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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1895
Page
5
The Boston Post announces subscription pricing for daily and Sunday editions, with rates for various terms and a note on advance payment and discontinuation. It requests readers update address changes with current and new addresses and identifies E B Grosier as editor and publisher.
Massachusetts Democrats should target the Legislature this year as the starting point for reform. The state ticket is solid, but reform must begin with lawmaking. Republicans have dominated in recent years, and widening Democratic representation gains public support from both parties.
Mr Williams declares no tribune exists to appeal to now and the Democratic platform proposes a people audience to represent public interests in corporate duties. It urges investigation of complaints against corporations and safeguarding public welfare, noting private citizens rarely act without injury. The plan calls for a tribune of the people, to be created by a Democratic Legislature.
A Lewiston Journal piece contrasts periods 1861 to 1883 and 1903 onward, arguing the 1861 1883 era under Republican policy brought prosperity while 1903 brought unprecedented depression, and notes public desire to return to the earlier influence, amid reference to the 19th century currency crisis and the Black Friday collapse of Ananda institutions.
The passage contrasts panics and recoveries under different party policies. It argues the 1878 panic set a six year low mood, McKinleyism later prolonged issues, and that the 1893 recovery occurred within two years under Democratic policy, citing the Post on lifting industry and trade from despondency.
The Worcester Democratic convention is praised for strong, hopeful leadership and a bold platform. It backs honest money, home rule, and anti A P A sentiment while lauding tariff revival and city franchise regulation. Fall rail excursions, lectures, and concerts are announced, with noted locals like Patrick A. Collins and Joe Foss seen in the city. Colonel Dalton and Ward 19’s Tom Dolan are also mentioned in social notes.
The Worcester report lauds a Massachusetts Democratic ticket led by George Fred Williams. It commends Williams as a capable statesman and fighter for the people's cause, with fellow nominees Grinnell Flynn Stevens Hurlburt Whitney praised as honorable, experienced, and trusted public servants.
The Massachusetts Democracy denounces the American Protective Association and its aims, urging citizens to oppose religious proscription in politics. It questions the Republican convention in Boston, asking whether it will embrace the Democratic platform against bigotry or align with the A P A in a clash over true American citizenship.
The Observant notes a fire alarm in Lowell drawing hundreds to the busy merchants district. A fireman in full uniform rode a bicycle to the scene, provoking amusement as crowds parted the Central street. A copper box was later placed in a monument at aquantum, containing the Boston Post.
The season favors capes keeping winter fashion visible with fuller neck lines and shorter lengths. Black velvet capes with beaded borders and rays rise in popularity, as do at home DIY options with guidance on collar shaping by a furrier for best stand. A matching large black velvet hat with dusky tip adornments completes the look.
To the Editor of the Post announces an entertainment at Union Hall Boylston street on Friday evening Oct 4 in aid of the New England Helping Hand Home by the Uralian Club of Roxbury The fair in aid of the same object opens at Horticulture Hall on Monday evening Oct 7 There will be music by The Clarions Speakers include Rev Mary T Whiting Rev Dr Plumb Rev Mr Barton and Mrs Mary B Cheney Cafe under excellent management opens Monday noon The society aids working girls Boston Oct 2 1895
A musical program in Friendship Hall Dorchester last evening benefited the Boston Bichloride of Gold Club. The event drew a large audience and featured vocal and instrumental selections with strong applause. A substantial sum was raised with future concerts anticipated featuring Frank C the noted genologist.
Miss Helen M. Winslow of Boston, president of the Women’s Association of Press Clubs of New England and Massachusetts exposition commissioner, says the Cotton States and International Exposition marks a national epoch. She praises Southern progress and charity, and Booker Washington’s remark about Southern friends of the Negro. Instructions direct the Columbian liberty bell at the Atlanta Exposition to be rung at midnight in protest for Cuban freedom, with ceremony details left to a press committee.
Postoffice inspectors in Boston are ready to issue a fraud order against H. C. Knowles & Co, Calais Me, or Knowles Medicine Company, after identifying a scheme that swindled national firms. The con artist, a single young man, diverted mail to St Stephens, N B and used fake manufacturing chemists letterhead to obtain credit for typewriters bicycles drugs fur goods carpets machinery and even a carload of beer. A warrant was issued and sent to the U S marshal of Maine, but arrest efforts have failed.
The life of Professor Daniel Dorchester Jr with early schooling in Dudley and Weslyan University, and later positions at Boston University, Emerson School of Oratory, and a PhD from BU. His talent drew large classes, and he planned to join Christ Church Pittsburg as pastor at a $4000 salary and parsonage.
Madeline Wood, an ambitious London writer with a keen mind and blunt eyes, faces heartbreak after Grace Lambert accepts Philip Stanley’s marriage proposal. Stanley had courted both women, but Madeline refuses him when she learns Grace’s engagement, choosing independence over a life with a charming but self-centered journalist. Grace urges Madeline to move on, while Madeline vows to endure life alone, without a husband.
The British steamer Gloucester City arrived at Gloucester Harbor with 1400 bales of Manila hemp. Capt Dwyer reports a smooth voyage from Manila except for strong southwest monsoons in the Indian Ocean. The ship, chartered fifteen months to the Japanese government, has a diverse crew of twenty nine including Englishmen Malays and Chinamen.
Superintendent Samuel Abbott Jr of the Boston Protective Department reports August fire activity. There were three bell alarms, sixteen still and four automatic alarms. Total losses on buildings reached 29,963.61 with 660,900 in insurance. contents losses 148,521.73 and 465,765.63 insurance. Causes included matches, matches from children, rats, hot ashes, boiling fats, cigarettes, electric wires, kerosene lamps, and spontaneous combustion.
Boston University law department opened yesterday morning with Dean Bennet addressing a crowded audience. President Warren and Bennet stressed practical training and the value of ardent study for a successful legal career as many new students reported for the year.
The column outlines a forthcoming Century series on The Administration of the Cities of the United States by Dr. Albert Shaw, covering progress in U S municipal governance with cities like New Orleans and San Francisco as case studies. It also previews St Nicholas publishing Robert Louis Stevenson letters from Samoa with illustrations by Lloyd Osbourne, highlighting Stevenson's perennial boyishness.
The Eucharis tic Congress of the Catholic Church opened in Washington with pontifical high mass at Patrick's Church. Bishop Ga Tell served as celebrant, with Cardinal Gibbons and many archbishops and bishops assisting. The event is described as one of the most memorable in American church history, with few dignitaries absent.
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