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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1892
Page
4
The Boston Post announces subscription policies and rates, noting advance payment is required and discontinuation on expiration. It lists billing addresses in New York and Newark with price options of 83.00, 1.50, 75¢, 25¢, and 81.00 for various terms or services.
Fragmentary notes show mentions of New York Massachusetts Virginia and unclear references to Georgia South Carolina and Iowa. The text hints at regional preference patterns for Hill, but lacks coherent detail or dates, leaving the overall stance and outcomes ambiguous.
The writer denounces the West End company for a growing list of accidents and calls for prosecution of directors and officials. It urges measures to palliate or prevent further loss of life and limb, warning that public demand could seek accountability.
The Probate Court for Suffolk County faces an overburdened workload as urged by respected members of the bar. The issue is framed as essential for public convenience and justice, advocating appointment of an assistant or associate to alleviate the strain on Judge McKim.
The fragment suggests that Harrison supporters argue if Blaine is nominated and declines, the President could not accept the nomination with self respect, reflecting a tense party dynamic amid a Blaine boom.
The passage accuses Mr. Harrison of extensive nepotism and self enrichment while in office. It claims he granted dozens of family appointments, paid relatives pensions others refused, and accepted gifts or favors from influential groups. The speaker questions whether Harrison would hesitate to accept a secondhand nomination.
The Boston Post urges public answers from Boston Gaslight, West End Street Railway, Thomson Houston, Bell Telephone, Brookline Gas, Charles Town Gas, Edison Electric Illuminating, and Boston Electric Light to reports that large corporations funded last year’s aldermen junket. It warns of inquiries by committee or court if no response comes and calls citizens to monitor future legislation while criticizing Republican disintegration and Democratic rise among young voters.
A clipped political sketch describes the Republican Party as a rotting ship adrift in a storm. With no consensus aboard, leaders such as Puarr Dudley and Quay dominate, while factions clash over free silver, sound money, home market, reciprocity, and tariff positions as the party struggles to steer.
The article uses repeated flounder imagery to describe the party’s struggle over tariff silver and candidate selection for the presidency. It concludes that the party’s fate rests on a “final flounder” that will become a founder, signaling an irreversible shift.
The Journal praises Governor Russell for appointing Mr Sayees of Millbury as savings bank commissioner as a high quality, nonpartisan choice. It contrasts Sayees with the retiring commissioner Lockx, criticizing past political selections and predicting even the Republican Council will avoid partisanship on this appointment.
Police Commissioner Ostorner and Internal Revenue Collector Orcurr drew attention on the Massachusetts special to Minneapolis yesterday. Other section officeholders will join en route. The article notes a hoped impact on Harrison’s machine whether they serve as delegates or as supporters, and highlights civil service rules requiring political work. It contrasts Boston voters funding Osborne with no political duties demanded.
Mrs Julia Ward Howe departs this afternoon at 4 o clock for Liverpool aboard the Cunarder Catalonia with Rev Ezra H Byington D D and Mrs Byington Ernest Perabo the musician and B F Tryon of the Howard Atheneum among her fellow passengers Dr Byington defeated in the New England Historic Genealogical Society council battle and seeks abroad to regain health while critics note distinct legal note taking styles including Thomas J Gargan who impressed with memory after a six day trial recounting witness testimony almost verbatim without notes.
The Rev. John Brown of Fall River is a candidate for a place on the State Board of Arbitration. Thomas A. Gamble of New Bedford, with twenty three years in mills, is a candidate for the position of State factory inspection. The New Hampshire soldiers reunion at Wier this summer will be attended by General Schofield and General Sickles.
A. Shuman & Co employees join the Carney Hospital fund drive by contributing 386 dimes as part of a Post appeal to raise 20 000. Workers from Shu man’s Corner subscribe quickly, forming three lists and posting the call on each. The effort showcases industry workers aiding the sick and destitute across nations and creeds.
The Boston Post extends a $10,000 charity drive for Carney Hospital. A list of 386 employees of A Shuman & Co includes many names across multiple departments and titles pledging subscriptions, showing broad company support for the fundraising effort.
The Post Carney Hospital Fund lists supporters including Robert C. Winthrop Bernard M. Wolf and Thomas J. Gargan. Subscriptions range from $1 to $100 with totals shown for various donor groups and the overall target. The plan proposes 50 donors at 100, 200 at 10, 100 at 5, 500 at 1, and 20,000 at 4, totaling 10 cents per subscription and a grand total of 1,600.
A Washington Post piece mocks John C. New and Thomas C. Platt as they clash over political turf during Harrison era chatter. The verse and quips lampoon the pair while signaling restless campaign talk and shifting power dynamics.
Thomas Allen plans a Swampscott summer residence next week while Edmund H. Garrett travels to England on May 6 seeking material for a new art work. FP M Fenetty exhibits in Room 84. An Essex street auction room sale next Monday features 1000 year old rugs from the Artin Bey collection. William Howe Downes returns from the South. A Meerschaum pipe portrait of John Boyle O'Reilly by F Abraham is sold to a educated bidder. Alexander Pope will summer at Downer's Landing with Mark Waterman and William F Hasall in Provincetown studios. Samuel S Miles will open a Boston studio soon, following Abbott Graves's deco rations of Hotel Reynolds next week.
The Chelsea Record notes the Boston Post published a twenty four page memorial day souvenir sheet in red white and blue, offered to readers for one cent. It serves as a collectible memento and reflects the era's commemorative practices.
The Salem Register notes the Boston Post was printed with blue and red on white paper for hat day, highlighting the three colors that held the post of honor on that event.
A playful collage of jokes and quotes from multiple papers. Items reference John L. Sullivan, shadowy deeds, congressional junketers, college graduation wisdom, a Chattanooga judge's quick divorce rulings, and French carrot complexion beliefs, all in terse quips.
A Paris Herald note describes a daytime toilette de ville in light cream cloth. The corsage features basques with embroidery in gold and a row of gold beads encircling the skirt bottom.
The Gardner Journal notes the Boston Post issued a twenty four page Memorial edition printed in blue and red ink. It combined national colors and showed the Post management’s readiness to meet any emergency with a bold, progressive stance.
From the Holyoke Democrat, the passage notes daily reports in Boston newspapers of electric street car accidents, with one or two people maimed or killed each day, and declares there is no excuse for so many incidents.
The Boston Post advocates raising ten thousand dollars locally rather than seeking state funds, urging Boston residents to fund the Carney Hospital initiative as reported by the Springfield Republican and the New Home Sewing Machine on Tremont Street.
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