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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1895
Page
4
The Boston Post from Thursday December 19, 1996 is scanned with dateline and edition details. The page likely contains news briefs, editorials, and regional notices typical of a morning issue. The readable text emphasizes city and regional reporting with standard newspaper features.
The notice lists prices for daily and Sunday Post subscriptions including six months, three months, and monthly rates. It warns readers to update present and future addresses, notes Second Class Matter entry, and advises sending checks or money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company with money at sender's risk.
The London Times and other English papers decry concessions demanded from Britain in the Venezuela affair. The piece argues no concessions are owed and that arbitration could settle the boundary with an impartial panel. It labels such talk as British bluff aimed at confusing the issue.
The United States proposes a special commission to determine the boundary between British Guiana and Venezuela. The move, hailed as novel in international affairs, aims to establish clear rights amid British insistence on power. Public sentiment notes potential British opposition, while the U.S. seeks factual guidance.
The examination of the boundary question is not for Great Britain but for the United States. Britain may offer evidence, but the commission will continue its work regardless.
The article argues both nations favor peace between the United States and Britain over Venezuela. It notes Lord Salisbury’s notes show negotiations with Venezuela are ongoing and Cleveland supports a negotiated settlement. A peace path is possible through renewed talks to resolve the boundary dispute without war.
Curtis Guild Jr complains Boston took a backward step by not reelecting Mayor Curtis but Boston supporters insist the city moves forward. They defend Boston’s industrial potential and rebuke Guild’s critique made at a New York Mayors dinner.
The piece argues Boston Republican papers misread Young Men's Democratic Club remarks, noting Democratic leaders oppose war and do not share jingoistic aims. It says speeches lacked Britain’s reply context and Cleveland’s message tone, while Salisbury’s letter was not yet known. Hypercritical politics are faulted.
The country focuses on two figures at Washington, Richard Olney of Boston and Grover Cleveland, as they shape international policy on Venezuelan affairs and Congress. Olney emerges as the leading statesman in this moment, eclipsing other debates and controversies.
The Observant Citizen discusses a proposed jingo brigade from New England to aid in a war with England over Venezuela. It lists named local units by city and state and notes Armenian massacre as a trigger for the Morse Musketeers of Canton to be called into service. Also mentions Banker Morrill’s upbeat South Carolina business report and comments on an Indian summer farewell amid odd New England weather.
A Boston writer reflects on provincialism in Cambridge and urban life in Chelsea and Roxbury, noting historic sweepers, an exchange club idea, the new Chelsea drawbridge, aging streetcars, and prominent marriages. The piece also covers sculpture debates, a Horace Greeley statue, and colorful street scenes amid winter gloom.
The article argues against bloomers and dress reform for the Twentieth Century Girl. It contrasts past and present children, noting that the current generation’s child will shape the future. The piece claims attire shifts are unlikely despite calls for reform.
A mother’s view shifts from ugly comfortable clothes to beauty and charm in dress. The little girl wears tasteful gowns with red shaggy cloth, sage green yoke and green silk embroidery. One blue gown features mink trim and a flaring skirt. Miss Picture sports green and brown, with leg of mutton sleeves. Green velvet collars and lace add refined details.
Colonel Pew acting on a board of investigation report asks several Eighth Regiment officers to resign. The sweeping report names two Gloucester company officers and one in Lynn Company I and hints at the discharge of a major in the Eighth.
Emily Vane receives two marriage proposals while at Saltburn as her father reveals a long buried link. The tale links Hubert Wells, the heir to a fortune, to a convict who saved a captain and later changed his name to Henry Vane, father of Emily’s suitor. Emily agrees to sacrifice ambition for love and family.
Dartmouth College authorities have learned of the New York State Supreme Court ruling in the Fayerweather will case. The decision grants Dartmouth $160,000, though the case may be appealed to the Court of Appeals.
A Portsmouth New Hampshire recipe section lists breakfast dishes like Fruit Cerealine Cream and Broiled Apples with Coffee. Dinner features Potato Soup Creamed Fish Roast Beef Scalloped Potatoes and Baked Squash. Supper offers Cream Toast Quince Jelly and Baked Apples with Cream plus several recipe instructions and ingredient amounts.
A reader from Holbrook Massachusetts shares a menu including grape fruit wheatiet and cream omelette French fried potatoes and a oatmeal biscuit with detailed steps for oat-based dough and molasses. Also given is ginger pear chips recipe with pears sugar ginger lemon and water plus baking guidance.
The Boston Post offers a weekly five dollar prize for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Bills must read like a menu with brief dish preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast dinner and supper, provided they feed a family of five within ten dollars weekly. Submissions close each Saturday with winners printed on Mondays. Mail communications to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston. no stamps returned.
A translated lyric describes a swallow outside a prison wall and a prisoner hearing its chirp. The bird seems free while the speaker laments confinement, urging the bird to fly and bring comfort as daylight and breeze fail to reach the prisoner. The verse closes with the name Stone Blackwell.
A collage of quips and wry exchanges from various papers includes jokes about politics, money, marriage, religion, and daily life. It features banter on proposals, legal fees, lynching mishaps, Sabbath humor, and a moment of disbelief at polling results. The snippets mix playful punchlines with pointed observations, reflecting era humor and social quirks.
Prices hold steady across poultry and game with turkeys 12 to 20 cents, Western gobblers 15 to 18, many fowl at 20 cents. Fresh game and fish show higher ranges with venison 22 to 28 cents and cod 8 cents per pound. Produce and fruit stalls feature butter 26 to 30 cents, onions 6 cents per pound, oranges 50 to 60 cents a dozen, grapes and apples also listed.
The Boston Industrial Home on Davis Street and Harrison Avenue invites gifts from the public for a Christmas Eve tree. Turkeys toys and useful items for children or inmates are welcomed and will be acknowledged.
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