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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1895
Page
4
Publication pricing for the Sunday Post and weekly editions. Details include six months at 75 cents, one year at £1.00, and three months at 40 cents for the Sunday Post. Readers are warned about delivery accuracy and to avoid sending cash with mail. payments by checks or money orders only.
The piece argues that a formal nomination trust formed by Quay, Platt, Clarkson, Hobart, Fessenden and Trumbo controls the Republican nomination process. It contrasts this with candidates Manley Reed and Sherman McKinley Harrison outside the pact. It urges applying anti trust laws to curb the combine, noting past conventions showed commercial character and lively trade.
The piece urges Republicans in Congress to rise above partisanship and enact needed financial relief as advised by the President and Treasury. It questions whether Senate conduct will squander this chance, noting the prospect of a partisan response to Democratic recommendations.
The speaker is urged to activate a strong sound money currency committee in the House and push the issue to compel Senate cooperation. It is described as his great chance to offset senators’ stance on sound money and finance.
President Cleveland transmits to Congress correspondence on the Venezuelan question, defending the Monroe doctrine against British interference. He asserts the United States reserves continental rights and pledges a firm, patriotic policy, destined to define his administration beyond tariff reforms.
The piece lauds President Cleveland as a steady statesman, contrasts him with Lodge and Chandler, and notes his broader appeal to conservatives and wary Britons, while hinting at ongoing Venezuelan tensions and the fading anti-third-term stance as events unfold.
With a large Republican majority in the new House, leaders plan immediate action on contested elections after the holiday recess. Three committees on elections are envisaged to split the work, echoing past Reed Congress tactics that swapped seats to secure party gains for the McKinley bill.
A dated poetic tribute to Josiah Quincy praising his mayoral leadership and Boston’s enduring fame. The verse extols his virtue and artful governance, urging fidelity to enduring principles to keep his name bright in history.
The Observant Citizen offers an apology to a Roxbury church pastor over an unfair paragraph. Charley Hoyt recounts a Park Theatre speech about a New Hampshire Legislature incident, noting his sole successful speech involved a large appropriation. He paid a lawyer to deliver it after a fierce attack. The column surveys coal horse abuse on Beacon Hill and admires a prudent contractor, Mrs. Alice B. E. Cram, and mentions Joseph H. Manley and artist William Adam. It also notes skating at Wedge Pond, cycling in winter, a wheelbarrow procession, and a brass band election-night scene in Boston streets.
A collage of satirical exchanges and quips from early 20th century newspapers. Bits touch on politics, romance, courts, journalism, and social manners, featuring playful banter about merit, proposals, royalty, detectives, drawing room humor, and misheard confidences.
Small Republican politicians had clamored for the President to address state affairs and the Venezuelan issue. He has returned and sent Congress the much demanded message, delivering a sharp disappointment to critics who wished he stayed away from higher concerns and kept focus on domestic pursuits.
A preserved old style menu lists baked apples and cream scrambled eggs bacon and coffee for breakfast, followed by luncheon items veal core baked potatoes stewed prunes and coffee cake for dessert. Recipes include veal cutlets fried in butter coffee cake and scrambled eggs with milk, cauliflower in cream sauce, and orange custard from Clara Eh Stenberg of Cambridgeport Massachusetts.
The Boston Post offers five dollars weekly for the best three meal bills of fare from women readers. Meals must be stated like a menu with brief preparation directions. Three meals per day for a family of five should stay under ten dollars weekly. Submissions by mail to Cooking Editor, Post, Boston. Do not send stamps. write on one side only.
The Glen Rose Herald notes Josiah Quincy has been elected Mayor of Boston. An old fashioned Democrat, he previously served briefly as assistant secretary of state under Cleveland. He resisted the President’s preferred milquetoast policy and resigned. The item ends with a warm toast and an invitation if he visits.
Chapter by chapter, hotel staff hunt for Mr. Williams who fails to appear at 7:45. Rooms locked, a broken door, and a sudden discovery reveal him calmly reading the President's message in his chair as colleagues fear foul play or illness.
The Market Basket notes prices steady or improving with broad fish supply and plentiful greens though evergreens Laurel and holly are down from peak. Evergreen three cents a yard wreaths $1.50 a dozen. Wreaths glossy laurel $1.75 dozen. Hornets nest decor ranges seven cents to $1.50. Turkey prices 12½ to 20 cents. Western gobbler 16 to 18. Ducks geese roasters and game items listed with varied prices. Venison 22–28 cents, rabbits 30–85 cents per pair, quail $3 per dozen, cod 8 cents a pound, halibut 25 cents, mackerel 40 cents each, butterhead ducks $1.50 per pair, pigeons $2–$2.25.
A vintage style note describes green velvet high collars with slashed fronts and Marlborough bows, edged with gilt lace. Linen collars return in a tall, turn down design, reflecting a revived fashion trend from earlier periods. The piece echoes period tone and visual details without modern terminology.
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