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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1896
Page
4
The Boston Post presents itself as a regional Democratic-leaning newspaper serving New England, emphasizing political coverage, editorials, and community notices with a strong party alignment.
The page shows subscription pricing for Motto: With a Mission and The Sunday Post with annual and short-term rates. It notes change of address procedures, order of payment, and that all money is at sender's risk. Boston office contact and distribution notes are included. Editor B A Grouziel signs as publisher.
The public asks where Mr. McKinley stands on trusts and anti trust enforcement. Voters want to know if he will appoint an Attorney General to pursue the anti trust law and how he will align his Cabinet with popular sentiment against trusts.
Confidence of business rises after the victory of sound money. The scare ends and capital moves into productive enterprise. Mills and factories restart, prices rise, and employment grows as hundreds of millions of dollars flow into circulation. Recovery is underway and lasting.
The piece questions whether Republicans will honor broad popular support for sound money as they gain control, warns of pressure from trusts and monopolies under a new tariff, and recalls 1890 concerns about funding from protected industries influencing policy. The tone urges prudence and accountability in the new government.
The article argues that with Republicans controlling government, the Democracy should unite to oppose McKinley and Hanna, defend people’s rights against trusts and monopolies, and push reform in banking and currency. It insists the party must harness vigor to oppose tariff favors for special interests and accept the people’s vote against free silver.
The speaker urges the party to settle the silver issue and shift to major goals including land trusts tariff reform and currency improvement. He predicts two years of work for the national Democracy and a chance to regain leadership if opportunities improve.
The editorial defends Isaac B. Allen as a lawful representative and argues that objections should target his character and record rather than his color. It notes past sins such as a gambling house and liquor cases but says acquittals and dropped charges limit claims. Responsibility rests with Republican managers and voters who backed him, not Democrats.
The article lauds William J. Bryan for his dignified, restrained conduct during the post-election period. It highlights his refusal to join fraud claims, his modest public statements, and a telegram to McKinley praising the American people. The piece contrasts his conduct with harsher opponents and credits him with good citizenship.
The Observant Citizen notes a property market surge in Back Bay Roxbury Dorchester Somerville and nearby suburbs with rising sales and building contracts as prosperity spreads. The column also riffs on local politics and fashion while ending with a headline tease THE LATEST.
The page reports possible winter travel by Mr Rich, kennel club events in Mechanics Building, and Cambridge social union dramatics with managers. It notes Nantasket boat Hingham’s air pump failure, a planned Manchester by the Sea residence on Chace property, and Harvard football players Wrightington to Wheeler recovering for tomorrow's game. It also includes household recipes and bicycle material news plus Cuban stamp details.
A lone hunter on a birch canoe drifts into a swift river bend and is dashed against a boulder. The tale follows Joe Waring’s daydreams of a simple life with Molly, ending in tragedy as fate unravels his imagined future.
On rainy days the question of what women may wear is raised as business women fear pneumonia. The author notes men who oppose short skirts should try wearing ordinary outfits outdoors in the morning to understand the issue.
A string of humorous exchanges at a social event features a pie eating spectator, a football player as an escort, and a quip about names and marriage. The banter touches on marriages, creditors, and playful insults about Mrs. Golightly and the Bjornsons.
Do not wait for summer to buy your wheel. Take advantage of excellent quality and low price now. Perfect Christmas gift for a lady or gentleman. Our first-class bicycles are equal to any on the market.
The piece surveys diverse figures from theater to academia. Sarah Bernhardt’s niece plans a New York millinery store and may join the professional undertakers’ ranks. Greece’s King and Queen live simply in Athens. Mrs J J Duby, a Detroit embalmer, aims for a hat-trimming era. Archbishop Benson’s St Cyprian work nears publication. Justice Stephen Johnson Field turns 80 as he nears long service. David Starr Jordan is floated for Smithsonian roles but declines.
Boston society notes a Tremont street parade of fourteen authors including Judge Robert Grant James Jeffrey Roche John T. Wheelwright Richard Hovey Louise Guiney Nathan Haskell Dole Henry C. Merwin Arlo Bates B Wendell Thomas Wentworth Higginson Frank Sanborn Harold Williams Morton Prince. Each entry satirically assigns attire and roles as the procession moves toward Horse Show week.
The scene depicts smiling people at Myopia kennels as rumors circulate about polo ponies. The ponies allegedly turn toward a cottage near the carriage drive when released for a run, where a lovely lady is known to be greatly admired by a noted polo huntsman.
The elder Horatio Slater of Providence buys the Thayer mansion in Back Bay for a permanent town residence. His son Samuel Slater, recently wed to the elder of Artist Hunt's daughters, has lived in Washington while tensions with his father persist. Isabelle Perkins, Weld heir and Captain George H. Perkins’s daughter, returns from Europe with social prominence anticipated this season.
A poem nostalgically recalls a dainty five oclock tea with Margery in a blue muslin gown. It contrasts simple blue muslin with luxury gowns, laments distance to a beloved Margery Scribner, and conjures a vivid memory of a vine shaded porch and a distant home in Spain.
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