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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1896
Page
4
The Treasury loan of one hundred million dollars is already oversubscribed by banks, financial institutions, and private investors. The piece argues Congress should authorize loans in a more favorable form, noting potential savings and the public-backed support for prompt action.
The article says Cecil Rhodes asks Americans to sympathize with his aims in the Dutch republics of South Africa by citing American miners there. It notes his appeal lacks foundation and argues Americans support self government and civil rights for aliens, insisting protection and fair play for citizens under any government.
The Common Council order for printing all evidence in the Atwood Peabody libel case moves toward full public disclosure. The City Council action aims to publish stenographer and trial testimony to illuminate the matter and may back legal action to recover funds alleged to have been fraudulently paid in the city architect’s office.
The article criticizes stock operations seen as gambling and highlights a breach of trust by a respected Manchester captain. It argues the stock exchange dangers exceed gambling due to legitimacy conferred by custom, urging caution in financial temptations.
A compact reflection on how similar pressures test individuals with weaker morals. The piece implicates social forces and personal conduct without naming specific events, people, or places.
The article argues the Venezuelan dispute will settle by arbitration rather than force. It notes Britain may yield to civilized world sentiment, avoiding overt surrender, while the United States gains credit for pressing a fair settlement aligned with President Cleveland’s stance.
Reports of engagements three weeks past show Gomez raids persist from the start of the year. Insurgents spread across western Cuba crippling sugar manufacture and threatening a prolonged, ruinous conflict. Observers warn enduring ruin may compel humanitarian interference unless Spain halts the war.
A Boston area column recalls a congressman forced to pay fares on a Boston and Maine line after refusing his mileage and being told to ride off at the next station. It also notes a Connecticut hotel issue offering meals or lodging via mileage coupons and mentions R. S. Peale, son of a famed book agent, plus Dr. John Hickey of Deer Island connected to public institutions.
The piece notes Senator John Quinn’s long ties to city institutions and his proven Senate record during his first term. It highlights expectations for his efforts to address district needs in the upcoming session and reflects an opinion from a Western observer on mining and national resource policy. The excerpt also includes a satirical poem about women’s suffrage attributed to an insane asylum inmate.
A Jefferson City church gathering on Wednesday night prayed for the President Grover Cleveland asking for wisdom courage and honesty to lead the nation. The sermon urged prayers for improvement of leaders and a wish for no future rulers like him.
Daily table hints list items for breakfast dinner and supper including oranges cream toast potato cakes and squash pie. Instructions describe shaping seasoned cold mashed potatoes into half inch rounds baked till golden brown. Barbara A Doyle Leonard Avenue Malden signs the note.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal plan from women readers. Bills of fare must read like menus with brief dish explanations and directions. Three meals for a family of five with a weekly food budget of ten dollars. submit by mail to Cooking Editor, The Post, Boston. Do not send stamps. Write on one side only.
Ralph Villars a 20 year old telegraph operator who had been missing for about a month came back to Rowley and said he was on a vacation in New York confirming his return today.
An inspection of the bottom of the British steamer Dominion, beached at Berehaven Ireland while en route from Portland Maine to Bristol, found no injury. The vessel was reported unharmed after the examination conducted in London on January 13.
Artist Stuart Foster strays on the Peak into a gray moorland farm where he meets farmer Bunnill and his daughter Catherine. John Bold of Hope threatens to wed Catherine, mortgage issues arise, and Foster intervenes, ending with Cathy stepping toward him as Bold’s plan collapses.
The Boston University annual trustees meeting elected several new members and reappointed others. Rev W Ingraham Haven was named representative of theological alumni, replacing Rev J W Hamilton. C C Bragdon was assigned to the class term expiring 1900. Several officers were re-elected and Bishop John H Vincent addressed the group at 4 30 PM in the lecture hall.
A Boston meeting of provincialists at Youngs Hotel planned a memorial for Hon. Joseph Howe Nova Scotia's statesman. A circulating fund appeal targets Nova Scotia natives in the area with a temporary committee led by Rev. P. M. McDonald. Contributions directed to J. F. Masters at 228 Washington street Boston.
An English visitor asks for the most convenient US travel method and receives Trotter's dry reply that the answer is traveling on a pass. This brief exchange reflects a humorous, era-appropriate tone on travel ease and frugality.
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