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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1895
Page
4
The Boston Post announces subscription rates for one year six months and three months with payment methods and mailing address details. It notes that addresses must be updated and that subscriptions are held if prepaid and may be discontinued on expiration. The notice is signed by B. Grozier, editor and publisher.
Daly and Siniay report April circulation figures. The piece argues the issue is with Spain not individual officers, urging Madrid to apologize for the insult to the U S flag. It notes Secretary Gresham's demand a month earlier and questions Spain's delays. The text also hints Spain may be preparing to apologize but questions the speed of that move.
The piece argues the Supreme Court will avoid answering a government conundrum about Charles P. Curtis Jr. and the Boston Police Board. It notes the city plans to seek a court ruling, with the Common Council directing the law department to pursue action and Aldermen likely to follow. It denounces a Swampscott citizen as unfit to control Boston’s police.
The editorial urges a fair vote on the Senate bill in the Massachusetts House to let the people express their view on woman suffrage. It argues the measure would simply obtain opinion and not bind the legislature, and urges passage despite suffragist objections.
The article argues that Dr. Buchanan, a wife killer sentenced to death at Bing Sing prison, faces postponement due to a U.S. Supreme Court appeal pathway. It criticizes the technical use of constitutional questions to stay the penalty, asserting guilt is not at issue.
A writer laments the long process to the U S Supreme Court and the cost and spectacle of a murder suspect delaying justice, noting the troubling scene of a dangerous offender exploiting procedural delays.
The piece argues trade combinations push up prices for kerosene, beef, and leather, increasing the cost of living for wage earners. It faults wealthy profits from trusts, notes existing laws to curb such combos, and calls for earnest enforcement to protect ordinary citizens.
State House voices grow that the Boston mayor is asking too much in the charter bill. Republicans fault the process as rushed and partisan. Public anger centers on denying Boston residents a vote, with calls for the measure to be submitted to the people for acceptance or rejection.
Prominent former police chief Eugene Mead starts a boarding and livery business in East Somerville. Henry V Cunningham, secretary of the Democratic State committee, is seen about town amid a lively Kickers Club reception. Congressman Acton Fitzgerald continues to receive gifts of silver mugs from Acton townsfolk. M. M. Cunniff, a Mechanics Bank director, helps a stranger across a wet crosswalk. A Boston & Maine telegraph official, 8. A. D. Forristall, is promoted to general superintendent, receiving a gold watch from colleagues. Cigar lore from a Boston tobacconist discusses expensive Havana imports and past wartime prices.
New England members of the Kappa Alpha fraternity oldest secret society in American colleges held their tenth annual dinner at Young's Hotel. Represented were Williams Cornell Union Hobart and Toronto chapters with notable attendees from Boston Beverly Cambridge Lowell Troy New York Newton and Pittsfield. A loving cup was presented to George Howe Pier of Boston who has organized these banquets for years.
Boston adopts electric mail cars conceived by Postmaster Coveney with six cars in operation. Early routes to Brighton Dorchester Roxbury Cambridge and Somerville cut delivery time, impressing Brooklyn's Superintendent Jackson. Inside a car, 171 pigeon holes Harrison rack and mail-dumping table optimize sorting with speaking tubes and protective rails.
The city unveils an electric mail system with boxed letters moved by carriers, linking Back Bay Brookline and Brighton stations. Eleven clerks earn 700 dollars yearly as routes run eight hours daily, with Chelsea Charlestown bridge reconstruction delaying East Boston access and Charlestown inclusion.
The article notes jackets remain popular despite changing trends. It describes sleeves widening, reverses shrinking, and fronts adopting box plaits or blouse shapes, with lace panels and unique sleeve cuts. It emphasizes jackets' adaptability across outfits and eras.
Dover Delaware May 2 The ballot for United States Senator shows Higgins Republican five votes Addicks Republican six votes Massey Republican six votes Pennewill Republican one Ridgeley Democrat nine votes Tunnell Democrat one vote.
Ada Rehan's company presented Heart of Ruby at Hollis Street Theatre last evening marking its Boston debut. The Japanese drama follows a femme fatale who wrecks lives until a son seeks revenge, with Laura Hansen as the title character and a cast including George Clarke and Tyrone Power.
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