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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1893
Page
4
Advertisement figures compare The Globe The Herald and The Post over ten December weekdays. After deducting small Wants ads, general advertising shows The Globe with 196 1 8 cols, The Herald 184 cols, and The Post 172 1 6 cols.
Bradstreet's notes optimism for a national bankruptcy bill in Congress. It urges securing a day for consideration by Democratic signers and a vote on the bill. The piece warns of filibuster and obstruction and predicts many lawmakers will vote for the measure when it comes up.
The article reports Mr. Lodge’s remarks before the amber of Commerce asserting the act was meant to block free coinage. It suggests his words imply President Harrison would have signed or Congress would have overridden a veto in 1890. The piece hints at further questions about party influence and policy.
The withdrawal of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Company signals a dispute within the coal trust. Observers recall the last major combine collapsed under internal quarrels over profits. Meanwhile New England households suffer millions in earnings drained by the Reading trust, urging harsher prosecutions and stronger laws.
Congress reassembles to press the inquiry into the condition of the United States Treasury. The public sees the chest as a symbol of the people's storehouse and accountability in fiscal affairs.
The passage argues that withdrawing bonded transport rights to the Northwest via Canada would harm merchants and manufacturers. It notes a protest to be made and cites the Boston Chamber of Commerce as voicing New England's stance on the issue.
A Boston gas trust allegedly drains profits to a Delaware corporation via a 4.5 million bond. By March last year a total of 787 500 had been remitted, with over a million expected to be siphoned to Delaware as profits. The piece urges Massachusetts residents to demand lower gas prices and halt this transfer now.
A Taunton mayor proposes removing license fees for liquor dealers and instead deposits with the city treasurer per dealer. Five dollars would be charged for every drunkenness conviction within city limits, with any surplus returned at year end. The plan would tie public revenue to drinking behavior and civic morality, sparking questions about incentives and feasibility.
The Boston and Maine railroad board approves a major terminal overhaul in Boston. The plan would close Hays market square station and remove grade crossings on Causeway Street, consolidating business into a new central terminal for all incoming rail lines.
The text argues for transparent disclosure of government finances and criticizes concealment by the current administration. It notes a Democratic House committee to investigate appropriations, with calls for no delay, and includes scattered quotes and humorous references from various periodicals. The tone is urgent and partisan about fiscal openness and accountability.
The Post invites letters on how to run a newspaper titled How to Run a Newspaper. Contest offers a gold eagle for the best letter under 200 words written on one side of paper. Address to News paper Competition The Post Boston. Letters accepted until January 7 with results announced January 9.
The note blends common sense enterprise and judgment with steady newsroom instincts. It urges level-headed effort, financial prudence, and disciplined editing to create a successful newspaper product.
Winttram H. Buurnham of 448 Essex Street Lawrence Mass lauds the Boston Post as a model paper. He praises its Democratic alignment concise news policy and separation of politics from business reporting and wishes the Post a prosperous New Year.
The Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, son of President Eliot of Harvard, has been appointed pastor of the Unitarian Church of the Saviour in Brooklyn and preached his first pastoral sermon there last Sunday. Mr H H Kitson, the sculptor, has an exhibition this week in his Boylston street studio demonstrating his new figure for the Dyer memorial fountain to be placed in Roger Williams Park, Providence, R. I.
A reader warns against high costs and cheap staff, urges factual reporting and frank independence. The piece notes the public’s quick reaction to journalistic deception and commends the Post for probing issues such as hospital coverage and gas prices.
Frank L. Collins, formerly of Portland, Me., now heads the Newburyport Cadet Band. Frank H. Pierce, a Portland singer facing appendicitis scare, is improving. The Rev Henry B. Rose of Portsmouth, N H, accepts a call to Auburn Me Universalist Church. Charles W. Littlefield U S N will become paymaster after exam to fill vacancy from A J Clark’s death. Also notes old cigars in Newburyport with historic maker seeds.
A Salem note urges the press to deliver value to readers by staying in touch with public needs. It counsels choosing capable staff, ensuring thoroughness, and emphasizing promptness in reporting large events as soon as they occur. It also advises following established guidance from the Boston Post.
Nevada Senator Stewart warns Republicans that without swift action on free coinage no state west of the Rockies will be carried in 1896. Ex President Chamberlain of Iowa Agricultural College now farms in Ohio on 115 acres and aims for practical success. Dr Pierson, Spurgeon’s successor at London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle, says his Bible carries over 500000 notes in his hand after ten years. Trochu’s remark on Bismarck recalls that Bismarck judged Trochu as knowing enough to know he amounted to little.
The piece outlines 12 requirements for a leading paper including attractive dress, well set advertisements, frequent innovations, a decisive political stance and generosity to readers. It urges exclusive news, strong reporting, top staff, aggressive circulation, suburban coverage, and courteous, lively editorial tone, citing Jack Frank Wilherber of 9 Temple Street.
The corrected concert card lists Bach Liszt Fantasia and Fugue in A minor Lovata in A flat major Weber Nashstuck Schumann Variations and Fugue Paganini Schumann Paderewski Nocturne preludes mazurka bolero and other items as performed by Paderewski this afternoon at Music Hall.
In the Haverhill Bulletin summary style, the Boston Post conducts a vigorous campaign over gas pricing, aiming to win over readers and influence the issue as it fights for dollars. The note expresses cautious optimism that the effort will succeed.
A letter from C. W. Powers of 86 Court Street advocates polished layout and typography for ads, urges using best workers, and invites readers and agents to help gather news, promoting paper quality and a principle-driven policy.
Fragmentary note praises a man as business manager with brains energy and horse sense. Mentions management of something like a street or enterprise and references years fears or years of service. Concludes with praise of reliable men in head office and mechanic roles for success.
In Somerville on December 31, a self-promoting note declares plans to pay high wages for diligent work, print daily new features, and avoid recycling old stories unless given a fresh, vigorous touch. The speaker touts sincerity, decency, and superior newspaper quality.
A note from FRANKO extols subscribing as the best method to run a newspaper, allowing editors to handle the rest. It emphasizes reader support through subscription as the core approach to sustaining the paper.
A compact note on a daily information journal stressing reliable news transmission. It mentions a traveller using a railroad advertiser and sounding a signal from a firm top post, SQUIBOB, as part of heralding an approach.
H. A. Stone of Roxbury argues for boosting circulation first by placing schemes and contests before the public to show reader engagement and attract advertising. He urges avoiding religious subjects, displaying era-spanning humor, and being patriotic in promoting the paper, insisting on persistent promotion.
A Natick letter extols fair play and even handed justice as the core of good management and a democratic spirit. It argues that a newspaper tempered by fairness earns public support from workers, governors, and citizens in New England.
The text urges newspapers to satisfy readers thirst for knowledge by localizing content to a single business or pursuit, expose frauds and swindles, publish news on elopements divorces and domestic troubles, and avoid overbearing ads. It counsels variety in writers, humorous yet quality reporting, and aligning with public interests.
San Francisco January 3 The second attempt to proceed with the second trial of M B Curtis Samuel of Poen charged with the murder of Policeman Grant was made before Presiding Judge Trout. Jury selection after the trial began is expected to take several days and the case went over until Saturday.
From the Brockton Despatch the note says New England has to go to New York long enough to secure a first class steamer for Europe, signaling demand for better transatlantic shipping options.
Rival camps organize in Boston as lawmakers drift into town to discuss Senate and U S Senator races. Seventeen officers were nominated by acclamation at a caucus led by Senator Ray of Franklin including Pinkerton as president and Coolidge as clerk with Adams favored for sergeant at arms amid opposition notes and last minute maneuvering.
Major-General H. G. Berry Post 40 G. A. R. of Malden adopted resolutions at a meeting mourning the death of Leopold Morse. The note honors Morse as a life contributing member and loving friend of the defenders of the United States, extending sympathy to his family and recording the resolutions in the post’s records.
Snow shoes selling well across New England with growing demand. G W Simmons & Co at Oak Hall 32 North Street advertise all sizes for men women and youths. Toboggan suits sleighing capes Ulsters and overcoats offered at January prices. Dealers in everything worn by men and boys.
A catalog note lists Hospitality in Town and Country with usages, and Weddings, Formal and Informal, both 1892 editions from Stokes and Brown. It also advertises Life's Fairy Tales by J A Mitchell, a fairy tale collection for children with practical philosophy, published 1892 by Stokes and Brown.
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