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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1892
Page
4
Send your name and $1 to the Business Office, The Post for a Columbus coin souvenir. A receipt is issued and coins are reserved for timely subscriptions with no mail delivery. Subscriptions are processed in order. profits go to the World's Fair treasury.
The Boston Associated Board of Trade and city government press for a first class steamship on the Boston to Liverpool line. Resolutions from Aldermen and business clubs join the appeal, urging Cunard to add the Etruria to the route. Strong insistence reflects Boston’s organized trade interests demanding action.
Alder man FortLeR submitted a plan to reduce the crest of Beacon Hill to create a practicable crossing at Bowdoin and Park streets. The change would improve North End access from the city center for transport and lessen congestion by altering street car routes. The proposal is large but feasible and straightforward.
A Massachusetts Republican intra party dispute over Abraham Crapo’s U.S. Senate candidacy is described as a moral weakness by the Journal. The action is called a humiliating circular from party members urging Crapo’s selection, drawing strong cross party criticism and reflective swing by Democrats who praise Crapo’s character and loyalty. The clash highlights bitter intra party attacks as the campaign progresses.
The piece notes Republican managers grow tired of the Osbourne controversy and liquor-dealings linked to him. It suggests Osbourne may resign as the only hopeful remedy for party relief, while others like David Hatt Rice and McCal resist making Osborneism the year’s defining issue.
The opening session will focus on offices, but the real clash targets Sergeant-at-Arms Adams for aiming at the lieutenant governor nomination. The organized faction seeks to replace Adams with MAHONEY to run the statehouse machine, with wider implications for future control. The fight promises to be intense and uncompromising.
The Journal again attacks Governor Russell and the Prohibition candidate over a disputed interview. Harate repudiates the quoted sentiments and withdraws his pretensions, saying he was misled. He has apologized and his apology is accepted, yet the Journal keeps pressing the issue.
The Homestead distress grips the town as fewer than 800 of 3800 workers have returned to work in six months. Two hundred eighteen families face destitution, with women and children most affected. The appeal shifts from labor battles to humanitarian relief, urging others to give from abundance this Christmas season.
Opinion notes hope that the Torrey bankruptcy bill will pass this session. New England businessmen have a special interest and many Congressmen from that region may vote for it irrespective of party. Past failures were due to partisan indifference rather than opposition, and this session lacks such obstacles.
Vermont postmasters ceremoniously drafted a parchment tribute to Postmaster General Wanamaker on the eve of his retirement. The document praises the department’s so called sound business principles, which involved replacing Democrats with signers. Some readers question whether Headsman Clarkkson should receive the praise instead of Wanamaker.
A string of brief, humorous lines from various 19th to early 20th century newspapers. The items range from self praise and helpfulness to quips about a waiter, a dyspeptic astronomer, and a railroad man. Notes include gibe about a woman asking directions to eternity and a joke about time counting after sixteen.
Mrs Minerva B Tobey has spoken on domestic science to the Cantabrigia Club and will read a paper on Domestic Training of Our Girls before the West Newton Women's Educational Club Friday afternoon. The article notes a public rebuke by Thomas B Fitzpatrick over the pronunciation of his surname Fitzpatrick rather than Fitz-it.
The Hon Joseph Hobson of Saco Maine is seriously ill Miss Annie McHider of Oakdale is to be come principal of the grammar school in Yarmouth She is now teaching in Somerville Mrs Jacob Benton of Lancaster NH has presented to the Coos county bar a life size portrait of her husband It will be hung in the court house Mr Charities F Johnson general secretary of the Gardiner Young Men's Christian Association has accepted the call to a similar position with a new association in Whitman
Levy the cornetist becomes a naturalized American citizen. Fighting Jim is Rear Admiral James Jouett. Colonel H C Jones asks to take his First Virginia Regiment to the Chicago World’s Fair. Only three senators from 1845 remain living James W Bradbury ex governor Felch and General George W Jones. Rev C L Dodson known for Alice in Wonderland declines to visit grown up readers fearing sentimentality.
In a note on last evening's Record, the paper brags about an exclusive on Commissioner Hallett's cremation. The Globe had published the story forty eight hours earlier on Saturday morning, and the Record followed thirty six hours before on Saturday afternoon.
United States Commissioner Hallett will have no public funeral and will be cremated in Troy New York. The crematory there is hailed as best in the country and costly for scientific disposal. Boston papers note the late news drew scant early attention, with the Post leading in exclusive details.
A letter to the editor suggests neighbors pool 5-cent contributions to provide Christmas dinners for a poor family. The writer notes three years of small nickels yielding a bounteous feast and asks others to join, asking how many families would rejoice at Christmas. Ep. Boston, Dec. 20.
Prang’s 1892 93 holiday lineup features lavish American made books and art novelties. Notable works include The Life of Columbus and Columbia's Courtship by Crane with vivid color plates and verse. Several facsimile paintings and cards highlight a rich array of seasonal offerings from Prang.
COL Pope pleads for better roads and notes the bicycle as a useful military aid. Gen Miles cites the bicycle as a valuable auxiliary in operations and stresses roads as the country’s greatest problem. The Pope volumes include Miles's banquet speech on cycling, courier service, and road conditions.
A catalog-style notice praising Holiday Works engravings and various 1892 books. Highlights include Maud Humphrey's Book of Fairy Tales with many engravings, Scenes From the Life of Christ, Atlantis verse, Atlanta Queen of the Floating Isle, and daily Scriptural gift volumes.
Edward Sullivan of Chelsea thanks the Post for guiding readers to the lawyers Clifford and Stiles who handled a case of exorbitant charges by a city money lender on State Street at no cost to the plaintiff beyond purchasing the paper. He encourages others to seek the lawyers’ advice.
R B Mahany, Harvard class of 1888 and the nation’s youngest full foreign mission appointee, will return to Ecuador. He previously escaped a South American fever, presented credentials, and later sought the Switzerland post and a Republican bid against Dan Lockwood. He returns to Ecuador at Secretary Foster’s request.
Cortumsus D C December 20 The bill granting the Railroad Commission absolute control of all railroads in the state and denying appeals was signed by Governor Tillman last night A mass meeting of railroad employees planned a delegation to urge the Governor to reconsider The Governor said the bill is now law and political pressure from a large farmer group failed to sway him
The Providence Journal notes Democrats may favor the Republicanism portrayed by Mr. Lodge in recent years as a rationale for backing his preferred Senate candidate. The piece hints at political alignment and strategic support without detailing specific names beyond Lodge’s implication.
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