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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1896
Page
4
In two weeks the Legislature shows a lack of attendance and activity with only one committee hearing and eleven minutes of Senate action. The writer calls the situation a scandal and urges prompt regulation and committee work to avoid congestion and rushed decisions as February 1 approaches.
The article notes a shooting and burning at a Black couple’s home in Jefferson Parish as part of a rising lynching wave. It frames the crime as a community morality issue and contrasts past mob actions with current indifference from Boston observers and political rhetoric surrounding Republican perspectives.
The Turkish government refuses to allow Red Cross relief for Armenians, challenging its recognition by Turkey and prompting calls to European powers for action. The note condemns Turkey for abandoning civilization and urges outside powers to respond.
A stark declaration outlines a drastic measure aimed at neutralizing the Turk threat. The note stresses that only this severe remedy can ensure safety and restore order amid growing tensions.
The article urges immediate public subscription to a $100,000,000 bond issue, noting many small banks and individuals intend to subscribe. It calls for postponement relief, easier payment terms, and a more popular loan structure by the Treasury, pressing Mr. Carlisle to modify conditions for broader public participation.
Senator Lodge proposes a $100,059.09 loan to fund forts cannon and torpedo systems for twenty years. The essay argues against coast defence spending as war training, urging instead to prioritize harbor improvements to bolster commerce and avoid maritime risk.
City duty and public trust demand a thorough probe into alleged misdoings in the Atwood-Peabody case. Prosecutors must act on sworn testimony to protect Boston's reputation and the city treasury, avoiding a blot on the city's fair name.
The Observant Citizen profiles Conn D. Murphy at the Boston Theatre and J. J. Tracy at the Howard Atheneum, city stalwarts in their crafts for decades. It notes their near neighbors in work, the era's drama shifts, and odd local vignettes from January’s cold to Harvard songs on a midnight car.
A Boston theatre scene anecdote notes managers fear impostors seeking passes while sick applicants push to aid desperate relatives. The piece mocks a caller asking for two or three passes and mentions a sign seen on Tremont Street about a heated public carriage during a cold week.
A daily table hint lists Ada Chadwick aged 11 living at 106 Pleasant Street Cambridgeport. The menu includes breakfast items such as bananas wheatlet and creai along with dinner options like roast beef with Yorkshire pudding and rhubarb pie. Supper features cold chicken prune sauce berry cake and tea.
A readable clipping lists foods for lunch including roast beef potatoes olives toast wine jelly and desserts with eggy batter and jelly recipes. It provides two drink and dessert formulas for salty lunns potato bread gelatine wine jelly and pineapple sponge with steps. The notice ends with Martha A Caldwell at 74 Edgewood Street Roxbury.
The Boston Post offers a $5 weekly prize for the best three meal menus from women readers. Entries must be brief like a menu with short preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast lunch dinner or breakfast dinner supper, for a family of five at most $10 weekly. Submissions due by Saturday each week. winners printed Mondays. one bill per day and batch on Sundays. Mail to Cooking Editor Boston. Do not send stamps. Write on one side of page.
The piece extols fancy dress parties as a means for young people to learn about past eras. It urgesOpen access to old books and theatre visits to gain accurate ideas of historical dress, and suggests forming historical societies to study long‑departed ancestors.
The article describes period dress showing a white and yellow striped satin skirt with a white tulle flounce edged in crimson. Pale green silk side paniers form a back overskirt, with white tulle rucha and crimson roses. A green silk basque with square neckline, rose trimming, elbow-length sleeves, and puffed white silk at the elbow completes the look.
A collage of quips and jokes from old newspapers includes taunting lines about language and a baby with blocks, a cartoonish lyric to Encore Marie, and brief humor exchanges. It also notes social lines and puns from various periodicals reflecting light entertainment.
A dry goods owner, seeking country rest, falls for Evelina, a clerk’s cousin, while lodging at Dobbins’s aunt’s house. He plans marriage, learns of a rival with a half million inheritance, and returns to the city to pursue Evelina, only to discover her loyalty may linger with him. He marries Miss Briggs, while Simpkins’ embezzlement and the clerk Tom’s婚 show a tangle of love and loss.
Richford Vermont January 14 reports a heavy snow storm prevailing over the area. The weather will push hundreds of lumbermen to work and revive the lumber business in northern Vermont and Canada, which had grown dull.
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