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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1896
Page
4
In New York crowds greet Li Hung Chang with ceremonial pomp. Critics call the mobilization of troops and salutes excessive, arguing the display crosses into toadyism rather than respectful welcome.
Fire Marshal Whitcomb faces a rash of destructive fires in Wakefield and nearby areas with several suspects eyed but no arrests made. Citizens plan to form a vigilance committee to catch the culprit, as fires grow more common and officials seek a decisive example.
The death of Harry Hill removes a unique New York figure. An illiterate man who earned wealth in liquor sales and prize fighting, he ran a saloon with strict moral order and often steered patrons away from intemperance. His influence made him a civic oddity and he will be greatly missed.
The piece argues the new Republican registration law unjustly bars Patrick Donahoe from voting. It notes he arrived as a child, gained naturalization through his father, and has voted for decades, calling for equal voting rights for adopted citizens.
The piece argues three facts about silver versus gold standards, noting low wages in silver countries like Japan where pay is in silver worth half its face value in gold. It cites U S Department of Labor data and Colonel Wright on long factory shifts and very low daily wages, contrasting with higher U S wages under the gold standard.
The passage questions whether accepting free silver could cure temporary downturns and asks if difficult periods for workers under a silver standard are preferable to prosperous eras under any gold backed system. It frames a comparison of economic conditions and policy.
Henry M. Whitney of Dominion Coal Company shows health improvement and is expected back at work. A waitress refuses a tip, illustrating social behavior. Union Park residents plan protest against sanitary division wagon visits. Roxbury letter carrier John McGriskin takes two weeks off for the Grand Army encampment. Hotel proprietor John O Connor gains local fame as an impromptu poet. A New Haven man orders a costly 18 carat gold pocket knife. Suburban newsboys press harder for sales. Blind pianist E. B. Perry embarks on a sixty concert tour. Secretary Arthur T. Bliss of the Massachusetts Yacht Racing Association competes in Plymouth Bay races.
A New Englander, aged 25, becomes a leading merchant in Valparaiso. He falls for Senorita Inez as Don Manuel Hernandez arrives from Rio with high credentials. An old friend Captain Tom Simpson visits with a fortune in diamonds and asks the narrator to guard his $100,000 stash. The narrator fears rivals and plans a night to pursue Inez amidst intrigue.
A jewel keeper discovers his safe robbed and a red hand scar as a clue. He confronts Don Hernandez, a night visitor, leading to a struggle on the veranda. Police recover the diamonds hidden on the bandit Jose Ruiz, who is later imprisoned and dies by suicide. Inez becomes his wife as the couple recounts the tale to their children.
Miss Daisy Barbee of Atchison Kansas graduates with highest honors from Washington University law department in St Louis. She is the sole woman in the class and won the thesis prize from thirty eight competitors.
Mystic Lake supply dwindles as one of two pumps fails and the newer unit breaks down. The water commissioner warns of emergency and possible restrictions within a week, noting 100 percent waste increases since 1894 and no discrimination between rich and poor in enforcing curbs.
A set of historical kitchen guidance listing breakfast items such as Wheat Cakes Fruit in season Broiled Salmon Steak and coffee plus dinner courses including Fresh Salmon and Peas Mashed Potatoes Cucumber and tomato salad Cherry Pie and more with specific preparation notes and Miss M Berg address in East Boston.
The Pawtucket Manufacturing Company shipped sixty tons of bolt and nut machinery to Russia via Philadelphia. The equipment will be used to build locomotives at Nijni Novgorod.
Firemen responded to 180 Bow Street owned by Peter Jacobs and occupied by George Irving. The mattress fire started in the attic and caused about 30 dollars in damage before firefighters extinguished it.
The Sunday schedule lists Old South Church Tremont Temple Fourth Presbyterian and more with sermons by Rev. Stinson Lorimer Robertson Higgins Hershey and others. Various meetings include Sunday school prayers and evening baptisms and special musical programs open to all.
The United States will dispatch the four gun Bancroft cadet cruiser to Constantinople to aid foreign guard ships during revolutionary rioting. The ship will pass the Bosphorus without permission and reinforce naval presence in the capital amid Armenian unrest and bank attacks. Nine lines describe casualties and official inquiries by a mixed Christian and Muslim commission.
Lieutenant-Commander Charles Belknap U S N has been appointed to command the new cruiser Bancroft which recently commissioned at Annapolis. He leaves for Norfolk Navy Yard tomorrow to take command of the vessel after spending the summer in Athol.
The Rev P A McKenna rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception Marlboro is dangerously ill at the parochial residence with Brights disease and doctors fear he will not survive the night. He is known as an orator temperance lecturer and preacher and has long been active in diocese affairs including Land League matters where he served as national treasurer.
A selection of Post readers share spicy letters about this season's starting phase of life at the beaches. The pages capture opinions, reflections, and mood on summer beginnings and coastal leisure.
Carpenter Mass Schlatter known for hearing crowds in public places may soon perform on Boston Common as a public presentation.
Chicago business circles feel the impact of the Moore Bros. collapse as about 19 million dollars retreat from legitimate trade. Banks clamp credit lines, funds shift to speculators, and roughly seven million remains tied up. Three million aided street railway stock maneuvers, delaying circulation until after the Stock Exchange opens. The text speculates the next U.S. president may be decided before the exchange doors open.
A collection of clipped quips from period papers. Raxmore chides Gadson for not leaving word after a missed call. The Bargain Counter Finance line mocks value in buying and selling. A Progressive Consolation bit jokes about a lingering debt of fifty dollars becoming a dollar a month. The Coming Shaks segment captions a family joke about Johnnie, fear of greatness, or illness, from Mrs. Chaffie.
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