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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1896
Page
4
The notice lists Daily and Sunday Post subscription prices with durations and rates. It provides address change instructions, payment terms in advance, a note on discontinued service at expiration, and contact details for Boston and New York distribution. Editor and publisher is A. Grozier.
A prudent suggestion to the Republican convention is to omit endorsing the biennial election amendment from the platform. The piece argues against making the amendment a party measure and against urging it on the people, advocating instead for maintaining annual elections.
The letter by William McKinley Jr. from 1890 proclaims support for free and unlimited coinage of silver, but the piece argues he was never a strict sound money advocate. It claims his current support for a gold standard is politically motivated and notes Hanna’s influence at St Louis to avoid taking a firm silver position. The piece concludes that national safety lies in the people’s convictions, not McKinley’s.
The piece praises Mr. Bryan for extraordinary energy and perseverance in his presidential bid. It credits his sincerity in promoting his policy while noting potential mismanagement and wasted Eastern tour results, but it lauds audacity and stamina as admirable American traits.
The opening season shows strong registration for evening schools especially the evening high schools with advanced branches. Adult workers gain study time after standard hours and the program is expanding though not yet at full capacity. Calls are made to lengthen the course and extend the season to match day schools.
The text argues against assuming a single cause for events, comparing life to sailing where wind trim rudder angle currents and other factors shape outcomes. It cautions that labor and wage progress under the gold standard result from multiple operative causes, not gold alone.
The author argues that labor unions emerged as a recognized force in the past 25 years and boosted wages where unions exist. Advances in labor saving machinery and production methods increased workers’ skills and output, supporting wage growth under a gold standard, while silver standard countries lag behind. The piece condemns abolishing favorable conditions for labor for uncertain experiments.
A Beverly newspaper item reports a stage disruption during The Two Little Vagrants at the Museum when Minnie Dupree improvised lines after a cue missed. A curious scene unfolds as a lean, freckled actor searches the gutter for a nickel, sparking audience laughter.
A collection of quips and light exchanges from Detroit Tribune, Puck, Grimshaw, and Brooklyn Life. Jests touch on love, war scars, sin and wages, religion, politics, and a misheard noise, with witty wordplay across multiple periodicals.
This second edition of the Post Almanac offers full election reports silver and gold statistics financial tables and a thousand and one items of information. It is 432 pages priced at ten cents and available from the Boston Post counting room.
A mix of a Nordic sea legend about the Bell of the Sea and a courtroom snippet from Boston. The sea story explains a bell on a cliff that noise signals ships at risk and recalls a doomed steamship. The legal fragment references Porter before Judge Bolster over concealed goods and a personal note from P A Kearns.
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars for the other four. Only female writers may win, stories limited to one thousand words, written on one side, and include name and address for publication.
A reader defends against a "Trouble About a Ring" article, stating Porter bought a ring on instalments, found flaws, returned rings, and faced no signed agreement. The letter asserts innocence, outlines events with an agent and an expert appraisal, and mentions a related court reference in the Kox case.
A letter criticizes using the Woman's Relief Corps to promote partisan aims. The writer protests the association with Bryan and the Hanna-McKinley ticket, calling it an insult to veterans of Grant and Sherman and urging readers to reject such ties. The piece is dated Sept. 30, 1896.
The Socialist Labor party denies endorsing Bryan at recent meetings. Speakers promote their own nominees Charles H. Matchett for President and Matthew Maguire for Vice President, with Matt Brophy running for Governor. Public talks scheduled at Boston Common and Faneuil Hall, Sept. 28 1896 notice.
In a letter from J H C of Boston dated Sept 30, the author argues for stricter wire safety oversight after Delegate James Hughes dies from a defective coupling workman used two screws to save time. The gutta percha covering hid the unsafe method and calls for pre concealment inspection and tests by a wires inspector.
A survey of global notes includes the Prince of Wales receiving vast daily mail, Mrs. King of New York City’s engine house prowess, and Philip Colgrove aged 87 as Knights of Pythias supreme chancellor. Bee lore from Modjeska ranch and a Nansen remarriage rumor also appear alongside a Minnesota couple’s unusual marriage and a Dunedin Knights of Labor protest against Richard Seddon.
New York society strings Bourke Cockran to the rumor mill as a lion among ladies. The article traces his social ascent through alliances, noting his potential next marriage to a ward of Chauncey Depew and linking Cockran to Perry Belmont and Liloyd Bryce, amid talk of a brilliant match.
George Pierce Champlin and Mabel Kurr united in marriage at the Second Church Copley Square with Rev. Thomas Van Ness officiating. The bride wore white satin with veil and lilies of the valley. Reception followed at 214 Columbus Avenue for about 150 guests.
Don L. Clark and Miss Lottie Doak Ford of Lynn were married Monday evening at the home of Rev. L. W. Staples in East Boston. Bridesmaid Lizzie S. Leck and best man George Nickerson attended. The couple plan a honeymoon in the White Mountains and will be at home at 11 Atlantic Street, Lynn after Oct. 7.
Open letter signed by prominent citizens argues against amending the constitution to move to biennial state officer elections starting 1893. They stress risks to popular rights, reduced public oversight, and urge postponement until other states decide.
The Catholic Club at 120 Central Park Street will host a reception for Lord Chief Justice Russell and his party next Friday evening. Invited are ArchbishoP Corrigan Bishops Farley McDonnell McFaul Ryan Wigger Potter Governor Morton Mayor Strong and Postmaster Dayton.
Fitchburg Railroad stockholders met at Horticultural Hall with President Marcy presiding. Directors may issue bonds up to 2 750 000 to secure 2 250 000 4 12 percent bonds due Sept 1 1897 and 500 000 6 percent bonds due Oct 1 1897. The old board was re elected with Joseph B Russell replacing the late William L Chase.
The Salon and Champ Le Mars paintings of 1896, hung in the Jordan art gallery, will open to the public next Monday. Special critics call the collection the finest ever shown in America for its extraordinary artistic value and importance.
Acting Governor Wolcott sent in John M. Parker of Haverhill to the Cattle Commission to replace Charles P. Lyman. Leander F. Herrick was renominated, with John A. Rice joining the State Board of Registration in Pharmacy and James Renfrew Jr. as Fitchburg railroad director. Parker, a McGill veterinary graduate and 85, leads the Massachusetts Veterinary Association. Wentworth’s nomination as special justice of the Municipal Court of Boston is up today.
Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer returned to Cambridge after a fifteen month Europe tour with Professor Palmer. She is keen on American women’s schools and will begin a lecture series at Massachusetts institutions devoted to women’s education.
Dr Henry F Leonard a Tremont street physician was arrested for failing to register with the Board of Registration in Pharmacy after a misunderstanding with the board. Inspector Glidden sought a warrant after the doc prescribed for him despite the legal lapse. He faces arraignment today.
Obituary for Mrs Eliza Manser mother of Charles E Manser president of the Everett Board of Aldermen. Funeral arrangements announced. Also reports of Richard Ward 16 injured after a fall from an electric car on Blue Hill avenue Roxbury. Case of burglary on Dover Street, and Allen Edmeston alias Alfred Edwards charged with assault in Quincy House case. Dr George D Cox noted journalist died of consumption in Philadelphia.
Golf colors have invaded stocking trends with bright hues eclipsing the quiet black stocking once deemed essential to ladylike gowning.
The article describes a variety of stockings in many colors and textures, including lisle plaid diagonals in Campbells and Camerons colors, pink and red pairs with black boots, and changeable taffetas with white bars or jet bead embroidery. White silk stockings feature openwork Vs over the instep and ankles. It predicts many slippers and low indoor shoes for the season.
In a readers’ exchange at the People’s Institute Roxbury Daniel Falconer cites Rexford’s riddle about seven cats killing seven rats in seven minutes. He says fourteen cats would kill 100 rats in fifty minutes. Fr Nelson of Washington Street Roxbury signs with a September date.
A fragment shows a 1896 Roxbury note with a joke about fourteen cats killing rats, a response labeled Sir In answer to Petc g I would say two cats and a riddle about minutes. It references Johnston Park and a Conductor W EB St Ry.
The Chronicle reports that Venezuelan talks show promise on two fronts. Negotiations over the boundary issue move forward alongside progress toward an arbitration treaty with unspecified parties, suggesting a hopeful diplomatic path.
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