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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1896
Page
4
Great Britain strengthens control in the Soudan, securing Egypt and asserting dominance over native races. The expansion pushes north from the Cape and south from the Suez, resisting Dutch Boer opposition and signaling broader civilization of British dominion.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island mills have revived. Maine follows with factories resuming after closures since last May. The revival is tied to politics by some, though the broader trend shows prosperity arriving before recent elections. Builders and manufacturers are urged to move quickly to benefit from the coming upswing.
A city registration surge raises Boston voting strength beyond any prior year. With about 2000 names added daily and seven days left, the list nears 90,000 and could set a record. Voters must register before 10 o clock next Wednesday for the December city election. Votes in Baston favor Aldermen over the presidency this year.
The commissioner of pensions reports 970678 pensioners on the rolls at year end and direct payments totaling 138213000. Thirty years after the war the United States spends one third of national revenue on pensioners, reflecting broad public approval and recognition of service to the country.
The piece analyzes how free silver would affect women in domestic service earning 3 to 4 dollars weekly. It notes reduced purchasing power would strain wages for clothing, transport, and essentials, especially for foreign-born workers who send remittances home.
The article notes wives-to-be save for wedding outfits and home furnishing, facing a 50 cent value loss per dollar from free silver. It highlights about 80,000 women in Massachusetts employed in domestic service, urging consideration of their interests as marriage plans and earnings are affected.
The column reviews a stage incident with Minnie Dupree in The Two Vagrants and a Harvard School sub-master's calm during a mistaken fire drill. It notes plans to lay underground mail lines, a growing chestnut crop, autumn trips to Baltimore, a new bicycle alarm device, a Maine ice cream box, Mayflower Descendants activities, and Brockton fair preparations opening Sept 28 with improved hotel accommodations.
A collage of humorous quotes from Chicago Record, Tit-Bits, Chicago Tribune, Detroit Tribune, and others features playful lines about love inertia dogs and mortgages. The items show era voice and light banter through brief, dating era vignettes.
A poetic reminiscence speaks of faith and hope as the refrain The Lord will provide appears across scenes of storm drought widow child and martyr. The verses trace comfort to the poor frail and dying with a refrain of providence and mercy. COR4 & BASH
A young widow Mrs Merton seeks counsel from Paul Gerard after a chance phone call leads to a secretive afternoon meeting. Her tale reveals a lonely convent upbringing and a longing for romance, while Gerard offers support and warns of emotional danger.
Jules Stewart receives a Berlin international exhibition gold medal, joining John W. Alexander F A Bridgeman and Julian Story among American exhibitors. Galveston hosts rival sculptors vying to win the $50,000 Rosenberg monument contract for Texas heroes. Rabbi Pereira Mendes has been appointed.
Daily Table Hints lists a breakfast with Huckleberry Shortcake and omelet, a dinner featuring Baked Bluefish and Potato Salad, and a supper of rolls and fruit treats. It includes recipe steps for Handsome omelet, Whetters, and Corn honeycomb, credited to Mrs. Antoinette W. K. Loud of Weymouth, Massachusetts.
The article notes extravagant fall dress materials led by Scotch prints and warp-printed silks. It describes crepon with metallic tinsel, moire looks, bold color schemes, and a swaggery gown design. It then surveys Queen Victoria's reign length, comparing it with Elizabeth I and Louis XIV, praising the Victorian era and hinting at a subdued sixty-fifth anniversary celebration with ships in harbor dressing ships.
England’s Queen Victoria reigns sixty years surpassing George III and all modern monarchs. Tomorrow’s jubilee celebrates the longest English throne tenure, with notes on former sovereigns and royal travels while snippets recount Canadian military tales and a martial mutiny at Quebec.
At Leith Scotland the Russian Czar and Czarina arrived aboard the Standard after a guarded transit through the Firth of Forth. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Connaught greeted them aboard the Tantallon Castle before a luncheon on board.
Sept 22. Preparations for the celebration of the longest reign in British history renew interest in Canada and the Canadian career of Queen Victoria's father. Mme de St Laurent, Baronne Fortisson, presided over his Halifax and Quebec households as mistress.
The special train from Leith brought the Czar and Czarina to Ballater at seven. The Duchess of York and Duke of Cambridge welcomed them as the Black Watch guard of honor played both nations’ anthems. After reception, they rode to the Queen's Highland residence for a grand family dinner at nine.
The Post Almanac proposes the second edition at ten cents per copy from the Boston Post counting room. It promises full election reports, silver and gold statistics, financial tables, and a wide array of information in 432 pages.
Thornton D. Apollonio elected secretary of the Boston School Committee succeeding the late Phineas Bates. Salary raised to 2700 first year with 300 annual increases to 3300. Special committee to consider Commonwealth control of Boston Normal School appointed. 75,000 dollars for West End school site approved. Discussions on baths in schools and other building matters noted.
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