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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1894
Page
4
The Boston Post announces subscription options for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include daily one year eight dollars, six months four dollars, and three months two dollars. The Sunday Post costs two dollars per year, with six months to one dollar and three months fifty cents.
All subscriptions to the POST must be paid in advance and will be discontinued without further notice on expiration. If you cannot obtain the POST regularly from your newsdealer or newsboy, please notify us by mail at once. EB A GROZIER Editor and Publisher.
The service of Mr. Hall in the Board of Aldermen has been highly creditable to him and of value and honor to the city. He has proved his capacity and has done good work. It is a matter for regret that he was not renominated.
Five hundred Boston newsboys visit Castle Square Theatre as guests of the Post. Reserved seats prove secure as orchestra stalls while Manager Rose welcomes an audience ready for Captain Paul. The boys represent Boston's future merchants publishers and perhaps millionaires. They are bright and eager and will enjoy the theatre party tonight.
General Martin’s arch idea for the Franklin Park entrance is praised as a commemorative and ornamental solution to Boston’s lacking grand park entrances. The piece argues the arch would beautify the city, offer a purposeful structure, and urges public societies and citizens to push the project forward.
The Sunday Post lists corporations and dealers allied with the New England Oil Company in resisting the Standard Oil Trust. Readers are urged to support local industry by placing orders, viewing it as a stand against monopoly and a defense of Massachusetts enterprise.
The Sunday Post reports on two days inside the Massachusetts Home for Temperate Women to assess its methods. The piece argues the institution itself needs reform and presents a plain account of how the home operates, without targeting individuals involved.
The aged report condemns the forced pairing of youth with criminal inmates, vulgar behavior, lack of conduct rules, and poor cleanliness. It argues the facility fails as a reformatory, suggesting it operates more like a commercial laundry than a philanthropic reform program.
Mayor Matthews accepts sole management of the Bay State gas companies effective Feb 1 1895 and pledges to preserve city interests while promoting company business. The piece notes Milwaukee plans and concerns over consolidation, Standard Oil influence, and public scrutiny amid new leadership. It mentions visits by notable figures and a wave of visitors including Mrs Potter Palmer Denman Thompson John Philip Sousa and footballist Walter L Camp.
The Boston Journal attacks Mr Peabody as a stylish figure but argues Democrats value character over clothes or wealth. It says wealth is not a crime unless gained or used corruptly and that the “manly man” cares about integrity, not display. Peabody is seen as possessing respected qualities and fit to be mayor.
A Walton County reminiscence in dialect of Riley style observers, capturing noon and June time by the river. The speaker jokes on fishing fatigue, family skirmishes, and a fond rural scene with Dave chopping wood, a bacon smell, and shorebirds in a shaded landscape.
The column observes a new free carriage transport offer to a local store. It mentions two Post men on Washington street, Bill Smart and M. M. Gillam, the latter once city editor of the Post and later on the Philadelphia Record before his passing.
A collage of brief humor lines from multiple newspapers. The Chestnut column collects staccato banter and quips from characters such as stutterers, a chief clerk, a stern father, a prodigal son, an heiress and a magistrate. The jokes reveal regional tones and social attitudes of their times.
The piece surveys Harper Brothers sales of Trilby, literary acclaim for Mexican poet G Prieto, and comments by William Archer on Leigh Hunt. It notes price increases for books, mentions Punch and Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Morrison's Martin Hewitt, Conan Doyle's critiques, Charlotte Bronte autographs, and opinions of Ibsen and Aldrich on contemporary poetry and prose.
The Boston Post questions what happened to the State board tasked with the unemployed issue. It notes it has been so long since any word from the board that the Post fears the members may have joined the ranks of the unemployed.
A woman declines marriage citing poverty, prompting the suitor to counter that his means are comparable. The exchange reflects social pressures over wealth and remarriage prospects.
Richard Mansfield's private car lands at Union Station with olive green and gold livery and a Russian Cossack porter. Tonight Mansfield performs Arms and the Man at Park Theatre as Hollis hosts H. H. Sothern in The Victoria Cross. reviews note Ada Gray and upcoming Sowing the Wind engagements and the end of Prince Pro Tem at the Museum.
A historical notice lists pension recipients in various categories. Names include Robert Beard East Boston Edward Lee Salem Newton C White Brockton Joseph Carter Boston Win gate Burnham Haverhill George M McLain Rockport Maria Saunders Roxbury Agnes Lamander Gardner Susan Pratt East Weymouth Harriet Burnham Haverhill and the minor of James W Winn Medfield with statuses original and reissue and widows noted.
Short letters of comment criticism or complaint are sought with brevity. The Post does not endorse opinions printed here and reserves space only for pointed viewpoints.
The writer asks if "Tears that speak" is a quotation from a specific source or a common motto. The note cites "Words that weep and tears that speak" appearing in The Prophet by Abraham Cowley as a possible source.
A reader asks the Post to publish a ranked list of the ten top dramatic performers. Names mentioned include Irving Barrett Tree Salvini Bernhardt Duse Modjeska Hading Coquelin and others. He seeks reader opinions on the ranking.
Workers organized by seceding from the United Labor party convention in Syracuse. They held a separate convention on September 28, 1887 and nominated a candidate for New York Secretary of State who won 7,622 votes out of 1,045,378 total, effectively ending the party.
A reader named Smith argues that Boston offers little chance for young men of small means to form acquaintances. He notes few can rely on luck or ordinary means, limited time, and reluctance for social amusements, leaving independents of high status with better odds.
N A G argues immigration should be encouraged by forming companies to settle and farm vast tracts of public land totaling 571 million acres as untapped opportunities, easing overcrowding and boosting skilled labor across the United States. He cites the general land office report ending June 30, 1894.
Washington November 18 The annual report of James Sheakley governor of Alaska notes steady civilized progress in fisheries and mining profits. Immigration has augmented population and natives seek steady work in mines and mills. He highlights self support of natives, limited success in liquor suppression, and urges higher funds for Territory education.
Colonel Henry A. Thomas private secretary to Governor Greenhalge spoke at the joint Odd Fellows memorial service in Brockton Massasoit Hall. Massasoit and Electric Lodges I O O O F along with Beatrice and Peerless Lodges Rebekah degree served on the committee of arrangements. Mayor John J Whipple was master of ceremonies.
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