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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1894
Page
4
Public opinion demands full publicity as the Gray committee investigates Senate bribery charges. Officials and the public alike distrust the secrecy and insist that open proceedings provide the facts for informed judgment.
The author urges the State House to extend work hours and hold daily sessions to finish business before Memorial Day. They warn a two evening session plan is insufficient and warn against wasting time before Bunker Hill Day. A midsummer session is avoidable only with immediate extra hours.
The operators warn they will replace strikers with new workers by Monday, framing it as war. The piece denounces foreign unionists and accuses mine owners of forcing states to bear the burden, with militia and taxpayers to handle potential unrest and riots.
The passage argues that the people's government should end the dispute by granting living wages to striking workers, implying the onus is on those in power to resolve the quarrel without prolonged conflict. The tone is admonitory about policy remedies and collective action.
The piece argues Boston should not divert Fourth of July funds to Roxbury fire relief. It urges keeping the celebration in full while using public money to aid shelter, food, and clothing for affected citizens via private charity, asserting no economy is saved by mixing the two efforts.
The Senate bill backed by Senator Hoar would curb the Louisiana lottery by closing loopholes and making its Florida operations illegal, enforcing federal authority against the corrupt racket long tied to Honduras. The measure receives praise as practical legislation transcending party politics.
The Republican majority in the State Senate has killed the nine hour labor bill. The piece is part of a long graveyard of labor measures the majority has buried. Supporters say workers and labor groups backed it, but the Senate chose to kill it rather than amend.
A column mixes social satire with brief notices. It defines bounder as a vulgar cad among gentlemen, discusses medicinal apple acids and health cautions, and reports on public figures: John H. Clune and Judge Maynard bonds, Gov Andrew portrait gift, Gould family connections, Zella Nicolaus, Odette Tyler, and Miss Anna Gould rumors. It notes morning depot crowds affecting complexion.
Dawn light and smoky air give a cadaverous look to streets as households pack for summer trips. West End homes stripped for warm weather and Italian mothers stroll Commonwealth Avenue. New England lines on the New York New Haven Hartford tracks run on the left. F C Fiske dies in Paris, and Charles Sumner Hamlin’s weight loss spurs jokes. Quincy School closes for James Daly funeral. St Vincent’s orphans attend. Attleboro reporter Wilmore Ashby Winston learns he inherits $25,000 in Virginia. Somerset Club turmoil over steward duties and social snubbing. Bowdoin Square haberdasher J T Dyer returns from Ossipee with a big catch and a tale of line and hole.
The Post invites readers to submit one sided letters on how to spend a two week vacation cheaply. A ten dollar gold prize will go to the best letter. entries must be under 200 words and received by May 4. Preference to earlier dates. winner announced May 27. Address to Vacation Editor, the Post.
The Boston Theatre presented Wilson Barrett in Virginius last evening, a romantic role he handled with dignity and strength. Miss Jeffries impressed as Virginia, while the week also previews The Lady of Lyons and Belphegor.
Boston artist WwW. Px. Norton earns praise at the Royal Academy exhibition for A Calm Night on the river barge and Mid-Channel featuring a full rigged ship. His canvases travel to Macbeth gallery in New York.
Ruth Stillman of 58 South Walker Street Lowell Mass outlines vacation ideas for a young person seeking total rest. She favors a beach house near Boston with stylish dress, wholesome company, good meals, occasional sailing, and even a bicycle built for two for shared pleasure.
The article promotes a two week visit to Cottage City with $2 transit to Wood's Hall, a boat to the island, day trips to Gay Head and Oak Bluffs, and camping or inexpensive lodging options. It suggests touring the coast, exploring inland areas, bathing, reading, and enjoying hotel meals with self provided breakfasts for about $15 total. By Nellie E. Dill.
Arlington resident Perry D. Darling urges city dwellers to visit Brant Rock for boating fishing and seashore pleasures while country residents should explore Boston sights enjoying seaside activities in this brief Arlington note.
Charles Harris of Milwaukee gifts a lakeside Wisconsin cottage once owned by Sidney Lanier to his uncle Joel Chandler Harris, linking the gift to Uncle Remus. Leading Terre Haute circles plan a June 9 birthday fete for ex Secretary of the Navy Richard W. Thompson and invite public figures.
The cruiser Columbia returned to League Island Navy Yard at 1:30 PM after a successful deep sea trial. Three six hour steam trials included full speed with three engines and varying screw configurations. Under natural draught she hit eighteen and a half knots, with coal endurance of thirty five tons per day at ten knots and seventy tons per day at fourteen knots. Minor defects found in the secondary battery.
The Concord and Montreal steamer line on Lake Winnipesaukee will begin service on June 1. The announcement outlines启动 the lake route linking key towns and boosting inland travel.
John Kraus of Jamaica Plain learns a distant uncle in Holland has died, leaving him one sixth of an estate reported over 100000 dollars. The will calls for land sale and division of proceeds. Kraus, 50, has lived in the U S for forty years and previously worked as head baker at the Revere House Boston then at Hotel Hartford.
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