This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1894
Page
4
Congressman Straus predicts a tariff bill vote in a days and claims Speaker Crisp can show the Vice President how to bring it to a vote. The piece argues the Democratic majority must act, not the Vice President, and urges a strong leader in the Senate to break the fear and subservience of the majority.
The Cleveland coal strike faces growing public backlash as operators rejected a reasonable advance and offered only half. Public sympathy shifts to the miners while distress and trouble loom, with operators blamed for refusing to concede living wages to avert worse outcomes.
The piece argues Governor Greenhalge needs an Executive Council though the council is seen as a nuisance generally. It blames the governor's lack of judgment and suggests replacing the governor rather than reforming the council.
A fragmentary passage questions a leader’s reliance on a trusted body and the council’s role in undoing his work and correcting his course. The context suggests political contention over governance and policy direction.
The piece declares a just Democratic verdict on lawmakers who failed to fulfill pledges and reforms. It condemns weak handling in both House and Senate, accuses them of delaying progress and courting monopolies, and calls the current situation a shameful wreck of a grand opportunity.
The speech urges a rigorous, fearless investigation by the Lodge resolution to expose corruption linked to monopolies and the McKinley tariff. It warns that a weak inquiry would stain public honor, while a thorough probe could restore trust regardless of individual outcomes. The Senate committee bears the nation’s honor.
The South Boston Citizens Association urges placing a patrol boat in Dorchester Bay during yachting season to boost safety. They argue waters near City Point and Marine Park are popular summer resorts with frequent accidents and call for regulated hiring and sailing to prevent tragedies.
A vivid column on Beacon Street mud and the cycle path created by tires. Political chatter includes Sam Roads and a binding machine bid for Washington. Updates cover pension talk for Mrs. Corse and changes in Boston railroad agents led by Harvey and Butler with successors.
A Boston column reports on a judicial nomination reaction, workplace trust in fire department discipline, a big New Hampshire Summer Institute for teachers with noted instructors, a priest resigning from Roman Catholicism, Megantic Club members recalling scandal on a Maine border trip, the last of 896 liquor licensees, Denver hotel trips souvenir cactus, Faneuil Hall bell risk, and a June 7 Massachusetts Medical Society exam at 19 Boylston Place.
Mrs Mary Ellen Lease remains gravely ill at the Deaf and Dumb Institution in Olathe Kansas. A threatening crank warns of harm, prompting Lease to fear a violent death for her opinions. Old Hutch at the Chicago Board of Trade fades from influence. Harvard annex appoints Miss James Smith dean at Barnard College with a mixed description of her character and appeal. Josiah Quincy draws New York papers' attention as Boston mayoral prospects stir fire insurance quips.
An account of Amy Robsart's pioneering all night journey in a Boston to New York railway post office car. She rode the new mail car at forty miles per hour, surviving a near wreck with revolver shots and moonlit woods as backdrop. The piece extols the peril and prestige of being the first woman to ride in a mail car and to report on train wreckers and postal duty.
Boston cor respondent F W Murdoch reports his one day canvass of transit lines and hotels shows the Boston Post outselling rivals in readers on 17 May. He visited 47 newsboys and multiple hotels finding 307 of 487 readers favoring the Post. He states the Post reporters' figures were honest and deems the Post the daily leader in the canvassed field.
Letter to the Post recounts a Tuesday blaze in Roxbury where embers fanned eastward and southward from Cabot street to Harrison avenue. With lack of nearby engines, residents watched roofs and walls ignite until William Hawes and Garteis of Adams Place 24 and 26 arrived to suppress the incipient fires.
A young bakery worker appeals to the Post editor asking for a regular Sunday closing by bakeries. She notes it is unnecessary to keep shops open on Sunday since groceries and butchers stay closed only after 10 30 Saturday night, and questions why bakers must work Sundays to supply brown bread and beans.
Chicago preacher Rev. L. McLean will conduct the noon meeting today at Bromfield Street Church, delivering an evangelistic message to attendees during the daytime service.
The King of Bohemia seeks Holmes and Watson to recover a compromising photograph tied to Irene Adler. A German Bohemian note signals danger to European royalty as Holmes plots to prevent a ruined royal marriage and a dangerous scandal.
The fragment hints at a dramatic finish to an exciting story, promising readers a full wrap up in the upcoming Sunday edition with key developments and the final outcome likely to be revealed.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.