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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1893
Page
4
The Boston Post announces subscription prices for daily and weekly editions, payment in advance rules, address changes, and notices for readers. It lists Boston office contact and New York agent details, with editor and publisher E. A. Grozier.
The Cripple Creek vein of free gold eight feet wide and a five hour pan yielding $700 at Pike's Peak link Colorado's gold rush mindset to calls for a debased currency. The piece suggests the state may attract gold bugs amid currency debate and inflation fears.
The Board of Aldermen, by near unanimity, approved reductions in the city loan bill. The action preserves borrowing margin for future city improvements while respecting tax rate and indebtedness limits. Mayor Hart claimed it could not be done, but the Democratic administration demonstrated a workable path.
The piece argues that libel suits between rival politicians like Mr Hoxie and Senator Ratshesky are novelty acts tied to campaigns. Such actions rarely yield satisfaction or profit and are ultimately ignored by voters. Past cases in the seventh district faded after the election.
A Melrose clergyman declared reporters lack the spirit of God, deeming them a curse. The piece argues pulpit responsibility is smaller but presses weightier, noting reporters reach wider audiences and deserve justice and upright conduct, urging clergymen to show restraint and fairness.
The piece argues Governor Altgeld should avoid a supplementary statement defending his pardon of the Anarchists. It warns that further attacks on Illinois judiciary would erode public trust in justice administration. It asserts reform would require different methods, not executive criticism.
A Philadelphia dispatch urges the Grand Army of Massachusetts to back reforms in the Pension Bureau aimed at purging fraud from pension rolls. It appeals to veterans to support Lochren’s reform effort and to resist agents who shield fraud, hoping Massachusetts voices aid in restoring the rolls to honor.
In Chicago Hezekiah Butterworth and D Lothrop attend authors congress while Francis Parkman recovers at Newcastle NH. Beacon Hill debates new building law to curb basement archways with railing requirements. Charles Copeland returns to Cambridge with bride. Conductor Blake returns to Fitchburg line amid rail relief efforts. Liquor Officer Gilmore pursues criminals. Judge Smith with Ludden wear glasses. Detective Mackelaney works to clear Fitchburg trains of rowdiness. Joshua Littlefield of the Advertiser dies in Roxbury. Migage and Davenport notes. Cambridge mayor Bancroft at Framingham camp. Washington Symphony by Mrs. Wheeler.
The speaker urges Massachusetts to back liberal pensions for honest veterans and to expel frauds. It is suggested that the next head of the Grand Army of the Republic may be chosen from Massachusetts members, a crowning glory for state veterans.
The piece estimates 4,000,000 Americans saved about 100 for world’s fair travel. It argues these funds are withdrawn from circulation, potentially causing stringency until visitors spend. It predicts rapid circulation once many go, urging people to spend their hundred dollars to relieve the economy.
The article notes Venezuela adopting a new constitution with October elections for president by manhood suffrage and secret ballot. It suggests Crespo opponents may back Massachusetts resident Alexandre Ybarra, praising him as scholar, statesman, and patriot likely to become a strong Venezuelan president.
The long, tedious hearing and evidence gathering into the Victoria wreck begins in Malta. Admirals Tryon and the crew are mourned as the broken ship rests at the bottom of the Mediterranean. friends seek closure as the inquiry proceeds with little prospect of new insight.
One dollar was added to the Sick Baby Fund by an anonymous donor signing T. The second week of free doctor service began amid a hot wave felt most in tenement districts as twenty five calls were logged in the North End, including five new patients.
A collage of brief quips and wry dialogues from fashion and social life. The chatter includes mock exchanges about aging, lectures, marriage, and neighborly relations as printed in Vogue style satire.
The Worcester Gazette opines that the Boston Journal means well yet plays with fire. The note uses a boys’ lesson to warning against risky behavior and careless language.
Citizens noted a warm spell with 81 degrees at 4 pm and a 90 degree Sunday. A federal building forecaster suggested fair skies and a light northwest breeze, though humidity remains high and forecast uncertain.
President Cleveland sails on the Oneida with Commodore Benedict and Dr. Bryant for a short fishing excursion likely near Block Island. He shows good health and will return to Gray Gables. Dr. Bryant remains with him. Mrs. Cleveland and Miss Benedict pass through. Newport reports him arriving for a fishing trip with little public display. Electric searchlights illuminate torpedo station and harbor yachts as he watches unseen.
Downer Landing July 17 The St Josephs parish Roxbury annual picnic at Melville Garden featured base ball battles Circuits and Howards won by Howards 8 to 6 and Cedars beat Washingtons 5 to 4. Races saw Andy Doran win the men’s run Edward Kenny top boy and Edward McDermott first in stone throw. James Kelly led running broad jump with Thomas Collins second. Thomas Collins also took three standing jumps with F Maloney first. Event deemed a success in every respect.
The Duchess of Edinburgh speaks five languages and European royal women are praised for culture. Victoria is portrayed as superstitious about stones, notably chrysoprase for luck. Mrs. Hunt of Minnesota exhibits wild flowers and grasses at the World's Fair. Katherine Weed Barnes, Thurlow Weed’s granddaughter, pursues photography for self support. Mrs. Shepard to control Mail and Express assets for her son with potential sale on majority.
A wife mistakenly uses affectionate terms addressed to her brother Charley while her husband overhears the scene and storms toward the door. Realizing the ruse, he finds no intruder and discovers the canary now bears a different name.
Major General Theodore B. Gates, 64, and Miss Ida Dixon, 32, were married in Brooklyn. The ceremony was led by Rev. Dr. C Van Sant Voord of Kingston, chaplain of Gates's old regiment. Gates, a lawyer, widowed, married for the second time. Dixon lives in Elmira and has been teaching in Parkville near Brooklyn. The nuptials surprised many friends.
The piece notes that women of fashion in France excel in arts and craft with top artisans including the Comtesse de Beau laincourt and Duchess de Mouchy among many others such as the Comtesse de Gramont the Princess de Beauvan Madame Wilkinson and several baronnes and madames renowned for needlework and artistry.
The auction of the Duchess of Somerset’s effects revealed her noted eccentricity in apparel. From sixteen hundred lots, reports claim five hundred lace handkerchiefs, two thousand pairs of gloves, five hundred shawls, six hundred silk stockings, and dresses spanning forty years of fashion.
Mrs Bertha Washburn Howe of Bradford Penn served as arbitrator in a three member board to determine a dispute about eight thousand dollars tied to a married woman's separate estate. The award led to conveyance of valuable property in Buffalo.
The speaker criticizes lavish social duties and exclusivity, claiming they cannot afford or justify constant tea parties, receptions, and entertainments. He notes a sparse, twenty year list of friends, and asserts that social obligations have never seemed worthwhile despite affection for people and women.
At Narragansett Pier a new fad begins with a young ladies summer seminary. The college will emphasize outdoor recreation under proper care. Students will learn to harness horses row swim and fish with two hours daily of literary training and French conversation.
The Kaiser is said to be the best dressed monarch of modern times yet much credit goes to his wife who manages his attire with exceptional care. She handles his linen and even replaces buttons and darns his socks reflecting meticulous domestic work behind the royal look.
In Florida orange growing districts housewives scrub floors with oranges. Women cut oranges in halves and rub the exposed pulp over boards, leaving floors bright white. The acid cleanses and shines like soap common in these communities.
A Fliegende Blaetter excerpt presents two wives praising punctual husbands. Wife No 1 notes her husband returns home every night at seven sharp, while Wife No 2 says her husband also keeps a strict 7 pm schedule and then heads to the saloon. The humor centers on exact timing and routine.
A satirical quip from Harper's Bazar noting no quarrels with a wife or servants and no children, as a man proudly states he is not married and lives alone, highlighting bachelor independence with a breezy tone.
Large crowd fills the Park Theatre for The Golden Wedding as Dan Daly Jennie Yeamans and Andrew Mack offer a lively show. Sharley the pony and Sandow at Tremont attract crowds while Pinafore at the Palace garners praise and Amorita shines at Tremont with star Pauline Hall and John E Brand in strong form.
The corner stone of Emmanuel Church on Stratford Avenue West Roxbury was laid in a Episcopal ceremony with many parishioners present. Rain delayed portions of the service and the luncheon. Rev Dr Lindsay of St Pauls presided delivering the address and depositing documents in a box under the stone.
Glen House at Mount Washington New Hampshire burned Sunday night. Insured for 130000. loss estimated at 175000 by Mr Milliken. Guests shuttled to Gorham and Jackson. staff discharged. No rebuilding this season likely. future plans uncertain. Real estate may be sold and a new house built by others. Location regarded as premier for a first class summer house.
Providence reports Eliery Fenner aged 23 from Sterling Connecticut drowned while bathing with a companion in a pond at Quidneck. The body was recovered this afternoon.
Pittsfield Missouri, July 17, Harry Byron, 22, unmarried, drowned tonight while tying. Police report the incident occurred on the riverbank as residents witnessed the tragedy. The young man was known in the community and his loss is deeply mourned.
The piece notes calm in legitimate business amid lingering anxiety from late administration. It cites rising gold flows and a treasury reserve approaching 100 million dollars, dismissing partisan voices trying to sow distrust as the Boston Post describes hard facts and common sense overcoming croaker rhetoric.
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