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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1894
Page
8
The Boston Post canvass shows 779 morning papers read on 100 street cars with 417 Posts and 362 other papers. Eighty nine women read on these cars, forty nine of them reading Posts, highlighting a shift toward the Post in morning readership.
A legal oath appears dated May 8 1894 referencing Jamaica Plain cars. W. Woodward and B Leighton Beal JP witness appears in Boston with a post reporter seal and oath taken.
The Post reports the preparation of Tip the gorilla after death. The skin was salted at the American Museum of Natural History and is being processed under taxidermist John Rowley with Ernest Smith assisting. The project includes a full skeletal reconstruction and a lifelike skin for display, with completion projected after a year and a half.
The Jordan gallery features water color Where our Winds Blow by M H Hardwick, Harvest Time by C A Walker, The Coasters' Retreat by Enneking, Catching Minnows by Lucy Conant, and Pansies by Abbott Graves. The works explore stormy seas, tranquil valleys, coastal calm, playful children, and floral still life amid a seasonal art show.
A brief notice describes a rivalry over 10 Eggeston Square cars and posts between nineteen publications and ten other papers, signaling a contest of listings and distribution rights.
In a Boston 1894 canvass, the Post reported it had as many readers as the Herald and Closhe combined, with more women readers than other papers. Samuel Fine stated the figures were collected fairly from ten random cars and no bias shown. The oath was sworn by Fine before Justice Beal in Suffolk.
A fragmented clipping notes that the Brookline cars section mentions the Herald Clothe Post and Journal in a comparison, hinting at parity among the publications in some aspect. The readable fragment provides little context on dates or events.
John J. Douglass of Boston appeared May 1 and testified about a list of ten Cambridge cars selected at random. The record notes his sworn statement and references Suffolk county proceedings.
Five of six women readers favored the Post over the Field and the Globe in a canvass dated May 9. Thomas Cahill, Post Reporter, swore to the oath confirming the report and fairness of the tally.
A. C. McKenzie attested a statement detailing travel and post counts with a note on a return trip. The fragmented OCR mentions a woman and a university or organization context but lacks clear dates or full facts.
The item notes ten Chelsea and East Boston cars canvassed in the South End on a downtown trip. It records reader gender in a 10-car sample and cites James E. O'Reilly as Post reporter with a May 9 date and oath affirmation in Boston.
James F Roche's new score Love's Lullaby wins praise from expert listeners. The Berkshire Hills childhood recollections infuse the piece with tender emotion and sweetness. Ross and Co of West Street publish the music.
A lively Sunday on Boston Common and the Public Garden draws the largest crowd since Coxeyite demonstrations. Families enjoy fountains and shade while socialists speak from the bandstand and a young musician plays amid curious onlookers. A goat scene ends with city officials intervening as children raft about Frog Pond.
Miss Charlotte W Hawes presents Imperishable Melodies at Shepard Memorial Church Cambridge this afternoon with contralto solo He Was Despised and Lost Chord by Handel and Sullivan. Emma M Becker of Brookline performs Lift Thine Eyes Unto the Hills with Aline Barrett Greenwood Memphis Tenn and Sarah Fisher Wellington Cambridge.
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