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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1895
Page
4
The Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday papers in 1895. It notes prepaid requirements, advance payment, and discontinuation on expiration, with editor contact and address change instructions. It warns readers to avoid sending cash and to use money orders.
The recovery of the stock market during Tuesday's trading eased fears of a lingering panic. Confidence returned across the Atlantic and at home as common sense steadies investments and national resources, with holiday season sentiments turning more hopeful than at its start.
Mr. Osborne returns from New Orleans with news that Louisiana Republicans are solidly backing McKinley for the national convention without paying for a single committeeman or delegate. He is hailed as potential Secretary of the Treasury if this feat holds, while Kellogg and Warmouth factions clash over the delegation fight. Senator Sherman warns that fixing delegates is common and mostly negotiable at the convention hall.
The piece notes slow but notable Cuban progress against Spanish forces, with fighting marked by guerrilla action. It argues the insurrection spreads across Cuba and frames the conflict as one of endurance, with Campos seeking to quell the revolution before the sickly season advances.
The Christmas spirit appeared in churches homes and theatres as joy and generosity spread. The welfare of the less fortunate highlighted acts of altruism that defined good will beyond the holiday. May such charity endure throughout the year to inspire helpfulness and kindness in the community.
Washington reports that the ways and means committee will present a revenue bill not a tariff measure. Dingley notes possible protection but the aim is revenue reform rather than tariff increase. A McKinley style tariff revision is predicted, unlikely to become law with President Cleveland. Business interests favor stability and prompt action to end the bill, possibly by veto if rushed.
A new weekly titled The Truth in Boston launches with a bold promise to tell the truth about local topics from the subway to the Venezuela muddle. The issue blends gossip, sharp critique, and lively theater notes, while readers react to festive season manners and holiday gifts as shops display bold coats, dazzling furs, and fashionable contrasts.
A fragment lists breakfast and lunch items including bananas, Wheatena, beefsteak, egg omelette, popovers, baked potatoes, coffee, nut cake, squash, date pie, cranberry sauce, chili sauce, and nuts. It also provides two recipes for date pie and figgometette and gives the address 1 Oliver Street Everett Mass for Mrs N B Rowe.
Constantinople dec. United States Minister Terrell returned from Smyrna with a mission to protect American residents. J A Bigelow marshal at the United States consulate died this morning. The Turkish legation received a telegram from the Sublime Porte stating an Armenian priest in the revolutionary committee was arrested at Marash. his correspondence with Zeltomn insurgents was found on him.
A letter from Harpoot describes Nov 1 and later massacres by Turks and Kurds, burning churches and schools, killing hundreds, and driving Armenians into flight. It recounts widespread destruction in Perteg, Chortegh, Edime, Husaying, Malatiah, Anabger, and Kurdistan, with many abducted, starving, and seeking aid while missionaries and churches are ruined.
The Boston Post offers a $5 weekly prize for the best three meal bills of fare from readers. Bills must read like a menu with brief prep directions and cover three meals for a family of five with a weekly limit of $10. Submissions end each Saturday. winners printed Mondays. send to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston. Do not mail stamps or return rejected items. Write on one side only.
The World prints amity cables from political literary and religious leaders in England. A notable series climaxed with a message from the Prince of Wales to the American people, a historic first via a newspaper. The paper’s public service fosters peace and reduces the likelihood of war.
The Observant Citizen Boston describes a citywide Christmas Day pause with most businesses closed and workers, including newspaper men, continuing duties with a cheerful, festive mood. The piece notes a lighthearted atmosphere as people aim to preserve the holiday spirit.
The O. Be Moore outlet at 1604 Dorchester Avenue Dorchester Massachusetts reports ongoing sales momentum with strong figures showing substantial year over year growth. Notable indicators include a 7 to 228008 score listing reflecting performance.
A rural lament laments a family feud with Jaffrey's store at the center. The narrator's husband spends days loafing there while neighbors mock politics and tariffs. A married woman speaks of war talk, gossip, and efforts by women to close the store.
The Rev Lyman Whitney Allen of Newark N J replies to William Watsons peace appeal with a sonnet signed Sangamon The verse counters war and urges peace The exchange links to Watson a possible successor to Lord Tennyson as poet laureate Allen is a Virginian revolutionary stock descendant of Colonel Anthony Thornton His poem Abraham Lincoln won Herald prize and brought attention to his work The piece notes his lineage and prior publications including The Coming of His Feet and Lincoln sonnets
George W. Vanderbilt formally opened his country home near Asheville. The Biltmore House sits on 8000 acres with 75 miles of driveways and 7000-acre hunting preserves including Mount Asgah. Family members and servants arrived by private cars as preparations, confections, and a Christmas tree for 300 to 500 employees preceded a mansion dinner.
The funeral for Mrs. Sarah Robbins Page was held yesterday afternoon at her daughter Mrs. John Allyn’s home at 11 Berkeley Street Cambridge. The service was private with only immediate family present. Prayers were led by Rev. Mr. Palmer of Andover and interment followed at Mt. Auburn.
Thomas Quinn and Kate McCarthy were arraigned in the Police Court and remanded on charges of stealing jewelry and diamonds worth several thousand dollars from the residence of actor M. B. Curtis. Quinn was an engineer in the Curtis home and McCarthy served as a domestic.
A weary tramp trudges along a sunbaked road with a pocket bottle and a loyal, shrinking companion. Seeking shelter from a looming storm, he finds a derelict distillery where a chilling apparition peers through a dark pane and finally reveals his own bloated reflection. He collapses, drinks the last of his bottle, and the fire returns as he endures the night.
A collage of humorous lines from 19th century papers includes quips about imagination consent and manners. Bits show childlike mischief on sidewalks, perky retorts about religion and money, and playful exchanges on daily life. Local papers showcase sharp one liners and social curiosities.
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