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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
4
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, details payment in advance, and notes that changes of address should be reported. It lists office, contact, and publication procedures, with editor and publisher A. Grozier responsible for notices and reach.
Professor Harrington loses headship of the Weather Bureau as Professor Moore of Chicago succeeds him with broad support. Moore brings strong practical testing credentials and a solid reputation as a scientist, signaling potential high quality weather samples for the nation.
The Florals Emblem Society hosted a decorative Fourth of July at Winthrop with music flowers dancing and drama. Meanwhile concerns arise over Boston parade violence and police failure to protect civilians during East Boston rioting. The piece also includes a long interview excerpt reflecting on a woman writer narrator and a tragedy of unspoken love and death at a hospital bedside.
The article reports Yale offering to meet the Oxford Cambridge winner if the original English challenge fails. Harvard withdraws from the original plan citing athletic standing. Oxford declines after defeat, leaving Cambridge with the choice to accept Yale’s alternative.
The letter to Mid-Jothian constituents reflects on Mr Gladstone's long career and vast changes over 75 years. He notes the people's rising role in politics and society, but his retirement is seen as a significant loss to the reform movement despite uncertain impact on current affairs.
Disturbance erupted during a public demonstration linking education and national symbols in East Boston. The clash, tied to hostile sentiment against American ideals, marred the event and reflected poorly on residents and authorities. Observers urge restraint and respect for rights and property.
The Sharon Christian Endeavor Society allegedly spent over $300 on Boston car fares for chorus rehearsals. The paper praises their selflessness and mentions Mr. Somerby will visit Sharon to finalize their harmony education. It also tidbits about the Good Templar convention, Colonel Demaru’s Kentucky duties, and various local figures and goings-on.
A fragment from a 1895 story recalls a quiet hospital ward girl described as a newspaper writer facing nervous prostration. She reveals a lack of relatives who care about her fate, claiming her father died young and poverty drove her family’s hardships, while others never seemed to notice her plight.
A montage of remarks lampooning weather forecasting and public figures. Morton derides Harrington while weather talk shifts to a storm center debate. Quips touch on elections, rail vs wheat quotations, Madagascar battles, Gladstone, Mora claims, Boston’s postal mimicry, a Chicago landlord bicycle ban, toy pistol harm, Captain Blanche Cox’s jail sentence, Oxford, Yale and Cambridge, Debs’s Self Culture Club, agriculture seed policy, and Attorney General opinions on trusts.
At Buffalo Driving Park grand stand sections collapsed during a cycle race crowd of about 10 000. A stairway failure caused a mass fall into a cellar area and a stampede. Fatal injuries included Jane Gilroy Hill and Frank Veater with multiple others injured. Ambulances moved victims to hospitals and a long list of injured was reported.
July 4 at Lake Walden witnessed by many under the Fitchburg railroad. Morning events included dancing swimming and a Brocktons beat the telegraphers 31 to 3 in the ball game. Farin sisters from South Boston impressed with life saving demonstration. Afternoon races led by W H Gibbs and Leavitt with team victory by White Leavitt Hamilton Mooney. Professor Shaw directed the program. Japan fireworks capped the day under Co EL Foster supervision.
Mountain travelers praise covert cloth garments for summer hikes praising comfort and flexibility. The report notes jackets and loose waists outperform tight outfits by avoiding snagging on bushes and stones, with a focus on practical, cool attire suitable for rugged climbs.
A brown covert cloth dress features skirt seams trimmed with stitched straps and a bottom edge strap. The box jacket can be worn buttoned or unbuttoned, with sleeves large enough to fit over city clothes. A round hat with striped ribbon band completes the outfit.
The Eureka Athletic Club in Baltimore opens summer quarters at Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth Street with manager Al Herford. Star attraction for opening night July 8 is English light weight champion Stanton Abbott versus Billy Duke of Baltimore in a fifteen round bout. The new amphitheatre seats 6000, with other bouts featuring Andy Rambo and Sol English, Jack Ward and Midget John Glynn.
At Saugus July 4 nearly 10,000 attended as Mascot won the mile in 2 08 3 4 at Franklin Park despite slow track and heavy rain. The day featured multiple heats in 2:16 trot and a 2:0 pace, with Falkland, Vega, Raven Wilkes, and Colonel Owen contending before rain halted further races.
Rain drenched Narragansett Park as Honolulu from Santa Anita. stables led a strong field to victory by a length and a half, with Imposition second and Larissa third. Ferrier, initially favored, won the second race by a length as Langdon faded. Mendicant disappointed in the fourth. The Hunters’ handicap saw Young Orion narrowly beat Spot. Index fell at the first jump. rider uninjured.
Fragmentary race betting notes mention a spot at 6 and a later time around 6:02. References to stables and law index numbers appear, with betting odds 4 to ?, and notes about outs and an index 140. Names and places unclear due to damaged text.
Entries list races on today’s program with horses and weights for the first five races. Notable names include Pay or Fargo Clarus Kallirhoe Phebesaee in the first race and Mangrove Santa o J Fugitive Sir Dixon Jr in the fourth, plus Miss Hannah Devola and Bernardine Gileria in the fifth.
A briallant card at Sheepshead Bay produced a dramatic Realization stakes race for three year olds. Bright Phobus, ridden by Reiff, surged late to defeat favorite Keenan with Griffin aboard. King Arthur II finished third as Cromwell Connoisseur faded. Time 2542-5. Purse $30,160 to Bright Phobus’s owner.
About 500 spectators attended the Newburyport Driving Park trot event on July 4. Details include horse Daisy by Barron with trainer Fred Knox and driver Caldwell posting times around 2:38 to 2:56, purse listed as $1.5? noting various laps and measurements.
In a wet Worcester Oval meet, McLaughlin defeated Delaney in the featured mile race after a late burst. Conneff easily beat Orton in a two mile race, and a Suffolk A C team upset Worcester A C in a one mile team event. Other results include Burke winning the 120 yard dash and Keane capturing the 600 yard handicap.
Newton Athletic Association outdoor games on the new field and track in Newton Centre drew forty competitors and silver cups as prizes. Highlights include Newton beating Gloucester by a fraction in a mile relay and multiple event winners across sprints, walks, bicycle races, and field events.
Hopknotley July 1 The sudden weather shift from sun and warmth to cold rain has seriously disrupted the Cornell crew. Four rowers are indisposed and the morning practice was canceled. If the crew rows this afternoon three substitutes may be used, yet the team remains confident all will be fit for the race.
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