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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1896
Page
6
A brief ad promises double and single breasted blue yacht suits made thoroughly with color warranted. A new suit is given for one that fades, described as a splendid uniform. Extra trousers priced at $2.50, suit price listed as $7.75, with total value around $15. G.A.R. Butto.
The piece chronicles the weekly wage payment law, its abolition of monthly pay in Massachusetts, and the ensuing court battles. It quotes multiple labor leaders and engineers praising the law's benefits while opposing corporate efforts to overturn it, noting constitutional rulings and anticipated legal challenges.
Nicholas Clark, believed from Providence, R I, died yesterday in Worcester Hospital after found with throat cut near Southbridge. In Worcester County Superior Criminal Court James McQuaid and William Cole were each sentenced to fifteen to twenty years for highway robbery and seven to ten years for breaking and entering at Athol.
A resident quips that running the town costs a lot, noting there are sixty eight aldermen to figure the expense. The exchange highlights the burden of municipal governance and the local appetite for fiscal accountability.
Bradstreet's summary notes stronger demand for shoes with orders widening and leather prices rising, while wool demand remains weak. Cereal and produce prices fall, central western trade underwhelms, and bank clearings dip. U.S. failures ease. railway earnings rise. Canadian data show modest improvements and ongoing higher shoe output.
R G Dun and Co Weekly Review notes no panic in stock markets as reaction remains mild. Manufacturing shows uneven results with few industries gaining, railroad stocks inching up slightly from last week, and overall business activity limited but steadier than prior periods.
Roxbury High School battalion will worship at Dudley Street Baptist Church at 10 30 with Rev A B Gumbart delivering Some Elements of True Patriotism as Illustrated in the Life of Abraham Lincoln. A Parliament of Man meeting at Music Hall at 3 p m honors Decoration Day with G A R posts, the Ladies Relief Corps and James Logan Gordon addressing The Grand Army of the Republic. The last Channing Hall talk at Beacon Street 2:30 features Rev W Hanson Pulsford on The Life and Work of Paul. Miss Maud Murray presents a dramatic recital at 81 Boylston assisted by cellist Wulf Fries with many patronesses listed. Unitarian Temperance Society meets at King's Chapel Monday 7 30 with multiple speakers. Rev Minot J Savage to preach last Boston sermon next Sunday at Church of the Unity.
The West is loyal, New York May 22. Senator Peffer and Governor Altgeld telegraph that they believe the Western States remain loyal in response to Belford of Colorado comments on secession from the Union.
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