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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1895
Page
4
The Post renews a $1000 challenge to the Herald and other morning papers since June 13. The public will draw its own coin. The Post offers the same proposition to any Boston advertising agent, with no forfeiture demanded and all canvassing expenses paid.
The article outlines figures showing the Post's expansion across sections and growth in advertising sales. It notes shifts among advertisers and advertising agents as the newspaper widens its market reach.
The Post argues that true circulation equals sold copies, not printed ones, noting today’s cheap paper stock. To illustrate, it publishes specific regular sales figures for individual dealers and newsboys across sections, focusing on the Herald and Globe in its comparison and omitting other papers’ data.
Daily ledger shows A H Gordon at 252 Pynchon Street selling post town GLOBE copies and other papers with sales figures including 170, 140, and 90 copies. The uneven OCR reflects typical early 20th century newspaper street distribution data.
Very few Heralds are sold at the East Boston ferries. Out of courtesy its figures are not given.
Three facts reveal the Post dominates morning paper sales in Boston and vicinity. Newsdealers and newsboys commonly sell more Posts than all other morning papers combined, and the Post outsells the Globe and Herald in daily Boston circulation.
The New York Times notes that since April 1 three hundred plants reopened, employing about seventy thousand workers, while wage advances since March 1 occurred in 348 large firms with two hundred thirty two thousand workers. The piece argues this under Wilson tariff boosts Democratic popularity and calls for leadership for national victory.
The Harvard freshman crew pushed hard at New London but the Blue again bested the Crimson. Today’s race promises high interest with Harvard modest about its chances and observers noting the long rivalry with Yale.
Fragmentary report describes an assault on a Cunard liner by a vessel named Rendon Trath in costering maneuvers. Details and outcomes remain unclear from the readable text.
The report claims a subsidy should end due to an unfounded charge about a first class ticket for a clerical figure. Regular Cunard travelers testify that color does not affect treatment. colored passengers are common in first class and behave as well as others, per witnesses.
The Boston public and private spirit should push a grand city development akin to Paris. The piece praises $15,000 raised for Sargent decorations at the Public Library and urges broader investment in parks, the Charles River embankment, and architecture to crown Boston as the continent’s queen city of amenities and urban life.
The letter to Oxford and Cambridge condemns Harvard’s athletics as inferior due to a clique system. It argues Harvard has sufficient talent, yet society and money influence team selection. Yale’s democracy in sport is praised as better aligning teams with ability rather than pedigree.
The piece argues London evening papers rival American rivals in liveliness and attract new readers with one penny price. It notes recent successes of penny papers in both London and the United States, citing Post circulation figures.
Dr. Thomas L. Jenks, retiring chair of the Board of Public Institutions, hosts a group including newspaper staff for a harbor ride aboard the J. Putnam Bradlee. They will tour institutions he improved, dine at Hull, and recall his frank, genial leadership. Also noted are updates on John W. Corcoran’s ankle, Felix Strange’s departure from the water department, and Joseph Caldwell’s appointment to the water income post. Caldwell declines further contest and endorses the opposing ballots per board action.
Long roundup from Boston items. Secretary figures and cabinet talk in Washington, local society notes, Irish politics reflections, health and military society highlights, and visits by postmasters, politicians, and travelers in the city. Includes details on George Reagan illness and community events.
A humorous tale set in a rural past follows John Council and Marthy Brinkley, both orphans raised by relatives. Family bonds, church life, and a cautious courtship unfold as old kinship ties shape the couple’s path toward romance.
In a tale from Bresn creek a child born to John and Marthy faces family rivalries between two aunts over names and wills. The men and women spar over inheritance while the aunts fuss over christening, and the baby grows up amid circuslike affection and clan loyalties. Martha McColloch Williams.
A fashion note on summer wear for women emphasizes tea gatherings and entertaining at resorts. It highlights indoor gowns in light silk with a blue stripe, a full skirt with a small train, a surplice bodice, lace yoke, pointed plastron, and mull draperies cascading from shoulder rosettes.
George Lowell Tracy presents Boston Post March a natty cover piece featuring the birthday edition’s center title in yellow and red lettering. The composition showcases an excellent mandolin guitar banjo and piano arrangement with varied parts.
The Boston Post offers a double gold eagle prize to the author of the best welcome poem for the 60 000 expected attendees of the Christian Endeavor convention. Poems must be no longer than thirty two lines and submitted to the Christian Endeavor Editor at the Post in Boston before the convention opens.
A lyrical verse from E. C. Shattuck of Berlin Massachusetts dated June 27 recounts Boston Harbor and the city’s early history. The poem invites readers to learn about heroes, liberty, and colonial roots while praising religious faith and communal welcome. The piece blends patriotic memory with reverence for the past.
Poetic welcome message from Roxbury and Boston churches inviting Christian Endeavorers to 1895 events. It praises peace and gospel work, recalls Civil War memory, and invites visitors to share in faith activities and city hospitality through verse and a formal welcome.
Grace Upham of 3 Centre Avenue offers a warm reception to newcomers from far and near and invokes Godspeed for a united land under Christ and the Church. The message envisions a single family living through eternity.
Over the mountains and hills and plains comes many a true Endeavorer. Feel at home and be glad as Christians live in noble brotherhood. Welcome Endeavorers great or small whether rich or poor God be with you evermore. John W. Smith 2 Beacon Street Boston.
The Waltham Tribune recounts Boston Post's $20 prize offer for a greeting song to visiting Christian Endeavorers. The piece celebrates Waltham's hospitality from Moody Street to Crescent and Forest Grove, describing the factory band, local sights, and a lively reception as visitors approach from Reed's Corner.
At the National Association of Elocutionists session Mrs. M. D. Manning of the University of Nebraska urged mastery of imagination after voice. She argued interpretation depends on feeling and sympathy with character, not only technique. The meeting included a discussion on statue posing and musical recitations before J. J. Hayes closed with a recital of Twelfth Night.
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