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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1892
Page
4
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The Boston Post urges seven rival papers to each contribute about 700 dollars to open the Charlesbank gymnasium without further delay. The Post has already prepared its check and calls for cooperative action to express newspaper support and end the deadlock over this popular recreation ground.
Editorial argues to move fire alarm and corporate wires underground for safer streets and better service. Calls for new law or existing power to compel utilities to lay cables underground, despite costs, noting growing street disfigurement and public nuisance. Stresses corporations should spend profits for city and public advantage.
The jurors in the Trefethen Davis case weigh hat placement to imply murder rather than self homicide. The public doubts the verdict based on speculative, insufficient circumstantial evidence and wonders about the right man being charged.
The New York Tribune compiled a list of Boston and Massachusetts millionaires that is incomplete and misleading. Residents well informed by Boston can point out numerous omissions and gaps in the ranking and coverage.
The writer denies the Tribune's Massachusetts fortunes list shows tariff impact, noting most fortunes in non-protected industries arose when tariffs were low, many such industries vanished due to Republican policy, and argues the list reveals desire for non-protected industry growth. It also discusses Cleveland delegate support and speculation on political manoeuvres.
The anti Harrison camp pushes John Sherman as a possible nominee or cover for a push toward Blaine. Washington conferences and state delegations indicate movement against Harrison. A Sherman withdrawal would not derail a party offer, as historically many have declined only to accept later.
A Boston hospital for the insane is urged to be condemned as a nuisance. The mayor and a special commission call for radical reform, seeking abandonment of the South Boston building and new facilities in a different locality based on approved plans. Court intervention is urged to hasten action.
Mr. Henry Watterson argues against Cleveland as Democratic candidate citing New York machine control via Senator Hitt. He notes that a two thirds Chicago vote would blunt such arguments, yet remains skeptical about Cleveland’s electability.
The stock market shows little action with a cautious tone and lingering lack of public confidence. Still, underlying strength hints at better values and more active business as prices align with intrinsic value and public scrutiny grows. Investors are advised to remain patient despite dangers of speculation and market manipulation.
A whimsy about fashion and mirrors in the grove raises questions of right and left hand knowledge. The New York Tribune lists Boston millionaires omitting several newspaper men. Reinstatement denials touch Nelson horse and rider with a fall noted as not a half Nelson this autumn.
A Lewiston Journal excerpt praises Boston for challenging Pennsylvania coal monopoly pressures on consumers and industry. The Boston Post advocates proactive protest and likens it to the Tea Party, though the analogy appears overstated.
The Lowell Times reports on Haile as a seasoned politician weighing self interest and party loyalty. The Boston Post views Haile as having avoided a nomination bid last year, arguing he knew it would be a Democratic year and acted with personal political calculus.
The paper tells correspondents to send a valid address as the requested information will be mailed. It notes the Post has already stated the facts multiple times and there is no room for repeated announcements of this nature.
NY reports anti Harrison faction backing Senator John Sherman of Ohio for the Republican presidential nomination. Aware Harrison’s renomination faces opposition at Minneapolis, Sherman is seen as the stronger candidate with solid support from New York Pennsylvania Michigan Delaware Washington South Carolina Alabama Louisiana Mississippi and the silver states.
Members of the Tavern Club will take Alexander Salvini for a tally ho jaunt along the Brighton road this week. The Crow Point Club has leased Rose Standish House at Downer Landing as a seasonal clubhouse for families and friends. The Arlington Street Church will install Rev. John Duckson next Wednesday with a service at 8 p.m. Arthur K. Peck’s coaching party departs Friday June 17 from the Vendome to Lee's Woodland Park Hotel Auburndale, with lunch, tennis, a musicale, and dancing. The event is limited to 140 participants, with a waiting list for excess acceptances.
A Boston woman criticizes the Boston Evening News for reprinting four of the Post's fashion cuts without credit. She notes the practice mirrors the Post and urges proper attribution.
The Boston Post urges Massachusetts Republicans to join in Congress repealing the bituminous coal duty to ease burdens on Massachusetts manufacturers. It notes Democrats hold a large House majority and suggests blaming them for the duty. George Fred Williams and Sherman Hoar are cited as persuasive figures.
A survey of modern religious debate led by Charles Augustus Briggs and his book The Bible the Church and the Reason. The article previews educational texts on numbers algebra and anatomy, plus portraits of Italy and English literature, highlighting Toombs biography and numerous reference works from Scribner’s and Cassell.
Rev Dr Louis Albert Banks denounces President Eliot's Salt Lake City address as a false history that slanders Mormonism. He contrasts Pilgrim virtue with Mormon crimes, cites Mountain Meadows and blood atonement, and argues Utah’s people are unfit for citizenship.
Veteran bandmaster D S Gilmore led his famed organization through two Boston Theatre concerts. Evening audience overflowed as extra numbers pleased, with Miss Emelie Schneeloch and her sister Emma in duets. Myron W Whitney missed a date. Ivan Morawski filled in satisfactorily. Signor Victor Clodie sang well, and a new Columbus voyage fantasy by Signor Fanziulli drew praise. The season ends with Cecilia Concerts in Music Hall next Thursday featuring Mrs. Julie A. Wyman and Mrs. H H A Beach.
Hyp Park May 8 This forenoon Bishop Brooks confirmed twelve at Christ Church and preached a sermon. In the afternoon a Hyde Park Y M C A meeting filled Waverley Hall with over 1900 listening to the bishop. Local clergy led exercises with singing by Mrs Jessie Cochran Light and Christ Church boys choir.
8 H B Clark newly elected president of Union Pacific visited Young's yesterday and asked to avoid comment on Union Pacific affairs, a remark noted amid railway circles alongside Jay Goulds coup d etat.
The Daily and Sunday Globe published 364 columns of advertising last week, a record in Boston journalism. The Globe leads in circulation and coverage, reaching Boston and New England homes with the largest daily and Sunday reach and offering a single, uniform advertising price.
The item reports daily figure 167,088 and Sunday figure 156,000. It presents a brief circulation snapshot likely from a newspaper or publication, highlighting weekday versus Sunday reach with distinct totals. No additional context or entities are provided in the readable text.
Ward 6 and Ward 13 Democrats hold gatherings to discuss caucuses and the mayoral nomination fight led by Galvin versus Matthews. Alderman Joby H. Sullivan faces a conditional stance that could influence East Boston delegates, shaping the committee balance ahead of the Mayoral race.
The Boston Post, now under new management, is described as live and readable with features the public appreciates. It issued a State engraving titled One Hundred Massachusetts Notabilities, a clean piece with a fine photograph of 100 well known public men. The paper recently pursued and helped capture a gang of green goods men in New York through a reporter's efforts.
From the Boston Commercial the West End Railway Company operates a powerful electrocution plant. It is death every time as the live wire killed five horses this week. The wire is depicted as harming animals on street railways and threatening further harm.
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