Spain's Economy Gloom Amid War Strain and Gold Standard Debate
The report on Premier Del Castillo’s statement outlines Spain's economic distress from compulsory military drafts, reduced exports to Cuba and the Philippines, rising discontent, and tax pressure. It argues for abandoning imperial ventures, embracing economy, and maintaining a gold standard to preserve value as wheat prices rise and silver falls.
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Premier del Castillo
Cuba
Philippines
Spain
Apple Year Projections Boost U S Apple Exports
The piece notes an estimated one million barrels of apples to England this year with most already shipped. It calls this an apple year for both hemispheres, contrasts with last year’s pear abundance, and highlights strong orchards, cider decline, and apples as a premier New World product for nourishment and commerce.
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United States
England
America
New England
Citizenship and Taxation and Student Voters
The piece argues Harvard students should understand that citizenship carries duties as well as rights. In Massachusetts voting does not require a tax payment, but residents must support government costs. The author notes ongoing debates about student voting with Yale and Harvard, urging students to apply political economy principles to recognize responsibilities alongside privileges.
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Harvard University
Massachusetts
Yale
New Haven
Harvard
President Cleveland Addresses Princeton on Education and Government
President Cleveland spoke at Princeton University noting college training is not essential for citizenship but colleges and graduates can influence national affairs by uphold ing immutable truths and fundamental principles. He urged practical civic service through education while acknowledging his own noncollegiate background.
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Princeton University
United States
Cleveland
Republic
Points to Remember on Wheat, Silver and Gold Standard
A discussion notes the wheat price rise while silver declines, challenging the view that farm product values depend on silver or the gold standard. It argues the wheat advance is not solely due to speculation and questions free silver's impact on crop prices.
Observant Citizen Notices Promotions and Local Happenings
The column reports Sumner Paine joining a Western university as a disease demonstrator, Har ry Cornish entering the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Bertram Beddall traveling to Europe. It notes tea crop fears dispelled, new Fellsway East naming, liquor license tensions, a large bull moose exhibit, a dress shop lace theft pride story, a Cincinnati Cambridge wedding planned for Oct 28, a marriage in Watertown, and social campaign buttons gaining prestige. It also mentions popcorn parties and coke as winter staples, plus Bernard Dolan of Sligo named professor of agricultural chemistry in Masterton New Zealand, with J Dolan reading for the bar.
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Harry Cornish
New York College of Physicians and Surgeons
Sumner Paine
Boston Athletic Association
Western University
Sligo
Ireland
Bernard Dolan
Masterton
New Zealand
Dolan
Owen Dolan
T. C
Boston
J. Dolan
The Post's Original Short Stories
A fisher husband and wife quarrel over a trivial dispute on a stormy coast. The wife begs forgiveness as he sails out, but she clings to anger. He never returns, and her life becomes a lasting memory of a single moment of heartbreak.
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Margaret Lancey
Gregory
Margareths
Margaret
Darling
Admirer thanks editor for published diary note
A Hyde Park resident Hattie M. Russell writes to the Post praising publication of her first and only diary item and expressing encouragement to try again. She signs from 63 Davison Street Hyde Park Massachusetts.
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Post
Hattie M. Russell
Davison Street
Hyde Park, Mass
Notable Victories and Marital Moves Across Early 1900s Figures
Col John S Mosby claims to coin the phrase Solid South in 1876. Jeanne Hugo and Alphonse Daudet’s son plan marriage after a divorce, while Ww. B Wetmore seeks reduced alimony citing costly tastes. J M Barrie and George W Cable visit Smith College. Flint orders a fast steam yacht convertible to torpedo boat. Mrs John M Palmer tours for sound money Democrats. Royal family shopping habits noted. Missouri State Treasurer L V Stephens faces potential blindness and ten days in darkness advised by doctors.
Oak Hall Clothing Co Flag Day Educational Campaign
Oak Hall Clothing Co offers U S silk and bunting flags of all sizes with bunting and decorative material in the Military Department. Includes flag catalogue and price list. Promotes reduced prices for the last days of a great educational campaign. Torches wooden guns helmets swords and more available.
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U. S
Military Department
Ready Made Clothing Offers After Election Sale
Our ready made clothing is popular and well made with perfect fits for waists up to 6 inches. After election, left this week will be delivered. Neal-Morse assignee's sale features beautiful goods bought this week at extraordinarily low prices for trade customers.
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Neal-Morse
Fleece-Lined Jackets Offered at Lowest Boston Prices
The seller promotes 300 ten-ounce Duck fleece lined jackets for 3.50 each, a price never seen in Boston before this day. A cheaper jacket is available, but this grade has not sold for under 4.50 locally.
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Boston
Variety of boys and men apparel advertised at low prices
An old time classified ad promotes boys clothing for all ages and men's wear including walking and driving gloves at a dollar and up. It lists horse blankets lap robes Buffalo and coon coats cardigans sweaters and other wear for boys youths and men.
Qak Hall Clothing Co Successors to G W Simmons Boston
The notice lists Qak Hall Clothing Co successors to G W Simmons & Co located at 32 to 44 North Street Boston. The entity is identified with historic clothing trade and a street address in Boston.
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G. W. Simmons & CO
North St
Boston
Plurality And Majority Figures For The Politician
To the Editor of the Post readers are asked to state the figures for the successful candidate A 48 votes B 35 votes C 10 votes Oct 22 shows a plurality of 18 and a majority of 3. The note seeks confirmation of these results.
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Sir
Armenian Refugees Sent to Farm Work in the U S
Alice Stone Blackwell reports efforts to place Armenian refugees in American farm work to avoid competing with local labor. She sent twenty nine applications to New York and says only a few hundred refugees are coming, not a deluge. Miss Willard confirms limited arrivals and orderlies a cautious intake.
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The
Post
New York
Alice Stone Blackwell
Dorchester
Oct
Biennials and elective judiciary questioned
The letter argues against biennial elections for judges, noting varied state practices. It cites Delaware New Hampshire and forty-two other states where judges are elected or appointed for fixed terms. It questions using state practice as justification for biennial elections and asks why not extend that argument to elective judiciary.
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Peaees
Elaware
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Dinner and Supper Menu From Malden Household Recipes
A Malden Massachusetts household menu lists daily dinner and supper dishes including mock bisque soup chicken pie baked rhubarb creamed potatoes and new England pudding with detailed prep notes for scrambled eggs with ham baked sponge cake and biscuit. The author MRS SEIBERT provides exact steps for thickening eggs with milk ham and parsley as well as baking rhubarb and sponge cake with precise measurements and oven times.
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New England
Mrs. Seibert
Willis Avenue
Malden
Masa
George Fred Williams Puzzle Could Require One Plate
Massachusetts readers propose a dinner party seating puzzle for Governor hopeful George F Williams. Contenders contest whether the bachelor must host many relatives or just a single plate under a clever family relation chain.
Gold Democrats Appeal for Support in Massachusetts
Boston October 21 1896 the national Democracy of this State appeals to patriotic citizens to sustain sound money principles amid fears that Chicago platform ideas threaten the republic. Leaders like Cleveland Olney Carlisle and others oppose Bryan while Altgeld Tillman Williams and Bryan push a new Democracy. The committee urges a united conservative Democratic organization and asks for 3 percent of votes for official recognition, urging support for Palmer Buckner and the State ticket. Funds are requested to sustain the campaign and activities.
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Boston
Massachusetts
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Bryan
Sewall
Cleveland
Chicago
Olney
Carlisle
Cochran Whitney
Fairchild
Palmer
Buckner
Prince
Altgeld
Tillman
Williams
Republic
Democratic Party
United Party
National Democratic
Democratic
Willams
National Democracy
State
National Democratic State Committee OF Masbsachushus
Bosworth Street
Gossip of a City at Myopia Hunt and Society
The Myopia Hunt Club had a bright afternoon with Bryce Allan absent due to an arm injury. Boston debutantes Miss Higginson and Miss Madeline Jackson headline society, while Miss Mary Sargent pursues a debut anticipated to rival sister Henrietta’s prior success.
Engagement of John Bolt Ends in Newport Golf Focus
The amateur artist John Bolt, brother-in-law of Tom Cushing, has broken off his engagement. His fiancée, a schoolmate of his daughter, was much younger, and the match appeared unlikely to last. Bolt has returned to America alone, now pursuing golf in Newport with renewed energy.
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Lynn
the Post
George F. Williams
G. F. Williams
George Fred
G. F. Willams
G. F
Mr. Williams
G F. W
G. F. Williams May Eat His Dinner Alone, Ours CG R
Whittredge
Essex Street
Mass
John Bolt
Tom” Cushing
Paris
Bolt
America
Newport
Social Set Visits Lawrence for Season on Long Island
Mrs Jack Morison, Boston matron, spends summers at Beverly shore with her father Dr Sam Hirot and visits her aunt Mrs Alexander Stevens at her country house in Lawrence Long Island. Mrs Stevens is the mother of Mrs Adolph Ladenburg who sails for Europe on Nov 10 to visit the late husband’s father in Frankfurt and quiet rumors of her engagement to Ralph Elils M F H.
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Ralph Elils
Bayard Thayer to Build Country Home in Lancaster
The last of the four Thayer brothers, Bayard Thayer, will marry Ruth Simpkins and build a country house at Lancaster near his current bachelor quarters. The Thayer brothers Nathaniel Eugene Rensselaer and John E. already own four handsome country seats there. The group plans summer life as a small New England colony with family gatherings and house parties. Bayard and Ruth will winter in Washington with Congressman John Simpkins. An engagement between Miss Elsie Nevins and Roscoe Washburn of Providence was announced, with a June wedding anticipated. Nevins, from a wealthy Boston club family, is noted for her beauty and driving skill with a showy atlasT cart and fine horses.
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Bayard Thayer
Thayer
Ruth Simpkins
John Simpkins
Lancaster
New England
Nathaniel
Eugene Var
Rensselaer
John E
Bayard
Washington
Boston
Providence
Elsie Nevins
David Nevins
Somerset Club
Roscoe Washburn
New York
Nevins
Charles J. Paine
Miss Paine
Paines
Sumner
Weston
Paris
Winter Symphony Season Opens in Boston Society Scene
Music Hall hosts a well attended concert as Boston's leading social set returns from summer travels. Colonel Henry L. Higginson and Mrs. Higginson attend, joined by Mira Jack Gardner with violoncellist Blaess, praised for his unusual background. Tim Adams of Maine appears under his alias Timothee Adamo rinski.
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Boston
Music Hall
Coones
Henry L. Higginson
Mire
Jack” Gardner
Timothy Adams
Maine
Timothee Adamowiski
Young Blaess Wins First Prize From Brussels Conservatory
Young Blaess arrives from Brussels after four years at the Conservatory and secures the first prize. He is described as a talented, handsome young man of auburn hair and bright eyes, with a fondness for muscadhe.
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Blaess
Brussels
Conservatory
Jack
Auburo
Madame de Louie Seeks Public Weeping Request
A Boston social figure asks a local paper to allow her to weep as October's fading flowers and falling leaves distress her. The motion to grant the request is carried unanimously, allowing Madame du Louie to shed tears in public.
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Madame de Louie
Boston
William Winter
Madame du Louie
Wedding at No 9 Fairweather Street Ends In Union
A home ceremony was held last evening at 9 Fairweather Street with Charles Paige and Martha O Green as contracting parties. Rev House of Ruggles Street Baptist Church officiated. The bride wore white satin trimmed with satin ribbon and lace. Gabriel Shsperson and Irene Hollinsworth served as best man and bridesmaid.
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No. 9 Fairweather Street
Charles Paige
Martha O. Green
House
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