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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1894
Page
4
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Special notice requests correspondents to refrain from printing anonymous communications. The Post cannot publish unnamed submissions or notices. Readers are reminded to provide identifiable names or signatures for printed notices.
The New York Yacht Club and Lord Dunraven contend over the America's cup via Atlantic cable in a dispute about deed of gift conditions and concessions. The issue concerns yacht rules, funding, and the prospect of a Yankee victory restoring the cup.
Fall River weavers urge restoring pre reduction wage rates via an impartial committee. They present figures to show affordability for manufacturers and call for arbitration to avoid conflict, proposing a measured process that could balance profits and living wages.
The piece notes rising sentiment for currency reform outside government and considers Comptroller Eckels proposal. It discusses Treasury plans facing opposition and the potential of a nonpartisan commission if Congress stalls action this session.
The author argues that from the commission's work a workable and satisfactory plan can surely be developed. The statement reflects confidence in the commission’s ability to produce constructive results.
The Evening Record defends the Boston Police Department’s stance on increasing the force to achieve greater efficiency. It argues the issue is nonpartisan, concerns all citizens, and should be reviewed by the City Council regardless of party control. The current force is deemed insufficient for the city’s growth.
The piece argues Boston passengers deserve better treatment from street railways compared with other cities. It notes wider transfer systems, reduced fares, and concessions in many cities, contrasting with Boston’s liberal, fee-free privileges for railways. The question is framed around the transfer issue before railroad commissioners.
The Post notes that the Herald and Evening Transcript editorially endorse a testimonial to the author of America. The movement to honor the national anthem author is broad and patriotic, inviting all Boston papers to join and support a successful, united effort.
The poem recalls springtime joy and childhood memories. It muses on warm days, grass, water, and the lingering lure of past friends and schoolyard scenes. The speaker’s soul rises with the season to savor gracious time and the joy of bygone yesterdays.
In Boston area streets and ferries, pedestrians admire Christmas window shows on Wash ington Street while a tug delays crossing at a draw bridge. Captain John A Wheeler of East Boston stands out for decades of ferry work. Dr Durgin mentors the Board of Health chair role. Daniel J Saunders earns a promotion as assistant clerk of the street department. Faneuil Hall square advertises Chambers To Let. Secretary of State Olin adjusts to new offices in the State House extension.
The writer notes insufficient lights at the new Capitol hindering winter work. Flying gulls along the channel fascinate observers on bright afternoons while Harvard’s N S Shaler resigns as state topographical survey commissioner.
William Ross an 18 year old elevator boy in Boston was arrested for embezzling a letter to dressmaker Amelia Brockway and stealing a check for $8 from the Bunker Hill National Bank. He indorsed the check for $38 to pay for goods at Lippo’s and fled toward East Boston before being captured aboard a ferry with his aunt. Ross has admitted taking the letter and check and was held on $500 bond.
Snippets show a mix of feisty repartee and social intrigue. Mrs Houser frets about potential theft at political gatherings while exchanges reveal flirtation, power plays, and romantic entanglements across newspaper sketches from Buffalo Cincinnati Kate Field's Washington Harlem Life and Chicago papers.
Daniel March resigns as pastor of the First Congregational Church Woburn and a committee is appointed to decide retention as pastor emeritus and election of an active pastor. March, educated at Yale, served the Woburn congregation until 1861 before moving to Clinton Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia for fifteen years.
The Reverend Dr. March, age 76, who has served since 1876 in the First Congregational pulpit, tendered his resignation after a fall impaired his strength. He and his wife have lived in the South and abroad, including an eighteen month world tour. Four sons include a missionary in Syria and a physician in Winchester. He is noted as an impromptu speaker and author of Night Scenes in the Bible and Walks and Homes of Jesus.
A six member committee at Faneuil Hall chaired by Curtis Guild advances plans for a testimonial to the author of America. Captain Nathan Appleton General H. B. Carrington and others discuss securing the Marine Band of Washington and aim for a national character late in January with a meeting set for January 2.
The Post invites brief letters on comment suggestion criticism or complaint. It states no room for long epistles and cautions that the Post does not necessarily endorse opinions printed here.
A. H. G. of Wollaston asks where to obtain California papers in Boston. The editor is informed that California newspapers can be purchased from the New England News Company on Franklin Street.
Taunton Street Railway Company is granted a franchise through Dighton after a special town meeting. The decision, challenged by Fall River and Taunton Company, leaves Fall River without a Bristol County location unless Somerset grants one, risking the new company's operations.
Charles Peterson of 106 Trinity Place shot and killed his wife this morning and then died by suicide. Police reported the double tragedy occurred in New York. Investigators are examining the incident as a domestic dispute with fatal outcomes.
The column reviews Fanny Johnston in a unique role in Westward Ho at the Museum and notes the closing of Marie Burroughs engagement in Col umbia Theatre. It lists upcoming acts at Castle Square Palace Bowdoin and Hollis theatres, and mentions a Little, Brown book Three Heroines of New England Romance with Garett illustrations and notes on past stage figures.
Literary gossip hails a three author book by Harriet Prescott Spofford Alice Brown and Imogen Guiney as a harmonious work. It reimagines Priscilla and John Alden with romantic light and adds Agnes Surriage near Marblehead exploring Frankland the Boston port collector and local fisher folk.
A review extols Alfred de Brehat’s Jean Belin as a refined French Robinson Crusoe. It portrays a Paris setting with a snowbound child, kindness opening a path to trade and education, and a voyage ending in dramatic shipwrecks and South African adventures. The piece notes vivid plotting and tight narration, praising youthfulness and polish over Defoe.
A brisk appraisal of Henry Howells Howells writing in Their Wedding Journey, praising its delicate sentiment and romantic scenes from Niagara to Canadian scenery. The piece notes the new holiday edition with illustrations from Houghton Mifflin and cloth gilt binding at three dollars.
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