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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1895
Page
2
A vivid, humorous insider look at backstage life in the vast Mechanics' Building. Melba serves as bridesmaid in an event featuring Harvard related combatants, revealing quirky moments, lively personalities, and the unexpected quirks of theater and sport in one bustling venue.
A local column catalogs the office seekers who besiege the Mayor, listing who they are and what they want. It highlights the strange and ridiculous requests and names the powers that be and the wielders of influence guiding city politics.
A vivid portrait of the Grand Opera social world, detailing gowns, gems, and the fashionable circle that gathered for performances. Social norms, jewelry displays, and the era’s etiquette color the evening gatherings and public appearances.
The upcoming nuptials of America’s wealthiest heiress and a foreign count promise a grand ceremony. Details include gowns, decor, and all preparations for the wedding and reception.
Post reporter joins a patrol with police officers to test doors and investigate burglaries. Night scenes unfold on city streets as officers demonstrate vigilance and readers glimpse how protection is maintained. The account blends action with observation from the beat.
Prominent jockeys and drivers command vast sums per season, with payments tied to victories, market demand, and endorsement potential. The piece profiles their earnings, lavish lifestyles, and the high stakes in professional riding, highlighting the financial and personal costs of top-level racing careers.
The item highlights a review style tour notes by Rob Roy, with commentary on actors and stage farewells. It references the history of Joaquin Miller the Poet as he tours the world, and offers general sporting news alongside theatrical notes from the period.
Next Sunday’s post reports a proposed act to impose a five dollar fine on every voter who fails to deposit a ballot at state or city elections. The joint judiciary committee considers constitutionality with counsel Bailey optimistic about legality and support from police officials for enforcing voting duties.
The Immigration Restriction League executive committee has drafted a Washington-bound bill to curb immigration evils. It calls for a moderate increase in head tax and a reading and writing qualification. The head money targets better immigrants while the test would have excluded 19 percent in the year ending June 30, 1894, aiding citizenship and assimilation.
Bermuda advices say the brig Jane Adeline from Turks Island to Boston with salt was driven off by NW gales near destination. The second mate was lost overboard and a crewman suffered a broken leg. The vessel was towed into St George's on the 20th.
Washington February 28 Women on Divorce discussed all aspects of divorce reform. introduced by Ellen Battelle Dietrick of Massachusetts the committee on divorce reform presented its seventeen inquiries to governors of forty eight states. Susan B Anthony spoke of freeing women and urged broader laws while Kate Field advocated stricter marriage rules and a national marriage law. The day closed with a reception hosted by Mr and Mrs John R McLean for Susan B Anthony and delegates.
Samuel B. Dana conveys a four story Beacon street brownstone on 2184 square feet of land for private terms. Henry T. Wills sells a frame dwelling with 7000 square feet on Floral avenue Newton Highlands to Thomas H. Clapp for owner occupancy near 6500. Mary H. Nettleton buys a frame dwelling with 10100 square feet on Sutherland road and Englewood avenue Brighton assessed at 13600. A G Brewer sells two new houses on Summit avenue Brookline and two 6000 square foot lots on University road. Mary T. Baker transfers brick dwelling at 145 Worcester street with 1955 square feet to James J. Herrick assessed at 9000.
The Massachusetts House debated substituting Bates of Boston for a prior firemen's day off bill. Supporters argued it aligns with other cities and costs little, while opponents warned it is unwise fiscally and intrudes on local Boston affairs. The substitute passed 92 to 86. The Merrimac River shad and alewife restrictions were debated. Frothingham urged overturning the governor’s veto and argued for relief to poor fishermen, while Sprague and others defended the veto to protect fish stocks. The Senate vote followed.
A patient recounts severe inflammatory rheumatism attacking feet and hands. After ineffective treatment, Hood's Sarsaparilla was tried, leading to gradual recovery after multiple bottles and eventual ability to sit, move about, and resume full work.
A Revere no-license party held a men only Town Hall meeting, excluding women, yet at least one female attended. The program featured music readings and stereopticon views, capped by an address from Corwin Watkins of Chelsea praising no-license views.
The pupils presented last evening a delightful programme to a large audience. Selections by Dora Le Roy Alice Martin Adaline Tirrell Annie Plummer Marion Thatcher Bessie Wood Lillian Hayes and Karl Marshall White featured The Burgomaster's Death from The Bells by White and An Unfortunate Rehearsal in pantomime. Statue posing impressed and reflected credit on principal Mrs Clara Power Edgerly.
The Harvard English department plans a Cambridge production of Ben Jonson's The Silent Woman with invited Lyceum School of Acting head Ifrank Sargent and pupils. Date aimed for late next month, around the 20th, with costumes and scenery echoed from the original London premiere. Yale and New Haven faculty express interest, with a New Haven show likely in early April.
The Dewey Medical Co announces free medical services for all diseases at 74 Boylston Street Rooms 7 and 8. Examinations and treatments are free with hours 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 and 6 to p.m. Sundays 10 to 4.
Wilson of West Virginia is nominated by the President to be Postmaster-General. The Senate did not defer confirmation to executive session, a move not typical for a sitting senator.
The nomination awaited action in the Senate likely this evening while not popular there due to its administration stance. In the House, Wilson is broadly approved, and he spent the afternoon accepting congratulations from members of all parties.
Since February 12 the Belmont Morgan syndicate paid in gold for government bonds, and $2,026,617 in gold has been withdrawn from the Treasury in redeeming notes. Daily redemptions have averaged around $120,000, totaling $75,251 today. Gold paid in by the syndicate rises to $36,814,342 with the reserve at $83,948,762 an increase of about $42,000,000 since Feb 12.
The joint House and Senate library committee unanimously rejected the General Grant statue offered by the Grand Army of the Republic. It failed to accurately resemble Grant and would not be recognizable without a label. Franklin Simmons carved the piece, which had been planned for Capitol main hall.
In Washington on February 28 the Senate debated a civic appropriation to provide 300000 dollars in seed for drought-affected arid regions. The naval bill was altered, cutting three battleships to two and removing twelve torpedo boats while adding six light-draught gun boats. House funding 31886823 dollars, Senate version 29050021 dollars. Stewart of Nevada proposed limiting bimetallism delegates to a 16 to 1 ratio, but his amendment failed and the Wolcott amendment passed.
The House voted 150 to 115 to insist on its disagreement to the Senate amendment to the diplomatic and consular bill regarding the Hawaiian cable. The Senate passed a bill on vessel net tonnage, aligning American vessels with British deductions and aiming to reduce light and harbor dues abroad.
Washington February 28 The President has signed the postoffice appropriation bill. The action funds federal mail service and related departments. The ceremony confirms congressional approval of the funding package for postal operations.
Boston district attorney announced that John F. Dore would not be prosecuted further on the remaining indictments. The trial had been hard fought but the government failed to secure a conviction on nine counts. Public sentiment in Dore’s favor grew after the acquittals and the DA cited jury misapprehension of the law as a reason to abandon further proceedings.
The American Wringer Co at 13 and 15 Broadway extension advertises wringers, mangles, spring beds and carpet sweepers with repairs on all kinds of wringers and sweepers. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Telephone Tremont 764.
The New England Free Trade League hosted a Boston dinner at the United States Hotel drawing about two hundred members and leaders. Henry W. Lamb opened with calls to strengthen the league, while Winslow Warren and Norman F Hesseltine outlined tariff reform views and the 1894 tariff act’s impact on protection, revenue, and political ethics.
John A. Burch longtime Lake Shore & Michigan Southern general eastern agent died suddenly in Buffalo after a long railroad career spanning the mid 1800s to 1900s. Born 1827 in Schuyler New York he helped shape ticketing and railway devices including the duplex ticket.
The will of Francis Brown Hayes filed in Middlesex Probate Court at East Cambridge allocates large legacies to the Massachusetts Horticultural Society the Boston Poor Children the Home for Intemperate Women and other bodies. Oakmount homestead Lexington with gardens and livestock goes to William Power Wilson and on his death to his sons. If no issue books of the Oakmount library go to the City of Boston to form the Hayes Library. The Horticultural Society receives 5000 dollars to endow a Hayes Fund for horticulture. The Home for Intemperate Women gets 5000 dollars Berwick Academy 5000 dollars and Lexington 10000 dollars for a Hayes fountain. Five thousand dollars supports free excursions for Boston’s poor children. The widow and son receive allocations elsewhere.
Berlin aged 87 deacon Luther Peters of the Congregational Church and Mrs. Sarah Carter mother of West Berlin postmaster Carter died yesterday in Berlin. Peters had long served the church and Carter was a longtime local resident.
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