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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1896
Page
4
Boston Post informs subscribers all subscriptions must be paid in advance or be discontinued at expiration without further notice. Readers urged to notify by mail if unable to obtain the Post from dealers or newsboys.
The British Parliament reconvenes amid hints that the Queen’s speech will announce that negotiations have begun for a peaceful settlement of the Venezuelan boundary dispute. If not, the opposition may amend the speech to urge arbitration by Great Britain.
The House debates a biennial reso lve as opponents resist a rushed party measure. Supporters warn of loss of public control, while critics argue it benefits the Republican machine. The Boston Journal notes possible liberal Democrat backing for a Reed led, sound money ticket tied to silver vote politics.
The legislative drive to redraw Massachusetts district lines should be fair and bipartisan. The piece argues current gerrymandering disenfranchises half the electorate, noting 186000 votes for Greenhalge vs 122000 for Williams and urging a system where Democrats win proportional seats in the Executive Council Senate and House.
The text urges fair division of election districts and argues the Legislature should establish redistricting. It proposes a nonpartisan commission whose work would command respect in drawing districts.
The column argues Congress should abandon the Davis resolutions, praising Senator Smith's sober view on Monroe doctrine matters and warning of a revived war scare harming business. It notes public disgust with Congress and praises President Cleveland's stance while highlighting domestic finance curiosities and a Boston Canadian whist club.
The Republican Congress faces a split over free coinage and McKinleyism as nineteen Republican Senators refuse to back protection without free coinage. This blocks tariff reform, a relief to industrial and business interests aligned with a Democratic tariff, who foresee rising prosperity even if a Democratic president is not guaranteed.
For years Mrs. Paget a widow has run swan boats on the Public Garden lake drawing thousands of Boston youths. A rival operator with a large boating business seeks the permit to take over. The public prefers Mrs Paget and hopes Mayor Quincy will defend the feminine admiral of the fleet against dispossession.
A matinee attendee in stockings searches for a stray shoe after an audience eruption by Wellesley girls. The shoe is found later, amid a tale of theatrical revelry and mischief. The column contrasts the quiet wholesale district earlier in January with a chaotic scene of goods piling up and workers busy with orders.
In a crowded reception area near Central Music Hall a middle aged man seeks urgent surgeon help for a wife facing an immediate operation. A nurse and patient notice his distress as the doctor, just arriving from the hospital, grants the man urgent access to begin life saving treatment.
A man reassures a worried husband as his wife undergoes surgery and the doctor declares success. Yet a helper, who stayed to learn the patient’s home and discharge time, sees something priceless beyond medicine in Chicago.
In a letter from Shanghai, D. T. criticizes Julian Ralph's China stories as hackwork and mocks his pidgin English. The piece notes the Bancroft library bid to NYPL for 300000 dollars, rejected as too costly, and highlights Alfred Austin's drama on Alfred the Great. It also discusses Shakspere and music praise, a Fisher Maiden song, and Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen.
A reflective digression wonders at a tortoise bearing a damsel’s coiffure implants and decorative combs. The piece frames the tortoise as a willing, if unlikely, guardian of beauty, praising elaborate hair adornment and its social allure.
The article surveys fashionable hair combs as accessories for women, noting twenty seven side combs at extremes and various placements behind the pompadour. It discusses materials skin tone matches like amber and jet, and mentions tortoise-shell designs with eagle wings and diamond accents for evening wear.
A reader letter criticizes pharmacy law enforcement and the Board of Registration. It cites fines, prison terms, and 103 closed druggists locations, arguing the system harms living pharmacists while proposing annual registration and stricter certificate controls. The writer condemns the board as unfit and biased against pharmacists.
A reader asks how a Brahamlekite could become a turtle dove in three months without changing his nature. The note recalls the Sons of Maine love feast in Somerville last week where the transition supposedly occurred as Brahamlekites peck at the dove who was recently elected president while he sought marital honors.
Charles L Samuel asks if Congress established Labor Day as a general or legal holiday and when. He notes Labor Day dates: Sept. 7 in multiple states including California and New York. Sept. 4 in Pennsylvania. Nov. 25 in Louisiana. He requests official guidance from the paper.
A reader asks the editor how to determine if an invention is on the market and how to proceed with patenting. The letter from Withamisson seeks guidance on researching existing similar inventions and filing a patent.
A brief letter to the patent office in Washington requests assessment of the applicant's invention for patentability and asks whether a patent has already been issued on a similar invention. It also asks for a copy of the regulations and directions for making patent applications.
Readers ask how to say Les Miserables. The correct English rendering is Lay Me-za-rah-ble, as the writer James Mass notes.
A fragment from reader notes and humorous quotes appears, featuring sketches of characters like Hungry Haggarty and Ragged Haggard, plus social chatter at the Afro-American Club about ballots and race jokes. The text blends dialect humor with brief dialogue and editorial voice from period magazines.
Excerpts show playful banter about provocation and a servant’s notice of marriage in 19th century style. A Talk on fortune telling and marriage nerves contrasts with Aristophanes and Euripides quipping on honesty and time.
Daily table hints list fruit oatmeal and desserts then detail Eve's pudding recipe with six eggs six apples six ounces bread and currants boiled or steamed, plus a coffee Bavarian cream recipe using gelatin and whipped cream. Address: L. M. Johnson 194 Dudley Street Roxbury MA.
The Poston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Entries must state one menu with brief preparation directions, cover three meals for four or five persons, max ten dollars weekly, end Saturday Nov 9, and be printed on Mondays. Mail to Cooking Editor Boston. no stamps. single side only.
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