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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1896
Page
4
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Washington reports the Spanish government may try Competitor prisoners in a civil court. American citizens held in Cuban prisons for months deserve a fair immediate trial or release, not prolonged detention prior to conviction, and Weyler should be barred from punishing Americans before any verdict.
The New York Stock Exchange saw a sale of 40,000 ounces of silver bullion certificates at 3 4 cents per ounce, the lowest price this year, reducing the standard silver dollar value to 50 cents. London bar silver fell to 30d per ounce as Bullion dealers link the decline to unsettled Indian exchange and Bank of England gold withdrawals. The long trend since 1890 shows silver prices sliding, dampening hopes for a free silver victory this fall.
The Maine results show a strong Republican plurality similar to Vermont, with few Democrats voting for a gold standard option and many abstaining. Analysts caution against overinterpreting for November, noting it signals New England sentiment on silver rather than a presidential predictor.
The piece argues New England votes remain predictable for McKinley while Maine shows little impact on the national result. It stresses real decisive power lies with the great Midwestern states, whose choices will determine the outcome.
The Chinese leader Li Hung Chang, about to sail home, offers a controversial view that America would benefit from a class to perform much of the women’s domestic work cheaply. The piece notes this targets the servant-girl question and questions whether such a solution matches the market value of skilled housework.
The piece argues that free coinage would hurt workers by inflating the currency and empowering money speculators, challenging the claim that gold standard profits would vanish. It warns against returning to devalued money and cites past crises like Black Fridays to urge maintaining stable gold-backed currency.
A column notes signs reserving seats for women in a restaurant and for men in a New York compare, then sketches a Portland druggist selling a so called antidote for swearing. The writer praises the pharmacist for addressing both discomfort and mental exercise and ends with a playful nudge to travelers.
A collected mix of jokes and humorous bits from multiple papers notes quips about art, advertising, deaths, phrenology, laziness, honest tramps, natural deaths, and a Georgia tavern landlord reacting to a distant fiddler. The snippets showcase era wit and social foibles.
Poem depicting zephyr and sea imagery with muses and harps. The speaker asks the breeze to sweep the deep, lift spirits, calm fear, and inspire love and song. References to bells, Aurora, and the image of an angel float through the verse.
Mayor Quincy prompts quick action to finance a new general register of qualified voters. The Board approves a $90,000 loan via bonds or certificates payable in ten years at 4 percent, with premiums aiding sinking fund redemption. An alderman also seeks park land purchase at Neponset Ave and Freeport St.
The New York New Haven and Hartford railroad filed a year ending June 30 1896 report showing gross operating earnings of 30 345 630 10 with operating expenses of 21 137 226 51 and total income 10 064 089 49. Dividends amounted to 3 608 543 with a 58 850 09 surplus. The board cites money market issues delaying the Boston terminal but expects completion in 1897 and notes electricity experiments may lead to a third rail and branch lines while preserving revenues and dividends.
The Cramps of Philadelphia Scotts of San Francisco and Newport News Company topped the bidding for new battleships with bids near 2.6 million dollars each. John H Dialogue Sons Bath Iron Works Union Iron Works and William Cramp Sons submitted bids without a gold clause.
Allston resident asks why West End street railroad lacks free transfers at Central square Cambridgeport. He cites 8 cent fares for riders from Allston to Harvard square and beyond, and contrasts with 5 cent rides and free transfers on other lines, urging a citywide free transfer system.
Mr Ferdinand Strauss of Leopold Morse & Co. clothiers arrived in New York last Friday on the Furst Bis marck with Mrs Strauss and Mester Leon, refreshed from a summer outing in Europe.
In a colonial tale from the Common, Goody Lynne endures the stocks for sleeves beyond the law of 1639. She curses Judge Wenham at a wishing stone, then dies and is slain as a witch. The town bloodily enacts vengeance, and the legend haunts the burial ground years later.
The article forecasts a finish fight as Western Union Telegraph Company and Bell Telephone near renewing a mutual nonwork agreement. It notes expanding local networks, Morgan involvement, and strong Capitalizations with Western Union debt and Bell stock gains. It cites court limits on rail contracts and key backers including J Pierpont Morgan, Goulds, Astor, Sage and Sloan.
Li Hung Chang spoke freely about the East’s development and praised Cleveland’s firmness. He noted Canada and the United States as happy and free, urged a cheap labor class, and commended Secretary Carlisle’s financial knowledge. He sails from Vancouver on the Empress of China at 2 pm, to be met at Yokohama by a Chinese warship.
Personal notices recount Daniel Collins of Belvidere New Jersey killed by a train after predicting his fate. Johannes Bergest of Brookville Indiana died at 102 recalling Napoleon era marches. Notes claim Lincoln first beard wearing president and Grant first mustache holder. Also mentions E A MacDowell's Columbia College post and Professor Carpenter arguing flat earth claims.
The second edition of the Post Almanac for 186 is on hand and will be sold for ten cents each. It offers full election reports silver and gold statistics financial tables and numerous data. Inquiries may be made at the Boston Post counting room.
The Gere School in East Cambridge announces four new teachers to replace deposed staff. The appointees are Miss Ingalls, Miss Thayer, Miss Mary G. Kelley, and Miss Kate Hag- likely Hagerty or Hag.
New York dispatch reports a feud between actress Grace Henderson and George Ballantine, son of Newark brewer Peter Ballantine. Henderson says she attempted to shoot Ballantine after he announced plans to marry. Ballantine had just been married and pursued divorce. Henderson explains years of hardship and a failed marriage, while Ballantine is described as 27 and previously married to Mabel Lothrop.
James Connolly of 645 West Forty-second Street was jailed after being charged with throwing his 17 year old wife Annie Connolly from a second story fire escape. Magistrate Flammer delayed action pending evidence as Mrs Connolly refused to testify. Patrolman Manning connected Connolly to the incident. Connolly remains in jail while Mrs Connolly recovered at Bellevue Hospital.
Edward H. Davis and Nellie Vailincourt admitted living together as man and wife on Stillman Street. Indicted by the grand jury, they pled guilty and appeared before Judge Bishop. Davis received three years in the House of Correction while Vailincourt drew one year at Sherborn Women's Prison.
The Congregational Sunday School Superintendents' Union met last evening in Berkeley Temple vestry. A 6 o'clock collation was served and a discussion on Music in the Sunday School followed. Rev. W. A. Bartlett of Lowell delivered an address on Worship Music or the Restoration of a Lost Art.
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