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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1892
Page
4
The notice lists daily and weekly subscription rates with annual and half year options. It instructs subscribers to report address changes, notes second class matter status, and requires advance payment by money order or check payable to the Post Publishing Company.
A fragment from the Boston Post recalls a historical figure known for religious liberty advocacy and opposition to alien and sedition laws. The text hints at a former U S president who steered the nation through war and achieved an honorable fate, raising questions about legacy if alive today.
Petitions to reduce gas prices filed by Roxbury Dorchester and South Boston residents prompt gas commission hearings on the first three days of next month. The outlying districts seek relief from the city oriented improvements promised by the monopoly. Dorchester leads with hearings a week from Tuesday, followed by South Boston and Roxbury.
In a defiant stance the ex-secretary insists he has spoken enough for the campaign. The Boston Journal calls his remarks effective as he avoids further debate over the Chile affair and Harrigon. The piece suggests Blain's disdain for Harrison and notes others push a differing narrative.
The Supreme Court confirmed Michigan's Miner law allowing congressional district elections for electors, ensuring half of Michigan's fourteen votes go to Cleveland and Stevenson. Republicans failed to overturn, noting the plan yields an equitable result despite McKinleyites' hopes to capture the full slate.
The article outlines the huge fund raised by tariff-fed monopolists in Pennsylvania and lists the principal contributors. It highlights the scope of the financial influence and names key figures involved.
The text accuses Andrew Carnegie of funding corruption to influence elections and tariffs. Wayne MacVeagh condemns the practice, comparing political money to burglary and urging defense of liberties against plutocratic influence. It warns that if Harrison wins again by such means, democratic government could end.
The analysis contrasts Porter census bulletins showing a 4.6 percent annual wage rise in Boston from 1880 to 1890 with Wadlin figures for the year after McKinley tariff enforcement showing only a 2.65 percent gain. The shift implies a large wage loss to Massachusetts workers, estimated at over 2.3 million dollars in that single year. Porter’s figures are questioned as a census.
In a firm defense of veteran voters, the text argues soldiers are citizens who will judge duties wisely. It contrasts General Gres Raum supporting Cleveland with General Raum supporting Harrison, noting Raum's Indianapolis camp-fire reception as evidence soldiers are not mere tools for partisan leaders.
The Concord Monitor praises the Boston Post for a remarkable twelve months of journalism under its new management. It commends Grozier's editorial leadership, noting concise and piquant news columns and purity of pages ahead of contemporaries.
A report on the London Bridge tenement near Anderson and Phillips streets describes a rickety, smelly block housing about 28 families. The Board of Health orders tenants to vacate within six days as conditions deteriorate and a landlord named Thomas L. Hall refuses to fix the site amid crowded alleys and a raunchy crowd outside the building.
A Newburyport News account of a Boston girl reading McKinley’s speech to a poor man is challenged by the Boston Post which notes illiterate men have no voting rights in the state. The remark ends with a rueful note on spoiling the campaign yarn.
The New Hampshire Republican notes the Boston Post’s first anniversary observed with a sixteen page issue. The Post congratulates itself on its year of operation and lists its featured sections, claiming a prominent position in the nations department of the newspaper field.
In Chicago nearly the entire cabinet will attend the opening session. Secretaries Foster Tracy Rusk and Noble and Attorney-General Miller will be present. Secretary Foster of the treasury will join the associates there. Postmaster-General Wanamaker is in Philadelphia and has not replied to the invitation.
The Reading Chronicle cites the Boston Post cartoon claiming McKinley's tax scheme taxes clothing 45 to 110 percent. It questions why the editor, who pays little for attire, is taxed and accuses the Post of spreading calamity stories. The piece argues Democrats cannot win by such gags in a prosperous era.
The Fitchburg Evening Mail notes the Boston Post marks one year since its regime change with congratulations. The paper earns praise for teaching democracy, resisting subsidies, and staying free from party coercion.
A reader named Robert Denon Jr of Boston writes from October 17 1892 praising the Boston Post as a fair and just paper and expresses hope it will become the leader of newspapers. He notes his newspaper man sells fifteen more Posts than any other paper.
The Boston Post published a birthday edition in tribute to its first anniversary under new management. The Lowell Sun notes the Post as one of the brightest Democratic papers in the state.
Archduke Albert of Austria plans a long distance ride from Vienna to Rome and back on a plan similar to the recent Austro-Hungarian German officers’ ride. Italian and Austro-Hungarian officers would participate, facing greater natural difficulties than the Vienna to Berlin route.
President Timothy Dwight of Yale University has written Major Woods of the Connecticut World's Fair Commission asking for 1000 square feet of space for Yale at the Chicago fair. The exhibit's character is not yet determined.
Michael J. McKtrick defends his congressional bid amid denials of a manipulated Democratic convention. He disputes ward caucus claims, cites affidavits and procedural issues, and attacks a political pamphlet alleging outside influence. He affirms loyalty to Democratic candidates and rebukes insinuations of ties to police or corporate interests.
The Republicans of the twenty second Essex Representative district met in Danvers and nominated Samuel A. Fletcher of Middleton this evening for the State House.
The letter shows Chairman Johnston resigning from the Tenth Congressional Democratic District Committee. He cites conscience and duty and promises to explain his reasons, noting dissatisfaction with convention outcomes and alleged facts that corroborate prior claims. The communication is addressed to William G. A. Pattee, secretary of the district committee.
James L. Johnston resigns from party support and declares he cannot conscientiously back the convention candidate. He states his intent to advocate for Congress hopeful Michael J. McEttrick as the honest choice of the district Democrats and to relieve the committee of embarrassment.
Harry Annable, a noted Boston bookkeeper, left for Denver to seek fortune in the West. Secretaries and officials from several unions and theatres are in the news with resignations, marriages, gifts, and rising careers. Daniel Toomey resigns Brockton Dispatch post for Boston journalism. Austin Gibbons of the Lyceum Theatre marries and receives a French clock from Progress Club friends. City Solicitor Ludden of Waltham rises from humble beginnings to a wide Boston practice and a prominent Waltham role.
Miss Elizabeth Matthews of Waterville Maine is named Greek teacher at the Normal College of New York City. Mrs S B Stafford of Cottage City is invited to join the Columbian celebration with her Paul Jones flag in New York on Oct 21. Commander Wildes leaves Portland to command the Yorktown. Mrs and Miss Wildes stay in Portland winter. Henry W Hall of Taunton becomes principal at Woods Hall. he is Bristol Academy 1891 graduate. Officer Medley of Fall River, noted for Borden murder cases, visited New Bedford and declined to clarify if his trip related to the case, awaiting Inspector Hathaway.
Jerry Simpson declines party debates, claiming he is sought only as a drawing card. At the University of Michigan two Chinese girls and three Chinese men study medicine. Lady Tennyson is better known in London drawing rooms than as a composer. She has long been a confirmed invalid. Consul Sullivan notes Bermuda's appeal for resting days since no one disturbs a sleeper. Harrison's 1892 93 tax list shows personal property up by 6650, totaling 23650 in taxable property.
The Census Bureau reports Boston manufacturing data for 1890. It shows 7915 establishments across 252 industries with $116,644,490 capital and 90,198 workers paid $54,636,695 in wages. Materials cost $104,631,879 and output valued at $208,104,683.
Brookline's Suburban Club moves to Clyde and Newton streets near the Country Club site. The first class facility, limited to 50 members, will serve men and families with ladies and children admitted. Building remodel under William Harris James N Thompson and Theodore Pinkham, cost estimated at about $45,000 with modern interiors, electricity, steam heating, a half mile track, and grounds designed for strolling and shade trees. Bondholders include Albert Keiger James N. Thompson Horace W. Crafts John C. Paige Benjamin Johnson Charles A. Taylor and others.
Awesbury Oct 17 William Gardner is held to the grand jury in $1500 bond on a charge of attempting to shoot his wife on Sunday. He pleads not guilty and his wife, who was uninjured, refused to testify against him.
Marion special reports ex President Cleveland seeks sale of Gray Gables at Buzzards Bay. It notes Cleveland plans to make his summar home there again, signaling a potential move and real estate action involving the former president.
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