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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1895
Page
5
In a long, three year case William R. Laidlaw secures 40000 in compensation for injuries while shielding an octogenarian millionaire from a bomb. The dispute highlights the wealthy defendant’s refusal to acknowledge any moral debt to the man who stood between him and death.
Kaiser Wilhelm sails with the Squadrons through the great ship canal at Jutland, a ceremonyal triumph hailed as a victory of peace. The Baltic North Sea canal shortens routes, saves hundreds of miles, and reduces time, while erasing dangers of Skagerrak and Kattegat. The canal’s military value is noted but its commercial significance stands out as a world enterprise.
The essay laments ongoing strikes at Clinton Amesbury and Olneyville as harmful to industry and wages. It urges immediate end through impartial arbitration to prevent idle mills and debt among thousands of workers during a fragile economic revival.
The kola nut, a product of Africa and the West Indies, is claimed to sustain labor and act as an antidote to alcohol. It supposedly relieves morning remorse and may restore the drunkard’s nerves and body, prompting calls for kola institutes and possible state adoption in institutions.
The Post answers a reader’s query on silver replacing gold as money. If silver became the sole monetary metal and gold demonetized, silver’s price might rise and gold fall, but only if adoption was universal. a unilateral silver standard would drive gold out of the country and flood silver imports, crashing gold and inflating silver.
A fragment notes rapid economic decline outpacing the era of the Republican silver purchase law, implying sharper market downturns and policy contrasts. The line hints at broader fiscal pressures and historical comparisons without detailed data.
The Board of Police cannot make laws by barring liquor sales to women. Enforcement should follow existing laws, not expand power. In Boston, liquor regulation already respects order, and a police board ruling risks infringing personal rights.
An unnamed man in a Saturday night scene catches cab drivers with a dialect test and proves strangers’ treatment in the city hinges on appearance and manners. The column then notes Harvard President Eliot’s blunt remarks on education, local gas matters, police transfers, and a crowded Tombs wagon episode.
On a transatlantic voyage Jack Arthur unexpectedly reunites with Lucy Abbot, now married to another man’s child in her arms. A mistaken room, reconciliations, and whispered promises unfold as they confront past misunderstandings and a possible chance at happiness before landing.
Mrs McIntosh a widow residing with the Fulton family at 3 oe square Roxbury is admitted to City Hospital with severe burns to her hands and arms suffered while attempting to save her house yesterday afternoon.
Harbor police recovered the body of Thomas Buckley yesterday after a report at the harbor. The circumstances and location of the discovery were not fully detailed in the fragment.
The Tremont and Castle Square attract good crowds with light opera and novelties. The Sphinx at Fremont marks its 25th performance with flowers, a Sphinx statuette souvenir, and a gold watch prize for the largest party.
A 17 year old girl demonstrates fashion ingenuity using limited materials, showing how taste and wit can rival wealth in creating stylish appearance. The piece argues that instinct and cleverness trump sheer money in dressing well.
A gifted girl shows a cape made from three used fabrics with a new net ribbon. The yoke is a black velvet piece from old waistwear stiffened and lined with white moire. Cream lace veils the sash flounce. hat uses last summer lace with a new green straw crown.
A grad of Harvard Dental College is mentioned in the press with references to affiliations and a secretary role. The fragment notes a connection to a person named Dickenson and to the United States context, implying a historical society or press item.
Diplomas awarded at Cambridge English High and Cambridge Manual Training schools in Sanders Theatre. Valedictorian Miss Mary A Grant posted a record high average of 97.6 percent. Graduates listed include English High School and Manual Training School students with numerous honors and speeches by Miss Bailey and others.
A whimsical column notes Measles as monarch with Alfonso of Spain and his sister as new subjects. Ex police inspector Williams of New York contemplates a Senate run in the twelfth district. A former thief taker hints at Republican nomination. Adam reportedly reappears in Lexington as insane. Governor Altgeld pardons a Tribune employee amid irony and vetoes a bill due to press bias.
Closing exercises at Moody Seminary for Girls Northfield Massachusetts featured Rev Alexander McKenzie of Cambridge giving the commencement address and urging true gentleness. Diplomas were awarded by Principal Hall to graduates spanning English College preparatory and general courses including Susan A. Brown Elizabeth Campbell Clara Palmer and others. an alumnae banquet followed.
Radcliffe College hosts its annual class day reception for the senior class with about 600 attendees. The building is adorned in blue and white for ’95, lanterns line the grounds, and dancing follows a library collation. Notable guests include Dr Helen Webster and Prof M Grant Allen among others.
The Barnstable Baptist Association began its convention in Edgartown Mass with speakers Rev Fennimore Cooper of Edgartown and others from Newton Centre Boston and Providence. Rev A K Fair was elected moderator with G W Fuller clerk and D S Marchant treasurer as attendance ran large.
The Water town High School seniors held graduation at Town Hall. Graduates include Barrett Brown Carter Dimick Evans Japson Lassman Macurda Rand Skinner Thomas Jepson, with a program of salutatory, recitations, poems, essays, music, and a valedictory. Diplomas were awarded and the ode by Skinner concluded the exercises.
Thomas McDermott, 18, of 98 Quincy Street Roxbury, was climbing onto a wagon yesterday afternoon when the horse bolted. His left thigh was caught in the wheel, resulting in a compound fracture.
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