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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1894
Page
4
The Boston Post records pricing for daily and Sunday editions with annual, semiannual, and monthly rates. It notes address-change procedures and that payments are sent at sender's risk, with checks and money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The Post comments on the Plymouth Abington riot prosecution of Old Colony men and questions why the attorney who gave the advice leading railroad officials to act does not offer himself as a substitute in their stead.
The piece argues that Boston Democrats must win the mayoralty and control the Board of Aldermen to prevent Republican gerrymandering. A Republican board could redraw wards to dilute Democratic majorities, affecting city government and representation in the Legislature. It stresses no issue is more important for Boston Democrats in a municipal election.
Aldermen Hall, Lee and Witt deny Municipal League accusations and urge full investigation. The Board’s speeches shift the burden to the Municipal League to prove or retract claims. The Post pledges to publish all evidence, while insisting on fairness and accountability.
The Standard Oil Trust fights to crush the New England Oil Co in Somerville using price cutting and rebates. Critics warn one cent gas and follow-the-truck tactics threaten honest competition and local industry, urging dealers and consumers to resist the monopoly.
A community voice argues that any remaining spirit of independence could foil a trust’s bid to crush competition, warning against wholesale consolidation and urging resistance to anticompetitive measures.
The Democratic convention has chosen Francis Peabody Jr. as the party’s mayoral candidate. The party urges unity and strong effort to win Boston’s city government, praising Peabody as an able, qualified leader despite limited political experience.
The Post plans its annual theatre party for Boston newsboys next Monday evening. The entire second balcony is secured for the event with numbered seats and coupons on every ticket. Six hundred tickets will be distributed Sunday morning for the Sunday Posts crowd.
The Observant Citizen reports on the Post leadership at North ferry East Boston and sales by newsboy Thomas A. Gannon. It also notes Booker T. Washington at Crawford House, Meigs railroad model removal, Ames building visitors, Roxbury trolley excitement, and Mme Korany returning to New York after praising Boston.
Boston University registrar Waldron Holmes Rand resigned after a dispute with trustee J H Chadwick over sending Rand’s son to Harvard. The Board and faculty confirmed the resignation but offered no detail on causes. Rand has held the post eleven years and will be replaced temporarily by Lovell of Hyde Park with salary extended to June 1.
The article notes a financier disputes over Rand's internal seal patent fight impacting his financial position. Rand forms a stock company with brother William B. Rand. the invention is patented in Germany, England, Belgium, France, and the United States. Supporters say Rand acts from private motives, including sending his son to Harvard despite the controversy.
Short concise letters are invited for comment suggestion criticism or complaint. The Post will not publish long winded pieces and does not necessarily endorse any opinions printed here.
A reader in Boston asks the editor where to obtain a Columbian quarter dollar for a coin collection, dated November 15. The note is signed as POST READER.
A Boston reader requests guidance on how to introduce a new electric car pattern after submitting a tender. The letter, dated November 15 1894, urges instruction on presenting the TRUE LIFE SAVER design to the editor of the Post.
A Roxbury letter urges newspaper investigators to examine dressmakers who employ sewing girls and compel 8 AM to 10 30 PM work without extra pay. The writer asks where inspectors are and signs as One of the Overworked dated November 15.
A reader argues that men in streetcars gaze at women and suggests Chelsea ignore attention by reading a book from boarding to alighting. The writer notes no complaints from five years of riding with male passengers and asks Chelsea to consider that others also look.
A reader from North Bellevue asks for the number of English American voters in Massachusetts. The query seeks the count of naturalized Englishmen and their direct descendants qualified to vote, as of November 14.
An estimate for qualifying courts in the Commonwealth places the number of naturalized English-American voters at about 20 000 in the state.
Edmund Phetan of Boston writes in support of a no license stance, arguing it would shift liquor money into legitimate industry and create more jobs. He contests the Building Trades Council’s opposition and urges Boston to vote for no license.
Bradstreet's notes a generally encouraging trade outlook with merchants and manufacturers nationwide reporting higher activity and expectations of early improvement. Georgia fertilizer output may shrink 40 percent next season while Eastern centers show rising business in glass leather lumber cottons and dry goods. Bank clearings reach 1.0 billion across seventy five cities up 7.6 percent from the prior week and 2 percent below November 1892. New England shoe shipments rise to 116000 pairs from 69000 last year.
The Empire Theatre company closes its Hollis engagement with Liberty Hall. Captain Paul at Castle Square and Wight’s Souvenir at the Museum headline a varied bill. Francis Wilson resumes at Tremont while E H Sothern makes his Hollis debut this season.
The Victoria Cross returns to praise at Lyceum New York while Prince Pro Tem hits 150th Boston show. Sowing the Wind ends its Columbia run as Off the Earth closes at Park Theatre. Mansfield changes at Park with Arm and the Man Beau Brummell and more. Captain Paul at Castle Square and In Old Kentucky continue strong as Sousa concerts, Gaiety Girls shows, Doyle programs, and World’s Fair at Casino draw crowds. James O Neill Don Carlos de Seville winds down, Ada Gray East Lynne next week. Living pictures debut at Keith's noon show.
The article notes patrons welcome morning entertainments as many have not yet seen the Cotton King tableaux. Also listed are The Devil's Deputy at Tremont, Fedor the Russian boy act at Austin and Stone, Robert Fitzsimmons at Lyceum, and a strong variety bill at Howard Atheneum. Tonight J W Kelly in Bethesda Hall aids Ss Peter and Paul parish.
In St Petersburg on November 16 the court issued invitations to the funeral set for Monday November 19. The city fills with visitors as the Prince of Wales attends cathedral ceremonies and Emperor Nicholas II gains popular support. It remains unclear if the Czar's marriage to Princess Alix will be public or private. The coronation is planned for Moscow next summer and over 10,000 sick provincials have come hoping to kiss Alexander III's forehead for a cure.
A group of citizens confronts the Weekly Wobble editor to learn his stance on current issues. The editor replies that the real question is the readers’ views on the paper, and notes debts owed for the last fifty-two issues. The verse by Seaton Donohoe reflects on loss and gain in love.
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