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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1895
Page
4
Last Saturday The Post published a twelve page issue packed with 325 columns of high class advertisements from Boston merchants across trades. The display marks a record season level for Boston daily papers and demonstrates that Post advertising pays for local merchants.
An editorial laments repeated French government reshuffles from Grevy to Ribot amid the Carmeaux strike dispute and railway syndicate revelations. The piece argues reform is needed despite Republican progress when compared with past regimes. It casts the Chamber of Deputies as particularly marred by corruption.
Mr. Williams rebukes Massachusetts Governor, accusing state control of liquor law violations in Fall River. He alleges the Governor as chief of police by appointment shields offenders and undermines local self-government, criticizing Republican machine influence.
The piece rails at Senator Chandler for urging immediate war with Britain to seize Canada. It argues such jingoism endangers prosperity and peace, insists the United States does not seek conflict, and predicts eventual outcomes if patience and national resolve hold.
The Post's spring assessment remains valid as Josiah Quincy emerges as the logical, available, and desirable Democratic nominee for Boston mayor. Nomination support appears unanimous, with former contenders gracefully withdrawing to show party unity and respect for the will of the Democratic majority.
The passage praises December triumphs and contrasts Republican bickering with Democratic unity in Boston. It argues Curtis as accidental mayor lacks record, while Quincy as candidate offers redemption and a return to Democratic control of the city.
The 1894 report by the Bureau of Statistics of Labor marks a notably poor year across Massachusetts and the nation. It records declines in value of goods made and work done, wages, and per person earnings, with 493 establishments showing $496,144,574 in goods and work versus $552,998,022 in 1893.
The Mudgett alias Holmes trial in Philadelphia unfolds as a strange defense with no counsel or witnesses. Public sentiment brands him guilty beyond doubt, a wild beast trapped by murders of innocents, and justice must run its course despite the grim spectacle.
A reflective column notes diverse eating tastes in Boston restaurants with raw meat displays and codfish sights. It visits the Metropolitan Water Commission office and criticizes park demolition rules. It calls for bicycle traffic laws and recounts watching a local athlete.
A fragmented Parisian style column blends street observations on a runner with notes on wool buyers and copper shares. It recounts a shabby old man with tattered clothes and a stray cock’s feather behind the horse of a dirt chariot, then shifts to a tale of Mother Magloire and Innkeeper Chicot. The Maupassant fable ends with her decline after excessive drinking.
Innkeeper Chicot offers monthly payments totaling thirty crowns of one hundred sous for Mother Magloire’s farm in Eperville. She bargains for fifty crowns, arguing she has five to seven years left, while he predicts she will outlive him. The lawyer weighs in, but the talks drag on, leaving the deal unsettled.
A letter to the editor criticizes the Rapid Transit Commission for delaying arcade sidewalks on Canal and Haverhill streets. The writer argues the Boston & Maine property is rented to fruit and notions stalls, the sidewalks are narrow and encroached by shelves, and calls for widening and archways through existing wings to improve access to the city’s busiest railroad station. October 29, Boston.
In Boston the Hollis stage hosted Twelfth Night with Miss Rehan as Viola and John Craig as the duke. Sybil Carlisle plays Olivia, Percy Haswell Maria, and James Lewis Sir Deby Belch. Behan’s Shrew follows. Miss Martinot denial of Rigl interference stirs theater talk.
A reader suggests building an ice palace in Boston modeled on Clinton Street and North ice palaces. The design envisions cold weather hose water freezing into transparent illuminated ice, colored by chemicals, attracting crowds from far and near. Signed DEA of Cambridge.
Miss Alicia Stond Blackwell writes to the Post denouncing Dr. J. D. Fulton for claiming that women neglect their young and would do so if allowed to vote. She argues that suffrage mothers are among the best, and the complaint comes from those who oppose equal suffrage.
A garbled note from Washington Od mentions resitar B end vote at the Nan ber election. The fragment preserves a political context with unclear names and dates, but signals upcoming local electoral activity and voting responsibilities.
The Lynn Board of Health investigated General Electric foundries housing non union moulders amid a strike by moulders union members. Inspectors found no immediate action required, while strikers pledge ongoing vigilance and the union threatens a costly, protracted fight unless day work is adopted. Company officials deny casting shortages and report continued production as 1800 to 2000 workers face a potential hard winter.
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