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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1895
Page
4
The Postal publication details include rates for daily and weekly editions and subscription terms. It notes publication in Boston with office address at 259 Washington Street and a telephone contact.
An article notes a 16 percent market upturn on a $3 billion capitalization, with about cash-driven liquidity returning as public confidence grows. It contrasts this with proposed city governance changes, warning that consolidating departments could raise salaries and costs rather than save money.
Jones of Melrose contends the charter amendments should be referred to the people. Boston officials and the Republican mayor and committee dispute his stance, arguing they know the city’s machinery from long practice and direct experience. Statewide remarks follow from other regions.
The speaker criticizes lawmakers who presume to govern Boston and dismiss residents as ignorant. He asserts Boston residents are intelligent, understand city needs, and should have charter amendments submitted for their acceptance.
The afternoon hearing before the Board of Aldermen seeks public support for taking land from the Common to Scollay square to widen Tremont street. The editorial urges timely action, noting public welfare over private interests and the need to present the case effectively to avoid indefinite delay.
Colonel Henry Watterson, writing in the Louisville Courier-Journal, denounces co rocking with cheap money forces and warns that any agrarian coalition pushing such terms would ruin national credit and exile its authors. The speaker says the stance concerns Democrats in Kentucky and echoes across the nation.
The piece argues the Delaware Addicks episode shows party alliances with money lead to scandal. It claims the party escaped a senate nomination while endorsing a gas speculator’s money, staining the party’s reputation and warning against corporate influence in politics.
The observant citizen notes soldiers in winter blues suffer heat but won’t swap to summer uniforms soon. Open car parties lure riders to cool country trips, Tech students rent houses for social life, and Beverly street endures dust and heat. Public Garden blooms and swan boats draw crowds while bicycle fashion rises in Brooklyn and Washington.
The report covers a licensed pawnbroker defended over a licensing issue with a dated ticket mix up. It notes Selectman Savage’s ongoing good police regard and the Post’s fair handling. Lawyer Henry Cunningham enjoys a baby boy. Ward 21 hopes for Democratic gains. Alderman Flood praised by the Ladies’ Physiological Institute for rubbish removal efforts. E O Prichard plans summer at Parker House White Mountain, visiting Jerusalem Spring House at Canaan.
A Berlin sale displays a 16th century iron pocket watch by Peter Henlein, believed inventor of the pocket watch. Dated no later than 1520, the bronze case and arabesque dial feature an iron mainspring and a single hour hand with night-time markers.
Two years ago such a costume would have shocked the community. A woman bicycling in petticoats was a rarity and a debatable topic, yet attitudes have shifted since then.
A patriarch challenges a youth about marrying his daughter noting that marriage faces more difficulties now than before He remarks the lodge gag is thin enough for a blind woman to see through and hints that no replacement has yet appeared.
I R B Arnold launches a self-sustaining floating chapel boat that travels from Illinois towns to the South. The 50 by 150 foot vessel seats 600, with a stereopticon show, printing office, and photo gallery to educate poor white and Black river communities about temperance and Bible history. Arnold reports 250,000 attendees and 1500 sermons in four years, funded by donations and collections.
Taunton Herald quotes opposition to a bill extending Boston mayoral term to three years, arguing the office already wields excessive power. The page also features a light exchange about bronze statues in the park, debating art versus morality.
Readable items describe Marie Burroughs and Salvini engagements at Castle Square Park Theatre and Hollis. Plans include a cake walk finale and Trilby at Boston Theatre, with Tremont Mme Rejane repertory and Salvi ni at the Hollis. Talks of Columbia Theatre reopening under Harris Bennett Guillich Davis management next season.
New York May 7 The four act Parker play In a word is not a success at Mansfield Theatre. Plot and dialogue fail to entertain with weak action and a conventional setup. Mansfield as Dom Pedro gives a middling performance and Miss Cameron handles an uninteresting role poorly. Public dress rehearsals begin tonight with the first night Thursday. the run seems doomed to short life.
Miss Smeller asks about bathing suits for the season while Misa Startlem objects to wearing a bathing costume this summer preferring bronze paint as the cheaper trend. The exchange captures a humorous fashion moment and social chatter.
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