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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1896
Page
4
Boston Office at 259 Washington street lists telephone 428 with subscription rates for the Sunday Post and other periods. Notices include address changes, advance payment requirement, and discontinuation on expiration. Editor and Publisher BE. A. Grozier is cited.
The article lauds Sir Frederick Pollock’s blue book on the Venezuelan boundary as a strong, clear argument for arbitration. It argues Britain has an admirable case for submitting to impartial arbitrators, ideally before a suitable body such as the American Boundary Commission with additions.
The piece argues the Senate costs are excessive with a $450,000 salary list and 338 staffers costing $460,000 annually plus a $165,000 contingent luxuries fund. It cites Senator Chandler urging reductions and questions the value of paying lavishly for limited output. It calls for replacing members to improve work quality.
The passage argues McKinley is the logical choice for the monopolists who control the convention of 1888, asserting they possess the funds to secure delegates.
The week's stock action centers on gold mining shares absorbing large blocks by investors and speculators at rising prices. California's mother lode mines Merced Pioneer and Santa Ysabel lead a budding gold stock boom with Boston capital backing development. The piece notes the shift from copper to gold stocks, the role of speculators, and expected expansion as more mines are listed on the Boston Stock Exchange.
Senor Canovas del Castillo states Spain remains friendly to the United States while warning that US recognition of Cuban belligerents may block Spain from accepting Cleveland’s good offices. He notes Spain’s suppression of hostile demonstrations as consistency with stated sentiment. Recognition of belligerent rights reflects a fact, not hostility.
The article notes McKinley leading the field for the 1900 Republican nomination with about 125 of 909 delegates already chosen. Illinois signals impact as Senator Cullom warns of spending to secure McKinley delegates, suggesting the convention may be dominated by his supporters.
The Commonwealth mourns its chief magistrate Governor Greenhalge. The obsequies will be simple yet dignified, reflecting his close ties with the people. He is mourned as a man of the people whose career, though brief, showed steady public service and personal character.
The Observant Citizen notes horses slipping in thawed snow as Saturday night freeze returns. Boston weather baffles both people and beasts, while Boston financier Mr. R D Evans rises in prominence as president of the United States Rubber Company and a trusted, affable trust official. A Chicago meeting with a confidence man ends with the man’s sob story of misfortune played back to him.
A collage of light quips and jokes from Detroit Tribune Washington Star Texas Siftings Tit Bits Harper's Bazar and Chicago Tribune. The quotes mock domestic life art poetry and newsroom mishaps with breezy wit and satirical banter.
A Boston letter writer urges Mayor Quincy to grant firemen a weekly day off for rest and family time. He notes the long 24 hour shifts, argues the cost is minor, and asks residents to show support for improving labor conditions. The writer signs as CHARLES E. MITCHELL, dated March 7.
A Boston commuter writes after the new Democratic administration to urge cleaning and sanitizing streets and sidewalks around Union Station. He notes they are a disgrace, used daily by thousands, and argues public health is harmed until Mr. Quincy remedies the issue. March 7 Boston.
Morganthaler's linotype was the first typesetting machine used in Boston and was introduced by the Post. Since then all other papers have installed them. This item from Melrose dated March 6 notes the widespread adoption in local offices.
The Wendell Phillips Literary Association met at Hibernian Hall East Boston with a large audience. Lawyer M J Jordan spoke on Wendell Phillips life and Irish freedom prediction. Other speakers included Owen O Laughlin Michael Cowen Frank J McCrory with vocal selections. God Save Ireland closed the enthusiastic East Boston meeting.
The record lists daily menu sections breakfast luncheon and dinner including oranges shredded wheat and cream veal mutlets potato scones fried hominy muffins doughnuts cheese coffee and dinners of roast lamb scallop chowder and squash pie. It provides recipes for cheese straws fruit pudding and potato scones with oysters and ends with the author MRS A A GOLDOR at 121 Webster street Malden Mass.
The entry lists a supper menu including oranges steamed bread oatmeal with cream scrambled eggs and toast with various sides, plus a detailed scrambled eggs recipe and a poor man s pudding. Additional notes cite MILK TEA and address Mary A fills 691 Shawmut Avenue.
The Boston Post offers five dollars weekly for the best three meal bill of fare sent by women readers. Bills must read like a menu with brief preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast dinner and supper or breakfast luncheon and dinner for a family of five with a weekly food budget not exceeding ten dollars. Submissions due Saturdays. winning bills printed Mondays and Sundays. Mail to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston. Do not send stamps. Write on one side only.
The piece visits a fashionable kindergarten to compare children from wealthy and humble homes. It notes rosy voices and cheerful games, details outfits of Helen, Evelyn, Marion, and Beatrice, and contrasts their hats, cloaks, and dress lengths. The writer observes clothing as a mark of class while praising child life.
N. H. Karaian argues that Christian Europe bears blame for failing to protect Armenian Christians. He urges unified action by Christian churches to intervene in Ottoman Turkey, warning that mercy and diplomacy have failed while massacres continue. He calls for decisive religious solidarity and military aid to avert annihilation.
Rome reports interview with Dr. O Connell new rector of the American College who has spent years in Rome and Boston He is young and aims to stay neutral in U S church conflicts The Pope has prepared an encyclical to be issued when conditions permit and Rampolla rumors lack foundation The Vatican Heirloom secretary’s future remains unlikely to change soon given Leo XIII’s age and custom of appointing a new secretary at each papal accession
In Worms the Paulus Museum curator Dr Koehl reports a major find from the late Stone Age. Seventy graves opened reveal stone vessels, slate arm rings, a conical syenite neck ornament, buttons, and food remains. Women hold primitive corn mills. men hold tools and weapons. The skulls gain special significance amid academic debates on prehistoric inhabitants.
The Irish language school held its usual Sunday session at 8 pm in Alpha Hall 18 Essex Street with an unusually large audience. P J O Daly taught Celtic grammar as pupils recited and sang in Gaelic and the president announced a forthcoming anniversary celebration with an entertainment and dance next Thursday night.
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