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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1896
Page
4
Editorial praises President Little for denying use of West End road rails for a Mac Kinley campaign float in Boston. It argues franchisees serve all people not parties and opposes political displays on public transit routes, noting the West End carries both parties and should stay neutral.
The excerpt notes strong foreign demand for U S cereals and especially cotton with October exports about 1 300 000 bales, signaling renewed prosperity. It warns that free silver would crash values, cause rapid debt collection, and distress wage earners and small borrowers during a looming panic.
A broad clergy coalition urges Massachusetts voters to reject a proposed biennial election amendment. They argue merging state and national races would let private interests control state legislation affecting education, charities, prisons, and marriage law, threatening local self government and moral welfare.
The piece argues contracts and orders tied to McKinley or Bryan outcomes are not existential. People will continue to live, work, and trade regardless of who wins. Public policy matters, but the nation will proceed, and prudent leaders foresee prosperity and act confidently for their share.
An 19th century commentary notes rumors that Minnesota loan agents may foreclose overdue mortgages if free silver passes, while arguing coercion of voters is illegal and business follows its own logic regardless of party. It cautions that mortgage terms and currency values would drive lenders to recover funds as money loses value.
A column mixes oddities and social notes from Boston and nearby cities. It recalls a man who sneezed out an eye, a flower motif in fashion, a rule about Sabbath rides, a sculptor choice for a state bust, and a road record in Buffalo. It also mentions a club cellar mystery, a street sprinkler, stage virtue twists, a Food Fair mishap, and Chicago’s hunt for preachers including H Francis Perry via a manuscript polling process.
Milford Raymond wins a tight election by a few hundred votes and then seeks Margaret Kingston, only to learn she is engaged to his rival William Hale. His past scandal surfaces briefly but is hushed, leaving him defeated in love as well as politics.
The piece notes that last year’s jackets will still work after simple alterations. It highlights hip length coats, single-breasted jackets with braid, short skirts with three rear pleats, and front closures with medium buttons. Braided jackets and strapped seams are popular with tight fits and high collars.
The article outlines long close fitting coats with pleats at the back and heavy cloth in green brown or tan. Tan coats feature cloth straps while green or brown coats use black braid. Box front coats stay popular double breasted with large buttons and silk lining. Astrachan material highlighted for such coats. The latest styles are discussed with emphasis on materials and details.
Quotation from Indianapolis Journal notes a reader finishing Miss Skryber's new novel and asks if it is suitable for home reading. A reply suggests the work is not fit for public view.
The piece portrays George Fred Williams and his followers as warlike usurpers within the Democratic party. It accuses them of threatening party unity, branding dissenters, and attempting to install a dictatorship while labels rival factions as treacherous. The author predicts dire consequences for any administration aligned with Williams.
New York Oct 28 The beautiful American woman Miss Clara Ward later Princess de Chimay seeks a divorce from Prince Joseph de Caraman Chimay amid long standing marital strife. The couple wed in 1890 and have two children. The Chimay clan is portrayed as ardent fortune hunters with a history of separations and reconciliations.
Obituary notes Charles Lester of Berea Ky a co founder of Berea College the Souths first mixed race higher education institution. Other items include Baron de Rothschild receiving the Order of the White Eagle from Czar Nicholas and political remarks by Senator Quay.
Letter to the editor argues that proposed biennial elections threaten local issues by forcing state level debates on constitutional amendments in Minnesota and Nebraska amid nationwide currency focus. Authors warn Massachusetts voters to consider local impacts and maintain discussion of state matters separate from federal questions.
A Cambridge group urges members in the First Middlesex District to unite for the Democratic nominee James Kielty. The letter questions loyalty to platform principles and asks Ward 1 members Whitman Brown and N S Shaler to pledge to vote as all Democrats should for the party candidate.
Rev. James L. Barten, secretary of the American Board foreign department, spoke at the Old Colony Congregational Club on Christianity and New Japan. He said Japan will have a growing role in East Asian politics and will expand commerce and manufacturing, requiring study of canaries and trade as they relate to the United States.
A collage of week perverse quips from newspapers presents playful misreadings and misheard lines. Shifts in tone occur as characters debate bicycles of ideas from comics to politics across Chicago Indianapolis and Pittsburgh pages.
The Boston Provident Association held its annual meeting at its Chardon street office. In the past year 9000 applications were filed and 1938 families assisted, including 712 American and 1226 foreign. Over 3000 home visits were made and thousands of garments and shoes distributed. Food and fuel expenditures exceeded 7000 dollars with coal orders above 300 tons. The miscel laneous charity total rose past 13000 dollars. New board members were named, led by President Charles R. Codman and Vice Presidents Francis Minot Algernon Coolidge and Dr. Emery Souther.
August Lindstrom and Mrs McClosky were absent for health reasons while John J Enneking spoke on The Truth in Art. Tracy of Salem played piano and H S Sullivan sang as Daughters of the Revolution attended. John Clark of Prang Educational Co discussed Ideality As a Factor in Social Progress. Beethoven recital planned with Mrs Cheney and The Fadettes. Marion Howard reports.
Rumors of a morocco leather trust in upper stock surface in Lynn as shoe uppers for women and children rely on morocco leather. Pevear and Co. deny involvement and call the story a gigantic ruse while Lynn manufacturers worry after earlier squeeze by the sole leather trust.
The Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons for the United States held its annual session in New York. Elected officers include S. G. Commander M. W. Baylis from Washington D C and grand treasurer John G. Barker of New York, among others from multiple states.
In Satolli's Washington dispatches dated Oct 28, a move to remove Rev. Frederick Z Rooker secretary of the apostolic delegation is reported. The charge cites pernicious interference with German Catholics in the United States and alleges Rooker hid a key utterance from the Pottsville German congregation while translating and compiling Cardinal Satolli's speeches for publication.
St Augustine’s Cadet Band, a long standing New England amateur group, plays at the World’s Food Fair this week. Founded by Father O Callaghan in 1893, it gathers 25 boys aged 12 to 16 from his Sunday school. In May this year it won first prize and 31 gold medals at a Mechanics Building band tournament. Instructor Mr F E Grant, a former British army bandmaster with fifteen years’ service in St Helena, directs the group.
Mr Bert Waters of B A A spoke to the college eleven yesterday afternoon outlining position play on the line and hole creation in breaking up opponents interference. He offered valuable points on team play and received a rising vote of thanks.
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