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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1896
Page
4
The Boston Post proclaims a Democratic paper of New England with a defined motto and mission. It emphasizes its representative stance and independence from external influence, asserting a commitment to clear reporting and civic engagement.
The Indiana convention shows a strong McKinley boom with only a Harrison tinted currency plank. Ex President Harrison influences the platform but the party favors high tariffs over strict money. Convention signals Indiana’s choice ahead of St Louis while bosses seek terms with Hanna.
The piece contrasts Republican and Democratic free coinage factions. California Republicans back McKinley for president while Missouri Democrats nominate Bland. It argues the GOP camp is aligned and confident, while Democrats oppose any leading candidate and refuse to endorse.
A letter argues against creating another commission to regulate telephone rates. It notes Beacon Hill already hosts many boards with high pay and light work and warns the bill would worsen overload. It contends regulation can come from existing gas and electric light authorities without adding a new body.
A reader asks how to reduce or avoid creating additional official positions and salaries. The note discusses potential budget and governance implications without asserting specific reforms.
The piece notes currency debates revealing regional divides with the East likely to decide the next president and Congress. It argues sound money holds sway in the South and East, while silver gains ground in the West, making candidate trust in the East the decisive factor.
The death sentence on Holmes was carried out in Philadelphia. The piece argues the act serves society's protection, not vengeance or example, condemning Holmes as a morbid development kept from harming others. It notes his intelligence and education, then attributes his crimes to distorted mind and soul, suppressed by society.
A solemn reflection on influence and legacy from Carlyle noting every person’s work begins and ends with their impact, suggesting all actions echo beyond a single life. The passage contemplates the lasting reach of individual conduct across ages.
The Observant Citizen notes Charles H. Hoyt will be guest of honor at a big New York banquet tonight. Tomorrow he sails on his first ocean voyage, likely focusing on conversation over meals. Collected items include tulips on Beacon Street, new olive honey color hats, a gasoline lamp scare near Tremont and Boylston, and electric rail plans from Nashua to the sea. A Bijou Theatre minstrel show by Brown Durrell & Co. is set for May 15. A streetcar tale relates a child’s joke about Daniel amid lions.
A nineteen year old narrator recalls sending a photo to her father, losing the pictures to a pocket thief on a Boston trolley ride, and later meeting the thief again aboard a yacht. The pair reconnects during a seacoast ball game, leading to a broken engagement, a misdirected accusation, and a Thanksgiving wedding that bonds them in a happy home after three years.
A collection of light witticisms and exchanges from various papers. Jests cover house cleaning, sermon, family, and social banter. A string of one liners highlights differences between idealism and realism with a humorous twist.
A fragmentary verse scene describes Elizabeth on rocks as a man passes, woos her with gold, and wins her due to shared Orthodox faith. The setting hints at a mountain backdrop and a picturesque, if melodramatic, encounter with social implications.
A June wedding discussion focuses on the bride's attire including her lingerie sets. The feature notes dainty undergarments in blue pink yellow and pale green matching each gown, with blue symbolizing true love, though not worn for the ceremony.
The text describes attire emphasizing white mull fabrics trimmed with lace and ribbons. It outlines a woman’s ceremonial night dress and related undergarments including a white silk skirt, mull knickers, chemise skirt, brocade skirt with point de Paris flounces, a corset, and a lace jabot adorned night dress designed to captivate.
A reader details repeated fare check refusals and substitutions on various lines including Forest Hills Charles Town Union Station Clarendon Hill and Winter Hill. The writer describes challenges obtaining specific zone checks, resorting to free rides, and notes a saved 3 cent trip on a Winter Hill car. Boston, May 6. Mystery.
A Boston reader laments a disappointing Robin Hood showing at Tremont Theatre. He criticizes an oversized hat and loud audience members, noting an elephantine blonde and a boisterous couple whose behavior spoiled the evening after the first act. The writer signs as SUFFERER, May 6.
A Boston reader urges extending the subway to Castle square or at least building a new sixty foot wide street from Pleasant Street toward Castle square. The letter argues such a throughfare would revive commerce and dispel the current gloom, forecasting a sunshine of prosperity for the area.
Daily table hints list breakfast and dinner courses with items like broiled mackerel and beef patties. Includes a parsley sauce recipe for fish and a brown soup method with stock onions carrots and spices. Ends with a signed name and address.
A breakfast menu list includes items such as fruit, wheat germ, beefsteak, fried potatoes, bread and butter, doughnuts, coffee, corned beef soup, potatoes, turnips, cabbage, parsnips, rhubarb sauce, rice pudding, lemon pie, tea, cocoa, carrots, cold meat, baked potatoes, macaroni and cheese, raspberry preserves, cookies, hot rolls, and chocolate. It is attributed to Viola White of P O Box 506 Norwood Massachusetts.
Judge Braley of the Superior Court ruled for the plaintiff in the Josiah P. Quincy versus Josiah Quincy case. The father of Boston’s mayor sues as administrator of the deceased grandfather’s estate for a note of 25000 tied to assets from sales of Quincy and Boston parcels, arguing new assets revive the note’s legally barred status. The decision presents a question of law on revival and the case moves to the Supreme Court.
Yesterday at about eight o clock painter Charles Brown of Lynn fell from the smoke stack of the Suburban Electric Light Company on River street Beachmont, a distance of fifty feet. He sustained internal injuries and was taken to a hospital.
A survey of Boston theatre through Agnes Booth, Kellar, Castle Square and shore aces, with remarks on Realism on stage. Kellar extols hypnotism, Castle Square cast memory feats, and upcoming bills at the Park and Columbia. Also notes London plans for Herrmann, Octoroons in Boston, and the Nickelodeon X rays draw crowds.
The Senate approved the Dallinger amendment to require registers listing each qualified voter with a signature facsimile, and to have Boston election commissioners appointed by the Governor. Debate noted distrust of Josiah Quincy. Corbett's signature-on-check list proposal failed 4 to 16 as the session adjourned. Weymouth won praise for a highway bill speech securing engrossment. House moved to create the Massachusetts Gas Company with Bailey et al.
Wakefield May 7 The golden wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs James H Bolt was observed at their Richardson Avenue home. They were greeted by Mr and Mrs George W Morse and Miss FH Bott with ushers Silas Flint and James A Day assisting.
The North American Review features a science section with a symposium led by Commodore Melville on the Engineer in Naval Warfare and papers by Camille Flammarion Louis Robinson and Charles Minot. Flammarion describes Mars as a world with 686 day years and winged inhabitants while noting its seas are shallow and climates mild. The article mentions 5900 to 6000 visitors annually to the Lick Observatory at Mt Hamilton and details the observatory’s massive telescope and dome. Meehan's Monthly cites a New Jersey honey poison incident from belladonna, questioning bee exposure and noting the plant is rare in the state.
The Mt Bellingham Methodist Society Chelsea hosted a vestry reception for Rev Eil wain and Mrs Hitchcock last night. About 800 attended with supper by the ladies. Ex Mayor Carter acted as master of ceremonies. William Joslin spoke welcoming the couple, and Mrs Anslem Lothrop presented a banquet lamp. Reverend J O Knowles recalled church history.
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