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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1893
Page
4
The piece denounces Republican organs for pushing a tariff scare to revive business anxiety. It calls the effort unpatriotic and predicts relief when the silver issue subsides, leading to renewed confidence and diminishing belief in ruin from tariff reform. It accuses croakers of exploiting the moment for gain.
The commission appointed by Judge Barker will assess the Bay State Gas Company plant value to arrange retirement of a 4.5 million note. Appointees are trusted citizens, promising public confidence and legitimate business standing as rehabilitation proceeds.
The Attorney General under Mr. Olney faces a legacy case against the Berliner patent used by Bell to sustain a long term monopoly. The original patent is dead after seventeen years, yet government action remains in court. Delays could keep the monopoly alive. Olney may push for quicker action.
Mayor Matthews pushes gas commission to curb Charlestown Gas Light Co. after a year long agitation led by the Post. Residents in Boston and Somerville may soon enjoy a 1.25 dollar per thousand gas rate, cutting costs for July bills and signaling a major public-spirited triumph over monopoly power.
The Journal prints a dispatch from Illinois where District Attorney Allen predicts his removal after comment on administration actions. He notes pressure to drop the bank prosecution and hints zeal in government may shorten his official life. The piece questions the accuracy and ethics of the reported remarks.
A brief note questions whether the Journal’s report on a public figure’s alleged misconduct is another fabrication. The inquiry implies ongoing controversy and public doubt about the story’s veracity.
The District of Columbia grand jury indicted four men for manslaughter, condemning neglect by leadership and signaling accountability. It argues that fixing responsibility discourages carelessness, and asks if similar action could address the Chicago cold storage horror at the World’s Fair grounds.
The piece argues against protecting the Colorado silver mining industry by taxing other industries. It notes threats from the silver convention followed by appeals from Denver businesses. It contends that American industries must stand on their own and that prolonged false encouragement harms the whole country.
The article warns that French warships may bombard Bangkok, a spectacle with few agreeable features. It questions the belief that civilized nations conquer to civilize and notes Siam has done all that is reasonable, urging Britain to restrain France to protect humanity.
The column profiles Walter Stimpson as a prolific amateur sports leader across sailing, skating, bowling, and oarsmen bodies, notes R. P. Russell as Suffolk Athletic Club’s driving force, and mentions Nat Childs, Miss Margaret Pope, John P. Spaulding, Samuel Shuman, and actor Wyzeman Marshall. It also sketches Nantasket bathing crowds and local stock chatter at Tremont House.
A reader labeled Sanitary Expert argues against a July 20 1893 Post item claiming salt in sprinkled sewage on Boston streets prevents disease. The writer contends salt cannot kill all germs and cites fish and meat markets as counterexamples, asserting sewage opposite Cambridge and Charlestown sewers is unfit for homes.
The article reports on E E Rice's Venus company and Amorita at Tremont plus Puritania casting and Venus plans for September. It notes two Golden Wedding actors Mack and Don escaping a yacht squall near Burgzard's Bay after a perilous voyage aboard Amy from Onset. Edward E Rice, Miss Eileen Earl, and friends attended Amorita. Lucy Daly shines as Roxy in The Golden Wedding at Park Theatre. The Point of Pines bathing-suit contest ends with George Ogden winning. sixty-four contestants included several young women. Park Theatre lobby features star photos and Golden Wedding scenes.
A remark from an exchange speculates the Cherokee strip settlement may open by July 30. The weather is forecast warm enough for a regular Asbury Park strip, per the New Orleans Picayune.
A vivid tour of the Midway Plaisance highlights its global crowd, diverse theaters, and famed Ferris wheel. Visitors mingle with Greeks Algerians Japanese and many more as they explore pavilions from Irish to Turkish, German to Persian. The piece touts the Ferris wheel at 265 feet and the balloon ascent as top thrills.
Readers are invited to submit artistic sketches of graceful bathing costumes to the Seashore Editor of the Post. The best design will win a $10 award. Submit by the call and send entries to the Post.
Henry Dixon and Lizzie C Marchant wed in Middleboro Mass on July 23 in a ceremony conducted by Rev W Davis Both couples reside in South Middleboro Massachusetts.
The ceremony featured a bride in white silk with bride roses, attended by her sister and ushers Fred Blackman Edgar Blackman Stephen R Dow and I Perry Griffies. A wedding breakfast and reception followed at the bride's parents home in Cambridge. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Sayer, depart for Chicago on their wedding journey.
Post doctor notes list calls on July 24 and July 25 with patient counts. Total cases treated in those calls amount to 195, with overall fund status showing Spouon Fong ee as $100 previously acknowledged and a total of $428.29.
Efforts to furnish vacations for low income women continue through Berkeley Temple Boston. Thanks to Rev C A Dickinson and Mrs Dickinson a summer home at Westminster Vermont offers two weeks with room and board for seven dollars. Fundraising appeals to Boston ladies proceed and remittances may be sent to Rev R B Tobey Berkeley Temple Boston.
E A Watkins thanks the editor of the Post for a enjoyable trip to Chicago and the World’s Fair at the paper’s expense. He praises first class accommodations and notes the Post surpassed promises in this and other respects.
The Dooming Board completed its work and adjourned sine die after chairmen George E. Hall Joshua S. Duncklee and Secretary Frank A. Drew were thanked. The board had worked since June 16 with a preliminary estimate placing real estate valuation increase at 25 million. Gentlemen offered pleasant responses.
Frank Bruna aged 30 of 149 Endicott Street, employed by Brookline Gas Company, suffered severe facial and arm burns from a gas explosion at the West Chester park and Huntington Avenue corner yesterday afternoon. He was hospitalized at City Hospital.
A reader denounces a front page cartoon in the Record showing a cap marked No 242 on a post to mock motorman Mat McCarthy of the Crosstown line. The letter defends McCarthy as a conscientious driver for West End Company and questions why a complaint by R A B was aired publicly. The writer claims five thousand employees are offended and calls the cartoon reckless.
The Cambridge aldermanic special election to replace W. R. Howland saw ex-Alderman E. B. James win big over W. K. Blodgett Jr. With 2894 votes cast from about 13,000 registered, James earned 2022 to Blodgett’s 872, carrying all five wards including Ward 1 where both candidates resided. The contest hinged largely on Brattle Street electric cars, James supporting and Blodgett opposing.
The Water Board yesterday awarded the $454,729.90 bid for No. 5 dam on Stony Brook to Moulton & O’Mahoney if slopes are paved and $446,829.90 if slopes are rip-rapped. Jones & Meehan were the lowest bidders but withdrew.
A set of brief death notices from the Boston region listing names on July dates. Rebecca F Emery Calista C Fernald Jeremy Fletcher Charles William Gilbride Charles H Griffin Charles J Graff Helen Augusta Moore Leo Rogers Albert T Scott George William Windsor. Ages range from 10 months to 74 years with multiple local family names and birthplaces including Roxbury Charlestown East Boston Dorchester Somerville Cambridge.
New York reports Lillian Russell reappears in Chicago at La Cigale after days of illness. Observers say she feigned sickness to vent anger over a Washington Park snub involving Tom Williams and Undine stables. She contemplates leaving Chicago before resuming stage appearances.
James F. Sayer Jr of Boston and Isabel Randall Blackman of Cambridge were married at the Church of the Advent yesterday at 11 AM. The ceremony was conducted by Dr. Frishie reotar of the church.
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