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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1892
Page
4
The Boston Post announces daily publication by POST PUBLISHING CO. with address 259 Washington Street and Corcoran Building, lists subscription options at 3.00 for annual, 1.50 for six months, and 2.50 for monthly, notes payments by money order.
The Boston Post reports a weekly circulation rise for the week ending June 4, 1892, by 85,794 copies due to heavy Memorial Day sales. The average daily gain over May 28 to June 4 was 9709 copies, signaling a substantial increase in readership.
The Massachusetts delegation drifts between rival candidates without leadership. If they act with political sense they should break from bosses and back a strong third man. The Boston party has long followed Pennsylvania and Ohio bosses, making independence unlikely. Governor Ames is left at home as the convention debates the path forward.
The piece blasts the Republican party as torn by weak leadership, a tattooed man, or a crook, urging the party with a dark history to repair its image while praising the Democracy for having a superior candidate in principle and personal worth, ready to contest any opponent.
The paper questions aldermen Leary and others over a transcontinental junket and calls for Leary to sue the Post for libel to settle rumors. It suggests a municipal court case could reveal the facts about gas electric and street railway transactions and the trip’s accounts.
The piece laments the Republican party leaders in Minneapolis using party power against President Harrison. It notes the Boston Journal's rare explicit criticism and questions whether party organs fear Clarkson and Quay. If Harrison loses renomination, the article attributes it to machine opposition.
Boston residents face high gas costs seen as a tax on earnings. The piece calls out the gas monopoly as a foreign influence and urges legislative action and a price drop, noting Cleveland pays eighty cents per thousand and Boston could match one dollar. A petition to the State Board signals serious intent to cut the rate.
The Post opposes Blaine's nomination at Minneapolis urging the best man for the country be put up. It argues Blaine not the best for national welfare and warns the Democracy should not ask him for the presidency.
Amit warning that abolition of steam rail grade crossings in Boston is inadequate without addressing electric car routes. The piece argues electric track crossings lack safeguards, with no gates or guards, causing higher danger. Calls for reform starting at the greatest risk point.
A reader notes the Journal wavered between Blaine and Harrison in Massachusetts politics and questions whether the paper represents Harrison supporters or none. The piece urges the paper to declare its stance before balloting begins.
The piece queries whether the Journal will back Harrison or Blaine, noting loyal Republicans await guidance and urging the paper to declare a direction without delay. It questions the paper's stance and readiness to resolve the conundrum promptly.
The county convention atmosphere centers on Blaine favored tactics used to seat contested seats, with Fassett named temporary chairman and a permanent chair to be anti Harrison. Critics warn this pro Blaine maneuvering could erode Harrison's first ballot majority as the convention proceeds.
Readable items note Pierre Millet, brother of Jean Fran coise Millet, living quietly in Boston as a sculptor of great ability but retiring in demeanor. Other items mention Mr Cyrus Cobb as supervising instructor at New England Conservatory, opening remarks at Ella Reed Home in Sharon, and Governor Russell causing a scene at Tremont Temple during Perkins Institute exercises.
The Rev R D Towne of Marlboro has received a call to a Universalist church in Omaha. Charles T Smith of New Bedford will take the examination for cadetship at West Point on the 18th inst. Governor Leon Abbott toured the Connecticut shore aboard his steam yacht New Jersey and spent the day with his ill daughter Miss Mary B Abbott in New Haven. The Rev C W Duffield has resigned the rectorship of Trinity Episcopal Church Ware effective July 11 at the request of Bishop Brooks to move to Boston for general missionary work.
Isaac Holden at 85 credits pedestrianism for vigor after a trip to Atrica. Bishop Fowler now resides in San Francisco and moves to Minneapolis. Mallalieu of New Orleans may take his SF post. Billiard champion Frank Ives leaves Chicago June 8 for Paris and St Petersburg to teach the czar, possibly visiting Berlin, Vienna, Rome and London. Minister W W Thomas Jr, in Sweden, hunted twenty-one eider ducks on a Baltic island in quick time.
Five hundred subscription blanks for the Carney Hospital Fund went to pastors of all Boston churches. Clergy and young parish members are urged to circulate them across denominations. Donors praise the fund’s unsectarian aim and philanthropy, reflecting broad, cross‑denominational support. A sample letter from Edward Daily of South Boston includes a $5 contribution.
A Shuman & Co. employees ten dollar and six cent collection and A Ceppl & Co. employees six dollar total: 38 60 for A Shuman & Co. and 10 00 6 00 for Ceppl & Co. combined.
The record lists members of Engine 26 B. F. D. acknowledging contributions totalizing 1100 with named donors John J. O'Driscoll Thomas F. Hunt and Edward Daly. Amounts shown include multiple 500 units and other smaller sums as part of a fundraising acknowledgement.
Fragmentary notice lists subscriptions of 50 and 25 dollars attributed to hon Robert C Winthrop and mentions individuals Bernard M Wolf and Thomas J Gargan. Limited legible items suggest a fundraising or membership drive with numeric amounts and names, but full context is unreadable.
The plan of the Post Carney Hospital Fund outlines subscriptions totaling 10 000. It calls for 50 subscriptions at 100 dollars, 200 at 10 dollars, 100 at 5 dollars, 500 at 20 dollars, 2000 at 10 cents, with Benwetes 10 cents.
The history recalls Andrew Carney funding the hospital site for 13 500 dollars in 1868 and Sister Simplicia dedicating twenty years to the Sisters of Charity. Despite an initial 90 000 dollar debt and annual maintenance needs, the institution grew in prosperity as funds accumulated toward its erection.
The article recalls Carney Hospital's origins with Sister Simplicia and an old frame house in 1863, its 1865 brick expansion, and land acquisitions that gave it frontage on three streets. It highlights the sisters’ charity, lack of endowment, and ongoing renewal to serve all suffering, regardless of creed. It notes Boston’s recognition and public support for the hospital’s mission and frames the broader charity as a mantle over diverse communities.
From the Paris Herald a note on elegant foulard fashion describes corsages with guipure, velvet bows, and barettes. It highlights sultane vests, high sleeves with guipure, flat skirts trimmed with volant guipure, and velvet bows as decorative elements.
James G Blaine submits his resignation from the office of Secretary of State to the President. He states the public business requires immediate acceptance and signs with respect. The dated letter references March fifth, 1889 and is printed in the Pittsburg Dispatch.
London June 7 reports H M S Wildfire flagship at Sheerness grounded yesterday in the Medway opposite Chatham dockyard. She was towed off in the evening and docked for repairs. Admiral Feneage was aboard during the incident. it is believed she is greatly damaged.
G B Burrington urges readers to form a citizen committee to urgently investigate and fix streetcar safety after recent dispatches of fatal and dangerous electric car accidents on Warren and Washington streets. He criticizes lack of safeguards and calls for immediate public action to pressure authorities and the company.
The Post published a twenty four page Memorial special for one cent printed in red and blue ink. On the same day it launched a large balloon from Boston Common drawing a huge crowd and an effective advertisement for the paper.
Business leaders and hotel managers describe gas bills as excessive after Bay State Gas and Boston Gas raise rates from $1 per thousand. Petitioners urge investigation into costs, returns, and fairness, citing past pricing and perceived profiteering. Officials cite high local prices, while residents narrate substantial bills and demand lower, stable rates.
The fourth district Democratic convention in Bangor reports 367 delegates. Don A. H. Powers of Houston narrowly defeats General Samuel D. Leavitt of Calais for the congressional nomination. J. P. Ross and D. Q Parker win national convention spots amid rivalries. Henry H. Bowles and J. W. Hathaway chosen as alternates. Aaron L. Simpson urged as state elector. District committee unchanged.
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