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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1893
Page
4
Boston Coal Club Pushes Price Rise on Poor
An executive committee of the Boston Coal Club recommends a twenty five cent per ton price hike for retail coal in Boston. The measure targets the poor during a severe winter, citing navigation difficulties, while critics argue dealers profit and suggest charity responses seen in Cincinnati and Chattanooga. The issue echoes broader indignation at coal extortion and urban hardship.
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Boston
Pennsylvania Coal Trust
Boston Coal Club
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Harvard receives $100000 professorship founded by late Winma Weinp
The announcement notes a about $100,000 donation to establish a Harvard University professorship by the late Winma F. Weinp. The gift was made privately, with no public mention until his death, reflecting modest and unglorified philanthropy that avoids notoriety and public thanks.
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Harvard University
Winma F. Weinp
Wein
Rev Savage Pushes Open World’s Fair Hours
The Rev Minot J. Savage urged the World’s fair committee in Washington to keep the fair open as many days as possible for humanity morals education and religion. He warned that excluding churchgoers on Sundays would require Chicago to build ten times as many churches.
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Minot J. Savage
Washington
Chicago
Massachusetts man urges practical faith at World’s Fair
Mr. Savage stands for sound Massachusetts religous sense and enlightened community sentiment. He is a practical man and the World’s Fair committee would be wise to weigh his views when shaping the city’s houses of worship as they stand.
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Savage
Massachusetts
Call for prompt investigation of Boston fire service
The city must investigate alleged inefficiency and mismanagement in the Boston fire department after Tuesday’s disastrous blaze. If faults exist, a new commission and reorganization should follow. Fire rates and public safety depend on thorough inquiry supported by commissioners underwriters and business and homeowner interests. The city government should order and carry out a complete inquiry.
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Boston
Somerville annexation to Boston favored by voters
The piece argues that Somerville would vote to join Boston in a popular referendum. It notes a clear majority of larger taxpayers support annexation and highlights shared interests, like sewerage, water, parks, and the disparity in taxation and public spending between the two cities.
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Somerville
Boston
Those Predictions and a Hard Winter Earn Praise
The article notes that those predicting averages and a cold winter gain praise even if the meteorology is flawed. It says this winter will be harsh on land and sea. It urges those able to stay warm to aid the less fortunate, calling it a season for charity.
Retaliation scheme risks alienating Canada with bond-rail policy
Advocates for withdrawing bond shipments on Canadian roads grow discouraged as New York papers sympathetic to the plan warn Mr. Hartson to act quickly. Protests from Northwest and East are strong. The action would retaliate against New England and mainly benefit railroads pushing the idea for self serving motives.
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New York
New England
Hartson
Northwest
East
Canada
Connecticut Senate Choice Sparks Bitter Contention
The press lauds Senator Hawley for reelection by Connecticut Republicans citing his rival ex Governor Bulkeley as unfit. Critics argue Hawley cannot truly represent Connecticut, blaming the outcome on rotten boroughs that leave a Democratic state governed by Republican lawmakers and senator builders.
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Hawtey
Connecticut
Bulkeley
Hawley
Coal Price Rise May Trigger Public Subscription Plan
If coal continues to rise in price by the operations of coal barons in Pennsylvania or the greed of local dealers it may become necessary for the Post to organize a popular subscription to supply poor people with the lowest prices.
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Pennsylvania
Post
Somewhat Racy Recipe Contest at The Post Boston
The Post invites letters for a "Best recipe for Keeping a Husband at Home" offering a gold eagle for the winning submission of over a hundred words. Write on one side of the paper and send to the Husband Competition at The Post Boston with earliest entry favored among equal merit.
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The
Post
the Post
Boston
Hide His Hat Decision in Dorchester Case
A terse three letter decision titled Hide His Hat is reported from Ashmont Dorchester. The brief notes H H H and J G Powernr involved in a local matter with limited details.
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J. G. Powernr
Disinterested Advice From a Brockton Cleric
A fragment from Fr. W. Osborne of Brockton Mass offers jarring marital tips. He suggests wives keep fine liquor for husbands who drink, stage in parlor theatres, and even tie the husband to the bedpost if needed. The author claims ignorance on the discussed subject yet presents blunt, controversial guidance.
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Fr. W. Osborne
Brockton
Mass
Household Hints For A Happy Husband In Boston Post Ad
A light hearted wife helps keep her husband at home with 7 ounces good nature and cheer, 2 ounces smiles, 2 ounces laughter, 2 ounces gossip, 5 ounces love, 2 ounces kisses, and 1 pound courting. The recipe mentions his pipe and the daily paper the Boston Post. Mrs. Pa L Lavorr Worcester Mass on Chandler Street.
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Boston Post
Pa L. Lavorr
Chandler Street
Worcester
Mass
Strategic Measures for Keeping a Husband Home
A fragment advises women to control husbands by damaging his clothes and home life, suggesting tearing pants, using stove polish, locking doors, and creating discomfort at night. It proclaims East Boston and Ireland forever. The text ends with fragmented note about a birth.
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Boston
Ireland
The Husband Responsible for a Pleasant Home
A 19th century guidance note from Mattapan Mass urges husbands to invest equally in home attraction and kindness. It argues mutual appreciation and shared effort create a welcoming, well kept home, with the wife reciprocating support and cordial conduct.
Here’s an Earthly Paradise Supper Welcome
A brief domestic notice invites a guest to a six o'clock hot supper featuring his favorite dishes. The host asks the guest to greet them at the door with a smile.
Quiet Evening Scene At Home In Somerville
A resident named Mr. G. D. Ropinson of 1 Quincey Street Somerville enjoys a placid night at home. He reads the Post by the fire in his dressing gown with cigars on hand, a bonbon dish nearby, and plans a quiet euchre game with his wife, if he remains a faithful husband.
A Divided Responsibility in Home Life
A letter from Francois L. Farrell of West Newton argues for shared responsibility in marriage, urging faithfulness as the bond and suggesting husbands should also plan for a happy home and spend evenings at home with their wives.
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Franccis L. Farrell
West Newton
Make Him Jealous Tonight by Moonlit Method
A dated fragment outlines manipulative schemes to provoke jealousy and control a partner. It prescribes introducing detested outings, declaring vague plans, and then pursuing intimate seduction as a presumed remedy. The note references moonlight mania and a method attributed to J. Baker.
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A la Marie Vanoni
J. Baker
It Is the Icemen Now Who Take the Cake
A compact collection of humorous quotations from several papers. Notable lines touch on hard lines for a girl with Latin lessons, a barber who cannot hold his own jaw, and the piano’s sympathy from frequent playing.
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Icemen
Lowell Courier
Picayune
Elmira Gazette
Philadelphia ‘Times
Binghamton Leader
Rochester Democrat
Ann Gulan
Fresh Books Review of 1892 Publications
A survey lists Englishman's Haven by W J Gordon and The Aims of Japan by John Batchlor, noting light style for youth and lackluster prose respectively. It covers The New England Historical and Genealogical Register October 1892 articles, Donnelly's Golden Bottle, An Earthly Paragon by Eva Wilder McGlasson, Monica the Mesa Maiden, Accidents and Emergencies by Charles W Dulles, The Cadets of Flemming Hall, Man and the State, Prayer-Meeting Theology, and Virginia Dave a Sixteenth Century Romance, highlighting aims, settings, and reception.
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Boston
Estes & Lauriat
New England Historical and Genealogical Register
John Ward Dean
Harford
Charles Henry Townshend
Eva Wilder McGlasson
New York
Harper & Bros
Kentucky
Flemming Hall
Anna Chapin Ray
1. Y. Crowell & Co
EJ. Morris
G. P. Putnas Sons
Lincoln
Virginia Dave
Cecil
Thomas Whittaker
Roanoke
National Woman Suffrage Meet Opens in Metzerott Hall
Washington January 15 The twenty fifth annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association opens with a sermon by Rev Anna F Shaw at Metzerott s Music Hall. Notable speakers include Carroll D Wright Carrie Lane Chapman Anna Howard Shaw Ellen Battelle Dietrick Lillie Devereux Blake Sara Winthrop Smith May Wright Sewell and Susan B Anthony with additional talks on congressional federal and Southern suffrage and a welcome from Senator Joseph Carey of Wyoming.
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Washington
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Metzerott
Music Hall
Anna F. Shaw
Carroll D. Wright
Carrie Lane Chapman
Anna Howard Shaw
Ellen Battelle Dietrick
Lillie Devereux Blake
Sara Winthrop Smith
May Wright Sewell
Joseph Carey
Wyoming
Susan Sir. Anthony
Starriet Taylor Upton
Clara Bewick Colby
Mary H. Williams
Rachel Foster Avery
Laura Clay
David Gregg
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucey Stone
Observant Colonel Pope Returns Home From Mexico Tour
The Observant Citizen notes Colonel Pope and party cut short a Southern California and Mexico visit due to a sister’s illness. The twins are physicians. he cared for one sister during her illness and rushed to her side on relapsed news. A daily pigeon feeding scene near Park House draws onlookers. Professor Morse of Salem promotes sunlit homes to avoid coal fires. A dinner at Parker’s will honor Mr. C D B Fisk, retiring Brighton Improvement Society president and J B Barnaby Company manager.
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Newbury Street
Pope
Professor Morse
Salem
Boston
Cambridge
Parker’s
C.D. B. Fisk
Brighton Improvement Society
Isk
Brighton
Fisk
J. B. Barnaby Company
Correction to Insurance Figures at Coastour Buildings
To the Editor of the Post Sir in your morning edition an error exists in the insurance amounts for 169 and 375 Summer street Coastour buildings The building insurance is 31000 dollars and rents insured amount 7800 dollars Signed January 12 OO Wapitisk
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Summer Street
Wapitisk
People Mean To Have It In Gas Policy Critique
The Fall River Globe comments as the Legislature opens, noting the Boston Post’s demand for cheap gas. The piece argues the issue should be resolved, implying political maneuvers to secure affordable fuel.
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Fall River Globe
Boston Post
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