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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1896
Page
8
The Post urges Boston officials to rule out a bronze figure of a drunk woman for the Public Library. It argues the piece lacks place in the library and favors displaying MacMonnies Bacchante elsewhere rather than in a public institution.
The Republican county convention rejected the drive to politicize court clerkships and re nominated the current clerks. The piece notes the Post editorial influence and urges the Democrats to follow suit, avoiding political fights in these offices.
Gold continues to pour into this country while wheat ships out at accelerating pace. The export of cereals steadies trade and restores confidence, reducing reliance on bankers. San Francisco wheat for Calcutta and orders from Liverpool show real demand and a healthy path toward prosperity.
The piece argues that Gladstone remains the Grand Old Man of the people and would be diminished by a peerage or return as premier. It notes his high standing in both Britain and the United States, and warns that accepting a title could betray a central democratic ideal.
The Cape Ann Savings Bank treasurer George J. Marsh dies in a tragedy linked to stock speculation. The piece argues his death stems from gambling mania rather than pure dishonesty, noting his wealth and upright life while criticizing the lack of remedy for such gambling behavior.
The passage notes Sewall trails by 623 votes if defeated in Illinois and would need 73 more to reach victory if he loses in Illinois Iowa and Kentucky. It suggests the fusion arrangement appears to preclude Watson and make Sewall’s win practically impossible, calling it a political curiosity.
In a British Bi metallic League argument Mr Moreton Frewen urges free silver coinage at 16 to 1 and cites Irish rent relief examples. Opponents warn such policy harms workers, savings holders, pensioners, and life insurers, arguing wage earners are the true creditors in America. A second note describes Back Bay real estate agents anxious over the potential site of a new south union station and its impact on property values.
Deputy Collector D J Hayes of the internal revenue department fell ill with acute indigestion in his office after dinner. Dr. Wilson aided him and reporters gathered, with recovery expected today. Elsewhere, cabmen chase a lavishly dressed young woman who feeds horses at night, and a wild-eyed man wanders Wyoming street as neighbors wonder his purpose. Birds scatter at a public garden feeding area, while cornetist B R K Church earns applause at Reeves's Band concerts. An artist's plan for transporting large canvases by rolling the work from frame to frame is described.
The article analyzes how fusion between Democratic and People's party candidates spreads across 26 states, leaving Watson and Sewall with uncertain paths. It notes 182 electors for Bryan Sewall and 68 for Bryan Watson, and debates outcomes if Watson or Sewall gain or miss fusion states.
A riddle asks how to cut a chain of thirty-one links so the hotel keeper receives one link daily for thirty-one days. The column notes a young man’s death by own action driven by the puzzle’s unsettled solution.
A reader letters the Post confirming the solution to the chain problem from October six, explaining the method: start at one, break the first link, then every second one. John M'Donald, 27 Business Street, Hyde Park.
H O Cole of South Boston critiques readers' puzzle solutions in the Post. He argues answers to the chain puzzle misinterpret steps, outlining a method using five chain pieces of 1 2 4 8 and 16 links to satisfy all conditions over days. He describes giving and taking pieces to landlords across days.
A Brockton Massachusetts resident T J Sheehan explains a method to separate a chain of thirty one links by breaking one link and then every second link in either direction. The note includes his address at 3 Ward Street Brockton.
A reader from Everett Massachusetts describes a chain puzzle where a mother gives a young man a chain of thirty one links to be broken and handed to a hotel keeper one link per day. The plan ends when the chain is fully given. J. E. Snow.
A letter from A. L. Bird of Dorchester Massachusetts proposes a method for a chain puzzle. He suggests breaking eight links to give the landlord one each day and exchanging sixteen connecting links on the sixteenth day for fifteen disconnected links, claiming no more than eight links need be broken.
The item quotes T J Sherman stating in the Boston Post that five breaks is the minimum needed to separate the chain and cover costs.
Letter from Ralph H. Anderberg of 91 Bedford Street Boston discusses a puzzle on death by own action. He claims the solution involves making eight breaks in a chain yielding sixteen links and sixteen days in a hotel, then exchanging for fourteen broken links.
A fashion note describes gowns achieving harmony with fade of crudities. Madame showcases a rough silk textile woven in green red and gold with dark blue network, planned for a skirt of five gores, haircloth stiffening thirteen inches, and full gold and blue lining.
A woman, longing for beauty and affection, pours hours into saving and sewing for a wedding gown while her lover notices only her shabby appearance. Her transformation begins with lavish plans, but his cutting remark spurs a rapid decline, leaving her elderly desire unfulfilled and her life unraveling as she clings to unused fineries.
Brehaut and McPhail note Boston Post daily circulation at 102000 with 99000 on Sundays. They credit proprietor E A Grazier for transforming the paper into a paying venture, printing and selling more Posts than the Herald and Globe in Boston area mornings.
Charlie Ballem extols newspaper ads as effective and affordable. He notes readers from New England to Montana and Texas see his notices, describing the Post as lively and widely available from hamlets to cities. He praises the paper’s freshness and reach.
Judge Fisher of Cabot Vermont endorses Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy as highly effective for nervous disorders, insomnia, and chronic sickness. The letter cites improved health in his wife after two bottles and urges others to try the medicine, offered by Dr. Greene of Boston for consultation.
The excerpt lists a luncheon and dinner menu with hot bouillon Welsh rarebit tomato soup and fried perch plus lamb and baked spaghetti accompanied by desserts. It shifts to notes on Herr Krupp dismissing foreign workers and recalls figures like John H. Palmer and Sir John Millais, plus social gossip about Myrtle McGrew and a Kan sas editor.
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