Post subscriptions require advance payment
The notice states that all POST subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice upon expiration. Readers are urged to notify by postal mail if unable to obtain the POST regularly from their newsdealer or newsboy.
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Boston City Subway Cars May Be City Property
Opinion argues Boston should run its own cars in its subway and revoke legislative authority that blocks city use of municipal property for fifty years. The piece condemns granting such power and urges legislative action to allow city control.
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Boston
Let the Law Take Its Course Gilbert Case
The medical commission confirms Angus Gilbert’s guilt and mental competence. The law will levy the penalty without delay, unlike other states where insanity pleas or appeals delay execution.
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Angus Gilbert
Massachusetts
Gilbert
Legislature urged to curb long subway contracts
A political appeal argues that contracts lasting half a century are too long for the people's subway and should be restricted by law. The speaker urges legislative review and an amended statute to shorten terms.
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People’s Subway
End of the Silver Craze Signals Public Will in Senate Vote
The piece argues the House action on the silver bill shows public weariness with silver mania and asserts no move toward free coinage or silver-based currency will pass under the current Democratic administration. It praises the House for affirming popular will and warns against Republican compromise under political pressure.
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Citizens urged to protest 50 year Boston subway lease
The text calls on citizens' organizations to oppose a grant of a fifty year lease of the Boston subway to any corporation. It urges investigations within their jurisdiction to scrutinize the matter and protest the decision.
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Boston Subway
Senate vote blocks McKinley bill amid free coinage pressure
The Senate’s move to take up the House bill shows free coinage partisans hold sway and reject any protection agenda without silver mine owner support. Senator Carter aligned with Democrats against the measure, signaling a joint stance that McKinleyism and free silver must stand or fall together.
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House
Republican National Committee
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Reed
Call for fair treatment in subway lease contracts
The writer argues silver should not be barred from protection benefits and demands equal treatment with wool iron or other goods. Workingmen's associations should investigate the fifty year subway lease and press Legislatures to revoke the power to make such contracts.
Impotent Republican Congress under fire in leading editorial
The article criticizes the Republican Congress for inaction on key issues, blaming tariff and currency disputes for stalling relief to the Treasury and undermining the Monroe doctrine. It contrasts Democratic leadership with Republican infighting on a looming election backdrop anddominant political rhetoric.
The Coal Combine in the Southern States
New England communities fear a coal monopoly led by Pennsylvania with railroads spanning several states. New Jersey moves to prosecute railroads for limiting coal output and hiking prices, despite Republican control. Enforcement of the anti monopoly laws in New Jersey will be watched closely by New Englanders.
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New England
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Objection to Subways Monopoly Contract in Boston
A critic argues that granting a fifty year monopoly on subway operations to a single corporation threatens rapid transit and endangers public control. The writer calls such a contract dangerous and ill advised.
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Boston
Boston to pay 7 million for subway control for fifty years
Citizens face a $7 million cost to construct the subway and insist on keeping control for fifty years. The statement emphasizes local accountability and long term stewardship of the project.
Observant Citizen Sothern Memories and Boston Opera Notes
The piece recalls E H Sothern memory tricks using hat slips, notes to recall topics, and hat placement. It notes feminine press agents like Miss Porter promoting Mme Sans Gene. It reports Nellie Melba and De Reszkes arriving in Boston for the Italian opera season. It recounts a G A R convention tale and a Knight of Labor riot near a reporter. It notes German opera at Boston Theatre and Wagnerian singing tests endurance.
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Boston
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Moore
Lowell
Hubert
Knights of Labor
Music Hall
Lynn
All Sorts of Belts Offer Glitter and Style
The piece notes belts as seasonal vanity with satin leather and silver buckles. Highlights green grass leather edged with silver, braided gold belts, colonial gold designs, and belts with Chinese coins or enamel. Recommends passementerie counters for unique belts and notes four dollars for three quarters of a yard plus a buckle.
Some Other Fellow's Valentine
Poem reminiscences a long-ago Valentine to a former love. The narrator, E. J. Farrington of Hyde Park, recalls youth and old letters dated decades past, describing faded ink, a postmark from a foreign land, and lingering sentiment despite the woman marrying and having eight children.
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Valentine
E. J. Farrington
Hyde Park
Reception to Gamma Delta by Massachusetts Society for Higher Education
The Massachusetts Society for the Higher Education of Women held a reception for Gamma Delta at Jacob Sleeper Hall yesterday from 4 to 6 pm. Tea tables under fir branches were hosted by Mrs. Frank Mack Miss Pearson Mrs. Wells and Mrs. William Rutan. Elizabeth Hanscom a Liberal Arts graduate assisted by Mrs. William D. Huntington and Mrs. Dr. Herbert C. Clapp. Attendees included Professors Geddes Coit Augustus Buck James Taylor Lindsay Warren and Borden Browne along with several matrons and guests.
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Gamma Delta
Jacob Sleeper
Frank Mack
Pearson
Wells
William Rutan
Elizabeth Hanscom
College of Liberal Arts
William D. Huntington
Herbert C. Clapp
Geddes
Coit
Augustus Buck
James Taylor
Lindsay
William Warren
Borden Browne
Anna Dodge
Helen M. Teele
Lotz
Clapp
Clark
Atherton
B U Seniors Social At The Parthenon
The class of 1893 held a pleasant social in the Parthenon with a valentine party to toast each professor. Miss E Gertrude Crosby won best valentine written to Professor Joseph Taylor. The event was led by Mr. Howard P Crawford Susie May Flint and Ella I Gray.
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Joseph Taylor
Howard P. Crawford
Susie May Flint
Ella I. Gray
Hidden Closet Confession in a Boston Conservatory Romance
In a chatty reminiscence a woman recalls a boyish romance with Mr Morton. She recalls flirtatious missteps at home in Boston during a winter at the conservatory and a comic near discovery in a dining room closet. He denies loving Mary Lou while hinting at affection for her.
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Comic Quips and Quick Wits Across Periodical Snips
A collage of jokes and quips from various magazines. Bits include a domestic banter on marriage and descent, a Nero fiddle gag about insurance, a debate on reading between lines, a polite political quip about the Imperial Institute, a joke on Congress prayers, a language mix up in a French waiter scene, a singing criticism about chest voice, and light satire on geography and luxury crimes.
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Public critique of City Hospital care sparks heated letter
A Boston reader recounts alleged hospital neglect leading to his brother’s death and accuses staff of indifference. The letter urges equal treatment for Black citizens and criticizes a local race-related controversy, closing with a call for dignified housing and protection before the law.
War veteran letter on equality and law not social status
A reader contesting social equality argues colored Americans seek equality before the law, not social parity. The writer contends many white leaders misuse veterans’ remarks and asserts blacks should avoid social mixing, blaming crime on others.
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Letter on Race Unity and Civil War Memory
G G Dalton of Boston urges readers to reject narrow racial views in a Post letter. He recalls colored troops’ sacrifices in the Civil War and calls for hospitality and national unity across the North and South.
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C. Bailem
Post
G G Dalton
Observer: Massachusetts pharmacists not persecuted
A letter rebuts claims of pharmacist persecution by the State Board of Pharmacy. It argues laws have been enforced to weed out saloon-like drugstores operating on licenses. The writer cites Public Document No. 37 and urges readers to inspect it to judge safety of druggists.
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Beverly Speech Defends Pharmacy Board's Dignity
Willard O. Wylie, Beverly, February 13, 1896, urges trust in the efficient board of pharmacy to raise the profession above saloon level and uphold its dignity.
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Pharmacy
Willard O. Wylie
Beverly
Three-Cent Fare Movement Urged in Boston by Charles T. Scott
Charles T. Scott of Roxbury argues for a 3-cent street railway fare and transfers in Boston. He calls for ward meetings to gauge support and petition state and city representatives to push the measure, citing Glasgow Berlin Toronto and Detroit as models for progress.
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Daily Table Hints From a Historic Menu
A dated daily menu lists meals across courses. Breakfast includes egg omelet toast sausages coffee prunes. Dinner features boiled salmon green peas broiled cutlets potatoes scalloped tomatoes and rice pudding bread. Supper offers cream tartar biscuits bread.
Boston Post Menu Competition Details and Rules
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of $5 for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Entries must present a menu style listing with brief preparation directions, for three meals serving four to five people, with a weekly food budget not exceeding $10. Submissions due Saturdays with results printed Mondays. mail to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston.
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