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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1895
Page
4
The Boston Post presents coverage of events from March 11, detailing political developments and local notices. This front page outlines key figures, city affairs, and upcoming civic actions relevant to readers in the New England region.
The notice lists DNATLY and THE SUNDAY POST subscription prices including one year three dollars, six months and three months at set rates. It instructs subscribers to provide both current and new addresses for changes and notes second class matter status with payment via checks drafts or money orders to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Post asserts influence through a codfish edition and the endorsement of Josiah Quincy as the harmony candidate for Boston mayor. The paper claims to unite the city’s Democracy to redeem Boston from Republican control, illustrating how a newspaper’s value lies in actions, not words.
Massachusetts lawmakers consider two public measures to end across the tracks crossings with steam railroads. A first bill would require railroad commission consent for future street railways crossing at grade and for railways crossing street rails. A second bill would require street railway firms to share abolition costs proportionally with railroads and municipalities.
It is hoped the illness that has afflicted ex-President Harrison at his Indianapolis residence may prove less serious than first feared. He enjoys the sympathy of the American people and their earnest wishes for his welfare. No political considerations influence the public sentiment in this case. Harrison is effectively out of politics and cannot return to the presidency, yet the public grants him the dignity and respect due to a former head of state.
The article notes rapid deaths from inhaling city gas in Boston and argues for regulation. It compares the Hampden House tragedy and asserts that while regulation cannot prevent all gas use, perils from accident or ignorance should be reduced to protect life.
The piece argues Lord Rosebery may resign as head of the Liberal government due to illness and the burden of reforming hereditary influences. It suggests a different leader could advance the Liberal cause more effectively, noting his position as an hereditary legislator complicates party reform efforts.
A proposed law to ban traps and nets in Boston threatens a $5,000,000 fishing industry with 250 vessels and up to 12,000 workers. Protestors argue the measure would halt bait supply and idle the industry, urging the Legislature to protect the citys food supply and livelihoods.
One week of the Post highlights public interest wins. Gas price dropped to $1 in Brookline and Brighton, credited to the Post campaign for dollar gas in Boston. President Amory of the Brookline company calls the reduction a Post victory for the people. The article notes the ceremonial transfer of the codfish to the new Representatives' Hall as a historic emblem rescued from an impending fate.
Max O Reil cites American life as overrun by ads and delays. Sing Sing name Change debate mirrors prison stigma. Dorchester riders protest crowded electric cars. Turner portrait by Winthrop Pierce notes Turner as a culturally plain man beyond art.
A report notes a surge of international marriages with Miss Anna Gould becoming Countess de Castellane and Miss Vanderbilt poised to wed a duke. The wedding would occur in New York per etiquette, with Marlborough tenants hoping for a Blenheim ceremony as plans unfold after the match was formed two years prior in England at the American embassy.
English MP to wed Miss Mary Lester of Chicago as reports confirm Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt’s engagement to the ninth Duke of Marlborough. The Duke, Charles Richard John Churchill, plans a tour of America with a retinue, including his valet Julius, arriving after a Genoa stay. He will pursue a buffalo hunt in the West while courting New York and Newport society.
A Boston paper recounts a famed artist Turner's silent dinner with a writer seeking his thoughts and a cryptic art quip. It also tells of a sick man swindled by a fund trustee, a street scene predicting spring, and a minority school board note criticizing a teacher’s remarriage as a bad precedent.
Wesley Ware died yesterday afternoon at his home 64 Columbia Street Cambridgeport aged 70 He was an longtime Cambridge resident and a well known cabinetmaker He was born in Whitefield Missouri He leaves a widow a son and a daughter
A Cordoba dispatch reports Orizaba, an ancient volcano in Vera Cruz, erupting with poisonous gases and smoke from 100 vents. Partly tremors radiate up to 100 miles as the governor plans a scientific commission to protect nearby villages and churches conduct prayers.
Undaunted by the Lynn headquarters blaze on Saturday, Salvation Army members held a larger parade last night through principal streets. Services were moved to the Friends Church. Lieutenant Bowers reported a member rushed into the burning building to rescue the drum from the flames.
Hot Springs, Ark. reports 92 cases in hospitals and 19 deaths by 5 pm yesterday with about two new cases daily over the past ten days. A citywide canvass by State Board of Health workers vaccinated 90 percent of residents and visitors. Malvern records four cases.
Boston tonight features Paul M. Potter dramatization of Trilby at the Park with Virginia Harned in the title role and Wilton Lackaye as Svengali. Castle Square presents The Bells with Joseph Haworth. Tremont and others offer Robin Hood and varied bills. The season runs with operas, comedies, and vaudeville, including Olga Nethersole and a Press Club event.
The description notes hats plucked from rocky hillsides with dahlias and lilies of the valley, feathered trim and aigrettes, and buckles of brilliants and laces. A round hat shows feathers flaring at the sides and front. The gown paired is black satin with jet passementerie girdle and a loose yoke with striped sleeves.
Colonel Bogan superintendent of public buildings will present his annual report to Mayor Curtis today and likely to the Board of Aldermen as a city document. The department oversees 128 buildings plus three leased sites and eleven rooms. Expenditures total 442995.96 with rent receipts of 101785.29. Of the outlay 31783.02 funded elections preparations and 8440 covered the July 24 special election on the Meigs subway bill.
Philadelphia March 10 James B Gentry the actor who shot and killed Madge Yorke four weeks ago tonight has been moved from the hospital to the county prison He is too weak to walk to the ambulance but not in danger of death from the illness that prostrated him He was greatly affected by the news of the transfer
A brief note describes dining at 19 West Street where patrons sample Lowney's famous chocolate bonbons during a luncheon.
A crowded Boston Theatre last night featured Graham's popular concert with acts by J. W. Kelly Al H Wilson Kate Davis Bernard Dyllyn Pollie Holmes Mark Price Norma Willis Montie Collins Lillie Larkelle Connie Whitney Frank Latona Will Oliver the Waterbury brothers the Fletchers and a grand orchestra. Next Graham concert in Boston Theatre Sunday March 24 will feature Miss Florrie West.
Miss Annie Mc Laughlin of Michael Place Chelsea heard a noise upstairs late Saturday. A man leapt through an open window and fled empty handed. Shoes were found under the window. Police later arrested Daniel J. Flannagan in his room wearing no shoes. officers found his shoes in his possession.
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