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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1894
Page
4
The notice lists prices for daily subscriptions at 83.00 per year, 1.50 for six months, 1.50 for three months, and 2.50 per month, plus Sunday Post rates of 2.00 per year, 1.00 for six months, and 0.50 for three months. It requests address changes and notes second class entry and payment details to the Post Publishing Company.
The fishing schooner Gracie Benson was run down by a collier in Boston harbor with the loss of crew members on the eve of Thanksgiving. The accident occurred in clear waters and prompts calls to enforce blame and prevent future catastrophes.
Harvard faces the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia with Harvard seeking better luck after a tough Springfield game and Penn aiming to redeem its strong recent win against Princeton. The contest is seen as a chance to restore intercollegiate football's reputation after last Saturday’s brutal Yale affair.
A year after a crippling panic and high unemployment, American industry rebounds with mills and factories running, railroads shipping, and wages rising. The 1894 Thanksgiving is proclaimed a day of gratitude as prosperity returns and starvation fears fade.
The article celebrates a local victory over the Standard Oil Trust as independent refiners gain two to three times their former business. It praises public sentiment for resisting monopoly tactics and urges similar action elsewhere, asserting the Post’s role in the triumph.
A Massachusetts public warning asserts that Standard Oil has extended power over regional business and paralyzes oil interests. The text urges citizens to recognize how this power was exercised and to prevent such control from threatening free institutions elsewhere.
The Post proposes a public testimonial for Rev. Samuel F. Smith author of America. A December reception at Mechanic's Building would feature patriotic songs including Battle Hymn and the flag hymn. Tickets would be affordable and open to all praising the hymn and Massachusetts' distinguished son.
A rustic verse portrays Max and Jim as skinny brothers with contrasting faces yet equal affection from their father who cannot choose a favorite. Their mother jokes she might have to eat them both, highlighting family pride and endearing sentiment.
The piece surveys Rev William Bayard Hale of Middleboro praised for his sympathy to the poor while living in luxury at Mrs Cushing’s Maples in Massachusetts. It mentions a Met Opera critic Frank Robinson, a plan to force pine palate depressors by the Boston Board of Health, E J Henley’s Dover move, and Dr E J Palmer’s new teaching post at Boston Dental College.
A department inviting short crisp letters for comment suggestion criticism or complaint. The Post notes it does not endorse opinions printed here and reserves space for concise reader views.
A reader asks the required age for civil service papers. The Post replies that carriers must be 21 to 40 years old, all other positions 18 or older with no maximum. The next examination is Feb 5 in Room 145 at the post office building.
A letter to the editor from Boston dated November 28 argues for fireproof tenement construction in the city. It warns that rotten rookeries foster pestilence and epidemics and urges adoption of safer designs to protect all residents from deadly microbes.
Reader asks about second-class sleepers in trains. The reply notes several Western roads use second-class Pullman sleepers for emigrant passengers and low-priced excursions, with some on Boston & Maine and Maine Central to the provinces. Eastern second-class sleepers are said to be inferior, not upholstered, and require passengers to provide bedding.
A collage of literary remarks and biographical notes. Ibsen calls his new play “full of devils.” Rome auctions Queen Caroline’s library next January. Punch mocks women’s roles as “The Irrepressible She.” Dr. Johnson’s quip about women speaking in public is recalled. Defoe and Swift praised by Mrs. Oliphant. Sardou’s father dies at 93 in Cannes. J. M. Gray’s book collection sells, including Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. Greeley’s thrifty editorial anecdote on Broadway. Gibbon commemoration discussed in London. McCosh’s Princeton presidency and death noted. Ouida’s letter denounces socialist exile. Rhys-Davids critiques The Light of Asia. Arnold’s Lalita-Vistara links Buddhism and poetry.
A collage of newspaper snippets features a modern joke about electric cars, a quote about hair and combinations, and brief humor from several papers including the New Orleans Picayune and Atlanta Constitution. It also notes a photograph trend and a tailor’s legal dispute in a light, aphoristic mood.
Residents push a Roxbury Military Historical Society proposal to create a memorial park around the Eustis street burying ground. Speakers urge fencing, preservation of graves, and improved streetside surroundings to protect and honor local founders and defenders. The joint City Council committee took the matter under advisement.
Dedham selectmen issued a warrant for a special town meeting to be held Tuesday evening December 1 at Memorial Hall Dedham Centre. Articles include purchasing three park lands at about 45000 by long term loan, extending Whiting Avenue as a 50 foot street, and allowing Hyde Park to use adjacent land for cemetery purposes. Park report will be shared within two weeks.
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