and calls for ending the futile attempts to subdue Cuba.
The piece argues that about 22,735,661 wage earners depend on stable money, as half the adult population relies on wages. It warns that any decrease in purchasing power from free coinage of silver would cause widespread hardship, urging readers to consider the impact on tens of millions of workers.
The piece argues against free silver coinage and warns that silver countries’ labor wages and living standards threaten high wage workers in gold standard nations. It cites Japan and China, contrasts wages, food, and automation, and stresses preserving high monetary value to protect workers while condemning silver as a threat to civilization. It also notes vivid local observations of city benches and a large kennel club grounds in South Braintree.
A New York gossip column links Hilton Hughes & Co failures to shunning New York papers. It covers ad habits, a bicycle parade by Herald and Post, Brooklyn visit of Roland Reed, local politics, East Boston road funds, Commodore Betz, Sir Robert Peel, Dr. Griffis biography work, and the fate of many literary magazines.
The veteran actor Charles Francis Hildreth returns to the boards in Shylock at the Park Theatre as Harris counsels him. He battles health strain and fame, delivering a final performance before succumbing after the curtain. His wife Portia, in mourning finery, whispers of fame's cost.
The paper delays the silverbug goldbug and straddlebug letters to tomorrow to fit the full publication of McKinley’s long acceptance letter.
D A Robinson of 295 Chelsea Street Everett writes to The Post urging a cheaper 5 cent fare to Boston. He notes long commutes via West End road and Lynn and Boston lines, blaming railroad agreements for high costs and vacant land, and asks for guidance on pushing for change.
Letter requests specification of redeemable coins and notes at the Boston sub-treasury, including acceptable sums and procedures. It notes standard gold and silver dollars are not redeemable, allows subsidiary coins in $20 units, and states Treasury notes of 1890 at least $50, gold certificates and government coin obligations, are redeemable in gold coin when demanded.
The landlord asks if he may dispose of a tenant’s trunk left five weeks, after four months, and demand storage fees. A response states you cannot sell property that does not rightfully belong to you.
The reader asks if a law exists in Massachusetts against bouncing a bill paid by a postal card and the penalty. The reply notes a United States law applies and a fine can be imposed in court.
A reader asks where and when the United States Circuit Court sits to pursue naturalization. The editor notes the court is held daily in the post office building.
A Boston menu lists breakfast items including cantaloupe wheat with cream beefsteak baked potatoes and coffee. Dinner features macaroni soup roast lamb mint sauce beans cucumbers tomatoes snow pudding plums and iced tea. Supper offers cold lamb grilled tomatoes bread and blueberry cake with a baking recipe attributed to M. B. Lucas of 40 Warrenton Street Boston.
The piece notes a shift in fashion as cooler days bring longing for warm colors and rich tones. It contrasts summer hats with frostier hues and imagines fashion foretelling desires for Italian warmth and deeper purples and greens.
Autumn color tones appear in hats and gowns described with rich crimson and purple blends. A gown features Persian silk skirt with yellow lace, while a Louis jacket shows striped silk crimson and green with jet edging and yellow lace neck rube.
Aug 26 reports the President fishing inland on Buzzard's Bay and expected to depart for New York tomorrow by boat. Mrs Cleveland also returns from Newport and Attorney General Harmon visits Gray Gabies this evening.
The Newport, Rhode Island horse show opened this afternoon to strong crowds and high hopes. Exhibits included roadsters, saddle horses, ponies, cabs, tandems, and polo ponies with 15 horses in the last event for hunters. A tea tent drew society ladies and plans call for a permanent yearly association.
The St. Stephen's parish garden party at Apollo Garden featured five refreshment booths run by parish societies. Activities included dancing, athletic events won by J Gallagher and W Manning, a three standing jump by D Gunn, and evening music with a band concert.
Miss T Thompson wed Mr Thomas Ryan yesterday at St Stephen’s parochial residence with best man Jack Kerwin Jr and bridesmaid Mamie Flaherty of East Boston. They dined at the Quincy House then left Boston for a three week honeymoon via Portland and Maine resorts.
Ex City Marshal Asa Warren Emerson of Newburyport died at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Born in Rowley in 1529, he served as quartermaster-sergeant in the rebellion for four years under General Cogswell. He moved to Newburyport in 1881, ran a restaurant, and was city marshal from 1889 for seven years, later reappointed by two mayors. Also noted is death of Wallace Grinnell, Boston rowing association member.
A collage of jokes and quips from Tit-Bits Puck and others, including lines on vanity of being "one in a thousand," Canton misreadings, Newport gossip, and a pharmacist’s quip about drug strength. Rosenthal the pianist debuts in New York Carnegie Hall on Nov 10 with future Boston Symphony engagements.
A Boston letter by Sir A Moralist condemns prudish views on gender mixing at Crescent Beach. The writer argues morality is misapplied, urges recognition of human closeness, and defends social freedom against overbearing censorship. Hingham, Aug. 26.
A reader criticizes multiple Post letters on bathing dress and morals, questioning the relevance of McKinley and nationalities to the issue. The letter mocks moralizing language and compares dress to scenes in tobacco rooms with beer, asserting such sights occur daily.
A Boston note defends mixed bathing arguing fewer evil thoughts and mocks the Immoralist. It recalls social dances and a jealous reaction to a swimming scene, ending with a satirical toast about salt water and bread pan.
An August letter from an avid Revere beachgoer defends local park plans and urges self reliance, arguing the city’s park police can manage without external interference. The writer emphasizes pride in the new park and hopes for a long, safe swimming season despite moral sensationalism.
The Rev. Father Cummins drives a large barbecue project in Boston promising festive success. Efforts to transplant the event to the North have been attempted but the Boston plan remains the focal point of local activity.
Reverend John F. Cummins plans an Aug. 29 barbecue at Apollo Garden Roxbury featuring an Illinois 1400 pound steer, a Southern pit master from Virginia Charles W Allen, political speakers including Joseph H O Neill William F Sheehan Jacob Cantor Alderman Lee, a chorus of colored singers a glee club of Boston letter carriers and a concert by the National Guard Military Band. The event aims to bring a taste of the South to Boston audiences.
Aboard the Leyland line Armesican from Boston to Liverpool were Mrs. Cc H Fowler Master Park Fowler Edna Fowler Mrs Henry Scull P C Ambler Mrs W E Frelich and child Mrs J M Newsome and child Raymond Fry etc plus on the White Star Majestic from New York to Liverpool were W H Moody Mrs Moody G E Anderson Mrs Anderson Miss A S Blake Miss Anna Nuke E B Hunt F C Fletcher H R Milner F E Dicker man.
The Eighteenth Massachusetts Volunteer Association gathered at the United States Hotel for their annual reunion and dinner. Officers for the coming year were elected with Col. W. B. White named adjutant, Austin G. Pratt vice president, and W. W. Hemmingway secretary, H. A. Farrar treasurer. A smoke talk followed led by Capt Hemmingway with remarks from veterans including W. B. White and Dr. B. F. Hastings.
Scientist William A Eddy sent seven light kites aloft to photograph Boston from about sixty feet as wind rose from fourteen to over twenty miles per hour. Two kites were torn and five hauled in. four final photos completed the dozen films loaded for the camera. Herbert Horton assisted Eddy and Smith checked progress.
Citizens of Revere gather as Selectmen report a large water find near Magee’s Corner while sewer workers pump through a 12 by 12 foot opening seventeen feet deep. The muddy water may clear with deeper boring, and another strong spring is found near the old Cherry Street depot for a potential pumping station.
The New England District Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church met at Marley Street Church Lynn with delegates from across New England. Officers elected include I. D. Jacobs secretary W H Shields statistical secretary and B W Arnett Lynn reporter. Reports from Chelsea Springfield New Bedford Worcester and others discussed amid concerns over church deeds and receipts held by a broker in Louisiana.
Cambridge City Treasurer Dallinger will borrow two hundred thousand dollars temporarily until November rather than seek bids on authorized bonds. He cites weak market conditions for a favorable sale of twenty to thirty year 4 percent bonds and warns that failure to borrow could halt work in multiple departments. City officials expect easy access to borrowing despite the current market.
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