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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
4
The strike of New York clothing workers highlights extreme low pay and near starvation. Investigators label the sweating system brutal and degrading, noting workers endure voluntary hardship hoping for future subsistence while public sympathy supports the laborers against industrial slavery.
The Boston Journal urges against nominating Barrett in the seventh district amid a widening Republican split. It accuses Barrett of discredit and warns the party against risk, arguing defeat has harmed his candidacy while noting the public may suffer from such internal strife.
The Bristol mills in New Bedford will resume production next week, the most hopeful sign yet of renewed business in the region. The cloth mills employ 509 workers with a weekly payroll near $500, and this move breaks a wage-reduction pact, potentially prompting other mills to follow and easing the cotton industry's deadlock after recent strike events in Fall River and New Bedford.
Senator Jones of Nevada joins the Populists, affirming unwavering support for the protection policy. He contrasts with Republicans who repealed the Sherman act and rejects McKinleyism concession. He argues for protection for silver and insists no compromise on his convictions.
A fragment notes a shift as the Populists align with the leader while associates who stay behind face divided loyalties. The text suggests tension within the group over strategy and allegiance during a political moment.
The steamer Miranda abandons the Arctic expedition led by Dr. Cook, transforming a pleasure trip into a disaster. The party’s baggage sank with the ship in Davis Strait, and the crew escaped by fishing schooner. The venture’s appeal as a Greenland summer resort fades, with Greenland unlikely to rival Jerusalem Road or the North Shore.
Shelby County authorities face a test as six Black men lynched while in sheriff custody last week are blamed on mob action and possibly official complicity. The piece urges swift, lawful punishment to counter claims of Southwide lawlessness and race hatred.
The League of American Wheelmen plans political action this fall to favor candidates supporting good roads. They urge voting out lawmakers blind to road improvements and note that Democrats tend to support the wheel. The focus is electing road-friendly officials.
A quiet verse recalling a warm hearth and a child’s bedtime prayer. The speaker’s thoughts drift to a mother’s faith and a cherished childhood memory, invoked by a distant treble and the line Now I lay me down to sleep.
A column notes sightings of Harry Woodruff with Anna Goulds past engagement, praises Frank B Brown of the Maverick House, and mentions Captain Hoffman’s jokes. It highlights the Women’s Industrial League HQ plans, Collyer anecdotes, and a steam disturbance near Columbus/Ferdinand. It also references Kerby Hopper on Corean versus Chinese soldiers and stray subway car fare oddities on Tremont Street.
A protest unfolds as three gas-fitters ride free on charity tickets amid jeers. Charlie confronts them while Rob the motorman contemplates action. Passengers condemn the abuse of charity fares and support the conductor’s stance. The piece notes renewed attention to charity issues and a summer lull in the Galop digest.
A Boston era miscellany notes a Franklin reception for Miss Mary Daniels who departs for missionary work in Turkey. It records long marriages, endowments, and legacies, plus sketches of Mary Clark of Gilroy and a Maine girl at a baseball game showing chivalry endures. The piece also cites a Boston housing that typewriters gain a Commons room, and a Boston business women directory highlighting women in diverse trades from artificial flowers to umbrellas and insurance.
Charles A. Busiel of Laconia was selected for governor by the Republican State convention with 411 votes to 3835 for George A. Ramsdell of Nashua. Unanimous for governor, the convention also renominated Henry M. Baker of Bow for the second district by acclamation. The platform vows to cut state expenses, protect wage workers, guard property owners from socialist and anarchist pressures, and curb harms from liquor use.
Mrs. Joanna Conway of Pearl street Brookline was fined $0 yesterday for violating the liquor law. The Police Court dismissed the charges against Mrs. Elizabeth Long and James McMahon, and the cases against Maurice Ahearn and William Hall were not pressed. All dwell on Pearl street.
A collage of social gossip from Buffalo notes includes patrons at a symphony audience, a dunning jest, and Vanity Fair jests on Rudyard Kipling. It also reports Buffalo Society Notes with Miss Anisette Kummel hosting a Sweet Marie reception, a pink tea mishap, a cream eating feat, gum boycott talk, and the first annual two step contest ending with a tie and a piano strike.
The Aldermanic Board plans to question Superintendent Carter at Monday’s meeting to settle whether executive or legislative powers govern city operations. They claim the board can revoke permits issued by Carter or any city subordinate, including street openings controlled by Aldermen. A prominent Alderman told the Post Carter’s authority to grant Brookline Gas Company a street location mirrors the Mayor’s limits. Brookline Gas Company employs 1400 workers with past payrolls of 224 on gas main projects.
The Boynton bicycle railroad stockholders met in New York and unanimously chose directors including E M Boynton J B Bell H H MacWhinney E l L Sanborn F W Breed James D White Haverhill W A Stevens William H Boynton George Hazeltine D C Reusch and Major General O O Howard. Officers named were President E Moody Boynton vice presidents A H Overman and J B Bell and secretary treasurer A B Boynton. A plan to build about three hundred miles of elevated road on Long Island was discussed.
Troop D First Battalion Cavalry prepared to escort General Banks at his funeral with 65 of 77 men mounted and ready by 7 am Tuesday. Forage wagons and paraphernalia were arranged. A list of Roxbury stables and horse supply numbers is kept at the armory.
The fifteenth annual meeting of the New England Undertakers' Association convened yesterday at Boston University School East Concord street with Francis Dickinson chairing and seventy five members present. President S Merritt Hook of the National Funeral Directors' Association gave a lengthy address on the undertaker's role likening it to a clergyman's duty to the living and the dead. Afternoon sessions covered officers reports and committee work. a final session is set for this morning followed by a city park drive.
In Buzzard's Bay on September 5, the President was the sole passenger aside from Skipper Wright on today’s fishing expedition. He has shown good luck so far, with rock bass, soup, and tautog among the prevalent catches.
The Boston Theatre reports strong crowds for The Old Homestead revival with Joshua Whitcomb and Thompson praised for lively acting and impressive scenery. Chauncey Olcott's engagement at the Museum draws crowded houses. Next Sunday features a display of popular paintings with new electrical effects and singing by The Old Homestead quartet. Multiple acts across the city are highlighted, including Young America at the Columbia and vaudeville at the Lyceum.
A reader from Boston argues that women’s cycling is a healthy modest recreation when dressed properly, condemning men who judge and praising the women’s paper for advancing women’s capability. The letter criticizes double standards and calls for respect for women riders and clothing choices.
An anti fogy column notes that ladies riding bicycles is no longer immodest as fashion and wheels have evolved. It urges ladies to use judgment on costume and predicts what true ladies wear will be deemed proper once novelty fades, except by a few old fogies anchored to grandmother era standards.
A Dorchester reader defends well cut bloomers as a tasteful costume for women on bicycles. He challenges moral critics as narrow minded and invites them to ride a machine to see their views change.
In a letter from Cambridge dated September 4 the writer argues Betsy should focus on domestic duties rather than provocative attire. A responder counters that propriety and conduct by the woman determine acceptability, regardless of riding a wheel.
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