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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1896
Page
4
Subscribers are directed to supply both current and new addresses for paper address changes. Notices that all money sent are at the sender’s risk and to avoid cash. Payments should be made by checks drafts or money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company at the Boston office on 259 Washington Street.
The article argues that Ethiopia under Menelik proves a nation can prevail against colonial powers through patriotism and national independence, contrasting with European powers and echoing debates about free silver and its impact on working women in Massachusetts, noting wage-earning women and potential price rises.
A dynamite plot leads to arrests of Tynan, Kearney, and Bell. The London press portrays a public panic over the threat to royal visits, prompting government precautions for the Czar and Czarina at Balmoral. The incident is seen as a mix of farce and tragedy, underscoring Britain’s heightened anxiety.
The article urges a thorough investigation of alleged fraud in Ward 19 caucuses for the State convention. It stresses the duty of ballot commissioners and both parties to ensure exact justice, clear suspicions, and if proven, punish those responsible to protect voters rights and city credit.
The piece argues Senator Carter from Montana may trade his free silver stance for Republican power. It contends silver Republicans held Senate leverage, blocked tariff bills, and could restore McKinley tariff policy if Carter’s allies are bought. It hints at a Sherman silver purchase bill precedent as the possible price.
The United States Senate moves toward final approval of the McKinley-Hanna tariff, signaling a major change in trade policy. The measure faces debate over duties on imported goods and its impact on industries and consumers nationwide.
The Observant Citizen notes Boston’s 266th founding with flags atop public buildings. Anecdotes include an artist who hides excess funds around his studio and a large Great Dane in Union Station watched by a golden-haired child. A street sign reads The Poet Factory, tied to cigars honoring a writer. Fashion is changing as bustle sleeves fade and bird cages appear.
Importations reveal heavy mourning goods with crepon designs and dull silk wool blends. Crepon dominates for young girls street gowns with chiffon accents and leg of mutton sleeves. Serge and Henrietta cloth offerings prove more durable, with full skirts and crepe detailing, in a period styled bodice and basque.
Governor Lowndes will host Hastings at Antietam battlefield for the Philadelphia brigade monument dedication on September 1. M Ribot, France’s rising statesman, visits the U S as a conservative Republican with cabinet experience. Tom Watson of Georgia is famed as a fiddler alongside his political bid for vice president.
Acting Secretary McAdoo cabled Secretary Herbert with the result of the battleships competition to speed awards of one ship each to the Cramp Company Scotts and Newport News Company. The action follows a law requiring the contracts be executed within 120 days.
The parting stone at Centre and Roxbury streets Roxbury will be removed for land improvements by Isaac Engel who plans to build three stores there. The stone once guided travelers to Cambridge Watertown on one side and Dedham Rhode Island on the other and recalled soldiers marching to Lexington.
In St John’s Newfoundland the brig Restless prepares for a Grand Banks run. Two deserters prompt fears of an unseen “extra man” aboard, a ghostly presence blamed for crew dread as a squall strikes. The mate vanishes during the storm with the phantom said to pursue him, leaving both the mate and the extra man missing and a lingering local legend.
The Post announces weekly prizes for Original Short Stories: ten dollars for first, five dollars for second, and two dollars each for the other four. Prizes go to feminine writers, names published in Sunday Post, checks mailed Monday for stories from the prior week. Submit one side of paper with writer’s name and address, no anonymity.
A collage of quips from various newspapers shows playful dialogue on marriage debts raises seating etiquette and college costs. Jests touch on brava do, perception of income, fashion policing, and education expense, with each piece attributed to different periodicals.
A fictional exchange sets a reporter from the Daily Sensation at Mephistopheles residence debating whether to stay or simply file a Sunday story, reflecting satirical urban life in Brooklyn Life.
The notice lists daily meals for breakfast dinner and supper featuring muskmelon hominy muskmelon dishes and dessert plans. It includes recipes for Spanish cream almond cake lemon pie and a jelly plus a buttered biscuit ham wine jelly and tea. The author is identified as Miss Alice A. Timmins of Dorchester Massachusetts.
Editor warns that George Fred Williams allies attempted to seize Boston Democratic leadership through deceitful raids. They allegedly misled Williams, urged purges of longtime Democrats, and plotted to use him for personal gain. Voters rejected the plan at the polls, preserving party unity and warning Williams to beware traitorous advisers.
The Supreme Court full bench sustains demurrers in equity suits by Bond, Houghton, Thompson, and Knapp against administrators Paul Butler and others. It holds no fiduciary relation or personal benefit shown, and that the fraud alleged in 1882 does not survive against the estate. The decision dismisses the bills, noting no trust or accounting obligations proven. Anson Maltby, M. O. Adams, G. T. Lincoln argued for plaintiffs. L. S. Dabney, F. L. Washburn for defendants.
The will of Thomas B. Coolidge of Woburn was contested by the American Peace Society. A Middlesex Probate Court hearing in East Cambridge resulted in an agreement that allows the will to be admitted to probate, with the Peace Society previously left 2500 in a prior instrument.
A formal reception and banquet extended to the district deputy grand regents of the Royal Arcanum by the grand regent and grand officers at the Hotel Thorndike last evening. Sixty two district deputies attended with Grand Regent Albert W. David of Lowell presiding and Herbert A. Boynton serving as secretary.
Today marks the 266th anniversary of the landing of colonists on Shawmut Peninsula and the Boston settlement. Puritan pioneers occupied Pemberton Square and Winthrop’s site near Spring Lane, named for the spring still running under the post office building.
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