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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1893
Page
4
The Boston Post notes subscription pricing for various terms and formats, urges advance payment and address updates, and lists publisher contact details and editorial leadership, reflecting its 1893 publication context and administrative notices.
The appropriation to properly represent New Hampshire at the World's Fair was kept at the original figure after abandoning a planned 50 percent cut. Credit goes to Charles H. Hoyt, an longtime Post staffer and noted dramatist, for his legislative service helping the state.
The House set aside a negative committee report to advance a bill exempting municipal bonds from taxation. The measure appears to reduce public costs by easing municipal burdens and cutting overall taxation, though enactment remains a challenge. The yesterday fought admission in the House fuels optimism for passage.
Mr. GneeNwoven urged the gas commissioners to endure public scrutiny after The Post urged citizens to “watch these men.” The speaker defended watchdog oversight of public servants amid a dispute with a powerful monopoly, arguing vigilance is essential to liberty.
The Post notes lingering pest holes in low grade city areas and calls for a statutory grant to the Board of Health to abate nuisances without mobilizing public demand. The Mayor urged this measure before the committee on cities, warning of a cholera scare as hot weather returns and urging rapid action.
The Naval Brigade organization is completed by officers elected under statute. Lieut Commander Jonn C Soley is unanimously chosen captain, bringing naval experience and leadership to the militia. Massachusetts leads in developing a local coast defense force and the corps reflects notable energy and perseverance.
The Bay State Gas Company defense claims the term customers does not apply since it has no meters or consumers, implying it can set prices for others. The exchange challenges Massachusetts law protection for citizens as the Commission weighs the argument and the impact on gas pricing.
A Boston discussion centers on a plan by Republican savings bank commissioners to reestablish a State banking system in Massachusetts. Critics call a gas scheme a cheap trick, accusing Republicans of insincerity and warning that State banks could avoid wildcat scandals. A hearing on the commissioners’ bill was set to address feasibility and public impact.
The Palace Theatre hosts Miss Marlow in The Love Chase with Mason and Manola delivering a refined musical comedy. Elsie Lombard returns in A Temperance Town, Uncle Nat shone in Shore-Acres, Katie Emmett shines in Killarney, and Two Old Cronies provides clean humor. The Grand Opera House features the German and Irish duo, while Stone & Shaw present Woodward’s educated seals and a lineup of specialty acts including Wilson, Roy, Kiyusa, Otaka, Burgess, and De Orm, plus Gillette’s The Private Secretary scenes.
Advertisement urges immediate choice with ten dollar price point and a call to act now to avoid delays, emphasizing limited time offers and rapid decision making.
The ongoing Harris murder case in New York draws scrutiny of motive as the public questions a verdict upheld by appellate courts. The defendant, a young student, is accused of poisoning his wife whose wealth and influence aided his career, yet the motive remains unclear amid discussions of circumstantial evidence and his dramatic courtroom performance.
The Post announces a free library of over 25 000 books with more than 1000 titles including fiction by Dickens Thackeray and Haggard plus biographies histories poetry and science works. A small profit funds the program though the public gains free access. The catalogue will be published soon.
A lively private dancing party drew seventy five couples to Winthrop Hall Upham's Corner last evening. Guests noted elegant decorations and well dressed women while Mrs Wendell Jones Mrs George W Wilde and Miss Anna B Withington acted as matrons. Ushers included Frank D Wilde Arthur Thayer John S Potter and Frank E Hammond as Poo l's Orchestra provided music.
From the Lowel Times Colonel Coveney is slated for the Boston postmastership. Praised for executive ability and businesslike efficiency he would fulfill the duties admirably. New Home Sewing Machine 160 Tremon
Florentine and Georgelle headline a program of varied acts with the crino line dancers drawing crowds. William Haworth's The Ensign at the Boston Theatre repeats last season's success, appealing to patriotism and noble sentiments with staged nautical splendor.
The Globe hosts a lively reception to the play with Julia Marlowe delivering a standout Constance in The Love Chase at Hollis Street Theatre. She earns fresh honors for the performance while other venues feature Fay Foster Burlesque Company at Lyceum in Fun on a Yacht and A Knave of Paradise, and Frank Kennedy’s troupe presents Cupboard Love with a playful olio.
Stage realism frames a matinee of Stair and Nicolai's comedy drama A Barrel of Money at the Palace Theatre Austin this week. The show relies on natural, homely plot complications with a third act iron mill melodrama and a balanced cast. Bertoto performs dances Papa Won't Buy Me a Bow Wow and Old and Young amid an entertaining vaudeville.
An eclectic compilation of magazine voices and witty lines. It notes a life of aimless retirement for a famed sharpshooter, fashion shifts with snowfall, a western railroad placing Bibles in cars, and a playful exchange about family lineage and travel. It ends with a quip about engagement rings and perception.
A Honolulu correspondent recalls a sailing era bathing gathering where guests, after a brief waltz, emerged in bathing suits and swam in moonlit surf. Dressed in evening attire again, the ball resumed as though untouched, with the southern cross rising, palms outlined, and a chorus of singing boys on the pier.
The women led project to raise a memorial for Mary Washington uses Barre granite and is to be completed in 1895 under a memorial association founded at the home of Mrs. Waite, widow of Chief Justice Waite.
In Hobart city on March 15 Reverend Everett D. Burr united Calvin W W Hobart and Nellie Beatty in marriage.
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