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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1891
Page
4
Citizens are urged to support Mayor Matthews for a second term, arguing the city has benefited from his business administration. The editorial stresses that a near unanimous victory would empower him to carry out policies and calls for every Democratic ballot to be cast on election day.
The text states that no convention was needed to name Mayor Matthews as the Citizens' candidate and that everyone recognizes him in that role.
The Boston Journal’s critique implies a bill for free silver coinage would not be killed in the House. It ignores that Democrats in the last House blocked the measure, aided by Andrew and O Neill of Massachusetts. Now Democrats share responsibility, making inflation measures a shared burden.
The speaker notes that any policy introduced in the House that passes will be killed by Democratic votes, just as free silver coinage was blocked in the last Congress. The Journal is challenged to justify why this outcome would not recur.
The statement predicts a full council vote result where Mayor MArr HeEns's plurality appears overwhelming. It frames the outcome as almost unanimous, suggesting broad support or a strong rally around the mayor's stance.
A Post reporter analyzed West End cars from 5 to 6 PM and found about fifteen hundred people crowded into some cars while others ran with space. The piece condemns irregular schedules and calls for a sensible timetable to relieve daily Boston transit discomfort.
The mayor argues Matrurws has a strong claim on the Democratic reserve that backed Governor Russell and urges active participation this election year rather than staying home.
A tribute to WHITTIER praising his life and work as a humane poet. The piece lauds his empathy, patriotism, and simple kindly nature, noting his age and enduring influence. It frames his eighty fifth anniversary as a moment of shared good wishes and continuation of his inspirational voice.
The text notes candidate ALLEN running for the next year while urging Good Republicans to refrain from active campaigning now and to vote for Mayor MATTHEWS tomorrow, reflecting a split in local political strategy and a push for immediate mayoral support.
Nearly seven hundred leading Boston merchants, bankers, lawyers, and professionals urge residents to reelect Mayor Matthews. They cite vigilant administration, conservative finances, consolidated street services, reform of wasteful practices, planned city growth, and a vigorous businesslike governance. Most signers are Republicans.
The text portrays Marruews as the Citizens' candidate, rebuking Republican managers for making a party issue where none exists and presenting Marruews as the preferred local leadership choice.
New England bears three astonishing criminals, led by Norcross whose act surpasses prior nightmares. Sawtell killed his brother and Army shot his employer’s daughter in New Hampshire. The trio’s deeds are portrayed as dreamlike horrors, though seen as aberrations rather than regional trends.
A campaign emphasizes low taxes, clean streets, and an honest, businesslike administration as voters head to the polls tomorrow. The message frames the election as a test of practical governance and municipal stewardship.
Republican managers urge votes for Allen claiming city welfare demands a mayor unaffiliated with party management. The argument misstates the issue, as voters want results shown by Mayor Matthews. His administration is praised and re election urged as unanimous.
Citizens are urged to express support or opposition to Mayor Matthews by voting tomorrow, indicating who seeks another term and shaping the city leadership.
The article discusses short selling trends and the public’s profits hopes in a rising market. It highlights Chicago Burlington and Quincy’s grain transport strength, bears covering positions, and a possible drop in buying momentum. October Union Pacific earnings improve, signaling bondholder comfort amid past anxiety. Oregon Navigation and Northwest expansion weigh on finances.
The piece notes eight years of drought for dividends, with stock held for speculation. It mentions renewed investor confidence in Bell Telephone as prices rise and copper stocks steady on dwindling visible supply. It lauds the New York World for identifying Henry L. Norcross as the Sacre dynamiter, praising its investigative work over New York’s detective force.
In Boston a noon gathering at the Old South Meeting House tomorrow seeks broad attendance to back Hampton Institute. The institution’s ongoing needs and prior generous aid are cited as reasons for community liberality and continued support.
Fragment from Thomas Carew poem cycle Elizabethan songs. The speaker asks not where June fades or day’s gold flecks fall, as beauty’s power and love transform nature. Images of nightingale, stars, phoenix, and the beloved’s eyes convey romantic devotion and sensual metaphor.
The widow of Charles Kingsley is dead. The King of Corea buys a $25,000 Washington lot to build a Corean Legation house. Gilberta Beckett dies a gentle invalid. Mrs. Mary Lowell Putnam, eighty one, sister of James Russell Lowell, is the sole living member of that generation. Du Maurier, famed caricaturist, has impaired sight. Kansas University Professor Dyche plans a World's Fair exhibit of 150 large mammal species. Mrs. Grover Cleveland’s collie Kay sits for a portrait at West Chester. Von Moltke served the Turkish Sultan 1836 to 1841 and wrote about Asia Minor. Jacques Morgan and wife traveled 12,400 miles in Northern Persia and surrounding regions, enduring dangers. Shakespeare’s death linked to excessive conviviality after his daughter Judith’s wedding. Kate Marsden aids Siberian lepers, riding 2000 miles to distribute aid and seeking funds for a hospital.
Opinion letter questions voting for Allen amid political contests. It argues not to waste a vote when Swell Matthews holds a clear majority, urging readers to consider the broader slate and regional outcomes.
A collage of quips and brief line items including softening of the brain sign, a Maine murder note, a Chicago fair nod toward Shecago, lamp titled The Pennsylvania, utilitarian age cartoon quip, a rehab joke about drinking limits, and a short humor piece about a grieving wife.
A playful column riffs on fashion trends and humorous quips. It muses on long necked silhouettes and Eve in Paradise, pokes fun at lamp globes and petroleum scent, and cites Count de Lesseps’s Suez canal humor while lampooning stockholder losses in the Panama project. It notes a letter mishap with mucilage and digests quirky reader questions about red ants and red aunts with a rebuke to kindness.
A first person encounter in a Tremont Street shop reveals a melancholic young clerk amid ornate vases as the narrator contemplates truth and desire before selecting a pair of dated vases. The piece shifts to praise for a reforming Boston editor who rejects bribery by the powerful West End company and calls for a fearless daily paper.
The Newburyport letter discusses the Boston Post's stance as a "paper without a muzzle" while reporting President Whitney of the West End railroad offering to pay per column for news. It questions motive, noting the potential public interest against corporate influence and praising the Post for resisting editorial pressure.
The Boston Post refused a bribe from West End Railroad President Whitney to publish his Rapid Transit Commission speech in its news columns. The Reading Chronicle notes the Post upholds journalistic independence, printing the speech as legitimate news without payment.
The East Boston Citizen comments on the Boston Post attack on the West End railroad, noting it would have been an eye opener if the Pos had a large circulation.
Boston citizens respond to perceived corporate influence over the press and public streets. John J. Murphy calls out Whitney and the West End Railway for corrupt practices, demands strict enforcement of laws, removal of the trolley wire, and compensation for street use, warning of consequences if deceit continues.
A call to vote early tomorrow urges citizens to support Matthews, emphasizing uninterrupted participation in civic duty and the importance of timely casting ballots. The message frames voting as a constitutive public obligation.
The state auditor W D Trefry is expected to be appointed savings bank commissioner replacing E P Chapin who resigns as chairman to take the presidency of Pynchon National Bank in Springfield. Trefry is deemed well suited for the post.
The grand jury returned an indictment against Preston Sibley. He was unlawfully removed from the state by Connecticut officers. Governor Russell has signed a requisition to Connecticut for Sibley’s extradition, and a district police officer has traveled to Connecticut to serve it.
The article outlines Mayor Matthews policy to reduce net city debt after increases in 1889 and 1890. It notes a total 216 775 51 decline this year, with potential further borrowing limited to 2 500 000 for emergencies and 3 000 000 without net debt impact. It details planned annual expenditures around 4 000 000 and suggests loans used only for essential improvements including streets, sewers, bridges, parks, and public buildings, with timing around year-end.
The Minnie Hauk Grand Opera Company ends a two week Boston engagement with Lohengrin and a Cavalleria Rusticana performance. Mme Tavary ill. Miss Greta Risley fills in. The company also gave a concert last night, encores common, and plan a rest week before appearing in Springfed on the 28th.
A pupils recital features Mendelssohn organ sonata Op 65 Parker Jerusalem Mozart quartet Retoli songs and Mendelssohn pianoforte concerto in G minor. Thursday evening a Beethoven commemoration recital by Faelton Mahr Schulz and Whiting marks the 21st anniversary of the composer’s birthday. The Mole chamber concert II presents soloists F E Clifford H G Tucker and Sig Rotoli at Association Hall tomorrow.
Washington December report says Representative David L. Culberson of Texas will resign from the House to accept as interstate commerce commissioner. He replaces the late Commissioner Bragg with four years to serve, having previously declined the offer twice. Nominees include eminent Southern lawyers. Senate action anticipated tomorrow. Potential successors for Judge Cooley’s vacancy noted as Judge Lambert of Nebraska or ex Senator Dill of Iowa. Colonel Morrison may succeed Morrison himself.
At a meeting of the water works employees L. A. 479 held in Pythian Hall yesterday, it was unanimously voted to indorse Mayor Matthews for re election. The assembly considered new member proposals and initiated six new members. A committee was appointed to study a ball event. The group will move future meetings to Dexter Hall to improve turnout.
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