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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1896
Page
4
The Daily and Sunday Post publish subscription rates and payment terms. Subscriptions are in advance and may be discontinued at expiration without notice. Address changes must include current and future addresses. Editor E A Grozier announces publication details and Boston office contact.
The State highway commission requests $1,000,000 from the Legislature to build good roads. Last year nearly half the sum funded patches serving as object lessons. This year road building can begin in earnest and is presented as economy through wholesale spending for greater returns to the people.
The Kansas convention nominated McKinley for President and sent him a telegram, adopting a sound platform with no currency stance. Ohio Republicans praise McKinley with a strong platform on other issues while a resolution hints at free coinage. The question: what will the national St Louis convention decide on silver.
The Republican free coinage movement pushes McKinley delegates into strong lead as Columbus convention adopts a currency plank. McKinley welcomes free silver delegates, with a legislative record not opposing cheap dollars. Analysts predict a surge toward 455 delegates heading to St Louis, linking high tariff with cheap money.
The manifesto argues Canada is governed for Britain, taxes fund English loans, and officials draw Canadian salaries. It notes emigration to the U S and asserts republican ideas gain strength, with Americans watching as Canada moves toward a free prosperous independent republic.
The piece argues the subway should remain under city control and not be locked into a fifty year lease with a private corporation. It urges the Legislature to provide safeguards, warning current law offers no safety and the subway commission cannot bind Boston for half a century without risking public interests.
Legislature debates the subway crisis and plans to protect Boston’s transit system. Lawmakers consider several proposals to ensure the subway serves the people who pay for it and governs its operation.
The piece condemns the wartime cry in Congress and among the public arguing that calls for war stem from economic distress. It warns that war would ruin but urges calm, noting the Congress acts as a safety valve and predicting no war will occur.
The piece argues the Boston Board of Police should not hold licensing power for theatres. It favors local control, noting theatres comply with laws and that the police should enforce regulations, not overrun elected city government with licensing authority.
A reader relays seeing workers pull a fine Common tree with a makeshift plank bridge and jack screws. The column notes Edward E. Rose resigning from Castle Square Theatre after building a successful permanent operatic company in Boston, praising his impact.
A breeze laden with umbrellas near King's Chapel prompts questions about sidewalk cleaning laws as another snowstorm looms. The Procopeia Club previews a gala music evening featuring Emma Thursby and Emil Paur among others. Also noted are Henry L. Millis’s visit, a free Emilie Clarkson photo exhibit at the Boston Camera Club, Edward Little promoting better roads, and the engagement of Miss Bessie Wells Dyer to Fred C. Greene of Dorchester.
Helen Stuart, courted by aging Lord Hughes, faces forced marriage to save her brother Ralph from ruin. Holmes Maclean, a self-made journalist, interferes at the last moment, revealing his plan to protect Ralph and win Helen. He proposes a quiet life together, freeing Helen from the Earl’s coercive ultimatum.
A humorous exchange frames a child asking what a luxury is and defining it as something not needed. The dialogue contrasts a father’s musings with the boy’s logical comment about a winter mosquito net. The snippet appears in a Harlem context.
Letter from F M Noa condemns what he sees as an inequitable justice in America. He cites Miss Flagler's lenient sentence compared with a sick minister's five year term in Oklahoma and Maria Barberi's death sentence in Sing Sing. He calls for women to join law reform and equity.
A committee on agriculture at the State House will hear on Friday at 10 15 am the petition and bill to abolish the Cattle Commission. The measure would transfer dog muzzling authority to Boards of Health or local authorities. BACKERS urge action against what they call arbitrary conduct. supporters may send letters if unable to attend. Charles H Innes Boston March Ul. 23 Court Street.
A Boston letter to the Post criticizes the city street commissioners for neglected sidewalk conditions on Washington Street from Brookline to Newton Streets near Franklin and Blackstone squares. The writer notes waterlogged paths after storms forcing pedestrians into the street and risking injuries on cold nights. March 11.
A reader asks for the address of a charitable society in Boston that tests eyes and furnishes glasses free of charge to the poor, excluding the Eye and Ear Infirmary. The Optic column notes the Eye and Ear Infirmary on Charles Street as the only free institution in Boston offering such services.
A gray green organdie gown with rosebuds for a 10 year old features puff sleeves tucked into stiff flounces a matching yoke and full skirt. A 3 year old wears blue chambray with puff sleeves and embroidered epaulettes giving width.
Gandie in white with accordion chiffon adorns a low neck while children's gowns feature low puff sleeves turning under the elbow. Neck flounces, lace or chiffon, and ribbon rosettes decorate shoulders. A brown linen gown shows openwork embroidery with brown velvet edging on skirt revers and vest.
Metropolitan Affairs Committee debates the Mellen bill restricting exclusive subway use. Minority senators Bates Creed Shaw Quinn oppose long leasing, while Forbes supports a fifty year contract. The House tabled the adverse report as lawmakers weigh a major, potentially precedent setting, decision.
In a reported Trinity Club address Mayor Quincy denies condemning East Boston. He explains he spoke of city sections Charlestown East Boston and South Boston as examples of sectional influence in nominating aldermen and criticizes the current system urging direct caucus nominations by voters.
A wistful verse describes a moonlit night as a mother rocks five little birds and a baby asleep. Soft winds, star candles, and the silver moon guide a child toward dreamland as eyelids close and sleepy prayers drift. The imagery centers on maternal care and peaceful slumber.
The Princess of Wales opened the season’s first drawing room at Buckingham Palace in London at 3 pm in aid of the Queen. Miss Curtis of Boston attended in pale green brocade with pink satin train and ostrich feathers, while Miss Clara Curtis wore white satin with matching train and carried violets and lilies of the valley bouquets.
Word arrives that Professor Adrian C. D'Henzyl, once a prominent French teacher in Hartford, died in Chicago. His social prominence here a decade ago ended after scandals with pupils forced him to flee the state, with later misbehavior in Massachusetts and New York before disappearing in Chicago.
A collage of humorous quips and sketches from various magazines. Puck and Truth joke on marriage, farming pests, stage elevation, and posterity. A hotel guest endures soup with no spoon as a running gag showcases light verse and cartoon caption humor.
A fragmentary poem questions if a parent must pretend to be a horse to satisfy a child. The speaker wonders about buying a sleigh and the moral costs, asking if cash bought freedom or turned them into a slave to whimsy and duty. The verse blends whimsy with rueful regret and sense of entrapment.
Daily table hints present a dinner menu featuring Consomme Roast Partridge Currant ve ily Mashed Potatoes Onions Squash Olives Waters Bread Custard Pudding Fruit Coffee Supper includes Cold Tongue Cranberry Sauce French Rolls Floating Island Vienna Chocolate
This item lists a breakfast menu including rye mu broiled steak corn muffins fresh coffee tomato roast lamb orange cream baked potatoes coffee cocoa tea squash griddle cakes and a tomato soup with croutons an orange pudding with custard cream and vanilla. It credits Miss Lillian W Rogers of 217 Broadway Beverly Mass.
A list of meal items including fruits breads soups and baked dishes followed by two tested recipes for cake and Indian pudding attributed to Mrs Thomas Leary of Dunbar Street Abington Massachusetts. The notes outline ingredients steps and oven guidance for each dish.
A list of menu items includes muffins wheat germ cream broiled lamb chops maple syrup doughnuts coffee squash pie roast pork and more. It describes St. Peter's pudding with gelatine layers and fruit plus a salmon salad with lettuce and eggs. Mrs G H Watson of 776 Broadway South Boston signs off.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill for a family of five. Entries must show a concise menu for breakfast, dinner and supper or breakfast lunch and dinner with four to five people in mind. Fees capped at ten dollars weekly. first round ends Nov. 9 with weekly submissions thereafter.
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