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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1894
Page
4
At a Republican dinner Senator Butler fixed Memorial Day as the prorogation date this year while the Legislature lags. The delay is blamed mainly on House indifference to public business with absenteeism and sport taking priority. The Senate bears its own sins, but the House is chiefly at fault for the protracted session and looming summer adjournment.
The editorial argues the Senate substitute to the anti-stock watering bill defeats its purpose. It urges Senators to reject the Lawrence substitute and uphold the House bill as the people's measure. It warns Republicans to align with protecting businessmen and small investors against corporate interests.
The season opener at New Haven saw Yale defeat Harvard by six points for the first time since the alliance began four years ago. Each college set at least one record, signaling strong early form across baseball football and rowing. Harvard faces pressure to raise efforts to avoid a poor showing this year.
Harvard faced a shift in confidence as endurance tests highlighted Yale’s win in most events on Saturday while Harvard increased its total count in other events. The article notes a break in the long standing sense of safety surrounding Harvard.
A harsh indictment claims defective armor from the Carnegie works was used on the Monterey war vessel. The piece asserts the plates endanger sailors and the nation, calling for a thorough investigation and severe punishment for those responsible.
The piece blasts the Senate Republican minority for obstructing tariff reform, accusing them of pressuring finance committee changes for special interests. It demands majority courage to end the stalemate and reform rules to advance the bill.
The Alabama negroes are registering in large numbers despite a Republican campaign appeal to refrain. Backing from the Home Market Club and Senator Hoar is criticized for funding and letters. At a Tuskegee convention Rev. Booker T. Washington led resolutions denouncing Populist ideas.
The article argues newspapers succeed by strong local circulation and home readership. It cites Boston Post's near fifty mile field, notes local advertisers seek nearby customers, and highlights canvasses showing higher morning sales for Posts. It claims willingness to fund advertiser tests to prove local reach.
A May 9 canvass of 100 streetcar routes found 779 newspaper readers with 417 reading the Post. Among 8 women readers, 49 preferred the Post, a clear majority. Reporters maintained impartiality and the Post invites advertisers to verify results at its expense. The study claims the Post dominates morning readership in Boston and surrounding areas.
A miscellaneous column by James Martell includes a Boston dining anecdote about a strawberry sandwich, reflections on Quong Sing and his wrist ring, a muzzle on a dog and a guns muzzle joke, the Mindoro ship in Salem, and a call for a Cape Cod summer visit with low board, farming locals, August best time, and Cape Cod’s seaside amenities.
Miss Helen Gould of New York sails home from California after a five week stay at the Hotel Del Monte Monterey denying health decline. Actor John T Sullivan plans legal action against Leander Richardson. Longtime Bristol postmaster Joseph Channey served since Polk era. Norwegian consul Gerhard Gade, the oldest in service aside from Gibraltar’s Sprague, to celebrate jubilee. Krag Jorgensen gun inventor Erek Jorgensen in the U S now visiting. praised gun maker and Knight of St Olaf. Augustus Bonaparte Crane Emerson Grant Han nibal Isaiah Jackson Knox Leonidas Meredith Tate Ring listed as Martins greatest citizens.
The Post offers ten dollars in gold to any reader who submits a best and most suggestive two week vacation plan. Letters must be under 200 words, written on one side, with name and address, received by May 4 percent, and earlier dates favored if tied. Prize winner announced Sunday May 27.
A reader recommends a two week trip from Yarmouth to Tusket Nova Scotia by steamer and stage coach. It touts fresh and saltwater fishing boating sailing bathing and strong boarding accommodations on a prettily situated river bluff. The note promises health and renewal with a modest ocean voyage and country change. mos. Dedham.
Lake Pleasant lies on the Fitchburg railroad in Montague about 100 miles west of Boston. A boats landing offers equipment by the hour day week month or season. The lake and surrounding Franklin County scenery attract visitors and camp meetings aided by a fir and pine grove nearby. Black bass are reported in the lake drawing amateur Boston fishermen. FRANK HUFENUSS, 191 Shawmut avenue, Boston, Mass.
A Malden writer suggests two week camping at Lake Sunapee New Hampshire in late August with tent guns fishing tackle and provisions bought locally. Recommend dry sites near a spring and farm to purchase milk and vegetables. Advise small party light baggage and rotating cooking duties for low cost recreation.
Mrs L A Ritchie invites readers to visit Yarmouth Nova Scotia from June 20 to July for a pleasant steamer voyage. Tour highlights include seashore visits and fish traps with abundant catches bound for Boston. The trip promises a hearty local welcome, low cost, and rest. Cedar Park Melrose.
A reader praises Auburn New Hampshire as a scenic country village eight miles from Manchester on Lake Massabesett with fishing rowing hospitable people and scenic drives. The writer signs as J Cc Ellis 5 Arcadia Street Egleston Square and notes hopes to be there if they win.
The writer recommends East Gloucester on old Cape Ann for a quiet boarding house stay with airy rooms. Enjoy seashore and country scenery, good boating, bathing, fishing, and a cool refreshing breeze at a moderate price in Gloucester Massachusetts.
A reader from SOL. HAAG extols Peak's Island Maine as a vacation spot with fishing bowling skating a theater and affordable rates providing sun and rest from city life. The author endorses Peak's Island as an ideal getaway for all pleasures.
A San Francisco inspection of Secretary Herbert's Monterey armor tour reveals defective plates across 6 inch, 8 inch, 13 inch belts, a 10 inch conning tower, and turrets. The Navy faces a potential congressional probe as Captain Sampson's board prepares to verify affidavits and test materials at Bethlehem.
Directors of the New England Trust Co appeared in Suffolk and swore to the truth of a financial return regarding bonds stocks and trust fund policies. The oath was administered by Justice Nathl Hurd Henchman.
On Monday at 10 30 a m the Rev Samuel J Barrows will give a free public lecture titled European Prisons in Channing Hall 25 Beacon Street
Bishop William R. Nicholson of Philadelphia formerly St. Paul’s Boston visited Church of Our Redeemer Reformed Episcopal last evening and administered confirmation to three candidates.
Mr. F W Smith, almost 80, retires as Boston’s oldest gold beater with 63 years in the trade. He and his wife plan to move to a cottage in Burlington Vermont after a week with relatives, then enjoy retirement.
The Post is a true blue Democratic paper praised for its hard work sharp sayings and grand effort for recognition. It stands by its party loyally and covers news stories and illustrations for the times. Last Sunday's issue was thirty pages with a colored page on Coxey's army.
Poetic fragment extols spring with vivid imagery and Beulah’s arrival as a divine herald. The passage invokes violet blooms and perfumed air while praising Beulah’s season of renewal. Dr Horace Jayne, dean at the University of Pennsylvania, resigns after contributing to the biology program.
A Long Island farmer, Duryea, tired of tramp incursions uses a painted board with bold letters to deter intruders, a simple device that outsmarts dogs, guns, and guards. The plan, placed on his Sea Cliff Roslyn highway farm, aims to keep trespassers away.
A man posts a sign offering work to tramps at his property. Four wanderers arrive and one works an hour at a woodpile before dinner, while the others scrawl messages on fences. The sign stays, and the woodpile awaits the remaining 1999 visitors.
The steamer Arizona caught 70,000 menhaden yesterday marking the season's first haul in New London Connecticut. The steamer Quickstep is scheduled to begin fishing on Tuesday.
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