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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1896
Page
4
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The Boston Post notes its role as a leading Democratic-leaning newspaper in New England. It emphasizes editorial independence and advocacy messaging aligned with local politics and national issues.
The article notes discussions at St Louis on wartime cooperation to rescue the country from mismanagement by Democrats and Populists, and questions whether suffragists might cross from the Republican side to aid in opposing Republican and McKinneyite misrule at Chicago. The piece raises the practicality and purpose of such a shift.
A compact profile of McKinley tracing his rise as a lawyer and his move into politics. The piece notes his potential as Speaker and as a presidential hopeful, referencing Reed as a contemporary political figure.
The Boston Post offers subscriptions through leading New York hotels and urges advance payment with automatic discontinuation after expiration. Readers lacking regular delivery should notify by mail. Editor and Publisher E. A. Grozier signs the notice from Boston Office 29 Washington Street Boston.
An editorial warns that U S relations with Spain and Great Britain are tense amid a fragile peace. It argues Congress failed to defend the coast, leaving cities exposed to potential incursions and criticizing months of political maneuvering.
Delegate Smith files divorce against the millionaires club of cigarette smokers in Boston naming Henry Cabot Lodge and Curtis Guild Jr as corespondents. He exposes temper, jealousy, coercion, Sabbath breaking, and abuse among Massachusetts leaders in St Louis. The chief correspondent denies acquaintance.
The piece criticizes the Illinois and Ohio Democratic conventions for free silver zeal, arguing that sound money protects the wage earner and the poor. It contends the gold standard benefits workers by preventing wage debasement and counters calls by self-styled Democrats who advocate silver. The author insists laboring men should back a dollar that preserves real value and opposes silver’s supposed harm.
The piece argues Canada’s Tuesday political upheaval was not driven by Manitoba school issues but by a broad desire for reform. It compares the Conservative era’s high tariff and scandals to the US shift away from the Republican party, predicting benefits from Laurier ahead of closer US-Canada trade once a liberal policy takes hold.
Foltz of New York, a platform committee member, presented arguments for a woman suffrage plank at Chicago. He urged the Democratic convention to consider a run of a woman suffrage policy before the party.
Strong, across the country, business Democrats pledge to support only a candidate pledging to maintain the existing gold standard. They fear silver inflation and withhold votes between McKinley and a free silver rival if Chicago nominating fights threaten party unity. This mood seeks relief from currency uncertainty fueling depression.
The Observant Citizen sketches quirky quotes about downtown placards sea voyage forecasts a future Atlantic Daily, bicycle attire fiascos, and civic gossip. It notes Senator Morse becoming Oak Bluff Club president, mentions John Simpkins and Nat Ryder, and relays city hall flower moments, a Chicago convention delegate, and a blend of social and professional commentary.
Campaign flags with candidate names and party traits offered at low prices. Only top quality United States Standard bunting used. Request price list and current stock information.
Property transfer line notes successors to the firm G. W. Simmons & Co located on 82 to 44 North Street in Boston with reference to a business succession or ownership change. The terse fragment implies a street address and corporate continuation within the same city.
Warren Carlisle, new B and C railroad despatcher, endures a chaotic first day marked by broken equipment and a stubborn operator. After a sharp rebuke exposed as a female operator, he is warned by the superintendent, then reconciles with Mattie Marshall. Over weeks, a romance develops as he proposes marriage to her and to care for her widowed mother.
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories: ten dollars for the best, five dollars for the second, and two dollars each for four others. Prizes are paid by mail each Monday for stories published the prior week. Only female writers may win, with names and addresses required for publication.
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society announces awards for plants and flowers in exhibition categories. Honors go to John L. Gardner and V. R. Thayer for hard wood greenhouse plants and orchids, with numerous prizes and certificates for roses, cut flowers, fruit including strawberries, and vegetables.
A trimmed composite from 19th century papers features wry exchanges and quips. Mrs Micawber jokes about a slipper while a business scene notes advertising wisdom. A steamer tide joke, a $5 change quiz, a patient billing gag, and a theater remark close the snippet with light satire.
A historical overview traces William McKinley from Canton lawyer to long-serving congressman, tariff advocate, and eventual leader. It notes his early legal career, first congressional victory in 1876, notable gerrymander battles, and pivotal roles in the Fifty-first Congress alongside Reed, including key tariff actions and memorable parliamentary moments.
Woburn reader WW Matthews defends ice as a luxury after a Post debate. He notes twenty five years as a station agent and telegraph operator east of Boston in Massachusetts. He argues non essential Sunday work harms hardworking farmers and mechanics and urges elimination of unnecessary Sunday tasks.
A reader asks about laws against minors in saloons and bartenders selling beer to boys underage. They report a very drunk youth around 17 and urge police to investigate vendors and enforce the law. They seek possible actions against the seller and better policing.
The Citizens in Boston protest the Cotting street extension to Nashua street, arguing it was attempted during Curtis administration and again now. They urge Mayor Quincy to investigate the matter.
A old fashioned menu lists breakfast dinner and supper items including oranges wheat germ meal broiled lamb chops baked potatoes corn cakes and maple syrup for breakfast mock bisque sirloin roast mashed potatoes boiled spinach cucumbers steamed pudding lemon sherbet and various cakes. Recipes detail currant cake steamed pudding and mock bisque plus a stuffed beefsteak dish with a Bell's seasoning note. Mrs J Gordon of 59 South Main Street Concord New Hampshire signs at the end.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill of fare sent by women readers. Bills must read as menus with brief preparation directions, covering three meals for four to five persons with a weekly food cap of ten dollars. Entries due by Nov. 9 with weekly and Sunday prints. mail to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston.
The Wellesley 93 alumni met at the Vendome for a reunion dinner with 38 members present. Mary Brigham Hill acted as toastmistress and Mrs J W Hill was guest of the evening described as class mother. Speakers included Josephine Kimball Frances Lucas Helen Eager Marie Kreen Alice Mae Reed Carrie Mann and Mrs Hill in informal remarks.
Nashua New Hampshire June 24 The mystery of the non arrival home of Dr and Mrs T F Graves was solved tonight by their return from a camping tour Their absence had caused anxiety among acquaintances and friends were glad to see them safe back home
Revers and Louis jackets define current street dresses as sleeves narrow the shoulder line. Lace trims appear across fabrics with white satin fronts and jabots to soften stiffness.
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