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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1897
Page
4
Boston Post catalog details subscription prices for various terms and declares office address at 259 Washington Street Boston. It notes advance payment, change of address, and notice of discontinuation at expiration. Editor EZ. A. Grozier signs as publisher.
The article notes a nationwide rush to start the baseball season on a sunny holiday. Boston fans anticipate an improved team and a strong record, with local attention focused on the nine as the season begins and base hits and home runs are expected to spark enthusiasm.
Secretary Gage directs customs to apply a post April 1 string on imports to reclaim higher duties when the new tariff takes effect. The issue asks what happens if the new duty is lower than current rates and if refunds should be issued. The piece argues the government should repay consumers overcharged by Dingley’s scheme.
A report states that Turkey will not be permitted to gain any more possessions in Europe permanently, signaling restrictive measures or negotiations affecting territorial expansion.
The Boston Journal argues the McKinley tariff raises duties on luxuries but harms the poor less than the rich. It insists taxes fall on necessities like clothing lumber and food, including wool and oranges, while arguing $100,000,000 in excess spending by Congress shifts to workers and wage earners.
The Observant Citizen notes the Washington Public Garden hyacinths as the year's finest in bloom, praised by City Forester Doogue. It reports Patriots Day scenes in Concord and Lexington, local anecdotes about ancestors, Mother Goose, real estate brokers, theatre hats, and a Boston arts club movement, ending with news of Gus Molinero’s death in Gibraltar at 21.
The text reflects on April 19 as a pivotal date in American history marking the start of independence and inspiring freedom and representative government. It notes the day’s significance while recognizing it is widely celebrated as a holiday of sport and recreation, arguing the meaning endures regardless of observance.
Opinion argues Senate should repeal current tariff and send a moderate revenue bill back to the House. It says three tariffs in eight years show instability and urges a steady, protected but lasting measure to satisfy trade and voters.
The sultan’s ministers declare a state of war and urge powers to intervene while King George restrains action. Christian sympathy leans to Greece as the conflict continues. The war promises gains for Greece and losses for the sultan as former Greek territory seems likely to return.
The article argues consumption is caused by bacilli attacking weakened lung tissue, not inheritance. It urges strengthening lungs and praises Angier's Petroleum Emulsion as a superior substitute for cod liver oil, touting wide fame and palatability. Druggists sell it at 60 cents and 1 dollar. Pamphlet free from Angier Chem. Co. Boston.
In 1776 Boston a tavern scene unfolds as Jaffrey Warrell plans a British raid. Annabelle, revealed as American, guards the inn door with a broken arm while Warrell escapes to warn Concord. Armed resistance follows, shaping a pivotal day in history.
Mrs. E J Lothrop of 11 Ceylon street Dorchester wins the Post Menu prize of 5 dollars for last week's menu published in Saturday morning's Post April 17.
The column lists daily table hints for breakfast dinner and supper featuring items like white grapes chopped meat on toast and sliced cold shoulder with ketchup. A chocolate pudding recipe is given with steps and ingredients, attributed to Mrs W F Law of 64 Coburn Street Lynn Massachusetts.
A collage of humorous quotes from 19th century papers about marriage money ambition and folly. Jokes involve husbands wives suitors mothers and daughters with satirical takes on romance class and society in light of money and status. Notable quips touch on Paris travel American travelers and clever comebacks.
A collection of brief portraits and notices spans aristocrats, politicians, and scholars. Highlights include Lady Alice Montague of Manchester, sermons at Cornell, aged inventor Luther Marsh, and Uncle Joe Cannon’s cycling zeal. It notes reformers in China and donors to Cambridge, with a Honolulu royalist dispatch and longtime NYT figure Thomas N. Rooker’s retirement.
Early season fashions show plain skirts give way to new shapes as trends advance. A seven gore design features a narrow front two arm-like yokes forming a hip-fitting yoke, with the skirt gathered below.
Thin fabrics demand full skirts with shirred panels to hug the hips. New designs use organdy fabric with velvet yokes and a silk gimp seam, creating a smooth silhouette without sag. Skirt panels should be cut in strained gores for even seaming and lasting shape.
The final Pennsylvania Railroad tour to Washington departs Boston May 12. The seven day round trip costs 24 dollars including transportation hotel stays and all expenses. Tickets available from Tourist Agent 205 Washington Street Boston or George W. Boyd Assistant General Passenger Agent Broad Street Station Philadelphia.
William F. Mack known as Billy Mack died suddenly at his home at Dorchester Parkway near Mt. Vernon Street. He was 37 and recently finished a successful run with Hoyt's A Black Sheep company. He had worked with Charley Reed Billy Collier Dan Daly May Irwin Luke Schoolcraft and other stars.
The article notes the death of a native comedian known for stage work with Razzle Dazzle, Francis Wilson, and Russell's troupe. He leaves a widow and a young daughter showing signs of talent, and his friends mourn his bereavement.
The Rev. D. Corbett, a Catholic priest of St. John Cathedral parish, fell from the bishop's residence window in St. John New Brunswick early this morning and died instantly. He was 30 and a native of Mill Town St. Stephen. His mother, visiting in Boston, was notified.
John Murphy, a homeless man sheltered at the Rescue Mission on 23 Kneeland Street, collapsed and died late Saturday night. Dr. Draper and Dr. Williams attributed death to heart disease pending autopsy findings.
Mrs Caroline H Clowry wife of Colonel Robert C Clowry vice president and general superintendent of Western Union Telegraph Company died at Lincoln Nebraska today from apoplectic paralysis.
The Red Cross Bureau benefit filled the Boston and Park theatres with two large audiences. Volunteers from New York contributed services. Maggie Cline was absent with a doctor’s certificate. Lizzie B Raymond substituted and was repeatedly encored. Maurice Barrymore and Louis Harrison performed. Hubert Wilke and Theo Bendix noted for the American Watch Company Band. Henry Doughty recited in Scotch dialect. Financial and artistic success reported.
Professor Robert A Woods spoke on Democracy Its Past and Its Future before the Bnai Zion Educational Society at 170 Hanover Street with Fleisher presiding. Rev Charles Fleischer addressed a large West End Hebrew Educational Club audience at 89 Leverett Street on The Hebrew in Public Life, with Joseph Roat presiding.
At the Boston Industrial Home on Davis Street and Harrison Avenue last night the Fastertide service featured tasteful potted plants on the platform. Frances Newman of the New England Conservatory sang with Miss Clarke accompanying, both praised for their high order performance. Superintendent T. D. Roberts gave an address on the Resurrection Life and Berkeley Temple Guild president Mr. B. G. Arey spoke.
The body of Andrew Jeffries Garvey, who died in Southampton on April 5, arrived in New York aboard the steamship New York. Accompanied by his widow and William Harrold Jarrett, Garvey once testified against Tweed and Hall, aiding a major city fraud case. His will, reported to leave funds to charities, may be contested by his widow.
The Rev. George Hodges led the special Easter service at the Young Men's Christian Union with a sermon on a powerful theme. A choice Easter music program followed featuring a vocal quartet and soloists including Carolyn Parrish, Bessie Driver, Flora Barry, Emma Becker, Adah Hussey, David Newland, Arthur Hitchcock, boy soloists George Brainard and Albert Power, with violin by Frank Kennedy and flute by Alice McLaughlin under musical direction by George Taylor.
John H. Barlow aged 50 and long time proprietor of the Stamford House hotel in Stamford Connecticut suffered a paralytic shock while riding this afternoon and died almost instantly. The death was reported from Stamford on April 18.
Poem written for the Boston Post reflecting on Patriots' Day with references to Concord, Lexington, and the farmhouse farmers who fought for liberty. It recalls the historic battles and the enduring meaning of freedom for the nation and its children.
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