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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1896
Page
4
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The resignation of Ballington Booth and his wife from leadership of the Salvation Army in the United States sparks general regret. The Booths built the organization’s high standing and loyal support, and their departure is a blow to its American work and efficiency.
Edgar Wilson Nye known as Bilk Nye, born in Maine, rose amid Wisconsin and Wyoming society to become a major American humorist. He parallels Bret Harte, Artemus Ward, and Mark Twain in impact, shaping the gayety of life with distinct Western and American flavor. His success matched his contribution to readers beyond monetary gain, and his death leaves a brighter existence.
The Boston Montana annual report for 1895 shows net earnings of 2,357,703.61 with a stock dividend of 7 a share and total dividends of 1,050,000. The company, capitalized at 150,000 shares, reports current assets of 1,565,978.18 and substantial liquidity from cash and receivables.
The report praises results but withholds copper produced, production costs, and selling price. It notes ore reserves at 956,283 tons with 225,859 shipped to Great Falls, implying about four years of ore at current shipping, while omitting yield history and future prospects. Public investment concerns rise over the Boston & Montana development.
The Observant Citizen surveys a bustling Boston scene with guests Fred Terry and Julia Neilson at a Playgoers' Club reception, local theater chatter about Steve Brodie's company and Joe Keefe, plus anecdotes about street mischief, a high-spirited police presence at a library event, and a dynamite safety incident involving John O'Brien's son. Additional notes cover Boston & Maine travel planning, Towle photography among dignitaries at summer resorts, and prominent visitors like Tim Daly and Fall River figures.
In 1776 General Washington faces a spying garden plot as Betsey Ann Blessing warns of poison peas at a dinner with officers. A servant ally frees her lover by a staged poisoning, the pair marry with Washington’s blessing.
At his Gloucester home on February 23 Mayor Robinson gave a reception and banquet to editors and reporters of the local press and Boston papers. His 13 year old daughter Helen greeted guests, guiding them to the parlors as readings and recitations by Clarence Manning Fair entertained.
A fragment from Robert Louis Stevenson describes a playful self shadow that imitates and grows with him. The narrator notes the shadow’s quirks from morning dew on buttercups to its sleepy undivided form, illustrating a childlike perspective on self and imagination.
Last evening Linwood W. Mayhew and family of West Tisbury were visiting an entertainment when their Vineyard Haven residence was entered. Several rooms were ransacked and a fire started in one room. Mayhew returned and extinguished the blaze. A $70 check had recently been cashed. the burglar likely aimed to steal it and set the fire to hide his tracks.
A Brockton Mass household share by Mrs C Copeland lists menu items for dinner and supper including oatmeal bacon cream roast beef tomato soup mashed potatoes canned corn grape jelly and indian pudding with whipped cream nuts and raisins plus a dessert plan with sponge cake cookies corn cake and a few recipes with precise measurements and baking steps.
A list of breakfast items and recipes including orange rolled oats broiled beefsteak and tea meat hash with eggs. Also contains instructions for rye muffins rice waffles and sweet pickles with specific ingredient quantities and method. Mentions Miss Maggie OGorman of 53 Haverhill Street Lawrence Massachusetts.
The Boston Post offers a weekly $5 prize for a three meal bill of fare from women readers. Bills must read like a menu with brief dish prep notes, cover three meals for a family of five, with a weekly food limit of $10. Submissions end each Saturday with winners printed the next Monday.
The article describes Lenten bicycle fashions with new gowns and costumes from London. It highlights a divided skirt design that closes front and back, box pleats, bloomers with an extra coat on the wheel, and a skirt that unfolds from a handle. Colors blue red and brown tones dominate. High buttoned bicycle boots complete the look.
A collage of witty quips and social observations outlines fashion, manners, and elite circles. It notes Roentgen lens jokes, remarks on microbes in water, and a perspective on Lady Randolph and Sir Astor amidst English society intrigue and courtly reception.
Don a Dorchester argues in a letter to the editor that organized labor should have a seat in the mayor's cabinet and a voice in debating a new taxation bill. He urges labor leaders to hold open meetings to discuss the proposal, warning that democracy requires all classes be heard.
A Boston letter urges inviting William E. Gladstone to deliver the oration at the unveiling of the John Boyle O'Reilly monument. The writer notes Gladstone as the world’s greatest citizen and a friend of Ireland, while acknowledging his possible unavailability.
A reader asks if compulsory education exists in all states and whether US education equals France. The reply suggests contacting the State Board of Education. The dialogue also asks if a male child born in England to American parents can become US president.
A reader named Ralph W. W. asks the newspaper to state the exact date marking the first day of the twentieth century, addressing the question from Boston.
William Casey a Roxbury shoemaker and his ailing wife Mary Casey face severe poverty and illness. Mary, paralyzed and with a growing breast tumor, was sent home from City Hospital after four weeks of treatment. The couple, once aided by Mary’s washing work, now depend on charity as Casey loses work and strength.
The piece discusses Lady Randolph Churchill’s influence and possible marriage to William Waldorf Astor, noting how her status could change her name to Mrs Astor. It compares Winston Churchill’s family tensions and royal courtesies in the Marlborough and Vanderbilt contexts and describes court etiquette surrounding titles in second marriages.
A Boston reporter details the dark area around Tileston and Hanover streets in Ward 6. Local property owners petition the City Council for a protection lamp at the corner to illuminate the 350 Hill Tileston street block and aid pedestrians and businesses.
Representatives of Hebrew charitable organizations met at the Elysium Club in Huntington avenue to finalize plans for the annual charity ball. Leading Boston Hebrews spoke, sub-committees reported encouragement, and the event is expected to be the season’s social highlight.
The charred body of a two week old infant was found in a back alley rear of 109 West Cedar Street at 6 10 pm. Officer Houghton of Station 3 discovered the bundle, which proved to be an infant wrapped in old clothing. The remains were taken to North Grove Street Morgue.
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