11 Nov 1896
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1896
Page
1
The piece argues Harvard should standardize a strong stroke after Yale’s adherence to the Bob Cook stroke. It notes Cook’s English influence, Yale’s long practice, and Harvard’s past changing methods. It urges Harvard to settle on a good stroke and develop it fully.
Lord Salisbury confirms the Venezuelan dispute is settled and an arbitration treaty is reported. The United States avoided further complications, gained recognition of its policy, and secured arbitration over force in inter republic affairs, a triumph for American ideas and principles.
The trustees of the Public Library face strong opposition to placing Me. MacMonnies’s dissolute Bacchante in the library courtyard. The Art Commission already rejected it, and public opinion protests from churches social groups and citizens warn of a clash over decency and artistic intent.
In the fourth councillor district the North End wards show accurate returns apart from one Ward 6 blunder. Ward 11 produced Allen’s large Republican vote through careless counting, as residents voting blindly and officials counting poorly. The piece contrasts Back Bay voting with North End precision and urges accountability.
The article argues wheat prices have risen steadily under the gold standard, reaching levels unseen for years. It contrasts real gains to farmers from higher prices with imaginary gains under free silver, noting the shift benefits producers through greater exchange value of wheat.
The piece notes Britain faces a large deficiency while India struggles toward famine conditions. It adds that Russia Australia and Argentina cannot supply relief due to crop failures, leaving the American farmer to carry the burden this year.
The article argues Republicans can push a revenue bill in the coming short session and warns against delaying to next spring. It notes free silver Republicans largely align with party caucus, keeping a small irreconcilable faction led by Teller. It claims current tariff supports business and that revenue is needed to cover government expenses, not renewed protection.
A column blends social curiosities with brief city updates. Mentions include Miss or Mrs and the “smart set,” Leland F. Powers and a new baby, artist Selinger's Venice studies, Nonantum’s 250th anniversary, Thomas Riley at the New York horse show, Whitney's land purchase near Cleveland’s future home, Mme. Bernhardt’s American ventures, Boston flower show splendor, a physician treated a lion, and Harvard defeats blamed on coaching.
The summer athletic girl shifts from tennis and rowing to the gym when back in town, making the horizontal bar and high jumps routine. Described are bloomers, blouses, a short skirt, long sleeves, low collar, no corsets, and Union underwear. A London imported suit with decollate neck and puff sleeves in dark blue pongee is noted as a radical change.
The itemized daily table lists breakfast items such as Crushed Wheat Boiled Potatoes Graham Bread Coffee and dinner offerings including Bluefish Roast Beef and Pot Roast with sides. A brief society note mentions Lizzie Russell and Mrs Zebley of New York connected to animal welfare and a Russian bell gift inscribed by Nicholas II.
A compilation of brief jokes and anecdotes from London Figaro Truth Puck with a burglar, a dying patient, a conundrum about a letter, a boast about bicycle repair, and reporters debating a colleague’s talent. Characters include Oliviere and the father, a burglar, the head of the household, and unnamed reporters.
Lord Downshire lays a railway on his Hillsborough ground in County Down. A New York professor’s wife recalls ivy poisoning’s odd romance. Princess Henry of Battenberg mourns her husband. Balmoral resisted the Czar visit. Local names Abraham Lincoln Ulysses Grant William McKinley and others for infants spark curiosity. Sir Edmund Monson and Sir Horace Rumbold gained Washington ties through early diplomatic service.
The Morning Journal attacks Boston Globe for its past and current management, labeling the Globe as profit driven and soulless. It accuses the Globe of arrogance, superficiality, and a billboard mentality focused on advertising over public virtue.
A Cape Cod summer tale follows two Boston girls who sail for a glimpse of a haunted vessel. They are saved by a ghostly captain seeking help for his son, and awaken in a fisherman's cottage beside a younger man who bears the sailor's likeness.
A Va woman describes severe eczema on hands causing sleepless nights and distress. She credits Cuticura Remedies with rapid relief after a long struggle and notes daily use, product availability, and related offerings from Cuticura including soaps and Resorvent.
The committee in charge of the demonstration in Boston Theatre next Sunday evening under the auspices of the Boston T. A. Union will hold a meeting in the Parker House this evening at 8 o'clock with presidents and officers of local societies to finalize arrangements.
The will of Harriett Wheeler Damon of Worcester was filed in probate. Public bequests include 3800 to the Consumptives' Home Grove Hall Boston 1500 to Mt Holyoke Seminary 1000 to the Young Women's Christian Association of Boston and 2000 to the Congregational Home Missionary Society. The residue goes to several missionary and educational groups.
Fred B Byam of Chelsea challenges Harvard management claims after the Harvard Princeton football match. He states 2000 seats were vacant an hour after kickoff and held by outside speculators, while reports claimed 1900 could be seated. He questions if extra seats were a ploy to defeat poor boys hoping for work.
Cambridgeport resident Charles A. Astwood appeals to the West End Railroad Company to add two additional cars on the Harvard Square to Tremont House route. He notes overcrowding on the Tremont House car during peak hours and urges morning and evening service to accommodate riders amid limited seating and shouted exhortations by conductors.
A reader defends the editor's handling of the Allen case and rejects a Globe editorial lumping Afro Americans with a lower class. The letter argues Allen is part of Massachusetts Republican influence, claims he earned the nomination amid Democratic backstabbing, and asserts African Americans owe no debt to the party. Cobra from 363 Northampton Street signs off on November 9.
A Cambridge letter criticizes a riot vicinity on Nov 2 and harrowing behavior by students. The writer, T G Wakeley, denounces a class of Harvard students for insulting a young lady on a Harvard square car on Nov 7 and calls for action to curb such behavior.
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