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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1895
Page
4
The Post lists daily and Sunday subscription prices with yearly, six month, and three month options. Change of address should be sent to ensure proper delivery. Mail payments should be sent to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY with checks or money orders. do not send cash.
Manly M. Gillam of Hilton Hughes Co New York argues morning papers are better media for advertising than evening editions as reflected by Fourth Estate discussions.
The speaker labels Lord Dunraven’s charge of foul play by the New York Yacht Club as impudent and unsporting. He suggests Dunraven’s mind may be affected by repeated defeats and argues the Valkyrie owner must prove the allegation, while proposing a lunatico inquirendo commission as a first step.
General Draper overstated the Democrats claim that Massachusetts corporations are the Commonwealths worst enemies. The Middlesex Club dinner speakers defend the Democracy stance that corporations are valuable when operating within rights and duties and must be checked when overstepping to protect people’s interests.
The piece notes a Republican victory failing to lift speculative markets with prices trending downwards. Domestic conditions remain favorable, prosperity exists outside stock markets, and railroad earnings rise weekly. Yet railroad and grain shares fall, showing no bottom and dampening market sentiment amid uncertain influences.
A war cloud grips investor sentiment as British consols fall nearly 2 percent and fears of Kaffir speculation collapse ride alongside sterling exchange approaching the gold shipping point. London remains a steady seller while gold import pressures tighten, risking a sharp stock market recession unless a buying turn emerges.
The Post urges an equitable system of free transfers across Boston routes. It argues for one five cent fare that allows continuous rides, cites current inequalities, notes potential revenue gains from increased patronage, and calls on the West End Street Railway Company to adopt the reform voluntarily before the new Legislature addressed last Tuesday.
The observer recalls past life aboard a frigate with Captain Harrington listening kindly. Memories of youth, the old ship, and former routines are shared in a reflective tone.
A column-sized roundup covers a New York bound shipment of seventy thousand dollars in greenbacks, a Boston marriage rumor, Thanksgiving charity by the North End Mission led by Silas Peirce, stock market chatter with Mr Zigzag, Mary A. Livermore and Dorothy Dix on ailing nurse Mary A. Gardner Holland, post office upkeep, Budd Doble scouting trotters, and local scene bits from Boston society, railroads, and harbor pilots.
A French lieutenant recounts a dreamlike ordeal in Tuareg territory after a sandstorm. He awakens in a Saharan tent amid a beautiful woman and the Agha El Tahar ben Moussa, who treats him as a guest. A Tuareg envoy then delivers a severed head, a grim tribute from the Agha.
Freeman E. Tupper and his wife marked their golden wedding at home in Nashua New Hampshire on Saturday night after forty years as Nashua residents.
Reader writes to the Editor praising the Sunday Post for its Cambridge coverage and overall enterprise. He commends the paper’s timely, well prepared articles and expresses admiration for its character.
A curio of kitchen tips lists recipes and steps for meals and desserts. It includes grape fruit oatmeal supper with ham and potatoes, biscuits, waffl es, corn muffins, green pea soup, browned potatoes, tapioca cream, and Royal Baking Powder biscuits. The text ends with a faded attribution to TRASK from a Weprppugh stan location.
A World writer suggests a dollar's day for four persons with Monday menu items breakfast lunch and dinner. Recipes include hominy boil and pilau of cold beef with tomato, tongue a la jardiniere and potatoes a la Florenzo with cheese baked moulds.
The text describes meal classifications from breakfast to supper for American citizens and families of four or five, noting meals may be breakfast luncheon and dinner or three daily meals. It mentions costs around two cents per day and a weekly food bill of 928 per week, with a competition ending Saturday and daily postings after Mondays. It instructs writing on one side of the paper and avoiding stamps.
At St Andrews Hall yesterday the Building Trades Council reconsidered backing by the City Council for compelling the West End railroad to mend streets curb to curb and impose a five dollar tax per car. After heated debate the measure was indefinitely tabled as friction with Carpenters No 83 and allied trades eased.
The Central Labor Union and Socialistic Labor party plan an adjourned meeting to arrange Keir Hardie’s reception. Keir Hardie and Mr. Smith will stay with Mr. Woods at Andover House. The Faneuil Hall gathering opens with Squire Putney introducing John F. O’Sullivan. Hardie’s talk targets the broad labor problem with an assuredly engaging delivery.
The Brockton Central Labor Union met to receive new delegates from the Bakers and Confectioners and Cutters unions and Whitman branch of the Lasters Protective Union. The International Typographical Union praised a Werner Printing Co. Akron agreement and urged publicity. The Hatters union listed non union houses. The Machinists sought union organizing help. Tailors noted shops selling ready-made clothing harming Journeymen labels.
J A Stevens of the Manchester New Hampshire union addressed the Barbers' Union. H Mayo elected corresponding secretary and a full delegation to the Central Labor Union chosen. Six new members admitted. Printing trades held an important meeting at 45 East Not street with reports on machinery scale and higher dues. Plans to extend the label and to visit social organizations were approved. Freight Handlers' Union 627 discussed sub-foreman abuse on the Providence division and formed a committee to investigate. Building Laborers No. 15 tied municipal campaign to union matters with Dolan for Alderman and Lloyd for school committee endorsed. Actors Protective Union No. 2 seeks a local charter under AFL.
A fragment describes autumn woodland hues and bright silk waistwear as a solution for dress color coordination. The text notes a fashion note about waistwear and suggests the trend of silk garments offers a way to dress well with simple outfits.
The article describes waist and collar styling with plaid silks and woolens, noting lace details and chiffon fichus for dressy occasions. It highlights green and blue Scotch plaid combinations as appealing yet warns crimson blends resemble silk.
A humorous prose piece recounts a night of drinking and a spicy tale of a hot bird meal. The narrator recalls wine, a cold bottle, and the revelry that leads to gastrointestinal misery and a lasting complaint about a pygmy bird. The tone mimics vintage newspaper satire with mock admiration for reckless indulgence.
Alderman William R. Chipman, a Chelsea mayoral candidate, issues a letter at the request of Deacon Andrew J. Savage stating his stance for no license. The move highlights competition over license policy in the upcoming race.
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