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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1896
Page
4
A 1897 Boston Post opinion argues Spain should relinquish Cuba immediately to avoid further costs. It estimates over 50 million dollars of potential expenditure in five more months of battle, warns of trade disruption, and says Cuba’s value as collateral for debts is Spain’s only motive to prolong the fight. It urges economic restraint and shift to other resources.
Massachusetts shows a marked rise in voter registration, Boston protected by new rules yet normal growth, other cities above average. The large registration points to strong public interest in the nationwide presidential election on November third, indicating the people will decisively speak.
The piece rebukes Edward Lauterbach and allies for doubting voters’ will and asserts elections decide policy. It recalls a historic 36 year precedent of abiding by results and emphasizes that whichever way the ballot goes, the nation must accept the outcome.
The proposal to fund pension charges from the United States Treasury with long bonds equal to the pensions' present value faces both appeal and risk. It would reduce the annual $140,000,000 pension bill, roughly one third of total revenue, by converting ongoing payments into lump-sum bonds. Pensioners might enjoy upfront capital, while critics warn of misallocation or misuse if funds are diverted or squandered.
The text notes money supply does not equal prosperity and that adding dollars does not guarantee good times. It explains money serves exchange and value measurement, with idle surplus dollars in the Treasury. Prosperity comes from profitable industry and appropriate circulation rather than inflation of money.
A man drunk on Court street was run over by a horse and taken to Station 2 where a surgeon treated him. The nearby water front reports a severe recent hurricane affecting Boston boats and oyster beds in Long Island Sound. Other items mention a lumber dispute with Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, a May Queen at Medford, a disruptive South Wilmington passenger, and bicycle instruction anecdotes.
The piece argues that industry profits hinge on confidence in money’s value, not its amount. It recalls a four year ago panic over silver and favors maintaining the gold standard to sustain recoveries in mills, factories, and employment. Free coinage would renew uncertainty and threaten prosperity even with more money.
A well known Trish comedian, after his entrance, forgets lines as a fainting woman in the box triggers a romance twelve years old. The couple, once betrothed and separated by stern parents, wed yesterday after the actress reportedly inherited a large fortune. Earlier, Phil Diehl of Old Cambridge plans a continental tour, often likened to Jim Corbett.
Cloth dominates winter promenade gowns but indoor wear requires tibeline and loosely woven cloth as crepon is phased out. Canvas cloths offer charm when fashioned over silk, with brown canvas, bright green silk, and green velvet sleeve puffs matching the bolero.
The passage details a green silk blouse with cream lace and cloth gowns. It notes a snuff color gown with four green velvet bands, a high green velvet corselet, and a bodice with eyelet embroidery revealing green lining. Sleeves are tight then flounce at the shoulder, with a green velvet hat and snuff ribbons. THE LATEST.
A readable menu listing dishes for dinner and dessert including fruit oatmeal fried potatoes broiled lamb chops and chocolate cake with a recipe for Spanish cream and lobster croquettes. Instructions detail making chocolate cake filling and gelatine based Spanish cream and note centre place Jamaica Plaza.
A collage of light snippets from period humor pages including flirtatious girls engaging many suitors at a hotel, a delayed horse in a hen egg caper, a theater lingerer’s excuses about winter, a widow buying a bicycle for cemetery flowers, an angry father questioning engagements, and a dining-room quip about spring lambs.
In a Bolster romance set at Kedron Camp a man named Robert Clark nicknamed Gentleman Bob earns trust through labor and kindness. A deadly May storm reveals his death and a secret past described in a widow’s letter and a buried romance.
Town Topics notes a wave of Boston socialites planning winter abroad. The Thayers sell their Boston townhouse to educate children and address health needs. The Slaters and Hunts anticipate moving into new homes as the Thayers depart. Eugene Thayer and wife are highlighted for social leadership and generosity. Burnham family plans a two to three year overseas stay after a tragic summer loss.
In Vatican circles Cardinal Rampolla marked a birthday as Leo XIII sent him flowers and fruit from the Papal Gardens. Rampolla, born August 17 183, was made cardinal March 14 1887 and received the title of St Cecil of Transtevere. The report also notes European royal travels and dress, including Highland attire worn by the Queen and various dignitaries.
If George Fred Williams wins Massachusetts governor, a private party requires counting kinship via a list: his father’s brother-in-law, his brother’s father-in-law, his father-in-law’s brother, and his brother-in-law’s father. Determine the smallest table size including Mr Williams.
Two readers weigh a complex kinship puzzle from the Post seeking how many plates suffice. Frank A. Garfield of Kendal Green Mass argues one plate. Meyer Levy of Roxbury Mass contends three plates covering intertwined in laws and marriages.
A set of letters to the editor presents comic family entanglements in marriage puzzles. Readers describe how marriages create unlikely in laws among Williams, Smiths, and others, with two plates per scenario and a dinner guest list.
The late employees of the Boston Evening Despatch thank W. T. Way for honesty and manliness shown in all dealings with staff. All labor claims were paid in full after suspension, and employees wish him success and hope the paper may be revived in an enlarged and improved form.
A Boston letter to the editor lashes Don Carlos the pretender to the Spanish throne. The writer mocks his claims Americans are arrogant and cowardly and argues the United States would respond forcefully to insults. He imagines Don Carlos facing frontier resistance in Texas with gunpowder cheap and scalps at a premium.
A testimonial ad claims Caput Curicuma remedies cure eczema and skin torment. The writer says severe itching and raw skin were relieved after using Cotinuma products, with husband delivering them from twenty miles away. The notice promotes Curicuma baths, ointment, and internal doses, sold worldwide by Cora, Role Props, Boston.
In Roxbury on October 14 1896 W W L Crosman argues for a single tax to abolish current taxes and tax land rental value instead He claims land ownership by few denies equal opportunity and frees unused land to create work and wealth distribution.
A reader from Cambridge questions housing for families with children in the United States. She argues landlords refuse large families, forcing years of searching for a decent home. She notes many available houses are in poor localities and urges Americans to value children as part of society.
A Boston Post letter by Alice Stone Blackwell notes I Henry Somerset and Frances Billard seek a temporary home for twenty five Armenian refugees until work is found. The writer counteracts by urging focus on fifteen to twenty thousand idle Americans in and around Boston rather than finding places for foreigners. October in Boston.
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