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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1897
Page
4
The piece argues that municipal hesitancy to allow motor vehicles on streets is blindness to an inevitable change. It likens the rise of cars to past transit shifts from omnibus to streetcar and notes Paris already embraces the horseless carriage, urging Boston not to lag.
The Grant memorial dedication in New York today will be a major national display. Government leaders from the republic and state executives will attend with the army and navy taking part in ceremonies. The event honors the memory of the great soldier and former president and the patriotism he embodied.
The legislative committee on metropolitan affairs is expected to recommend spending 1,080,000 for roads linked to the metropolitan park system. Advocates say better roads support a healthful, attractive park district and boost regional development and commerce.
The writer argues that European powers must act immediately to halt the Greek conflict. They condemn the Turkish invasion as unchecked and urge intervention to defend civilization and Western values against Turkish aggression. The piece frames Greece as defender of Western ideals versus Eastern fanaticism and calls for driving the Turk out of Europe to prevent further violence.
A magazine writer warns England’s defeatist sea threat by France and Russia could reshuffle world trade and starve Britain. He argues the United States would aid Britain in crisis, but Irish-American resentment and Ireland’s fairness shape the balance of Anglo American sympathy and alliance.
Ex Secretary Carlisle condemns international bimetallism as a dream of financial enthusiasts. He argues gold and silver have parted company and cannot be rejoined by any law or agreement, national or international.
Ad proclaims Bain’s Powder celebrated for great leavening strength and healthfulness. Claims to assure food against alum and adulteration common to cheap brands in New York.
The piece argues against Carlisle and financial enthusiasts defending the gold standard. It contends international bimetallism is feasible like international arbitration, needing cross country agreement to set a practical silver use ratio, not free coinage at 16 to 1, and urges pursuing a reasonable global basis for silver as money.
The Observant Citizen surveys oddities and bits from Boston and beyond. It notes Springfield Ohio imposing a 9 pm curfew for under 16, compliments Old South Church’s 137th anniversary, mentions Boston Bruins and rail service rumors, and reports on Harvard athletics revival and a luminous Brazilian wood door idea. It also reflects on a Honolulu newspaper and Bristol’s horse show en route to Australia.
Dr Wilfred W Goodwin of East Boston and his family plan a four month journey to Great Britain and the continent to study the latest advances in surgery and medical science.
A mixed杂 set of social notes: Mrs. Raymond endowed Epiphany Baptist with 11000 for heathen women education. Col John Hay to rent Carlton House terrace house for three months. Admiral Harris shot at by insurgents in Crete but unhurt. Laura Parsons recalls a Munich gallery Cecilia. Mme Patti's linen cupboards praised. Chancellor Day cites baseball against critics. an old British MP pushes a window cleaners bill. Tacoma's Julia Zaszinski at 101 recalls Waterloo and Old Guard scene.
Breakfast items include rolled oats with cream and lamb Coors, potatoes and hot Johony cake with coffee. Dinner features chicken soup, roast stuffed chicken with creamed turnips and boiled potatoes, Indian pudding, tea or coffee. Supper offers cold sliced chicken, mashed potatoes, cream of tartar biscuit, jelly and cocoa. Recipe notes describe creamed turnips with butter milk and cream. Miss Hattie L. Graham of Huntington Avenue Roslindale Massachusetts is listed.
Fashion editors note flounces rise as dominant trim while overskirts fade. New French models feature three-inch flounces with passementerie, suitable for tall figures but less flattering on shorter builds. The plain skirt becomes rare as flounced styles spread widely.
Foot slanting bands of white embroidery six inches long are placed at four inch intervals. Crossing bands create double flounces from top to base of the next. This trim suits short persons. Flounces on seams remain popular and may run full length or start at the foot half way up ending with a rosette.
George Horace Lorimer presents a humorous travelogue fragment about REuben Smythe Jenkins touring Europe seeking the savvy air. He reflects on manners, opera lovers, and a longing for home farm life with country wit and affectionate nostalgia.
A light humorous clip shows remarks from various papers. Demosthenes is cited with pebbles for enunciation while Willie Tell quips about the gag. A theatre remark and Corbett glove joke follow amid a playful papers collage.
A Pony rider undaunted races from McPherson's to Fort Kearny with a bullet in his leg to warn about Pawnees advancing. Essex reaches the fort but dies at the escort. Nelly Johnson and defenceless women are spared, marking a heroic but tragic stand in frontier peril.
Herbert D. Robbins of New York and Miss Mary Ellen Carroll daughter of ex Governor Carroll of Maryland wed at Church of St Pierre Du Chillot Paris. United States ambassador James B Eustis and Perry Belmont signed for the groom. Thomas Maitland and Royal Phelps Carroll signed for the bride.
The Grant Monument fund grew from a 1892 fundraising drive in New York led by Horace Porter and Frederick D. Tappan with 210 committees and subscription boxes. By year’s end total subscriptions reached $659,000 and trust balances brought the fund to about $900,000. The tomb in Riverside Park has a steel casket and a six to eight inch steel outer case, with two cedar and copper coffins preserved inside.
Levi Forbush of North Woburn writes to the Post questioning the link between free silver and trusts. He argues that free silver would protect labor and wealth producers, while McKinleyism protects capital and taxes workers, and asks the editor to explain the claimed connection to trusts. The letter dates to April 22, 1897.
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