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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1896
Page
4
The Boston Post lists daily and Sunday rates for various terms and reminds subscribers to update addresses. It warns money should not be sent as cash and requests checks or money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The Boston Post invites subscribers to ensure delivery, noting prepaid terms and potential discontinuation at expiration. Contact details include Boston Office at 259 Washington Street and editor E A Grozier, with notice of subscription methods via mail from New York hotels where the paper is available.
The text extols the Ancient and Honorable Artillerists on their English visit. It describes fanfare from welcoming crowds royalty veterans and trade guilds, praising the corps as extraordinary and deserving such varied extraordinary sensations in modern international courtesies.
The article argues the St Louis silver faction preserves balance in the Senate and questions whether Republicans will uphold high protection or abandon anti silver pledges for sound money. It suggests tariff restoration would require free coinage policy, making a clear path to McKinleyism unlikely.
The Chicago telegraph views the proposed Democratic platform as favoring Western and Southern farmers while neglecting Eastern workers. It argues catch phrases replace real arguments and urges Eastern laborers to assess whether the plan serves their interests.
The Chicago convention on day two refused Michigan delegates backing the gold standard and admitted silverite contenders to secure the unit rule for free coinage. Buckner called the move highway robbery, arguing the Michigan delegation was duly accredited at home. The sensational actions suggest continued high-handed methods through the convention.
The piece urges Democrats to decide individually on adopting free silver as the Chicago convention promotes a major shift. It warns against rushing to endorsement and notes widespread concern among bankers and the Democratic base that free coinage may not serve the masses.
A cautious reflection suggests that supporters or opponents of a free silver platform should act with intelligence rather than rallying emotions. The text argues that a simple hurrah is insufficient to settle the difficult political question.
The piece explains 16 to 1 silver gold standard, silver’s market shifts, and effects on money as US maintained gold standard. It recalls prewar silver dollar usage, postwar price declines, and the global acceptability of gold coins for international trade. It also recounts a separate tale of Helen, a fraudulent lord, and a fortunes-changing marriage.
A classical reflection notes that Graces sought a sacred enclosing stability not in stone but in Aristophanes inner virtue philosophy as recorded by Plato born 427 BC.
Sydney Flanders of Charlestown starts a go as you please trip to Montreal with three friends. They will walk and ship wheels or bicycles forward as needed, planning to ride if tired and continue walking if they wish.
In a New York Fifth Avenue mansion, Helen Trevor confronts her mother’s pressure to wed Lord Delmar for status. Helen resists, revealing Delmar’s true nature as a fraud aided by his valet Francois Jacques, setting up a dramatic turn.
The Cincinnati Price Current compares staple production in 188 and 18%, using 188 as 100. It shows large per capita gains in ten items, including grain and coal, with population at 122 to 100 in 1895. The article argues excess production drives lower prices, predicting a general price readjustment worldwide.
The article outlines fashion notes on yachting gowns with blazers and sailor collars, plus a chic new dress sans traditional embroidery. It also covers the Boston Ancients’ Windsor visit to England, including a royal greeting by Queen Victoria, a guard, a castle tour, a sumptuous lunch, photographs, and scheduled banquets and parades.
A lyrical narrator laments losing and reclaiming a prized bicycle. The bike, praised for speed and beauty, is pinched and held for bail after an encounter with a bike cop. The speaker vows to reclaim it and resume riding toward familiar haunts.
A special cablegram from London describes the Queen’s review of the Ancients at Windsor Castle. crowds lined the route to Water Lane station and Windsor, with bands playing and spectators showing fervent enthusiasm as diplomats and officials greeted the royal party.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston was reviewed by the Queen at Windsor Castle. Colonels, captains, and bands led a colorful parade with American flags while crowds cheered along the Windsor route. The Mayor welcomed them and urged their continued friendship with England.
Sallie Ward Downs a famed Louisville beauty and social leader, died this morning at the Galt House after a long illness. Born in Louisville to a wealthy family linked to Vice President Harrison, she earned fame for elegance, culture, and strict etiquette. Her marriages included Bigelow Lawrence of Boston and Venee Armstrong.
In Providence on July 8 Alice Pearce, sister of a local artist, died by her own action in the City Hotel. Once well connected, she drifted into trouble and was described as mentally unsettled. Police had sought to arrest her for prior mischief before the fatal act occurred.
The Pest columns invite readers to discuss the gold and silver question now a leading presidential issue. The geld bug, silver bug, and straddle bug may present views, with a request to follow parliamentary rules and avoid personal abuse.
A Connecticut farmer argues for silver over gold citing rural voters and merchants as gauges of sentiment. William Grover Womble reports on traveling the New England states, recounting a village merchant and farmer opinions linking silver to relief for common people. Cambridge editor A A urges silver advocates to broaden debate and cites arena essays.
The writer compares current crisis discourse to nineteenth century corn law agitation and criticizes the New England press for limiting discussion. He encloses a letter to the New York Herald defending the gold standard and argues that silver coinage would offset any gold outflow, avoiding currency contraction.
George A. M'Rkinnon of 69 Oak Street Somerville denounces Edward Atkinson in a letter to the Herald. He accuses Atkinson of underestimating voters and presents a defense of silver coinage against monometallism. The writer questions German and foreign money interests and calls for American miners' interests to be considered.
Professor Bensley Collenette argues that silver money has ancient legitimacy and should not be removed in modern times. He warns against uprooting long standing monetary tradition and asserts the value of silver as a stable standard.
A letter from East Boston argues that labor and business suffer when patents favor a few. It blames machinery and shipping growth for downturns, contrasting tariff debates and economic trends with the past. The note also includes literary snippets and humor from periodicals.
Inquiries seek whether a grammar school education suffices for admission to the state normal schools and whether any normal schools operate with government-supported scholars on conditional terms. Respectfully submitted to readers.
A Boston grammar school graduate notes that several normal schools are supported by the state. The state program accepts high school graduates for entry, but the state school program does not support scholars.
A reader asks for the last census population of New York and Berlin. The note cites 1870 Berlin population 2470 and New York City 1,516,301, with unclear transcription of census year and figures.
The text debates whether the United States Constitution acknowledges religious distinctions and whether a Catholic could ever be treated as different under law. It reflects questions about religious identity and civil rights in policy discussions.
A fragmentary script scene shows Mr Boodies and a new clerk in a wardrobe of banter. A boorish stranger proclaims himself a gentleman as the bankrupt Dyer questions the business, ending with a martial lyric about dying like a soldier.
A list of dishes includes Broiled Steak Graham Gems Coffee Tomato Soup Roast Lamb Green Peas Creamed Mashed Potatoes Asparagus on Toast Orange udding Sponge Cake Tea. The menu presents a variety of courses featuring meat vegetables and desserts with beverages.
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