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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1896
Page
4
The Bug Silver Post opens to reader discussion on a leading issue in gold and silver questions. Columns invite opinions and debate while the editor reminds readers to observe parliamentary rules and civility in discourse.
The advertisement lists Daily and Sunday Post subscription options with one year six months and three months prices. It instructs subscribers to report address changes, notes payment risks, and directs payments to The Post Publishing Company. Contact details include Boston office at 259 Washington Street and telephonic access in Boston and New York distribution.
The letter argues for earlier public notice of Independence Day events to maximize impact and influence. It contends the current timing hinders the party's message and calls Chicago convention leaders to heed the suggestion and align party creed with such a move.
Congressman's address at Faneuil Hall lauds broad patriotism and the nation's destiny. It frames immigration as a central issue amid evolving public opinion. Separately Yale faces Leander at Henley on the Thames with hopes for an American upset in a challenging draw.
In Chicago on Saturday evening ex Governor Russell urged laborers in New England to demand wages in money that is intrinsically worth its world market value. He warned that depreciation harms savers with deposits from millions in banks, life policies, and fraternal associations.
The piece warns of fire risks during July Fourth celebrations and urges caution to prevent personal injury. It recalls lessons from past disasters and calls for restraint with fireworks and explosives to protect children and the public.
A ceremonial note describes a special observance of Independence Day emphasizing disciplined patriotic display and public sentiment. Officials urge orderly expression and respectful remembrance during the event.
The piece analyzes stock market behavior as traders discount a silver platform and a silver candidate in Chicago. It notes heavy securities liquidation, near panics, and bear cover while London buying supports prices. It argues foreign buyers have long discounted silver fears and suggests potential market revival ahead.
A newspaper notice discusses the split in support over McKinley and the gold standard. It argues Democrats should not back a candidate tied to tariff policies benefiting monopolies and private interests, warning Republicans that McKinley’s stance may not be as attractive as assumed.
A short quotation on pleasing and amiability from Sydney Smith notes that being pleased with oneself and others defines amiability and satisfaction.
Mayor Quincey praised Congressman Fitzgeralds Fourth of July speech at Fanueil Hall noting its focus on live issues. A Boston guard dodges rain under a drugstore awning while a commuter slips into a seat on a crowded car. Stephen Crane teases a new story The Third Violet about New York Bohemian life. Mrs May Stevenson is touring from New York with lectures. Joe Finneran earns praise for Wood Island sports. Ola Glory predates by Mr McDermott as half mast flag honors. Roxbury houses also noted.
An advertisement lists prices at 32 to 44 North St for odd bicycle coats, white duck trousers, blue and black serge suits, crash suits, yacht and bicycle suits, bathing suits, hammocks with pillow, and related items with ranges from 50 cents to twelve dollars. It also invites readers to request tent and flag circulars for camping and campaign work.
Mrs J M Hope of East Milton furnished the Post with a menu published Tuesday June 30 and won the usual weekly prize of five dollars.
Mrs Wallie E Blaisdell of 138 Haviland street Boston shares recipes for a full menu from breakfast to dessert. Items include Pettijohns and Cream Veal Cutlet Baked Potatoes and Rice Gems Egg Salad Iced Cake and a Pineapple Snow dessert with a custard sauce.
The Boston Post offers a $5 weekly prize for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Bills must read like a menu with brief dish preparations, cover three meals for a family of five with a weekly limit of $10, and be suitable for breakfast lunch and dinner. Submissions due by each Saturday, with winners printed weekly starting Monday.
A lyrical piece from The Texas Sifter describes a mockingbird’s song rising from a hill crest and echoing through a dell. Fairy figures lift the melody to mystery, turning the song into a dream in a moonlit, starry glen.
Lois Gilbert and Paul Duncan confront a family secret as a confession reveals Janet Montigue murdered Alan Gilbert for marriage to John Montigue. Lois resolves the past by burning the confession and choosing love, while Paul urges forgetting the sins of a generation.
The Post announces weekly prizes for original short stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars for each of four others. Winners are named Sundays. checks mailed Mondays for stories from the preceding week. Only female writers receive prizes, with name and address required for publication.
A collage of quick quips from periodicals. A Chicago Record joke about big hats in church contrasts with a Puck note proposing a three week presidential term and a Washington Star remark on a caterpillar infestation delaying a young woman's resolve.
Letter to the editor from N. E. Mathewson argues for remonetizing silver at 16 to 1 and expanding use of American money in trade. He criticizes gold monometallism, cites farmer debts, labor wages, and a Buck Mountain reservoir case to illustrate currency issues and calls for a policy shift to a silver standard and national money.
A reader letter discusses free silver coinage and trade impacts. The writer notes the Post's openness to discussion and contrasts government coinage with mining profits, while questioning Bland's conclusions on silver supply and market effects. The correspondence expresses confusion about how such policy would affect payments across sectors.
In a Boston letter dated July 6 the writer rejects silver coinage advocates arguing they promise broad cures but ignore supply and demand. He says gold remains the superior standard, 16 to 1 is a ruse by bonanza kings, and the United States should keep gold standard to maintain treasury and mint stability.
A letter from East Boston dated July 4 praises George Fred Williams for speaking his convictions in favor of the people. The writer argues against elite dictate over prices and calls for masses to be educated by the Declaration of Independence.
A reader signs as EQUITY arguing for a time balanced use of gold and silver and criticizing charges of robbery and repudiation between farmers of the East and Eastern men. The letter defends bimetallism as viable now, noting it was beneficial before 1873 and endorses New York's Democratic platform as a model.
A digest of July Atlantic issues highlighting E L Godkin on democracy and John Fiske on scientific progress, Phelps on arbitration, Adams on the Anglo-Saxon future, and fiction and bird-life pieces. Also mentions National Geographical Magazine on the Florida keys project, North American Review critiques of the Declaration, and portraits from Peterson's on General Lee and Mardi Gras queens.
July shows line up a war spectacle on Huntington avenue with Pain's pyrotechnics and a street display. Castle Square Theatre features The Bohemian Girl and Fatinitza for a week. Lillian Russell Thompson appears tonight. Mamie Gilroy honored with a testimonial. Merry-Go-Round reaches 50th performance with souvenirs. Keith's vitascope screens new and popular pictures. Dickson and Hughey Dougherty in vaudeville. Boston Symphony Orchestra offers rich concert interludes. Tim Smith keeps dancing at Austin Stone's. chutes, X rays, and Crystal Maze thrill on hot days with spectators kept cool and engaged.
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