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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
4
The Boston Post outlines guidance for subscribers and payments. It mentions class notes, senior risk, and that drafts and money orders should be payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The city of Boston celebrated its returning athletes with a grand public reception at Faneuil Hall. A formal banquet featured notable speeches and a strong display of popular enthusiasm. The event underscored a civic pride likened to a modern Athens for these young champions.
The piece argues no civil court in Havart can justify executions of Americans condemned by Weyler's court martial. It warns that enforcing such a sentence would provoke costly U S reprisals and end Spain's control of Cuba, with no war but no slaughter by Spanish courts.
The piece warns Republicans face a bind between a high tariff and free coinage of silver. Silver senators control the Senate, threatening to block protection if a rider for free coinage is not included. If McKinley wins, the president would be forced to sign silver free coinage at 16 to 1. The note argues such a compromise would wreck the currency.
The Queen Regent’s Cortes address proclaims Spain will not abandon the mission of civilization in Cuba. Critics recall Spain’s extermination policy under Weyler and argue true civilization comes after Spain’s rule ends. Cuban independence is urged as the path to progress and self government.
The piece argues McKinley’s uncertain stance on currency has shifted momentum against him as delegates grow and public opinion turns toward sound money. It cautions banks and business interests oppose his noncommittal position and suggests replacing him with a stronger nominee to ease national financial anxiety.
Representative Gallivan urges the House to substitute the free transfer bill for the street railways committee’s adverse report. He argues Boston residents deserve equal transfers citywide, noting near unanimity from the City Council and public. He cites partial local success and compares with other cities to urge legislative consideration on its merits.
A short reflection on enduring envy with Christian patience. The message notes that envy from others tests character more than other hatreds, urging perseverance and virtue.
The United States training ship Enterprise begins a coastwise run for cadets many new to sea. Marblehead is first port as seasick lessons ease, then blue water toward the Azores. An anecdote follows on faraway lands five miles deep, and a Playgoers Club concert features Eugene Cowles. A bloomers fashion story contrasts athletic young women with bloomer fashion, ending with a clergyman’s wife receiving a call.
A famous actress visits incognito causing a clerical wife to receive her card by mistake. Misunderstandings arise, a mutual friend’s house visit clarifies matters, and the episode yields amusement amid stage talk. Also notes on trolley rail changes and Boston stock exchange chatter.
A Jamaica Plain resident writes to the Post protesting the open cars on the West End road calling them an outrage to the rheumatic, neuralgic, and pulmonary, noting many women are left standing and requesting box cars daily for the sick, endorsed by medical authority in Boston on May 13.
A South Boston reader condemns Harvard for cancelling the longstanding baseball date with Holy Cross, criticizing the move as unfair and unspokesmanlike while noting Holy Cross prepared to play and had rejected other dates.
A Boston resident urges park commissioners to improve the Q street boulevard sidewalks near Marine Park, noting insufficient appropriations for buildings. He calls for replacing dirt with a hard quartz or granite topping to ease walking, as current surface is dry and powdery. Date shown May 13.
A collage of jokes and light quips from Chicago Record and other papers. Amusing lines cover courting mishaps, manners, and blunt observations, including a faux kiss in a canoe and a pun about a dog with three legs.
A young woman Estelle Crandall loves Jack Barriston but her father and a devoted servant Jasper keep them apart. A mad ride on a tandem ends when Jack and Jasper crash near a railroad. Jack saves Estelle as Jasper dies beside the track. After a near-fatal ordeal, the couple wed in a simple ceremony.
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars for the remaining four picks. Winners named Sundays in The Sunday Post and paid by mail Mondays for stories published the prior week.
A shopper, overheated after a trip, longs to return home and shed hot clothing. The article extols summer dressing sacques in cool fabrics like white mull and china silk, often trimmed with yellow lace. Styles favor a jacket and blouse front, with pale tones and delicate trimming.
A lyrical meditation on springtime rebirth and domestic happiness. The speaker invites a beloved to share daisied meadows, cottage lights, and quiet mornings, promising renewed love and comfort before life ends. The verse evokes Edenic imagery and timeless rural joys.
Three commissioners and Professor Swain preside as A P McAlpine leads hearings into the May 7 accident at Park Square station. Witnesses from railroad and passenger ranks describe switch positions, brake conditions, and gear, while questions linger over whether a switch was changed during the approach. The inquiry ends with the commission taking the matter under advisement.
At National Hall the Malden adjourned meeting approved the final charter section by a 108 to 90 vote. The section would ban the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquors forever, with supporters arguing it upholds a no-license stand and constitutional directive, while opponents cited existing rum shops and enforcement concerns.
A grand May party was held in Knights of Honor Hall by Benoth Zion Educational Society. About two hundred people attended. The grand march was led by H. Pinkofsky and Miss Herson, with Floor Director M. Richmond assisted by J. Askowitth and G. Gradzinskie.
At INTO A RAGEWAY EAST WALPOLE on May 18, five box shop workers from F W Bird Son's paper mills were enticed to push by a young man. The tram car jumped its track and fell into the raceway. three girls were thrown into the water, Nellie Leonard tangled in the car and rescued unconscious but not seriously hurt, Kate Nugent injured, Grace Adams saved unharmed, Martha Nugent and Maggie Henderson escaped.
A new bolt and nut pool in the city has raised wholesale and retail prices by 50 percent in the past month. Firms signed an unsigned agreement to sell only at pool prices, with monthly adjustments and penalties for overproduction to support factories not meeting allotted demand.
Assistant Secretary Hamlin will act as acting Secretary of the Treasury for the next six months when Secretary Carlisle is absent or unable to sign routine matters. This follows the expiry of Wikes's time as acting secretary.
The Suburban Bank Cashiers Association held its annual meeting and dinner at the Quincy House with 38 members present. S. J. Willis presided. 85 W Holmes recorded. Colonel Charles H. Taylor spoke on modern journalism. Officers elected: President S J Willis. vice presidents RE P Hatch and W R Mitchell. secretary S W Holmes. treasurer R S Swan.
The fragment lists a Daily Table meal plan with breakfast items such as strawberries and cream lamb chops bread baked potatoes muffins griddle cakes syrup coffee. Dinner includes vegetable soup fricassee of chicken asparagus on toast boiled potatoes apple pie. Supper features cold corned beef fried potatoes hot biscuits apple sauce bread tea cheese and a chicken stew recipe with onions flour and seasoning. It names Julia A at 62 North Market Street Boston Massachusetts.
The Boston Post offers five dollars weekly for a three meal bill of fate from women readers. Submit a brief single menu with preparation directions for four or five persons and a weekly cap of ten dollars. First prize ends Saturday Nov 9 with weekly contests afterward and printing Mondays. Address to Cooking Editor, The Post, Boston. Rejected entries will not be returned.
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