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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1895
Page
4
The Post extends its $1000 challenge to the Herald Globe and other morning papers, inviting any advertiser or agent in Boston to participate. It requires no due bill and will cover all canvassing expenses, making a generous offer to all involved.
Fragmentary figures and remarks discuss advertising, agents, conductors, and Dubilo in relation to the Post. The text hints at broader appreciation gaps and general sentiments about advertising, without clear events or names.
The Post challenges rivals by stressing actual sales versus print figures. It notes that true circulation equals papers sold, not merely printed, and promises to reveal specific dealer and newsboy sales across regions to counter inflated claims by the Herald and Globe.
Partial OCR shows morning sales listings for several papers at multiple stands around Boston and Somerville. It notes vendors Samuel Rodman at Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston Street and various street corners, with scattered copy counts and prices for Globe Herald post and other papers.
Three facts reveal why the Morning Post outpaces rivals in Boston area sales. Newsdealers and newsboys largely sell more Posts than any other morning paper. The Post’s morning sales nearly equal the combined totals of the Globe and Herald.
The new Salisbury ministry elevates Mr. Balfour to the Treasury, boosting bi metal sentiment in Britain. His stance on silver as money and potential participation in an international monetary conference could shift policy away from politics in the United States 1896 election and bring Britain into alignment with Germany France and the United States.
The passage notes miners and the risk of agitation, explaining why the makeup of the new British ministry holds unusual interest on this side of the water.
The week ends with hundreds of Boston employees losing their jobs under Chapter 449 of 1895. Firemen survive. water and public institutions departments are abolished. The two water boards and public institutions offices will be filled by a single commissioner each from July 1, as Mayor Curtis signals restraint while party leaders Smith and Heath handle the spoils.
The annual Harvard versus Yale intercollegiate rowing race in New London is the premier athletic event of the year. It has long been a symbol of athletic tradition, though concerns rise over overtraining and professionalism affecting both crews. The contest remains the most splendid and highly regarded in college sport.
Massachusetts Nautical Training School graduates join the New York and St. Louis steamships signaling a revival of American seamen and ships under lawful, protected navigation. The piece argues the end of alien crew dominance and the rise of American crews and vessels in the wake of free-ship ideas.
The Union League of Philadelphia opposes free silver coinage while Senator Cameron supports it, aligning with Senator Quay. The powerful Republican group denounces cheap dollars, yet the party faces a fragile, precarious position amid internal splits and cross faction tensions.
The piece notes ex-Commissioner Osborne connected with local brewing interests as the last of the police board officials who distributed liquor licenses exits. It highlights a coincidence that all five year officers who licensed liquor move into related license seeking businesses after leaving the post.
Miss Marian Hawes, popular with Brighton High scholars, received a large bouquet from the outgoing class Monday night. Her gracious thanks expressed appreciation for the thoughtful gesture and the glow of admiration echoes through Western city business circles, including several New England roots.
In Boston scenes, diverse families like St Louis and Pillsbury lines highlight New Hampshire links and old colonies. The piece tours division clock rooms at Old Colony depot, legal circles in Pemberton square, and looming July 1 smoke rules. It features remarks on Harbor and Land Commission, a Beverly figure, A P A caution at a Revere meeting, and portraits of Clerk Frederic C. Ingalls and Lt Charles Speare. It closes with a personal tale of a slow doctor, a patient’s fear, and a family winter dilemma, Mary R Heard signoff.
The article notes a fashion craze in millinery with mull rosettes on round hats. Designers place multiple rosettes and white wings on crowns and brims, especially red chip straw hats with six winged decorations and white leghorn trims.
A fragment from a 1895 tale follows a woman recounting two marriages. She describes her first husband Barker's drinking and her stepfather and stepmother’s support, plus Barker's later reform. The narrator notes her doctor husband struggles to build practice in a damp town and laments local townspeople and living conditions.
A curio of 19th century wit notes prodigal son Charlie Folsom’s return and a forgiving father, hints at future calf disappearance, mocks Kansas Republican press, and jokes about Emperor William opening the Leipsc Supreme Court. It catalogs parodic quips about Yale Harvard athletics and London figures, plus a proofreading blunder at a temperance tale.
Miss Jessie B. Whiting married George L. Gilmore at her father’s Lexington home. The private ceremony used Unitarian rites with Mendelssohn music and laurel decor. The bride wore white satin with orange blossoms, and bridesmaids carried pink and white flowers. a large reception followed under an outdoor tent with high neck gowns and many guests from Lexington and nearby cities.
The Boston Post offers a double gold eagle to the writer of the best welcoming poem for the Christian Endeavor convention. Poems must be received before the convention opens and be no more than thirty two lines. Address submissions to the Christian Endeavor Editor at the Post in Boston.
A historic welcome to Christian Endeavor workers arriving in Boston Roxbury and Islington in June 1895. The poem invites doors open, hearts full, and charity as the guiding guest. It honors liberty, independence, and the city’s heritage while urging unity among Christian workers nationwide.
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