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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1896
Page
4
The article reports about 11 085 bathers at Boston public baths in August, roughly 10 000 baths daily, about one in fifty residents. It notes hot weather boosted numbers and argues for year round free public baths to promote comfort, health, and decency.
Voters registration has surpassed fifty thousand with nineteen days left to add names. If each person averages about twenty daily at four offices open fourteen hours, the total could match last year. Citizens are urged to register before October 1 to vote in December aldermen and council elections.
The piece argues that Eastern and Southern results matter little for November. It notes Vermont and Maine leanings and Arkansas gains, but warns the West and Midwest will decide. It stresses the campaign is not a war between sections but is forming along regional lines.
The article notes the Chinese statesman Earl Li's visit drew rare attention and official ceremony, yet few Americans gained ideas from him. It suggests the public memory is shaped more by racial perceptions than substantive impact.
The text reflects on Li Hung Chang's visit to the United States, noting his curiosity about America and Americans, and the mutual courtesy shown with General Grant in China. It hopes Hung Chang gained ideas beneficial to China and acknowledges Grant's gracious treatment by Li during their earlier interactions.
The piece argues that Massachusetts savings bank depositors are mainly wage earners whose funds, totaling 439 million dollars in gold value, could lose value under free coinage of silver. It links savings growth to the gold standard and warns that silver dollars would devalue the deposits when withdrawn.
At the Royal Academy of Music in London the narrator recalls studying beside the Thames while longing for America. A confrontation with a mysterious visiting lady in a carriage interrupts the practice, as a scented calling card is delivered to the aunt chaperoning.
The Observant Citizen reports a new Sum mer Club organized in West End business rooms to promote solid colored leadership beyond voting. It excludes professional politicians and wire pullers, seeking to advance social and political influence for the colored community.
A mystery woman in elegant garb awakens a young narrator with a touching serenade of The Old Kentucky Home. A London paper later ties the tale to Harold Massinger, found dead by suicide with forged mining documents and a note seeking a return to honesty at our old Kentucky home.
Letter to the Post from W Peel denounces English public indifference toward the Gallagher case and warns of future insanity or death in Mrs Maybrick’s plight. He notes repeated government refusals of a new trial and pledges continued efforts for release through a society formed for her.
Brookline registrars of voters met in the lower Town Hall last evening to register residents who had not yet signed up. The list grew by about fifty names and more are expected before the election.
The 1896 edition covers 4399 corporations with 1900 pages. It details 2040 steam railroads, 4208 street railroads, 143 industrials, and 1008 state and municipal debts, totaling $16.475 billion in investments. Mileage and earnings figures are provided for 179,821 miles of track, with 543,974,268 passengers and 783,799,880 tons moved in the year. Massachusetts ranks tenth in street railroad miles with 121,497 miles, 97.96 of which are horse car lines.
The article describes autumn capes with full neck coverage and wide cuts despite small sleeves. It notes end of September warmth, various fabrics like black figured silk with taffe tas lining, lace, net, and colored chiffon rubes. Daytime capes favor tan cloth with white or black embroidery paired with a braided vest and ribbon detailing.
Poem by Cora C Bass from Lowell Massachusetts reflects on vacation ending and homecoming joy. It celebrates reunion with loved ones and renewed faith and courage, praising enduring friendship and the return to a brighter future.
The Master Teamsters' Association met at United States Hotel with over thirty members. private business conducted and a collation served. The Boston District Medical Society met at Hotel Thorndike with eight members. Dr. Nathan L. Allen presided and Dr. G. Edwin Spencer spoke on Typhoid Fever. Louis P. Ober, president of McCormick Brewery, was feted at Hotel Thorndike with a complimentary dinner by company directors after a European trip.
Jacob Simes owner of 141 Salem street faced large crowds in Boston's North End when his shop stayed open during Rosh Hashona. Police cleared streets as 1500 to 2000 gathered, with arrests and later release after lectures. Simes defended his need to work for family, noting lack of funds and perishable stock.
In New York Bronx Park a statue of Edgar Allan Poe will depict the poet seated in a chair with a raven at his feet. A new Bret Harte poetry volume and two short story volumes are set for London release. A Harriet Beecher Stowe memorial is proposed for a Washington national institute and hospital training school for colored nurses.
Ward 14 caucuses tonight pit Cox-Dean-Barry against Cronin-Norton factions in a bid to control the delegation. Baldwin’s switch strengthens the Cox-Dean-Barry bloc which aims to sweep the delegation by a wide margin. Victory would likely deliver Ward 14 votes for Dean in the aldermanic convention and bolster South Boston representation.
Commissioner Murphy says Sundays rainfall yields only a ten day water supply as dry ground absorbed much of the water. Mayor Quincy warns heavy rains are needed to avoid winter shortages and plans a Nashua River watershed tour with Murphy to inspect metropolitan works.
Chicago contractors Shailer Schliglan & Co won the Section 10 subway contract with the lowest bid among five bids, amounting to 77 420 dollars. Section 10 covers Haymarket square and Washington street up to Hanover street, and its award pushes the underground system toward more than half of its 8000 feet under contract.
The Bryan and Sewall Club of Ward 17 hosted a smoke talk last evening. Principal speaker on the silver side was Mr. James Mahan while Mr. John J. Hoar presided.
Daily table hints list breakfast items and a dinner menu with barley soup lamb and desserts, followed by simple recipes for Rye muffins Cream gravy Milk sherbet Coffee jelly and a note of Miss E A Lincoln of Dudley Street Boston Massachusetts. The text details ingredients quantities preparation steps and serving suggestions for each dish.
A notice describes a fatal Richard drowning case in New Haven involving a rescue of two women and a cremation of a girl while asleep. It also reports Lucy Stein filing for divorce from Dr. Julius Stein in New York, citing abandonment and non-support after a six year marriage and three children.
In Newburyport on September 8 Mrs. William Bean and her daughter Alice were saved from drowning at Haverhill by a man who named himself Oakley. He swam through the surf despite exhaustion, rescuing both women and placing Mrs. Bean in critical condition on the beach.
Richard Hinchcliffe a theatrical agent was arrested after Miss Florence Baker accused him of threatening to kill her when she refused marriage. He pleaded not guilty at a preliminary hearing and his lawyer secured a two week continuance. Both reside on Columbus Avenue.
Mary Burns plunged from a New Haven dock Monday night while talking with friends Annie Abels Charles S Johnson and J Ward Hillman. The body was recovered by Joseph Fathergill. The trio fled after the splash, as none could swim.
Lizzie Eversman, a farmer's daughter from eight miles east of East St Louis in St Clair county Illinois, awoke as a somnambulist and entered the yard after midnight. She collected two straw stacks and set them ablaze then stood between them and perished, leaving only a charred skull among the ashes.
In Fort Scott Kansas Allen Six was arrested on bigamy at the urging of Grace Six who says she is his sixth wife. Three other women from Pond Creek Frontenac and Walker claim to be his wives along with four more who live in Michigan. Wife No 6 seizes his jewelry trunks and carriages.
The World reports William Moran, a coachman for Judge Wandell at his Saddle Rock summer residence, shot and killed a Dowling guest from New York and then killed himself yesterday afternoon. Moran reportedly loved Miss Wandell who favored Dowling's advances.
All For Temperance in Boston at a meeting in Boston College hall elected Edmund Phelan as president. Three new members were admitted and a committee was formed to arrange a Father Mathew demonstration on October 5. Delegates to the Boston C T A Union convention were approved, and Edward Fitzgerald moved to transfer to St Pauls Temperance Guild in New York.
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