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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1896
Page
4
A week of destructive fires along the North Shore and Nahant follows Cape district blaze, driven by spring drought and high winds. The Longfellow house loss, though not costly, marks a public calamity. Citizens urged to double precautions and push preventive measures to curb future forest fires.
The English High School in Boston marks seventy five years since its founding, noted as a pioneer in free public education and a finishing school whose graduates enter business life. The anniversary parade highlights its growing influence and the prominent role of its alumni in Boston's enterprise and well being.
The piece cites Spanish officials proposing death or exile for Cuban patriots and calling for brutal measures. It notes Weyler’s policies and Madrid papers urging mass executions and hangings to quell insurgency, portraying a harsh stance toward autonomists and rebels.
The text warns that if Gotin proceeds with extermination of ban patriots, the Western world would be shamed. It likens Gotin to medieval brigands and Cuba to deserve sympathy from modern civilization, while Spaniards are cast as brigands.
The State House backed the people by substituting the free transfer bill for a committee report with near unanimity and enthusiasm. The House refused to suppress it in committee and took decisive steps toward passage, signaling broad public support. The bill likely moves to the Senate, where it may face new scrutiny.
The piece weighs in on McKinley and other party figures over free coinage versus sound money, noting Democrats lean sound money and Cleveland’s stance. It covers political positions, Alaskan placer discoveries, East Boston Carnival, a pickpocket anecdote, ferry plans, and a Public Garden suggestion to enjoy spring scenery.
A report notes only ten of forty five Republican state conventions favor free silver and that among 918 delegates two thirds back sound money. It warns past conventions have yielded to silver compromise and predicts a muddled platform at St Louis unless bold action is taken.
A short collection of sayings from Lord Chesterfield and Longfellow. It highlights that worthy deeds deserve effort and fame follows merit as destiny.
The Observant Citizen reflects on Shakspere anticipating X rays and recalls a peculiar exchange about spelling truth. The piece moves to a Sunday in the Sandwich woods near a recently burned district where deer, partridges, and a Mongolian pheasant reappear among green regrowth. It ends with a report of two Boston men who found gold in Alaska after leaving Juneau and returning with capital for a Seattle venture.
A collage of humorous quips and dialogue pastiches from various publications. It surveys puns on ears and burns, appetite for horses, women’s suffrage language, Latin confusion, codfish eggs, shipwreck humor, medical miscommunications, fashion shifts, and a Greenwich Hospital chaplain’s consoling quip, all in light magazine style.
The article notes growing variety in neckwear with season progression. Delicate tinted point lace suits evening gowns, yardage of handkerchief points allows custom quantities, and ornate cuff pieces pair with decorated collarettes such as a white satin Medici collar.
The description portrays a summer fashion season with coarse white lace, double chiffon ruffs, and cuff details. Bodice ornaments favor yokes over vests, wash dresses feature lawn collars with tucks and Russian veining, and embroidery frills or inserts with gusture details appear. Grass lawn fabrics paired with light ribbons create appealing outfits. The piece notes the summer girl needs charm and confidence to be irresistible.
A Dorchester clammer named John Cotter faced a British impressment ship off Savin Hill in 1810. He hid on the embankment, turned it into a sentinel fort, and deceived the crew into retreating, saving himself and his clams until a British crew member confirmed the ruse.
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars each for the remaining four accepted stories. Prizes go to feminine writers only, with checks mailed Mondays for the prior week.
May 19 Fall River hosts the General Association of Congregational Churches of Massachusetts. Rev. Dr Haven of Boston opens. Rev. Smith Baker of East Boston is chosen moderator. Delegates hear welcomes from Rev. W Walker Jubb and Rev. William J. Martin. Committees named. reports received. about 200 delegates present, more expected.
A group of Boston residents sails from New York to Liverpool aboard the White Star steamer Teutonic. Among them are Samuel P. Mandell, C C G Thornton, George F. Wood, Jacob Pfaff and family, J D White-Wickham, E R Nash, B E Elms, S V A Hunter and family, Lillian Hunter, C K Stearns, M St B Eustis, Charles Vose, Edmund A Poole, president of the China Insurance Company.
Yesterday marked the first visitation day at Brookline Day Nursery on Walter Avenue. The center takes in fifteen to seventeen children daily, aged six months to five years, with mothers paying five cents for two daily meals consisting of soup bread and milk. Matron Miss Helen Blaine, a Canadian native, trained in institutional work under Miss Margery Hall of the Virginia Day Nursery, New York.
A midcentury menu lists breakfast lunch and dinner items from strawberries to clam soup. It includes detailed recipes for clam soup New England Johnny cake and potato salad with dressing notes and ends with the signature Miss Mollie Williams of Boston Massachusetts.
A list of luncheon items including sliced bananas with cream oatmeal and cream broiled salmon baked potatoes buttered toast rice fritters and more. A cheese cracker spread recipe and instructions for toasted crackers are given. Also noted is a recipe for rice fritters and the author Mrs Mary Nichols of 156 Sycamore Street Somerville Mass.
The article lists a Dorchester supper menu featuring hominy oranges cream and sugar fried veal cutlets butter mashed potatoes and more. It includes a rhubarb pie recipe with steps and ingredients and a Spanish cream dessert recipe with gelatine milk eggs and sugar. Mrs Harriet Wales at 48 Parkman Street Dorchester is named as the contributor.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of 1 dollar for the best three meal bill of fare from women readers. Bills of fare must read like a menu with brief preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast dinner and supper or breakfast luncheon and dinner, for a family of five with a weekly food budget of 10 dollars. First contest ends Saturday November 9 with winners printed weekly. send to Cooking Existor, the Post, Boston. Rejected entries will not be returned. Do not send stamps.
A May 26 benefit concert and dance at Catholic Union Hall South End supports the Working Boys Home. Performers include Geneva McMorrow, Edward McCarty, James Fitzgerald, Katherine Neal, George Fitzgerald, W H S Hill, and others with Miss Agnes Fitzgerald as accompanist. Committee members Foley Galvin Ryan Duffin Carroll to manage. meeting Sunday at 3 at Bonnet street parlors to hear final report.
In Hartford on May 19, Assistant Judge Perkins ruled in the State versus John L. McAdoo. McAdoo forced a sharp wire through a keyhole into John Kilmartine's forehead on March 2, injuring him and impairing his speech. The judge fined McAdoo ten dollars, deeming the act intentional but the outcome accidental.
A public reminder that neckwear offered at this sale is newly produced within the past month and not old stock. The vendors claim extra space and added sales staff to serve customers promptly.
James P. Shelvie of Boston replies to George E. Richardson defending his father Officer Richardson. He questions impartiality and cites dangers from cyclists and a driver, stressing personal safety and objecting to being pulled from his bicycle. He praises filial affection but asks for fair scrutiny of public servants. May 16.
Cambridgeport resident George S. Coulton urges Massachusetts courts to intervene in the Iron Hall receivership in Indianapolis. He argues funds were placed in receivers’ hands and demands an accurate accounting and distribution to Massachusetts victims, asking The Post to investigate for justice.
May 19, 18% letter from a South Boston reader asks if City Point bath house will open this summer and what charges will apply for bathing suit towels and related items. Concern is raised that a higher price after reconstruction could bar many children from using the water.
A Readville reader disputes an Observant Citizen remark, crediting baggage master Edw A Fenton with saving a drunken man from death aboard the New Haven road. The writer, Charles F Palne, asks for correction and acknowledges the brave act while noting the risk taken by Fenton.
The era sees a surge of political writings in magazines with new papers on British Venezuela, U.S. city government, and presidential conventions. Zola’s fame grows with Rougon Macquart translations and Rome buzz. Also noted are photographs of Olney and Carlisle, library expansions, new biographies, and fresh poetry and fiction releases.
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