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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1896
Page
4
The Boston Post notes Spain faces heavy losses from its Cuba policy. A failed 200 million loan talks to fund peace and a 90 million season of army maintenance worsen the crisis. Sugar and tobacco exports have halted and Cuba’s economy deteriorates, placing Spain at the bottom among borrowing nations in a costly pride of possession.
The article argues that the West will decide the presidential race as campaigns intensify in the Chicago-centered region. It notes the West as the arbiter, with the South fractured and the East fixed, and predicts that the four-week push will reshape political strategies and methods in future elections.
The Earl of Rosebery steps down as Liberal leader citing policy clashes on the eastern question. He argues the party overruled him after a defeat in the House of Commons and notes Gladstone left him a majority to govern. Rosebery contends he was not fit to fill the role and criticizes the peer-led approach.
A revered English illustrator and novelist George Du Maurier dies at the peak of his fame. His Empress of Trilby and Peter Ibbetson made him a beloved figure on both sides of the Atlantic. Though not a great artist, his work combined delicate thought and narrative charm that captivated readers and critics alike.
The piece argues against class division in society and questions Sewall's claim that the gold standard creates favored classes. It emphasizes that the gold standard ensures parity of value in money received by every citizen, erasing wealth distinctions and social rank.
A speaker argues that under a gold standard wages and profits are valued the same, avoiding class favoritism. He warns that free silver would create two monies and empower a “favored class,” while workers could not raise wages to meet price increases or secure gold clauses.
The Observant Citizen reports a two foot water snake seen on Court street in front of Young's Hotel, kicked into a sewer by a newsboy. It also notes a collision between two funeral-embalmer vehicles on Washington street and observes street life including window washers at the Old State House and a drummer helper at a food fair. It adds a Worcester link with Prof Maurice Gerstein and mentions the Democratic State headquarters being repainted.
A woman recalls a doomed engagement to Jack Torwell fed by the allure of Regina Verni the Queen of Luck a stunning singer whose beauty provoked a deadly love triangle with Count Gorostkoff leading to a duel and Jack’s death. The narrator later kills Verni but Martyrs to memory haunt her.
A narrator recalls life in a wealthy capital after a sheltered upbringing. She reflects on memory, mortality, and the ache of longing as she recounts an engagement formed in youth between herself and Jack Torwell, a bond hidden beneath social expectations.
The Post letter from J R Williamson of Waltham Mass argues that the least breaks needed to supply one link daily from a 31 link gold chain is nine. The puzzle’s deadly result is noted with the phrase death by own action.
To the Editor of the Post East Boston at last it is eiware last. The answer to the chain question is fifteen breaks beginning at one end and breaking every other link divides the chain in thirty one links. Signed Fig. le EX 281 Lexington street Oct 8.
Letter from Delia M Kenna of 12 Quincy Street Charlestown suggests the chain puzzle solution is 28 times. It reflects a personal guess and hometown address.
Sir The least number of breaks in a answer of chain puzzle I think is 8. P E Miller Jr 1 Cliff place Roxbury.
The message states a solution to a chain puzzle with six breaks dividing the chain into lengths 1 2 3 4 5 and 16 links. It is signed by William F. Gay at 9 Tremont Street Roxbury.
Edgar J. Thayer of Roxbury suggests breaking a chain into the parts 1 2 4 8 16 to make daily change for a bill and hopes no hardship. William Mayor of Boston responds that breaking the chain thirty times would be needed to supply one daily coin for thirty-one days.
In South Boston Peter J. Curran explains a puzzle solution claiming that by eight cuts he can separate one dollar links. He describes doubling the chain into a horseshoe, cutting the second last links on both sides to obtain four links, then continuing on the remaining chain to reach 923 disjoined links, and finally cutting the last two of three to separate all thirty one links.
A letter to humane groups criticizes the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for using cyanide of potassium to kill cats and dogs. The writer urges adoption of charcoal chamber euthanasia as a painless method and calls for public pressure and reform led by Dr. Elliott de Bellevue Preston and the New England Anti-Vivisection Society.
A Boston letter critiques Michael Lynch and M J McEttrick regarding the tenth district race. It cites their records in Massachusetts legislature and Congress, mentions the Chicago platform and income tax, and questions Lynch’s endorsements and memory of past votes. The writer urges fair play and notes where Lynch stood against McEttrick in earlier campaigns. Boston, Oct. 8.
A grieving mother writes to thank the harbor police and West End officials and workers for recovering her son George H. Loring and other crew members from the yacht Hebe disaster. She praises their efforts, prays for the blue uniforms, and expresses lasting gratitude for communal sympathy and aid.
Daily breakfast lunch and supper hints from Mrs Harrington of the Hotel Geneva Roxbury include Iced Canteloupe powdered sugar broiled mutton chops with potatoes watercress corn muffins coffee and a dinner of cream of celery soup roast chicken mashed potatoes croutons celery tomato jelly on lettuce bed blueberry pie grapes coffee and a supper of tea rolls cold ham creamed potatoes custard cake peaches tea cocoa and tomato jelly A recipe for corn muffins and five o clock tea rolls is provided with detailed ingredients and steps.
Mrs Whayer and Mrs Morse contend for leadership as Breakfasts and Hunt Dinners appear in festive events. Early morning dances mirror social season as they pace to divide Mrs Gardner's influence.
The Boston social season centers on the North Shore and Beverly shore with New York families like Mrs Quin Shaw Jr and Mrs Arthur Ryerson joining the summer gaieties. Hunt breakfasts and dinners mark the season while Mrs Bryce Allan and Mrs George Lee Peabody lead entertaining, and Newport society follows the Boston contingent with Pauline Root Otis Danielson drawing praise for beauty and grace.
The article chronicles Mrs Rollins Morse returning from Europe amid rumors she was Countess de Agreda, clarifying family ties to the Lorillards and Morse de Agreda. It also covers society engagements in Boston and Philadelphia, including Miss Emily Ewing Borie’s engagement to George William Beals and impending wedding details. The piece reflects on Old Guard relations with Boston society and notes prominent social circles and debutantes.
Reynolds Bowling Alleys at Hotel Rey reopen for the season with best lighted lanes in town and updated facilities for league play and casual bowlers.
Miss Harriet Fitzgerald, praised as one of Brookline’s prettiest debutantes, announced her engagement to Robert Clark, son of Robert F. Clark and an ornament of the Somerset Club and police commissioner. The piece also notes Miss Alice Lowell’s association with young Ropes, nephew of Hon. John C. Ropes.
The piece notes changes in cycling attire as cooler days arrive with linen suits retiring. Shirt waists appear rarely and skirts seem leftover from summer. Bloomers disappear except for tandem riding where a divided skirt offers modesty and practicality.
The article discusses bicycle fashion, contrasting the impractical circular skirt with a five gored skirt that hangs well and resists wear. It notes belts are unfavored, mentions bolero and Eton jackets, and highlights an elegant New York boulevard outfit in dark green princess style with coordinated yoke, sleeves, and belt accents.
A collage of quips from various papers includes jokes about women abandoning trains, a child’s bath time moment, a bridal gift gag with a gas receipt, a telephone mix up about swearing, a daring heroine in a Western style reply, a jokey line about two living cheaply, and a misplaced loan bid turning into a punchline.
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