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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1892
Page
4
The Boston Post lists its 258 Washington Street address and notes mail handling and payment details for financial instruments. It states AB money sent at sender's risk and that checks drafts and money orders be made payable to the Post Publishing Company.
A Boston agitation denounces gas prices as extortion, urges the Gas Commission to act, and asserts the people will test the monopoly. It argues the commission has independence and power to free households and businesses from excessive charges, calling for action despite press indifference. Paste this in your hat, Mr. Addicks.
Ex Governor Brackett failed to address the Republican silver plank at a Middle sex and Essex clubs dinner, sparking critique. Congressman Lopez called the plank short of Massachusetts ideas while endorsing a stance against free coinage, stirring questions about party unity on coinage.
A brief dispatch notes widespread sympathy for Mr Blaine as reports of his affliction spread. Families nationwide share sorrow, while the public contemplates the impact and seeks comfort in the common concern.
The piece expresses universal pity for Mr. Blaine after the latest bereavement in his family. It notes the weight of sorrow is doubled by prior losses including Emmons Blaine who died during his father’s nomination effort. The death casts a shadow over Blaine’s public retirement, inviting public sympathy.
A strong editorial laments the quashing of indictments against Maverick Bank directors. It denounces the miscarriage of justice and warns that wealth shields crime. The piece calls for new indictments and a properly drawn case to ensure accountability for transferring millions to private pockets.
The Post, first to note Governor Russell as a presidential possibility after last November’s election, argues against further boom efforts. It says Democratic interests and Russell’s own demand avoid outside pressure and favors using a Democratic Legislature to elect him to the U.S. Senate, paving the path to higher honors.
The piece notes manufacturers of woollen goods resisted signing a remonstrance against the free wool bill. It counters Boston Journal claims of widespread opposition and cites Bennettt of the Wool and Cotton Reporter, who reports most manufacturers refused to sign, naming large concerns.
The passage notes that Bigelow, Lowell, Blackstone and other top manufacturers understand what benefits them, asserting there is no doubt they know what is best for their own interests.
The article forecasts Cleveland’s nomination at the Chicago Democratic convention with tariff reform as the dominant issue. It argues the masses favor Cleveland, the two-thirds rule will likely be met on the first ballot, and opposition cannot unite behind a viable rival, predicting Cleveland and tariff reform as the outcome.
The past week confirms a bullish shift with broad gains across listings. Easy money, good railroad earnings, rising wheat futures and favorable Western weather drive expectations of higher prices, stronger dividends, and a prosperous season for both speculators and investors.
A collection of short quips and snippets from The Sun reflecting humorous debates and social anecdotes. Remarks touch on politics in Chicago, a satirical defense of the pen, a banker’s son seeking Canada, a Tremont Temple sermon, and a girl grieving a poetical brother at college.
The Boston Commonwealth reports a collaboration with the New York Recorder showing a 254 mile post office relay ride completed in 14 hours 51 minutes. Cyclometer reads 269 miles at an average near 18 miles per hour on country roads proving the bicycle’s value in hard service.
The Boston Post, eager to outdo Worcester West Chronicle coverage, arranged a special wire to its office with two bulletin writers beside the operator. News from the Minneapolis convention was promptly relayed to the eager crowd awaiting updates.
The Boston Post adopts the motto With a mission and without a muzzle under new management and lower price. Circulation and influence have risen, signaling the paper will be a political force among New England Democrats in the forthcoming campaign.
From the Lowell News the Boston Post hysterically demands Massachusetts delegates vote as a unit at Chicago. The piece argues delegates should vote according to logic and the party’s welfare.
The text is a lyrical homage in Harper's Bazar praising the sister May and mother of the rose, using imagery of dawn dew and the west wind. It extols Italy of the year as a source of beauty, nature, and uplifting sentiment, with references to dawn, stars, and winter snows.
The Carney Hospital fund advances as North Abington residents and local groups donate. Atlantic Yacht Club contributes $100, Herdic Phaeton Company drivers raise funds, S H Borofsky gives $2445, Lewis A Crossett factory workers add $2680, and Delegate Aaron A Devine sends a $10 note before Chicago trip. Letters supporting Carney’s humanity appear in the Post.
Among New York travelers to Europe this Saturday was Phillips Brooks. Rev. Dr. A. J. Gordon is famed for quiet humor and caricature skill. Congressman Sherman Hoar suffers another nervous dyspepsia attack in London, aided by doctors. Hoar and party stay at Windsor Hotel since June 1 and visited Salisbury and Gloucester. Ex-Manager Monks’s name lingers on West End notices. he quietly pays fare on an electric transit after a conductor hesitates, echoing his past travel on a pass.
A letter to the editor reports the Atlantic Yacht Club delivering one hundred dollars as part of a fifty-strong fundraising call. Commodore Be H Dixon signs the note with Treasurer T D Ricr.
A Boston reader reports sending 2445 dollars for the Carney Hospital Fund with names of subscribers. He praises the cause and pledges continued effort until the full amount is raised, signing as S. H. Bogorsky from Boston dated June 18.
Weston Cottage on Clinton avenue Martha's Vineyard is occupied by Mr and Mrs F G Sanborn of Boston. Portland papers note Mr B A Atkinson of Boston is guest of Mr Bird of Boston whose yacht is in harbor cruising along the Maine coast. Charles West of Fall River visits Longwood on Bunker Hill Day to see Fall River vs B A A cricket. Labud Foster of Waldo age 91 lost his buildings in a fire a year ago including a low carriage he rode in. He has since built a marvel carriage to ride with ease driving a horse over twenty five years old.
Corning New York Professor A G Slocum has been chosen president of Kalamazoo College. Cavaliere Eugenio Pini is named the world’s most brilliant fencer and is popularizing fencing in London. Dr Harper of Chicago’s new university is called the grand old watch-dog of other peoples treasures. Since Labouchere endorsed a Salvation Army appeal there is caricature in that garb. Count Leo Tolstoi is reportedly ill at Begushevka while aiding starving peasants and refuses physicians advice.
In the Providence Journal excerpt a statement asserts that a New York to Boston bicycle trip could be under fifteen hours, implying a railway should be able to do far better than six hours.
Letter from James J. Crowley of North Abington dated June 18 requests a $1 donation to the Post Carney Hospital fund. The brief item notes local civic support and contributes a personal pledge to the charitable drive.
Volunteers are urged to help with a July 14 Music Hall concert to benefit the Carney Hospital Fund. The plan is a varied and entertaining program. The Post will publish volunteer names and all concert matters should be addressed to the Dramatic Editor.
The Mersey Docks Board proposes major North Docks improvements including a longer graving dock to 710 feet, wider entrances at 90 and 100 feet, deeper sills, and a larger Huskisson lock. The plan aims to accommodate steamers of 65 foot beam, with Liverpool’s dock preeminence highlighted by Mr. Glynn.
From the Paris Herald a fashion note for races shows a light cloth jacket corsage matching a skirt with silk facings and sleeves. It opens over a sarah chemisette with guipure insertions, describing a refined ensemble for the occasion.
Hartford cyclist C. Ford Seeley set a world record by riding twenty five and one-half miles from Stamford to Bridgeport. He is noted for recent excellent performances and is predicted to have a brilliant future in bicycling.
A kerosene lamp exploded at the lodging house 185 Fulton street last night triggering an alarm from Box 15. No damage reported.
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