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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1895
Page
4
The Sunday Post lists subscription prices: one year two dollars, six months one fifty, three months sixty cents. The regular Post offers one year three dollars, six months one eighty five cents and newsletter updates. Entered as Second Class Matter. All money sent at the sender’s risk. Checks should be payable to the Post Publishing Company.
Notice to readers that all POST subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the POST regularly from your newsdealer or newsboy, please notify us by postal at once. E A Grozier Editor and Publisher.
A call to end racial discrimination in the League of American Wheelmen favoring open membership based on character. The Post urged reform, arguing the color line is a mistake and harms the sport’s welfare and fairness.
The Breckinridge episode follows Republican bustups over McKinley bill jobs. No punches were thrown but the aim resembled a slugging argument. The congressman's nerves and temper are questioned, with calls to restrain himself during the remaining time in Congress.
Judge Joseph E. Moore of Thomaston Maine is named collector of customs in the Waldoboro district. A steadfast Democrat and lawyer, Moore has served in the Legislature and led party efforts, gaining a reputation as a capable public figure and active campaigner.
Maine has long needed his services and he has never been found wanting. The appointment reflects well on the administration and benefits the public service.
The Elbe disaster, blamed on both ships, exposes brutal abandonment by the Crathio crew and mass drowning of passengers. Captain Goessel perished after ordering women and children saved first. An investigation is expected to condemn those responsible.
Boston wakes to a new Public Library praised as a palace for the people. Crowds attend the informal opening, with praise for the building's art and public use. Trustees Abbott, Richards, Pierce, Prince, Haynes, later Bowditch and Benton, are named for their roles in the project.
The column notes Boston has 2100 iron electric light poles all uninsulated while New York has about five times as many insulated poles. It also humorously covers Longfellow descendants staging theater, a lesson about the private coachman color debate, and the cost of coachman attire. It mentions Dr. J H Woodbury of New York on boulevard rides and John L Kelly resigning as Roxbury street foreman to join Patrick Maguire in real estate.
The Eliza Drum is seized by the Dog Star off Newfoundland and a U S syndicate plans a blockade using two armored repellers and two submerged crab craft. A motor bomb creates a colossal water shock, wrecking British ships, flooding the harbor, and drawing a flag of truce as officials ponder the bizarre assault and its implications.
By Frank R. Stockton author of The Lady of the Tiger and Rudder Grange. Copyrighted by Stockton. The right of newspaper publication in serial form purchased by The Post of Dodd, Mead & Co. Jilio to be continued in The Post from day to day.
A brief report notes men prepare to inspect actions or outcomes from others. The fragment suggests inquiry or assessment following earlier events, signaling accountability or curiosity in a local context.
A correspondent quotes Mayor Curtis’s ordinance barring city officers from petitioning or advocating before the Legislature without authorization. The piece argues the ordinance, while perhaps unwise, infringes no citizen rights and notes officials surrender such privileges by taking office, able to resume them by resigning.
The piece surveys tiny El Telegram of Mexico, Lilian Whiting’s The World Beautiful in England, Editor Dana’s journalism talk railing against daily press illustrations, Whitelaw Reid’s view, Charles Mudie’s famed library, and Lang’s remark on modern boys loving sensational titles. Sarah Grand remarks follow in the excerpt.
Gilbert Parker explains his habit of night work and sudden journeys to the continent, claiming constant grooming of the body keeps him young. He says travel to Mexico, Labrador, and the United States stems from a deliberate life method to stay fresh at 32.
The funeral is set for Monday at 3 p m at the First Parish Unitarian Church on Lexington street with Rev Dr Francis G Peabody of Cambridge to lead. Concord will likely observe the day with town stores closing and business nearly suspended. many sympathy telegrams have arrived.
A meeting of Middlesex county bar members at the Court House East Cambridge elected William B. Gale chairman and John L. Ambrose secretary. A committee was named to attend the funeral of the late Hon E Rockwood Hour on Monday February 4 including A P Bonney George F Richards on William B Gale B F Hayes and J T Joslin.
In Brattleboro Vermont the New England Telegraph and Telephone Company seeks an injunction against Brattleboro Electric Light Company to stop land use that could hamper telephone operations. Judge H H Wheeler heard the case with Samuel L Powers for the telegraph side and Waterman Martin Hill and Haskins Stoddard for the defense. the hearing adjourned for two weeks after filings.
Lieutenant Frederick R. Brainard of the U S N attached to Enterprise gave an engaging talk at the Massachusetts Yacht Club about the famous engagement. He shared details from his participation that were not previously public, shedding new light on the historic naval showdown and its role in aiding the Kearsarge’s victory.
Brattleboro Vermont February first early hours fire guts Moore's two story store building in Esteyville. Second story housed two or three families who barely escape with their lives. Levi Nash of Springfield Massachusetts, visiting a tenant, was pulled from bed unconscious but is expected to recover. Estimated loss four thousand ninety dollars.
A humorous note discusses evolving skirt designs from hoopskirts to wire skirts and the ease or trouble of sitting gracefully in different fashions. The piece weighs practical concerns like weight and fabric while comparing old and new undergarment and structure choices for women.
An article discusses haircloth wear and its drawbacks, noting its weight and sharp fronds. A practical woman repurposes an old hair-covered sofa by using the fabric to line a skirt, creating a new decorative sofa cover cheaply. The featured gown combines light figured silk with chiffon, ribbon bows, shell-like sleeves, lace neck flounce, and a helmeted hair style.
Hartford Connecticut February 1 Mrs J B Yearly 38 left home abruptly Wednesday taking most furniture and money. She drew $50 from the bank as savings for both spouses. The Yearlys, married five years in Westfield Massachusetts, came from Springfield. He 42 is a carpenter. no children. He doubts she left with another man.
In Somerville the Morrison family waits for news about the missing coal barge R. A. Fisher and its captain Daniel Morrison. Mrs. Morrison clings to a family portrait as hope persists, noting Morrison's twenty years at sea and secure home holdings at 7 and 72 Derby Street, Somerville, with C. F. Collett of the National Realty Company handling the property.
New Ledger Assets on January 1 1804 total 22 354 864 52 with receipts 3 079 505 39 for premiums interest rents and profit and loss taxes death claims matured and discounted endowments cancelled and surrendered policies and distribution of surplus. Total paid to policy holders and expenses with net ledger assets at December 31 1894 and market value of securities over ledger cost. Disbursements include commissions salaries medical fees advertising printing and office costs with accrued interest on investments.
A mid day blaze at the Deaconess Hospital on Jennings Avenue South Side Cleveland destroys the two story frame building. Four people are confirmed killed including a child two men and a nurse. Fire started in a basement from a defective furnace. About fourteen patients remained in the hospital when the fire broke out and rescuers battled through flames to reach beds before leaving to save themselves.
Arena Publishing Company of Boston announces a medico popular work on hypnotism. The book explains the subject in explicit nontechnical terms for general readers and will be available through principal dealers and Cop ley Square publishers.
Concord February 1 at a Selectmen meeting Pros ecott Keyes was appointed tax collector replacing Charles N Sanford who disappeared last week Keyes a District Court judge and active lawyer was chosen at the request of Sanford's bondsman Sanford's books remain missing and no new facts have emerged Some believe his friends may arrange matters allowing a possible return
El Crane accidentally shot his nephew George Bodwell at the latter's home in Somersworth New Hampshire today. The bullet struck the boy in the back near the spine and doctors fear it may have entered the abdomen. The boy remains in critical condition.
The judge notes the plaintiff sues over a horse but cites a hitch in the evidence. The court cautions against saddling responsibility on the court and allows the case to proceed.
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