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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1895
Page
4
The Boston school committees must act to provide room for students crowded out by insufficient accommodations. Delays in opening the new year worsen the problem, affecting Dorchester and the North End, with demands for expanded facilities using full authority and funds to meet the needs of all children.
The piece argues that preventing interference by excursion steamers with America's Cup yachts near Sandy Hook is nearly impossible. It favors moving the race to the Eastern Yacht Club course off Marblehead for better winds, shore visibility, and strict policing, and promotes the Massachusetts course over New York for a satisfactory contest.
A reader laments the foundations of the Old State House on Beacon Hill. The piece details four inch brick and sand fills, crumbling clay foundations, lack of underpinning, and other serious structural concerns. The writer questions why the building remains standing amid ongoing renovations.
Senator Gray declares his support for President Cleveland's renomination next year and rejects a true third term issue. He argues the concern is continuous service by the same individual, noting Cleveland's two terms were separated by four years as a private citizen. A prudent, merit based decision should replace tradition or sentiment in this discussion.
The article hopes for stronger wind for the second race of the America s Cup series after a light Saturday. Valkyrie weather hindered sail speed, while Captain Cranfield notes the fluky wind. Defender seeks a strong breeze and clear skies, with interest in the outcome.
The British boat must develop qualities to win this final trial as weather varies. If the Defender wins today, the American yacht’s superiority from Saturday nearly seals the series. A win would certify retention of the America's Cup on this side of the Atlantic regardless of wind conditions.
Dr. Forbes Winslow denounces bicycle riding by women as dangerous to health and morals. The essay argues Americans, especially Boston women, show clear health and social benefits from cycling, praising outdoor exercise and the nursery’s education through family outings, while challenging male authority to restrict it.
The piece notes reduce donations to Emergency Hospital boxes from $200 to about $20 monthly as summer resorts empty. It predicts a rebound to $300 monthly with returning visitors. The writer rebukes New York beggars in Gotham, praising the hospital’s work and criticizing sharp street solicitations.
The show opened with curiosities and a famed fiddle appearance that delighted the crowd. The mud town Rubes and crane brothers danced as usual while Mizpah impressed with intricate steps. Hart and Williams offered a bright sketch and Donaldson sang several tunes. New burlesques by the Palace Theatre burlétta company featured fresh costumes and strong choruses.
A letter attacks claims of priority in yacht race bulletins by the Globe and others. It asserts Herald and Globe details misled readers, cites Defender as winner timing, and notes common use of telegraph steamers by multiple papers. It also mentions Tufts College reservoir crowds and an engagement between Frederick A. Jones and Miss Florence Edmands.
Lawyer Boardman Hall leaves last night for New York with mainly gas matters to occupy his stay in the metropolis He hopes to glimpse a Defender versus Valkyrie race if possible Representative William J Donovan of East Boston travels to St Louis as a delegate from the city to the national convention of stationary engineers He backed the Massachusetts stationary engineers law and pushed the free transfers bill for West End Street Railway Company this year indicating his fighter role Coveney moves a handsome new house in East Cambridge Ex-Senator Coveney basks in lifelong local ties East Boston fire destroys flour stock at Boston and Albany sheds with 17000 bags worth 46000 being salvaged and auctioned amid pasta makers and Italians bidding President Angell of the Society for Our Dumb Animals criticizes ex President Harrison in a noted issue
The Sylvia sails from Hong Kong to Amoy with eight junks as convoy amid pirate threats. A gale close to Mico Bay tests crew and passengers as a suspicious junk is identified as pirate but is driven off by a joint defense, followed by a Royal Navy steamer destroying piratical junks near the bay.
The program at the Howard Atheneum this week offers a varied bill. Orion Trio performs A Hot Chase with acrobatics and comedy. May Wentworth shines as vocalist and pianist. Huested and Guyer charm with dance and song. Fish and Quigg entertain with eccentric comedy. the Kelly brothers deliver Irish sketches. Dixon and Lang blend pathos and humor as Bowery Bum and Broadway Swell. Helen Englehardt and May Raymond display foil, rifle, and sword work. Cr. H. Perkins the Southern Nightingale sings. Adah Richmond burlesque company presents Yum Yum the Blonde Venus with a large chorus and specialty acts.
Laloo and Lala, a two bodied one headed pair, were shown yesterday in Austin and Stones Museum lecture hall drawing a huge crowd at the box office. The duo is described as Laloo providing the thinking while Lala is the body without the head linked at the midsection. The exhibit runs two weeks and ends with Laloo returning to Hindustan. Old Rube the serpent also drew attention as crowds marveled at his temper and gluttony. Attending names include Ward and Brown the Lowell brothers the Pinards Murphy Cline Campbell Evans Clifton Sylvester Dean the Dalys Foster the Andersons Myers sisters Ramsden Weston Roylance Warren Ford and Grant.
Lothrop's Grand Museum drew full houses for Harry Lacy's romantic drama The Planter's Wife. Maud Miller Edith Grey, Harry Leighton Albert Graham, Charles C. Patterson Simeon Simcoe, Marie Arkwright Angie Gordon, and Margaret Pierce Ibora Graham received praise. Variety acts included the Kidds, Essie Graham, Gilson and Marr, De Camp, the Allyns, Kitty Smith, Harry Barrymore, Belle Verna, and John Walsh.
Manager Batcheller stacks two merged burlesque companies for strong entertainment at the Lyceum. The Masked Ball stars Dollie Brooks with a lively ensemble performing songs dances and marches plus a Mephisto specialty. Next on Sept 16 the May Russell burlesque company appears.
Cooler weather and liberal management push steady attendance gains at the Nickel-Odeon. The Lees Mexican knife throwers enter their second week as a main attraction alongside potato racing by girls, Dill's royal marionettes, Vida the leopard boy, and other acts in the lecture halls.
A strange freak of nature attracts crowds as a Boston exhibition premieres featuring Leo the Hindoo conjurer Mme La Mont fire queen and Count Cordana's troupe of Brazilian apes. The stage hosts The Doyles Irish sketch artists Cora Armstrong Maggie Cline pocket edition Fred Golden Belle Thornton Hayes and Howe Bessie Stanswood Cowper and Griffin Eisie Graydon and Flossie Dupont's lady minstrels with hourly performances.
A fakir on Broadway shouts Pictures of Valkyrie while a Wall Street hawker proclaims Pictures of the Valkyrie to bulls and bears. On a uptown street another dealer calls Pictures of the Valkyrie as spectators pass. If Defender wins the cup race, Valkyrie may be dubbed Dennis.
A reader asks for the lyrics to I Don t Want to Play in Your Yard A verse describes two girls in matching outfits sharing secrets by a well A quarrel ends with hurt but they reconcile and remain friends for life The chorus recalls childhood memories of the line you can t play in our yard
A reader asks if law regulates hours for government employees and whether it covers post office clerks. The response states the eight hour rule applies only to letter carriers. clerks work according to local usage fixed by authorities.
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