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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1895
Page
4
The Boston Post publishes subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Rates list are one year sixty to eighty eight cents? Wait. The notice directs subscribers to update addresses and mentions payments to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY with Boston office at 259 Washington Street and telephone number 428.
The public may inspect the new Public Library for a week before it opens. Officials laud the building as a monumental achievement for Boston, one of the greatest of its kind in the city and perhaps the country. The quiet viewing offers advantages over a formal dedication.
Congressman Wilson voiced optimism that the Senate will repeal the discriminating sugar duties. The House passed the bill by a large majority with only 31 votes against it. The Sugar Trust lacks House control, and the Senate action remains pivotal to Democratic aims and a patriotic stance.
The Chamber of Commerce meeting in Boston drew a lone dissenting voice from Hon. Thomas N. Hart. Otherwise the business leaders set aside party politics to unite on pressing interests and act in concert.
In a Massachusetts appeal from Boston businessmen, Speaker J R Leeson emphasizes that patriots must set aside party differences to support the President. They thank President Cleveland for his message and urge Senators and Representatives to lay aside party advantage and respond with true Boston patriotism.
The article questions why a steamer that struck Elbe left the scene without aiding drowning victims and why a list of saved names shows sixteen Elbe officers and men. It promises official inquiry into bulkheads lifeboats and safety gear, but presents certain facts for explanation.
The administration arranged with foreign bankers in New York for a 100 million dollar four percent bond issue. The move calms the faltering market and buys time for finance reform, using foreign gold payments and a favorable 1142-7 pricing. Cleveland acted promptly, fulfilling his duty and easing stress.
The President assumes sole responsibility for duties Congress should have shared, signaling to sensible lawmakers in Congress that they must now take action themselves. The move follows Cleveland acting on necessary tasks previously expected of Congress.
A call to action urges Republicans and Democrats to overcome partisanship and pass a permanent practical relief plan. The speaker argues the country’s prosperity hinges on bipartisan, substantive business legislation now, not after the new Congress convenes.
Massachusetts mourns the loss of Hon E Rockwood Hoar, a famed public servant born in 1804 who shaped state and national policy as legislator, judge, cabinet adviser, and diplomat. His long career blended sturdy partisanship with broad statesmanship, leaving a lasting record of service and influence.
Water Registrar Doherty’s son Frank named West Point cadet after leaving East Boston High School to prepare for exam. Mentions Kate Woods and Kate Wells, their Salem and Boylston Street homes, views on reform and woman suffrage. Edward A. Robinson of Malden, a once preacher and Harvard Law alumnus, helped found the Nationalist Club in 1888 amid Irish Land League era discussions.
The article notes 1882 civic work by Mr. Robinson and his 1891 Socialist Labor Party gubernatorial nomination, details his death from lung trouble and a Sanatarum stay at Saranac Lake, and mentions four wives and a child in Malden. It recalls Signor Rotoli’s chorus tickets prank and the death of Ellen Stone’s collie Maida, buried with honors. It also covers fresh snow and skaters at Piglie Garden pond, where residents cleared ice with boards and shovels for a lively outing yesterday.
Letter writer asks the editor to poll Post readers on the tariff issue in the upcoming general election. The Liberal stance on free trade with the United States is described as bait to voters, prompting a reader query about public opinion on the policy.
The Bostonian Dramatic Club plans a three act melodrama The Rio Grande for Friday February 13 at the Bijou Opera House. Proceeds aid the Free Home for Consumptives under the West End U. S. A. 8. Director is Mr Frank J Horgan.
Dr. James R. Cocke, a blind physician, will discuss how the voice reveals a person’s character at Park Street Church Sunday evening. He recently spoke on the same topic in Hartford, Connecticut, where his remarks drew much interest.
The Chauncy Hall School celebrated its sixty seventh annual exercises with a program of recitations and declamations by students aided by music from several soloists. Highlights included patriotic pieces, Shakespearean passages, and readings from classic works, with medals awarded for excellence and a final celebratory moment as a student was carried aloft by peers.
In Chicago on January 31 legal move calls for subpoenas to all Whiskey Trust officers to appear in court Saturday morning. Lawyers for major stockholders anticipate Judge Grosscup will dissolve the receivership after hearing both sides of the case.
Boston aldermen will require all lithographs used by theatres to be approved before posting. The watchdog society aided the decision, and licenses may be revoked for exhibitor N. W. Fenton. Sunday concert rules were emphasized, possibly ending lithograph ads in the city.
The Press Club annual benefit will showcase the Shoe and Leather minstrels who drew a big crowd at the Boston Theatre for Emergency Hospital aid. Rehearsals began last night under Harry Ballou of Oliver Ditson & Co. The company rehearses 150 in the first part circle. The performance date is not fixed.
A group of Lexington women met at Mrs. David Muzzey's parlors to start a new Daughters of the American Revolution chapter. Mrs. Charles M. Green chaired the gathering and Mrs. Alfred Pierce was named registrar. A Feb 14 meeting will decide the chapter name and elect officers.
A column on the modern girl depicting a bold stance and defiant style. The piece notes women clinging, flaring skirts, liptop and sleeves shaping public interaction. It comments that passing safely requires courage from men due to this new attire and brisk behavior.
A vivid mock description of women wearing wide gowns to fill church pews. It notes comfort in the idea and imagines how many costumes would make a crowd. Describes a gown with a silk skirt, velvet band, jet trimming, and dramatic sleeves, likened to a Gainsborough style.
Frank R. Stockton describes a dramatic naval engagement where the United States Syndicate battles British warships off a Canadian harbor. Repeller No 1 uses armored defense and a giant crab weapon to disable the Scarabaeus, then tow it toward British vessels as other ships close in and the action continues.
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