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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1896
Page
4
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery returns to Boston with a parade at East Boston Cunard dock, speeches at Faneuil Hall, a collation, and the national flag displayed on public buildings. The welcome will be hearty, reflecting admiration for their campaign abroad and republican ideals.
In the Castle Island disaster inquiry Judge Fallon assigns responsibility across several authorities. Police are spared. The South Boston Historical Society ferry manager and park department officials are named as blameworthy for allowing unsafe conditions. The piece urges reforms to prevent a recurrence in Boston city territory.
A letter urges Mr. Olney to demand swift action as Spanish courts plan an August review of seven men held in Havana on charges of aiding insurgents. Three are American citizens. They have seen counsel only once in two months. The drum head execution order was countermanded by Madrid, but advocates insist on prompt civil trial and release pending determinate action.
The article lauds the quick Jameson raid conviction and sentencing as a historic display of British justice defying precedent. It credits President Kruger's firmness for compelling Britain to honor treaty obligations, framing the raid as a failed attempt to expand crown possessions and a potential policy shift.
A fragment notes a reference to the soil of the Transvaal and public concerns surrounding it. The text provides little context or concrete details beyond a geographic and political framing.
The chapter argues that simply increasing the money supply via silver coinage did not improve conditions. It details the Sherman act era, the infusion of Treasury notes, and the 1893 financial collapse, noting distrust, bank failures, and widespread hardship despite “more money.” It concludes that distribution matters more than mere quantity.
The piece notes a court street auction where a persuasive seller fails to fetch more than four dollars for a watch and laments the bargain as eight dollars. A barefoot newsboy with a glass wound foot draws pity from a well dressed couple, then moves on. Camping clubs on Peddock's Island plan games around Aug 15 and East Boston youths may return to their tented homes. A crowd gawks at a black wagon by the post office, mistaken for the Herbert Fuller case haul but revealed to hold gold for the sub treasury.
A daily inspiration quote credits Washington Irving. It extols inexhaustible good nature as a precious heavenly gift that soothes troubled thoughts and keeps the mind calm amid rough weather.
The Observant Citizen reports a despicable pet poisoner haunting Union park and nearby areas, with many dogs and cats found dead on doorsteps. A fifty dollar reward is offered for the capture and conviction. The piece also touches on Boston’s Public Garden, Brookline’s appeal, a town crier style bell, and local transit oddities and preparations for returning soldiers.
On a June night near Havana a Spanish lieutenant reports a dangerous mission. Enrique, a steadfast officer, learns of a Cuban rebel lover and a doomed captain, Barrera. To save him, Enrique shields Barrera, taking the fatal volley himself.
A Cuban captain dies to save the life of a rival, gifting his beloved to the rival. Letters reveal his sacrifice and his lover Juanita Gomez. The colonel frees the rival captain after a pledge to never bear arms against Spain. A quiet wedding follows as they honor the martyr.
The Post announces weekly prizes for original short stories: 10 dollars for first, 5 for second, 2 dollars each for four others. Winners named Sundays. payments mailed Mondays for stories published the previous week. Prizes limited to female writers with author details for publication. stories under 1000 words. one side only. include name and address. anonymous entries not eligible.
Bereaved dress in crepe, then lighter mourning, is fading as physicians deem crepe unhealthy and veils give headaches. Fashion now favors rapid color shifts, but true style will settle on black, white, soft grays and violets. Black and white summer silks fit second mourning best.
BE DOHERTY of Boston writes to defend pedlers against proposed nuisance ordinances. He argues they have equal rights to life and liberty, contrasts with cold storage firms, questions licensing and taxation, and urges city fathers to grant more privileges to honest workers to earn a living. He warns harsher measures could force beggary or theft.
The annual Unitarian grove meeting at The Weirs New Hampshire opens with morning Methodist services led by Rev. C J Staples on the theme Mechanism and Life Ezekiel 1 20. Afternoon platform talks directed by Rev George L Littlefield feature Liberal Seed in Rocky Soil and remarks by Rev Lyman Abbott and Rev Alfred R Hussey. Evening conference meeting led by Rev Frank L Phalen on Needs and Opportunities of Unitarianism in This Country with further input from Revs Hussey and Beane. F W Batchelder presides at organ. Harriet R Morgan sings. Attendance surpasses prior first day totals.
A speaker laments that a beloved woman is now engaged and no longer free. The verse captures intense distress, disbelief, and existential anguish as the speaker proclaims the loss and laments the futility of pursuing the unattainable. The speaker withdraws from society, overwhelmed by love’s binding commitment.
A veteran heart patient from the Fifth United States Cavalry thanks Boston Emergency Hospital for life saving care received July 27 at 1 30 a m. He praises the night doctor for staying at his side through the crisis and notes the late hour saved his life. He unable to pay but expresses deep gratitude. Boston July 28.
At a Burns memorial committee meeting in Youngs Hotel Boston on July 28 the body unanimously instructed its officers to convey heartfelt thanks to the Boston press. The committee notes the city papers opened their columns to the Tremont Temple centennial memorial on July 21 and credits the press with much of the movement's early success. David D. Fletcher signs on behalf of the committee.
Mass Stationary Engineers' Club official explains the new license law. Engineers must have five years of employment before last June and get employer certification. Application must be sworn before a justice of the peace or Hawley can administer the oath free of charge. No license differences are noted.
The Leyland steamer Victorian from Liverpool brings cabin passengers including Mr. W. H. Hinckley Miss C. E. Bagley Mr. Thomas Perkins Mrs Perkins and child Rev G S Pine Mr F Hil Miss Jeffrey Miss Coburn Mr and Mrs E Herman Mr and Mrs H D Murphy Miss L M Bagley and Miss H M Brigham They also report three stowaways George Hopper Herman Schedd and Edward Mathias Americans likely to land The Brookline from Jamaica brings Dr Bell and wife Mr Charles Melville Mr R B Hopkins Miss Margaret Fraser Miss Charlotte Fraser Miss Whalen Mrs W Anderson and two children Master McCauley Commodore Charles Hall of the British navy with wife bound for White Mountains for a summer vacation
Feats of strength by Milo Zaccho and Samson at Austin & Stone's museum praised as marvellous. Keith's Theatre vaudeville excellence. Water Circus draws crowds. Chutes attract warm-weather visitors. Denman Thompson and George W. Ayer announce The Sunshine of Paradise Alley opening at Tremont Theatre Aug 31 with Miss Lottie Alter as Nellie McNally, noted for Cricket on the Hearth and The Girl I Left Behind Me performances.
A readable kitchen note lists meals for lunch and dinner with dishes like cold roast lamb fritters and roast turkey plus recipes for crumpets tomatoes and brandied peaches. The note ends with the author’s name and address at Green Street Melrose Highlands.
The Boston Post invites women readers to submit three meal bills of fare for a day breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast luncheon and dinner with preparation directions. Bills should serve four to five persons and stay under 10 dollars weekly. First deadline is Saturday Nov 9 with weekly follow ups.
The Queen, via Ambassador Bayard, will express thanks to Ocala Florida residents for kind sentiments in an address with magnolia tree leaves planted and dedicated to her. Miss Sarah Eleanor Veeder of Lyons New York won the Gee painting scholarship in Paris for a graduation piece depicting Jesse Jewell of Syracuse. The prize of $500 yearly funds a scholarship in a Paris art school, donated by Hiram Gee of Ithaca a Cornell trustee.
Notes from a 19th century press roundup report Kipling securing fifteen thousand dollars for serial rights to Cap tain Courageous. The morsels also touch on Pope Leo XIII snuff habits, Baltimore tobacco, President Cleveland likeness, Arthur Sewall fishing with John R. Houghton on cod grounds near Seguin, and a Brussels centenarian recalling Napoleon’s passage.
Physically Mr. Austin is described as the smallest poet laureate Great Britain ever who stood a little over four feet tall.
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