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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1896
Page
4
The Boston Post describes itself as a Democratic-leaning regional paper serving New England readers with political commentary and local reporting. It emphasizes party alignment, editorial stance, and coverage of regional events.
The notice lists subscription pricing: The Boston Post one year 3.00 six months 1.50 three months 0.75. The Sunday Post one year 1.50 six months 0.75 three months 0.40. It instructs subscribers to provide both current and future addresses for changes, notes second class entry, warns against sending cash, and directs payments by check or money order to the Post Publishing Company. Boston office contact 259 Washington Street and tele. 428. EB A Grozier signs as editor and publisher.
A week after 206 delegates were chosen McKinley held 106 votes. Now 310 delegates are selected with McKinley at 166 votes, eleven more than half, drawing support from seventeen states. Other candidates remain largely regional with Allison at seven outside Iowa and Reed at thirty delegates before New England.
The North End park project should not be halted by the Board of Aldermen. The Common Council acted to implement the plan with public support. No valid objections are offered. The park will benefit a district in need of recreation and fresh air, enhancing health and comfort for residents.
The Massachusetts Democratic convention will be led by John R. Thayer as president and Thomas J. Gargan as resolutions chairman. The editorial notes solid Democratic intent, while the Republican gathering on Friday may show uncertainty with delegates to St. Louis and possible McKinley opposition amid tariff and silver debates. The slate of delegates at large includes Lodge Crane Draper and Guild, with caution about platform unity.
A political clash over free silver and McKinleyism pits Pennsylvania Republican free coinage supporters against sound money forces. The article argues the alliance of cheap money and protection benefits a few at the public expense and questions whether the GOP will endorse the Washington agreement or repudiate it at St Louis.
The article praises American athletes sailing to Greece for the revival of the Olympic games, calling it a courageous venture and noting they carry the best wishes for good fortune while facing an assumed handicap.
Athletes from France Germany Italy Switzerland England and continental Europe travel just miles to reach Athens while Americans arrive in peak condition. Recent contests suggest Americans possess a larger share of ancient Greek athletic prowess, promising a strong showing from western contenders.
Boston capital and engineering talent back a wave of gold mining on California’s Mother Lode. With Merced and Santa Ysabel mills in operation or starting soon, electricity and modern metallurgy lift output and cut costs, promising a gold stock boom in 1896.
A compact quotation explores how lovers reflect the chooser, asserting that desire plus merit shapes a partner’s character. It argues a woman's influence binds and guides a man’s soul, warning that looseness in restraint erodes manly honor.
The Observant Citizen discusses mourning decor at the State House decaying and torn drapery, snow and ice on Mt. Vernon street, Tremont Theatre work, and chaotic streetcar routes. It also recounts Sarah Bernhardt arriving with a collie named Game and a St Patrick's night tale about Boer youths and a veteran's white flag view. Joshua Atwood Jr. newly noted for street cleaning efforts.
Reports from Maynard describe streets in good condition after contractor work and a humorous police chief who is also the town undertaker. In Haverhill society locals dress in colonial garb for charity, while Brockton and Haverhill push grade crossing removals at substantial cost. The piece also spots crocuses signaling spring and highlights community figures like John J. Corrigan and East Boston High School cadet preparations for an April 24 prize drill and dance.
A collage of jokes and quips from newspapers. A caller asks about real estate while a dealer replies with abundance. Blanche plans an elaborate wedding. The month February 29th birthday joke. Editors and postal matters teased. A mother hushes a writer, a solemn-looking witness and a student exchange. Various cartoons of daily life and light humor.
A speaker courts a poster girl who scorns his plain image yet longs to reveal truth. He rides a damaged wheel through mud and blood as garments tear, ending with her acceptance as she sighs that he is now the thing she sought.
In a dim Pimlico room a grieving husband contemplates poverty and a crime uncommitted while his wife Ione sinks toward death, memories of Ireland and a shared past haunting them. He comforts her, sings old songs, and, at last, she slips away to the land of used-to-be as he clings to their love.
The Oheb Jacob congregation hosted a reception at 126 Chelsea Street East Boston for the new synagogue building committee yesterday afternoon. Speeches by H Sokolsky, Abraham Alpert and other Boston Hebrews preceded a generous collection. Committee members named include B Weinberger chairman J Heskin secretary Berman Berger and Schwarts.
Lillian E. Wellcome of Revere won the Post menu prize for the week. Her menu appeared in The Post on Friday March 20. Contributors were urged to read the rules to ensure their hints could be used.
A text presents a full meal plan including breakfast items like stewed prunes Graham bread and cocoa, lunch dishes such as beef brawn and vegetable pudding, plus desserts and beverages. It mentions methods for frying porridge and preparing beef dishes, credited to Georgia C. Hayward of Amherst Nova Scotia.
A grocery list style menu features items like Bananas Oatmeal Fish and Roast Beef with details of a chocolate cake recipe. It includes a cake and frosting instructions attributed to Mrs F L Maynard of Dorchester followed by luncheon courses and a roast chicken giblet sauce recipe from Mrs G M Jaynes of Brockton.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Submit brief menus with preparation directions for four to five persons, keeping weekly food cost under ten dollars for a five-person family. First deadline is Saturday November 9, then weekly. winners printed Mondays. Mail to Cooking Editor, Boston Post. use one side of paper.
The senior class of Boston University Law School planned to award one of its highest honors today after a recent meeting named candidates G. V. Phipps John Curtin and R. C. Stover but no decision was reached and the meeting adjourned to today.
A homemaker's seasonal habit becomes a source for new millinery ideas. The article describes several hat styles including violet bouquet and lily of the valley details, a green straw bonnet with geranium foliage and pigeon wings, and a Tuscan straw poke bonnet worn with white ostrich plumes.
In a letter to the Post Albert C Russell of Boston thanks the Emergency Hospital staff and Dr Daniels for daily care of an injured limb and the humane treatment of all patients. He defends Dr Galvin against claims of popularity seeking and lauds the hospital as worthy, inclusive, and altruistic.
The letter asks for applicant standards. The reply states a fireman must be 6 feet 7 inches tall in bare feet, weigh 185 pounds stripped, and be 22 years old but not over 20 to apply. The dates cited are March 15 and Boston, with C. G. Davidson as the correspondent.
A reader from Boston suggests New York steamboat lines offer day trips during the summer vacation season. The writer notes past Templar week excursions and argues water travel is more enjoyable than rail. He urges schedules to attract pleasure seekers heading to New York.
Alma Almina Dalma, an American soprano, made her grand opera debut at La Scala Milan in Giordano Andre Chenier. Her career began after a chance trial for Erminie in 1887 under Rudolf Aronson, whom she later married. She studied sculpture, then vocal art in Paris, and now is engaged for future operas by Saens Massenet and Mascagni. Edouard de Reszke sent warm cables.
Busy day at the port with four schooners from the West Indies carrying salt sugar and molasses, a bark and about forty coal schooners, and many steam colliers tugs and barges. New vessels included the Leyland steamer Cestrian from Liverpool and Angloman from the Warren line, with Kitty from Banes Cuba expected today.
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