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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1895
Page
4
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A Boston election item argues that Mayor Curtis publicly called Boston “no place for manufactures and workingmen” and urges Curtis to repents or recant if needed. The piece stresses the mayoral race outcome affects city policy for two years and appeals for candidates to declare stance on business and community interests.
An editorial urges Christendom to aid Armenians harmed by Turkish oppression. It calls for protecting U.S. citizens, demanding punishment for abuses, and securing reparation. It notes hundreds of thousands destitute, relying on charity, and stresses urgent relief this winter.
The Boston Journal claims a 600 vote Republican gain in supplementary city registration, split oddly between so called safely Republican wards and safely Democratic wards. The piece argues the gain mainly reflects new and delinquent voters, many Democrats, skewing results toward a large Democratic majority. It warns Mayor Curtis may be surprised by late returns.
The article contrasts Alexandre Dumas fils with his father, noting the younger Dumas surpassed in philosophical depth and produced Camille. It highlights their lifetimes overlapping, the son’s adaptation to literary commerce, and his death as a rich academician, while the elder died a bankrupt Bohemian.
The main issue is whether the majority or minority should control Boston government. One year of minority rule has yielded no clear policy, with streets deteriorating, schools underfunded, and high costs. Voters must decide if this minority governance should continue for two years.
The 18 percent year brings bright skies and mild weather ideal for outdoor recreation and home celebrations. The piece thanks those who shared abundance with neighbors, notes the holiday as a gateway to the Christmas season, and expresses hope for peace, prosperity, and a joyous period ahead.
The Observant Citizen notes Thanksgiving eve customs from rural New England to urban hubs. It recalls barn and town hall dances with cider and pies, claims 8,000,000 quarts of baked beans weekly citywide, and cites Boston theatres packed with about 24,000 attendees across sixteen venues.
The article recounts a bustling Thanksgiving in Boston with estimates of attendees near 96,000 and per person prices from 6 cents to 1.50 dollars, yielding about 18,000 dollars in theater revenue. It then wanders through various anecdotes from Malden politics to actors Corbett and Sandham, ending with a sea tale from Dr. Parks and a tiger hunt narrated with humor and danger.
Reynolds, a railway servant, tells of tracking two cattle-killing tigers near a village. He notes indicators of morning footprints, plans a night stage near a drinking pool, and camps with a hunter to await a shot as the tigers drink, before dozing at midnight.
A scanned humor page features quips about turkeys and Thanksgiving, a cartoonish Army in 1900, thrift, obedience, and social mishaps. Jokes involve a nurse, a child saver, snow shovels, snores, a holy terror, Santa Claus, and a shy kiss. The tone is light, period print wit with names and voices typical of early 20th century humor.
A grand Italian concert will be given on Sunday, next, Dec. 1, at 8 o'clock, by the chorus of the Sacred Heart Church at St. John's Hall in Moonstreet North End. The programme includes Rossini Stabat Mater and pieces by Donizetti Mozart Gounod Verdi Liszt Mendelssohn Kaummer Leoncavallo Flotow Mascagni. The chorus will be assisted by choirs of St James and St Mary's Churches.
The column lists recipes and instructions for a full dinner and supper. Items include cream of lima bean soup braised tongue creamed peas puree of chestnuts and tomato fritters with macedoine salad and a chocolate Charlotte russe Oysters and macaroni and caramel custard with caramel sauce. The note ends with H C G South Boston.
Boston Post invites women readers to submit three meal menus a day for a $5 prize. Menus may cover breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast lunch and supper with constraints on portions and weekly maximum. Submissions by mail to Cooking Editor, Boston Post. entries must be single-sided.
A surprise gathering hosted by Mr. Joseph Bolger at 70 Silver Street honored Miss Katie Phelan with a silver watch. Guests enjoyed remarks, supper, singing, and dancing. Attendees included numerous neighbors and friends such as Mrs. Bolger, Mr. Brown, Miss Abern, and Dr. Archambeal among others.
Colonel Albert A. Pope, a major Hartford benefactor, has added several acres to his initial land bequest for park use. On Monday evening the deeds of the land were tendered to the city, completing a substantial expansion of the original donation. The praise given honors his notable generosity and business success.
John G Woolley will address the Methodist ministers weekly meeting at Bromfield Street Methodist Episcopal Church Monday December 2 at 10 am. Subject Christian Focus. Woolley will discuss his attitude toward the church arising from his recent controversy.
The seventh annual fair of the Scotch Presbyterian Church Warrenton street opened last Tuesday evening in the church vestry for nine evenings under the ladies of the congregation. It features a young ladies table with attractive items, a table of elaborately bound Scotch and English Bibles and stationery led by Rev. Gunn, and a brisk ice cream service noted by attendees.
About two hundred members of the People's and Wells Memorial Institutes gathered for a Thanksgiving dinner at 1174 Tremont street with Robert Treat Paine presiding. Paine urged civic charity and playgrounds as a path to humane citizenship while Bishop Lawrence stressed unity, immigration, and moral dignity beyond jingoism.
A Massachusetts corporation named Oak Hall Clothing Co is organized to carry on six decades of family business. The firm plans steady growth, maintains low margins, and continues its strong focus on ready made garments, with emphasis on military and uniform orders. Winter stock is ready and a wide range of foreign and domestic goods is offered with prompt delivery.
Gerhard C. Grerive aged 72, early Cincinnati resident, died today. He prepared his own will naming a St Paul’s priest as executor and instructed a funeral feast with cost provisions for undertakers pallbearers and nearby women invited to attend. Executor paid the celebratory expenses and a monument fund.
Lord Warkworth the eldest son of Earl Percy has been elected Conservative member for South Kensington in the House of Commons. He fills the vacancy caused by Sir Algernon Borthwick's elevation to the peerage as Lord Glencorse. The election was contested without opposition.
The piece describes fur styles for women including stone marten boas, chinchilla, Russian sable, and muffs and collarettes with pink velvets and lace. It notes fur as a feminine trend, with jackets and basques in mink sable or lambs wool, jeweled belts, velvet sleeves, and decorative tails on a basque, paired with brown velvet skirts.
Auckland dispatch reports German traveller Otto Ehlers drowned during his expedition across British New Guinea. Twenty native members of his escort also perished. Diaries and sketches were lost.
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