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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1893
Page
6
The notice lists daily and weekly subscription rates: one year for 6.00, six months 3.00, three months 1.50, and monthly 0.25. weekly Fridays at 1.00 per year. It asks subscribers to report current and new addresses for changes and notes second class matter. Payments should be made payable to the Post Publishing Company.
President Diaz is said to move to suppress about a hundred opposition papers, signaling a drift from republican values toward absolutist rule. The action portrays a developing dictatorship under a self-styled president in Mexico.
The passage notes spring in visible signs from crowded furniture loads and trash piles awaiting city carts on designated days to the new dollar gas entering on Monday. It contrasts lingering winter with vibrant春 imagery and urban cleaning activity.
The Evening Record questions who the harsh claim targets in the customs service. It denies Collector BreaArp and Mr Beard as hypocrites and suggests the underlings’ canvass effectiveness may be blamed. The paper vows to name its bouncing candidates.
The Society of the Army of the Potomac meets in Boston next month with General Miles and General Miles as possible chief officers. Miles, a Boston native, rose from Massachusetts regiments to high rank and now serves second in command of U S armies.
The document argues Nathan Matthews Jr. as Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial nominee with Boston Mayor Matthews framed as the ideal candidate should Russ Evevy withdraw or not run. It notes the off year campaign dynamic and links local gas price agitation to statewide relief benefiting Boston residents and beyond.
The passage praises a long awaited municipal reform achieved under Mayor Matthews, claiming it benefits residents statewide. It portrays the reform as a pivotal issue for the upcoming Massachusetts Governor race and frames Matthews as the leader of the people against corporate aggression.
President Cleveland opens a grand exhibition seen as a symbol of progress under a free republic. The piece argues the fair embodies civilization, ingenuity, and the rise of democratic governance, placing the United States at the forefront and inviting the Old World to share in this triumph.
The Sunday Herald notes themaking of several strong magazines as The Post grows rapidly. The tribute highlights a record breaking feat of modern journalism and praises the Post for its progress and influence.
Charles A Belford Mt Hope Cemetery manager stays busy between gardening and politics. He backs President Donovan with Ward 23 Democrats at Bumstead Hall meeting. Reports mention ex Police Commissioner Osborne and Commissioners Clark and Lee, plus yachtsman A P Graham racing plans and Dedham Memorial Day orator James H Griggs.
The article criticizes the Chicago exposition as unfinished at its fixed completion date. It cites crude conditions amid praise for ceremonies and insists improvements are needed. The author notes uncompleted buildings, ungraded roads, unpainted walls, debris, and unremoved scaffolding, doubting a perfect ending.
Thousands in Boston and along the route follow bulletins on swift wheelmen speeding coast to coast. The match is between machine and time with skill and endurance on display for a practical purpose. Despite storms and bad roads, early gains were remarkable and promise more as hours pass.
The Sunday Herald issue featured sixty pages the largest ever printed in Boston with an illuminated cover and 261 14 columns of high class advertising. The Post commends the editor and publishers for a remarkable newspaper that balanced extensive business with reader focused news and special articles despite the big edition.
Reading's new president Joseph S. Harris assumed charge in Philadelphia after an informal meeting with ex-President McLeod. McLeod plans a month of rest and a possible return to leadership elsewhere, while Reading may divest from the Boston & Maine in about eight weeks. Prince of Boston sold 10,900 Boston & Maine shares held for Reading on margin. Harris gave no policy statements on Reading affairs.
Edward Begor, who confessed killing Mrs. Abigail Rogers, was moved from Greenfield jail to the State Prison with manacles, sobering over his crime. He plans to be an exemplary inmate in hope of possible pardon. Sheriff Cheney delivered him to Boston authorities, arriving at about 11 a.m.
The Mayflower Club opens at No 7 Park Street Boston to 300 members with annual ten dollar fees and fifteen dollar initiation. Members enjoy a private tea room lunch, a reading room filled with May flowers and formalities set aside for a new social center for fashionable women.
In Dedham Norfolk Superior Criminal Court Judge Dunbar opened the manslaughter trial of Mrs Anna Marion Makepeace for shooting her husband C E Makepeace at their Avon home on Sept 25 1891. A jury was empanelled and opening addresses were made by District Attorney Harris for the government and Mr Cotter for the defense. The jury was excused until tomorrow morning to begin evidence.
The Lowell Times notes wide press criticism of Massachusetts over the delay in the Borden case and warns the Pillsbury gubernatorial bid may falter as a result.
A passenger train bound for Springfield was struck by a landslide near Shelburne Falls this morning. The engine and two cars were damaged, the conductor sprained his wrist, and one passenger sustained bruises.
The Worcester Telegram reports a growing public demand for a speedy Lizzie Borden trial. The paper argues delay stems from officials unable to find another suspect and warns government must produce new evidence to sway public opinion.
Readers are invited to send memoranda of forthcoming social events. On Tuesday May 2 a reception is listed for the Wednesday Morning Club at Vendome. Mrs George Adams Woods of 425 Quincy Street Dorchester hosts a reception for Mrs Everett A Crosby at the Irvington. A Golden wedding for Mr Daniel Harwood and Mrs Harwood is noted on Commonwealth Avenue with a dance at Fauntleroy Hall from 8 to 12.
A survey of women figures in arts, education, and public service notes Mrs. Julia Ward Howe’s photo album project for the Columbian Exposition, Miss Calhoun in Paris, and Mrs. McKinley as a Duluth lawyer. It cites Finnish women clerks, Oahspe followers, and a Hampton Institute scholarship.
English women prepare gardens with shrubs and flowers drawn from poems by Swinburne Browning Tennyson and Longfellow. The flower beds and plantings reflect literary favorites and poetic themes across the plots.
The School of Expression led by S. S. Curry and Mrs Anna Bright Curry will stage its graduating exercises on Thursday May 4 at Freeman Place on Beacon Street Boston. A students recital is scheduled for tomorrow at Chickering Hall with a brilliant programme.
A Washington cooking club dissolved within a year as members married. Club dinners were prepared by all members and each pairing led to a wedding, reducing the group to its married participants.
In April two Boston area couples wed at Harvard Street Baptist Church and in Charlestown. Uriel H. Crocker wed Annie J. Fitz on April 29, and John W. Pratt tied Ruthena Spicer on April 27. Frank T. Partridge married Edith Stevens April 27 in the city. Benjamin F. Simmons wed May McKenna April 28. A. Spring wed Ella M. Hapgood April 26 in Leominster.
Multiple obituaries list Caroline Bicknell Cyrus Carpenter Elizabeth Dearborn Mary Emmons William Emery Daniel Fairbanks Agnes Greene Sarah Hitchcock Jesse Holmes George Loud Philip Mayer John Morse Sarah Newton Fannie Page Ann Philbrick Adin Poor Stella Rugg Ame lia Smart Charles Stevens Robert Stevens Sarah York Jane Whiting Mary Doyle funeral arrangements noted for May 3 at St Joseph's Church West End.
The Springfield Union says it is hoped nothing will delay Lizzie Borden's trial next month. Regardless of guilt or innocence, she is to be treated as innocent until proven otherwise, and delaying the trial would be unjust.
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