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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1897
Page
4
Boston Post subscription pricing for daily and Sunday editions, with rates for various terms and a warning about advance payment and notices for address changes. Details include the Boston office address at 2529 Washington Prrest and telephone 428, publisher E A Grolier.
Secretary Long revoked the Mare Island order allowing Lieutenant Peary to finish his expedition report and prepare for his next journey. Support from American and foreign geographical societies backs his plan and funding is secured. He should not be forced to resign and should receive indefinite leave of absence.
A Boston editorial condemns the McCarthy aldermanic bill as contingent and ill considered. It urges stopping or amending the measure, demanding a referendum and arguing the proposal disguises factional power plays and would erode legislative respect. The piece calls for passage of any gerrymander only as a stand alone bill with proper public approval.
The week shows slight overall improvement in trade conditions though demand remains weak across industries. Iron and steel suffer ongoing labor tensions with rumors of wage cuts. coal mining shows little progress and strikes loom. Copper holds a downbeat tone amid weak domestic demand and slack foreign consumption, while stock markets drift with limited activity and sporadic bursts from traders. A Greek Turkish war flare briefly lifts wheat and railway shares before fading, leaving the market dulled as world events loom over Europe and potential large power conflicts are viewed as the main near term risk.
The Observant Citizen notes verdant suburbs near Boston turning green as warm days revive gardens and the Public Garden flowers bloom while last week’s blight was repaired. People lounge on the Common, while bathers in Frog Pond add color and a ball game disrupts pedestrians with tossed balls. A streetcar incident shows a pocketbook mix up resolved by a bystander. Bicycle buyers shift to second-hand machines. Greek war updates tease with heat and fashion forecasts follow.
The text notes that European war and tariff uncertainties likely resolve by midsummer, but until then a pronounced business upturn or sustained stock gains seem unlikely beyond selective cases driven by idiosyncratic factors.
The inquest and open Gas Commission inquiry support Judge Ely’s verdict that the Boston Gas Light Company bore legal responsibility for the fatal March explosion. The Metropolitan Construction Company and Transit Commission are criticized for neglect, while the company’s delay in dispatching a repairer is cited as a key fault.
Ex President Cleveland at the New York Reform Club dinner denounces the Republican tariff and protectionist policy. He accuses the party in power of betraying voters, worsening taxation, and imperiling sound money. He warns the Dingley tariff may provoke a dangerous popular revolt.
Samuel Dunlop of 44 East Brookline Street writes in 1897 praising the Boston Post for wide reach and public duty. He extols independence, liberty, and the paper’s role in upholding truth against panders while urging strong journalism and beauty in the press.
Silk gowns charm for summer as low as 20 cents for foulard and satin trims. Miss Marie Rachelle Gage, a St. Louis actress, seeks work amid six-night shows and daily rehearsals. Rev Eugenie St John of Kansas heads to Europe to study municipal government. Dr Nansen asks to name the Siberian peninsula after King Oscar. Mrs Maria Grout Moen wills 10,000 to Hartford Theological Seminary and smaller gifts to others. Queen may offer peerage to Gladstone, possibly to his grandson. Miss Hattie Gault vies for Media post office. Ex Postmaster General Wilson to speak at Harvard. Bismarck’s oak saplings planted nationwide. Humphrey's Creek petrifies objects. a petrification farm advertises. Harriet Beecher Stowe cherished a Celtic cross from Inverary. a Scotch granite memorial is planned.
Dorchester's Arcadia Club hosts its annual dancing party at Wheelock Hall Up ham's Corner on Wednesday evening under club auspices. Prominent Dorchester young men and many notable guests have accepted invitations. Cun ningham O'Connell Dearborn Doyle Fitzgerald Zoehler Desmond McNabb Twohey Hayes Lehan and Leonard lead the event.
Miss Marie Rachelle Gage daughter of Colonel Charles Gage a wealthy St Louis retiree and sister to Secretary Lyman J Gage has surprised friends by entering the stage She explains she grew tired of calls and parties seeking new life on the stage.
In a Puritan era tale Captain Pratt reports a ship of horrors and a witch girl with green eyes. Parson Sackett, wrestling with guilt, aids the prisoner Miriam as they flee across cliffs. Sackett vanishes with the witch, and the crowd claims a man lost to sin for a pair of green eyes.
A collage of quips and brief snippets from papers in various regions. The Detroit Journal notes a lordly line about 943 queens while Nineveh awaits Jonah and the New York Press tallies a Nupe emir poem. The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune mocks vaudeville style foreign news and the Atlanta Constitution jokes about a missing dress suit affecting a desert wagon train attack.
The Hon. Llewellyn P. Powers governor of Maine visited Parker House with a party of thirty five including his council and Maine regimental officers. He travels to New York to attend the Grant memorial service and plans to depart on the 16 a.m. train from Park Square. He says Augusta has no subway plans soon due to a recent Boston fatality and favors surface travel for now.
Mrs J L Bean of 81 Maxwell Street Mattapan is awarded the Post Menu prize for last week. Her menu was published Friday morning April 23.
A brisk home economy note lists breakfast items such as fruit oatmeal sugar and cream boiled ham plain omelet and coffee. Luncheon covers clam fritters olives radishes tomatoes wafers and Russian tea. Dinner features boiled salmon with drawn butter fried potatoes roast chicken with giblet sauce string beans asparagus on toast tomatoes on salad leaks and apple pie with whipped cream. Includes recipe notes for Graham gems clam fritters ginger wafers and dinner apple pie with measurements and methods. Ad at end shows name Adal d Bartlett and address 19 Searle avenue Brookline.
A Boston Post letter urges Mr Doogue to fund and oversee improvements around the Shaw monument on Boston Common. The writer notes sodding of banks on Beacon and Park street malls, lawn edges, and cooperation with the Subway Commission. He contrasts modest Shaw area spending with lavish bulbings at Public Garden and appeals to Mayor St He, a Quincy, to show love for the Common.
A resident asks why no name is posted at the four corners of St Botolph Street and Massachusetts Avenue. The writer says the corner sees heavy foot traffic and urges the street department or responsible authorities to place the sign. Dated April 24.
The body of Walter C. Abbott of Cowan street, Salem, was recovered from the river by three rowers, Brady Welch and Crowley. Abbott, said to be temporarily insane, likely died by self harm. a watch in his pocket stopped at 2 15, aiding the finding and authorities notified.
An informal gathering of Gold Democracy representatives from multiple states met at the Reform Club New York. Participants discussed the national organization’s status and preservation, with no business or future conference plan decided. Notable attendees included Charles Tracey Randolph Stahlaker J C Holt Simon Buckner and others who reported encouraging state results.
In Binghamton New York April 25 Mrs S H Sharpsteen is in critical condition at New York Post Graduate Hospital after an X ray experiment aimed at hip disease. Her husband an expert electrician Wilmot Lanning 18 may be crippled for life. The couple exposed themselves after failed hip pictures on Lanning then on Mrs Sharpsteen. Doctors performed several operations and grafting may be tried.
The cruiser Brooklyn will represent the U S Navy at the Queen's Jubilee next June and then relieve Minneapolis as flagship of the European squadron in the Mediterranean. It begins a forty eight hour final trial Monday conducted by the Board of Inspection and Survey before heading to Newport for torpedo provisioning and then to England.
The Gaelic League held its weekly gathering yesterday at Alpha Hall. P J ODaly led classes with assistants Patrick Kelly and John M Doran. Prizes for ticket sales at the last quarterly entertainment were awarded to Thomas J Boston O Kell ly s Irish Dictionary, Michael A Hurley of Newton Centre, and John Bray O Kane Murray's Literature. Readings in Irish and English were performed by Patrick Kelley, Patrick Casey, George Fineran, John M Doran, Thomas J Hur ley, the Misses Norah Carey, Ellen Dillion, Bridget Dillion, and Margaret J O Brien.
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