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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1894
Page
4
Boston Post announces subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and directs readers to update addresses. It notes second class matter status, payment in advance, and discontinuation on expiration. Editor Publisher Eb A Grozier signs the notice.
A Massachusetts worker is valued as highly as a Hungarian immigrant in Alabama coal mines, and a Massachusetts man is worth more than a sheep in Ohio. The piece criticizes Senator Hoar and stresses domestic labor strength.
The Welch case ended with open doors, marking a victory for open hearings and reform. The police board now faces public scrutiny in future cases, ending the board’s secretive proceedings and signaling accountability for the Boston department.
A political take urges voters not to back Republicans in Congress and argues they cannot influence policy with Grover Cleveland in the Presidency. The piece expresses a strong partisan stance and ties the outcome to Cleveland's leadership.
The piece denounces anarchist propaganda from Switzerland targeting the dead Czar and his successor. It argues Russia’s despotism fueled anarchism, notes past terror under Alexander III, and questions Nicholas II's courage to meet revolutionary defiance with reform.
A year after McKinleyism the nation faced low spirits while two months of Democratic tariff policy revived business and steadied the economy.
The late afternoon operation of West End street cars is praised as an imposition and disgrace. The writer cites crowded cars and slow movement on the city's two main streets, caused by too many country cars in long strings and delays among them. Relief is found in reorganizing street car routes to prevent this congestion.
A brief political note urging voters to support democracy and democratic principles. It emphasizes that democracy sustains government, remains accountable to the nation, and that democratic values are the winning path. The statement underscores voting for democratic leadership.
The letter from Judge Churchill declines arresting any Republican candidates in the tenth district pending the election. It emphasizes sensible, judicial restraint and frames the rival’s savage pamphlet as a misstep by the offended candidate seeking to run against his competitor.
In a letter Judge Churchill urges calm and postponement of criminal libel actions and other political devices until after the forthcoming election. He warns that rushing such cases could mislead the public and advantage opponents.
A call to vote the Democratic ticket counters Republican talk of a collapse next Tuesday. The message urges voters to fulfill their duty by casting ballots for Democratic candidates.
The piece demands proof or withdrawal of accusations of official corruption against eleven council members and urges the Municipal League to specify guilty individuals. It warns that delays may undermine public trust while noting other local items from politics to social clubs and a courtly speech on changes in city life.
A political exhortation argues that choosing the croakers’ ticket repeatedly is the path to prosperity, casting the Democratic slate as calamity and urging supporters to vote the opposing side.
The ROYAL BAKING POWDER is portrayed as more economical due to greater leavening strength. Government reports from the United States and Canada allegedly show other brands providing 20 to 80 percent less leavening gas. The copy argues ROYAL would be cheaper despite potential higher price, citing superior flavor and wholesomeness.
Quiggs and Griggs discuss language habits and stage romance. Griggs jokes that Juliet would not kiss and make up unless she first quarrels, noting stage Juliets kiss after reconciliation.
The Boston Theatre closes the second week of In Old Kentucky with matinee and evening shows as audiences remain large and seats sell out early. Dan Daly shines as Justice amid strong cast praise. Grand Opera House ends Rory of the Hill run as James Roach reports a successful season. Grand Opera to feature James O Neill for a two week engagement with Monte Cristo Virginius Richelieu and Don Carlos de Seville. Eddie Foy dominates Off the Earth with standout fairy makeup and heavy laughter.
Boston bakers debate lowering bread prices as New York advocates a two pound loaf for a nickel. Flour costs and margins are analyzed, with Andrew McArthur of Cambridge Street arguing a six cent loaf is unsustainable on best ingredients.
Bradstreet's reports general trade remains conservative with little broad improvement from a week ago. Certainty grows from Fall River strike settlement with firmer prices for cotton fabrics and cloth printer orders for future delivery. Some gains seen in cheaper shoes drugs hogs fruits while wheat corn oats lard and coffee rise modestly. Southern cities show mixed signals with Chattanooga improving while Charleston Atlanta Jacksonville Birmingham stay weak Memphis and Nashville softening Augusta Savannah slow New Orleans Galveston dull. US weekly failures total 249, Canada 50, per R. G. Dun & Co.
A collection of humorous quips and anecdotes from the Dusty Rhodes and others on social manners. Sketches include a sun bath tale, proxy wooing, a difficult board bill, flattery, and quick exchanges about money, meals, and family in a light newspaper column voice.
Purchasers attend a Brady night featuring The Cotton King with a special musical service at the Church of the Messiah. The 30 voice choir, directed by Charles J. Buffum, joins Herbert Johnson and young pianists from Newton Highlands. Tomorrow’s Graham concert lists John Kernell Annie Hart Mark Sullivan Frank Cushman Thomas Glynn Dora Wiley, with Castle Square Orchestra under L Orage performing new pieces including Rose Gavotte and The Castle overture.
Readers are urged to send short crisp letters with opinions, suggestions, and criticisms. The Post reserves space for concise remarks and states it does not endorse opinions published.
A letter to the editor complains about draughty electric cars and urges regulating overhead ventilators. The writer calls for half of the front ventilators to be closed in cold weather to spare passengers from cold air. He predicts when electric heating arrives, ventilators will be shut. Dorchester, Boston, Nov. 2.
In Trenton on November 2, a grand jury indicted four justices of the peace Abram D. A. Naar Levi Ayres Cornelius S. Abrams and Harvey Savidge for extortion. Ayres pleaded guilty while the others pleaded not guilty claiming they sought only lawful fees.
The excerpt recalls a rural homestead with gas flames, log cabin, and well sweep as memory returns to a母 mother at a spinning wheel and childhood scenes. It evokes jars, jams, and family bric a brac, then childlike dreams in the harvest bin and loft, ending with James Whitcomb Riley’s voice.
The Observant Citizen describes a furious Italian owner of a hand organ and a monkey, standing at a Brownstone on Boylston Street and shaking his fist at a window in the afternoon.
Landlord Merrow of the Revere House paid ten dollars after being found guilty in Municipal Court for a barber shop kept open on Sunday. He claimed he sold the shop to George B. Williams of Walpole prior to any prosecution. An appeal was filed to the Superior Court.
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