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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1896
Page
4
The piece argues prosperity is returning and urges action, but warns free coinage would halve women savers in banks and ruin insurance and investment funds. It cites Massachusetts statistics on savings deposits, nationwide savers, and the potential dramatic depreciation of value if silver coinage were adopted.
The piece argues that stock exchanges, including Chicago's, are not essential to business. It criticizes the Chicago Exchange as a provincial gambling venue and suggests closing others would not harm public welfare. It frames exchanges as a convenience, not a necessity, and questions their broader value.
The Cuban captain-general faces limits as the paper currency plan issued by the Spanish bank collapses. Havana stock exchange and local bankers refuse to recognize it, balances cannot be settled, and gold and silver are draining from the island as a financial panic looms. This serves as a cautionary example for currency debates.
The article portrays Don Carlos of Spain as best positioned among pretenders to claim the throne. Carlists push for autonomy, oppose Cuba coercion, and seek reform. Rumors say Don Carlos has not pledged to refrain from action. If Cuba and Philippines misfortunes persist, Spain could face domestic revolt.
The passage argues that women, as household treasurers, manage most family earnings and savings. It highlights how mothers safeguard the family budget, build a rainy day fund, and contribute to children's education while maintaining thrift and prudent spending.
A carved ivory box hidden spring opens to reveal letters and a photograph revealing a web of secrets. Harold Randolph inherits from Phil Atherton after discovering Helen Bruce Kimball's letters and a note from Phil detailing a past romance and perilous marriage. A cashier's check for 10000 dollars accompanies the final letter.
The article discusses fixing last year sleeves by removing lining, adding a tight lining, and reshaping the sleeve with three shirred points. It also notes red and blue as a revived color combo for yachting attire suitable for cooler weather aboard ships.
The Observant Citizen traces a string of misfortune surrounding Bay State Gas Dominion Coal Massachusetts Pipe Line figures from Henry Whitney to George Towle and Fred Patch. A fatal West Indies trip and a ship collision collide with Boston politics and a new voter registration law.
Daily table hints include breakfast items like Wheatlet maple ham and eggs vegetable hash and scotch custard. dinner features chicken pot pie fried sweet potatoes parsnips lima beans and steamed apple dumplings. supper offers ham toast crullers fritters orange custard pie and marble cake. A muffin ring breading recipe and hard sauce are given, with a preserver rhubarb marmalade. BESSIE LEVENWORTH, Green street, Melrose Highlands.
In Parliament John Burns jokes about public confidence while quirky happenings unfold. Frances Perkins dies after drinking from an egg stone. Beatrice Jones helms Reef Point landscape crews. Carrie Nelson runs a prize winning Vermont dairy. Paris Archbishop bans clergy cycling. Clara Sturgis champions anti suffrage views. Gustav Salvini in Naples follows his father’s stage footsteps with careful, self doubt.
A million dollars in gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England for shipment to the United States by Kidder Peabody Co of Boston. Additional large gold imports are expected this week, increasing U S gold reserves while New York remains a leading money market.
The Treasury announces a loss of 43,200 in gold coins and 10,500 in gold bars, leaving the gold reserve at 114,133,469. A New York sub-treasury telegram notes a further 800,000 in gold coin deposited that day, not shown in the statement.
Mint Director Preston announced August coinage of 2,650,000 silver dollars. The seigniorage on this issue was 822,027.03 dollars, and that amount was paid into the Treasury yesterday.
The British brig Doris from Ponce Porto Rico with sugar to Whitney Pousland & Co. faced a northeast gale Sept 7 veering northwest to 60 mph. The vessel lost sails and rigging, ran off course, later sighted a burning wreck near Nantucket Shoal. A large steamer Westerland (Belg) bore down, passed close astern, taking paint and log as it bypassed the vessel.
At Antietam Maryland a monument honoring the Philadelphia brigade fallen at Antietam was unveiled. Gov Lowndes and Gov Hastings with state and local officials led a ceremonial parade to the shaft, accepted by Commander John W. Frasier and unveiled amid an ovation from Captain John F. Reilly.
At Brockton on September 17 the State firemen’s convention drew 375 attendees. Chief S Hosmer of Lowell opened with a paper on European versus American fire departments. Capt William Brophy of Boston urged legislative action to amend the $10,000 relief fund law.
A reader from Hyde Park letters to the Post argues about counting years and the turn of the century. He suggests the fin de siecle arrives at midnight on December 31, 1999, asserting clear logic from calendar aging.
To the Editor of the Post Daughters of the American Revolution chapter expresses thanks for publishing Washington's farewell address in the Sunday issue. Regent Marion H Brazidpr signs the letter dated September 17 1896 and extends best wishes for the Post's future prosperity.
A collage of quips and exchanges from multiple papers shows satirical lines on politics and society. The Harlem Life and Detroit Tribune snippets pair witty retorts with social scenes while the New Orleans Picayune and Chicago Record offer light political jests and imagined dialogues.
Question asks in what year General Butler was elected Governor of this state, referencing 1883 as a prior point. Requires a precise year answer connected to historical record.
The speaker recalls giving a cord of pine to a debtor, a gift that brought peace but vanished during the night. The speaker wanders about how to recover the pine, hoping a detective may find the missing cord and restore the peace it once provided.
General Wadi Hampton and W J Coombs met Secretary Francis to review forthcoming Pacific railroad reports. The plan foresees foreclosing the main Union Pacific line and the central branch in Kansas and Colorado linking Kansas City to Denver. The United States second lien debt of about 67 million dollars would be paid in cash by purchasers at roughly 50 million. A syndicate is said to exist to buy the road if Congress approves.
Executive council approves Aldams of Boston as successor to Judge Hardy. Judge Hardy and Henry Wardwell of Salem confirmed as justices of the Superior Court. A dispute over the State hospital for tubercular patients with the Metropolitan Ware Board and health authorities ends in an amicable settlement. A sewage plan redirects effluent to the War River bank to protect land filtration beds. Trustees will award contracts and hospital construction may proceed without delay.
The battleship Texas ran aground for eight hours near Newport Rhode Island after striking a ridge of sand. Tugboats aided the recovery, and by early morning the ship floated free and was found intact with no water intrusion. Torpedo outfit loading began before noon.
Conclave Pride of Massachusetts No 114 Knights of Sherwood Forest Uniform Bank of Foresters of America met at No 53 Hanover Street to finalize travel for a trip to Lowell on Wednesday. The group will depart Boston at 9 am on two special cars led by Colonel Canney with Charles McCarthy as drill master. About seventy five members in uniform will escort the order, joined by the Assumption Cadet Band of East Boston with 35 players and accompanying lady friends.
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