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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1896
Page
4
The Removal of the Rev. Minot J Savage to New York is a distinct loss to Boston. He has led the Church of the Unity for over twenty years and shaped the intellectual life of the community. As a public teacher he advanced modern thought and inspired morality and brotherhood through example and word.
The deaths of two veteran Boston businessmen, John P. Spaulding and John L. Bremer, on the same day are noted as a significant loss. The piece praises their diverse enterprise and public spirit, portraying Boston's business elite as unusually humane and influential for future generations.
The author urges Congress to enact a joint resolution giving formal force of law to the Monroe doctrine. It argues that decades of executive guidance and diplomacy rely on this doctrine, and Congress should remove any doubt by publicly endorsing it for the government and the world.
The New York World reports subscriptions toward the 100 million dollar Treasury gold reserve loan exceeding the target. Banks, insurance companies, and large capitalists in the United States are major buyers with a three percent issue near ten. J Pierpont Morgan pledges to back the loan’s success.
Community members mobilize to ensure the project reaches its goal with broad participation. Local groups and individuals coordinate efforts to boost attendance, funding, and support for the upcoming initiative.
Prominent London financiers say European hold ers are selling American bonds amid Treasury fears and a halted gold loan. Some advocate hopeful moves, noting Reform in US currency could lure vast British capital back if confidence returns, with oversubscription of a popular loan seen as a turning point.
The new British poet laureate Austin faces sharp criticism for poor poetic skill and political naivety. His verses celebrate a filibuster now disavowed by government, prompting debate over national sentiment and potential satire from past laureates like Colley Cibber and Pope.
Observant Citizen Henry the Tremont Theatre doorkeeper is delighted as his long lost cat Puss returns after a week away, having been locked in a neighboring cellar. Hugh E. Brady ex-street commissioner and board of survey member charms visitors at City Hall with his familiar, ready humor. John W. Coveney of East is mentioned.
Cambridge and ex Senator Coveney greet Mayor Quincy in City Hall chatter. Alderman Lee jokes about his hair while Dan Shea returns from abroad to Clover Club dinners. Jim Ten Eyck and Tommy Conneff receive college plans as banks request portraits. Weather, travel stories, and new instalment plans wrap the column.
A collage of light humor from various sources features office banter about when not to be in, a bath diamond joke, lineage coin talk, bicycle race puns, war enthusiasm among single men, and a death certificate quip. It also notes a mild editor’s club joke and a rural Irish Pat Mike exchange about a new job and Bellevue.
Jimmy Saunders defies danger to signal a New York special train as strikers threaten a Chicago bound route. He trusts a red lantern, rushes through darkness, and saves his father and the dispatch of troops arriving to quell the mob.
Mona McLean of Brookline wins the Post's weekly prize for the best day’s menu ending Jan 12. The prize menu, printed in Thursday’s issue, features simple dishes with modest cost, yet ample variety to tempt palates and satisfy busy diners.
Breakfast items include Oatmeal Steak Paired Potatoes Graham Muffins and Doughnuts Dinner features Beef Soup Roast Lamb Boiled Sweet Potatoes Mashed White Potatoes and Turnip Mince Vie Dutch Apple Pudding with Whipped Cream Sauce Soffee Supper offers Cold Sliced Lamb Hot Biscuits Cod Bread Peach Sauce and Varden Cake incl Graham muffins Recipes outline doughs for graham bread Dutch apple pudding and Doly Varden cake with steps and ingredient lists Signed by Miss Elizabeth Dearborn Provincetown Mass.
The Boston Post offers a five dollar weekly prize for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Entries must show a three meal plan for four or five persons with a weekly food cost under ten dollars, ending the first week on November 9 and judged thereafter.
Basques for the boudoir describe jackets suitable for the season. The Louis basques are highlighted as graceful and comfortable with a tight back and loose front. Silk fabrics and lace trim are featured in decorative designs such as robin’s egg blue silk with lace-edged revers.
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