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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1896
Page
4
The proposal to tax all real estate locally and impose state taxes on inheritances and franchises advances to serious discussion. Large realty owners back the idea, signaling merchant committee confidence in its practical benefits. The plan could ease burdens on business and spur Boston’s competitive edge.
The piece argues for open public scrutiny of any fifty year lease or long term contract for the subway. It urges the Legislature to curb subway commissioners authority and require leases no longer than ten years, with careful legal amendments to governing law. It emphasizes Boston taxpayers face a seven million dollar investment and demand transparency.
Opponents quibble over whether many treated there are true emergency cases but the Boston Emergency Hospital provides free care daily. The piece argues the hospital performs humanitarian work beyond city limits and deserves state aid as a state institution.
A bill in Albany seeks three cent streetcar fares for New York City with ticket packages. Reformers push five for fifteen cents as the ultimate, noting Detroit already has three-cent fares. Boston may not yet adopt three cents but calls for free transfers, urging the West End road to consider granting them.
Secretary Carlisle mishandled defaulted Morgan bids by handing over unsubscribed bonds at the lowest price, effectively gifting about a quarter of a million dollars to J Pierpont Morgan. With $4.7 million in defaulted bids, the Treasury could fetch 116 on the market or reopen subscriptions, raising questions about public interest and prudent finance.
A local ad advertises a large stock of new and secondhand pianos at 200 Tremont Street with 400 instruments to choose from before removal. Listings include upright, grand, and square pianos priced from 15 to 100 and upwards.
City officials consider awarding bonds to the lowest bidder rather than the highest, prompting scrutiny of procurement rules and potential legal concerns.
The state mourns as ex Governor George D. Robinson fights a sudden illness. A respected figure in law and politics his intellect and statesmanship are praised. Once reluctant for public life he served the Commonwealth bravely and now faces a grave health crisis with public sympathy.
A column references Jack Lawson of Redding and a misdirected salve bill to a Cuban revolutionary committee. It mentions Cripple Creek excursions, the Butte & Boston fiasco, bonds sold in Boston, Essex County banquet with William Moody as speaker, Councilman Ryan's rare-book collection, a Tremont Street restaurant custom, Sub-Treasurer O Neill’s lectures, and a Black Cat issue highlighting detective fiction and multiple stories.
Poem depicts a northern storm king singing a lullaby to a sleeping child and mother figure on a snowy hillside. Vivid imagery contrasts nature’s power with intimate reassurance as the snowflake narrator finds solace in the lullaby.
In Charlottesville rumors say the noted author Amelie Rives Chanler wed Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy after a second marriage. Pierre, a London painter and former Larko-Russian War participant, is described as part of the impressionist circle.
Prince Pierre Troubetzkoy, a Russian nobleman, arrived at Castle Hill to wed the future bride. The couple will stay through month’s end and plan a London honeymoon, with a possible residence there. Mrs. Chanler’s divorce from John Astor Chanler is noted, and Chanler’s Castle Hill estate is mentioned.
The Massachusetts State Board of Trade at the Parker House votes to petition the Legislature to repeal double taxation on interstate corporate shares and state securities. They argue taxed in other states and in Massachusetts disincentivize investment, harming residents including guardians and widows.
The Irish parliamentary party elected John Dillon permanent chairman to replace Justin McCarthy by 37 votes to 31. Thomas Sexton resigns his North Kerry seat after declining Healy’s leadership, citing internal rancor and calumny in the party's organ.
Boston theater roundup notes Julia Marlowe Taber and Robert Taber performing The Lady of Lyons at Hollis Street Theatre with smooth, artistic interpre tations. Henry IV repeats. Romeo and Juliet on Saturday. Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith to open week with limited run. other shows at Park Museum Keith’s Castle Square and more detailed notes on acts and cast.
The Philadelphia municipal election passed off quietly with heavy Republican turnout for city solicitor and two police magistrates. Democratic votes were light while fraud allegations circulated. The Municipal League endorsed several council candidates but largely failed to alter the outcome.
Paris reports M Berthelot and the British ambassador signed a convention altering the France Great Britain extradition treaty to facilitate the return of Dr Cornelius Herz who aided Baron Reinach in the Panama Canal frauds. Herz is jailed in England under a five year sentence and a fine of 000 francs.
A Margate man pockets earnings by compressing breathable air and shipping it to London for bicycle tires. The device allegedly doubles machine speed from forty to eighty percent, per a witty Tit-Bite quip.
The menu lists a daily table with breakfast items including oranges oatmeal cream broiled ham baked potatoes southern egg cake doughnuts and coffee. Dinner features split pea soup roast pork mashed potatoes canned corn creamed carrots cottage pudding boiled cider sauce tea or chocolate.
A list of baking and cooking instructions from M. L. Ayres of Oakham Massachusetts includes a chocolate cake recipe with butter chocolate sugar eggs milk flour vanilla and baking powder plus a plain flour butter sugar egg mixture for cake and a creamed carrots dish with milk or cream and a flour slurry for thickening.
The Boston Post offers a $5 prize for the best daily bill of fare from women readers. Bills should list three meals and brief preparation directions, for four or five persons, with a weekly food cost not to exceed $10. Submissions go to Editor, The Post, Boston, with single-sided pages and no stamps.
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