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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1896
Page
4
Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions with price details and payment terms. It invites readers to update addresses, notes second class matter status, and lists Boston and hotel distribution. Editor E A Grozier signs off.
After a strike the West End managers hold leverage yet should respond with justice. The employees present grievances on management details and hardship. The piece urges President Little to ensure prompt investigation and an equitable agreement protecting workers and public interests.
The Common Council may reject the ordinance raising salaries at City Hall arguing private employers fend higher wages and municipal finances cannot support such increases now. A defense of modest, public-interest focused legislation could bolster the council's standing against critics and influence the looming political battle on Beacon Hill.
The West End strike is cited as a prime example of mismanaged labor action. Internal dissent and quarrels among workers and their representatives doomed the effort, underscoring the need for competent, loyal leadership and disciplined coordination to achieve any union goal.
The author argues the central flaw is the long twenty year lease alienating public property from public control. A ten year term would still benefit the lessee while enabling the public to correct mistakes and adjust management based on experience.
The recount of votes for street commissioner and several Board of Aldermen seats is complete with no alteration to the original outcome. The process confirms the initial tallies and maintains the published winners.
The author argues the initial vote tally was flawed, not corrected by a second count. Errors on both sides balanced out, yielding a near result. The piece calls for an exact, disciplined count akin to daily cash balancing by business houses, demanding competent precinct officers and trustworthy recordkeeping.
The editorial urges pacification of Cuba through U S mediation and a negotiated agreement. It notes that U S good offices were offered by President Cleveland and stresses reforms promised during the ten years' war and the need for mutual concessions to end the current revolution with U S as guarantor.
The Post announces a no-table edition focused on Greater Boston's consolidation, aiming to boost metropolitan unity. It stresses Boston’s slipping rank among major cities and notes the issue will reach its Sunday circulation plus supplements to twenty eastern Massachusetts papers.
A reflective column notes a nearly ideal Christmas weather with skating and sleighing in New England. It mentions a swift end to the West End strike, a cigar gifting anecdote, a contrast of fashion and warmth, Cambridge professor Sumbrast’s Talk, Broker Fitzgerald’s horse, Higginson’s recovery, and the teased round-trip railway ticket plan.
London reports Mrs. Lewenhaupt daughter of Ambassador Bayard will marry Mauritz Halgren a Parisian architect. Other notes include W D Howells to lecture on the modern novel under Major Pond, and Kaiser Wilhelm building a winter gymnasium and courts near his Mon Bijou palace.
The writer notes that in Vienna on December 25th every store closes, the only day with such closure, while stores elsewhere open on Sundays and holidays. He remarks a friend spent Christmas there and confirms the unique year end closure.
A home kitchen menu outlines breakfast dinner and supper items with instructions for plain doughnuts and creamed cabbage. It includes a sour milk batter note and a jelly snow dessert, credited to Mrs. H. J. Blanchard of East Randolph Vermont.
The article surveys children's dresses for the new school term, noting fabrics such as plaid poplin, cheviots, fancy wool, cashmere and drop. Warm colors like red green black blue and browns are favored, with gored skirts preferred for most, and bloused bodices or velvet trimmed waists. Sleeves shrink but bishop sleeves remain popular for comfort.
Brief fragments from multiple papers include jokes about stage promotion and gallery levels, a Barker quitting smoking, a baby with clear speech, a vain lover, a Scottish lawyer burying wife and himself, Olney’s possible confirmation, a flirtatious old lady, and a talking doll inquiry.
In a distant city a dying mother underlines her daughters Katherine and Gertrude. Katherine bears burdens for the family while Gertrude, favored, relies on passive devotion. After years of separation the sisters drift apart, fortune shifting with the times, leaving questions of justice and happiness unresolved.
Jacob Litt offers The War of Wealth at the Boston Theatre on Monday. Wilson Barretts The Sign of the Cross opens at the Museum. Lost, Strayed or Stolen ends at Park Theatre this week. My Friend From India, Jan 4. Rose mary Jan 4. John Drew stars in Rosemary. DeWolf Hopper in I Capitan. Francis Wilson arrives Jan 4 with Half a King. The Lily of Killarney ends today. Bohemian Girl revival planned next week. Lord Chumley and Star Course at the Star. Roaring Dick ends at Boston Theatre tonight. Wrestling finals at Austin & Stones Museum. Lalloo exhibition starts Monday. Beauty and the Beast at New Grand. The Smugglers debuts Monday. Octoroons at Palace Monday. Nickelodeon curio hall last day. Leroy Sisters and company perform hourly.
The will of Edward Winslow Lincoln, Worcester Park Commission chairman and "father of Worcester's park system," directed his body be cremated at Forest Hills and ashes dispersed at Newton Hill by executor Charles F. Aldrich in the presence of two park board members. The widow requested changes, and Lincoln was buried at Rural Cemetery after a simple service.
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