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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1897
Page
4
A distant Tennessean conceived to kill Dr. Edward Everett Hale by erasing him from earth for teaching a false religion. The echo of the plot sparked alarm as authorities captured the lunatic before any act could harm Hale. The article praises Hale as devoted to humanity and charity.
Secretary Gage argues the July deficit of 11 073 644 dollars reflects anticipatory imports tied to the new tariff. Critics say the loss stems from artificial tariff effects and question how long the surplus and gold reserves will sustain, warning the deficit may continue beyond the initial period.
The Treasury Department claims the tariff act operated 16 hours before becoming law, a fiction critics say counters established Supreme Court doctrine. The ruling risks citizens losing rights already secured and may necessitate court action to test Secretary Gage's interpretation.
A West Virginia coal firm seeks an injunction to curb Debs and allies, arguing courts uphold corporate protection. The author argues such government backing shifts burden from managers to the public, urging arbitration to avoid public cost and impropriety.
The Boston team failed to open the series with expected brilliance on their home ground. They lost to the champions, tying Baltimore in losses while Boston still leads in wins by four games. The situation remains intriguing as Boston hopes to recover their vigor.
The article stresses confidence in the local club to win the pennant from the team leading the league, noting Boston believes the home nine can overcome the challenge as the season nears its end.
Acknowledges a broad revival after four years of depression as mid summer activity rises in many industries. Cites Secretary Gage and widespread encouragement from all regions. Notes fall trade pace should quicken as money returns to channels of industry and commerce.
The column recalls a lightning strike at Bea con and Tremont, a Beverly landowner cutting moored boats with an axe after warnings, and local anecdotes about drummers Ike Chase and Archie Holway. It also notes a conductor charging pennies on a West End route, a Washington street check from Mrs Grover Cleveland, and a floody moment on Munroe Street.
The Citizen notes a local East Seventh Street resident famed for Gaelic knowledge and a large Irish library. He owns many relics, including a Bermuda whip carved from a tree branch with lace like inner bark and leathery outer skin, a unique piece in the city and state.
Edward Scott Marble, longtime freethinker and dramatist, has joined the Catholic Church. Chaplain Henry Masterman, a Lincoln Nebraska G A R veteran, attended Queen Victoria’s wedding as a guard of honor, a distinction noted as a rare American involvement.
Prince Damrong and Prince Devawongse entertain astonishment at European affairs while the Siamese party travels. In Greensburg Pennsylvania George Washington tax actions surface in 1787 docket. Dalou's The Triumph of the Republic planned for bronze casting after failed earlier attempt.
Miss Jennie A Estes was the sole woman participant in the fourth annual exhibition of the New York Academy of Sciences. She assisted Professor Dwight with his invention the pitsonome a machine that cuts rock sections for microscopic examination. The sections can be as thin as one hundredth of an inch and are mounted between glass plates.
The article suggests nautical styled gowns suitable for water outings and land wear. It compares a serge yachting suit with wide skirt and back fullness, noting its shore impracticality, and offers white duck skirts paired with a decorative shirt waist as an adaptable alternative for modern girls.
Harold Marshall guards Pauline Davis from Robert Towne who plots to kidnap her. Towne flees after Pauline’s screams as Harold rescues her. The miners return, Pauline and Harold wed two years later amid relief and gratitude.
Daily table hints describe breakfast options such as Watermelon French Toast veal cutlets coffee and luncheon items like cold chicken meat lrousettes and roast beef. A dessert and baking guide includes orange charlotta, halvef instruction, gelatine juice and a fruit pie style mix with apples and brown sugar at Somerville Massachusetts address.
A reader vents at the metropolitan park commissioners over Crescent Beach management, urging simpler rules and lower bathing prices. He notes low water crowds, vehicle access limits, and questions the plan to ban beach driving after completion.
A Post Newsboy complains about the Revere Beach bath house entrance and a misphrased instruction to check valuables. The letter urges better grammar from the metropolitan commissioners and suggests hiring Lynn and Boston conductors as attendants.
A reader thanks the Post for Bath for the People editorial and urges the State or Metropolitan Park Commission to lower bath prices to 15 cents while preserving public service. The writer argues the current 5 penny rate is too costly for a hard working population to enjoy this public benefit.
The will of John P Lovell of East Weymouth was offered for probate in Norfolk county today. The document leaves the personal estate to his wife Lucinda W Lovell and creates a trust from real estate income for her benefit. Sons Benjamin S Lovell and Henry L Lovell receive specific real estate and are named executors. The estate's value is not disclosed and the will dates to March 184.
Newport hosts a vast fleet led by the New York flagship under Rear Admiral Sicard. Warships parade pennants, guns salute the Secretary of the Navy, and torpedo drills begin at Goat Island as the Indiana departs for Halifax amid steady rain and ceremonial pageantry.
A vast fleet led by Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard gathers at Newport, including the Brooklyn and Indiana with Texas Montgomery and Maine in tow. The 96 million dollar force, 5000 sailors, aims to drill like a regiment and signal a peaceful global power.
The plan to conduct evolutions off New England has shifted to Hampton Roads on August 21. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, charged with preparing the report on these maneuvers, will join the flagship to oversee the blue water exercises, a departure from the expected coastwise testing.
Admiral Sicard studies harbor options as battleship Texas monitor Puritan move toward Portsmouth and Portland. The fleet, including Terror and Montgomery, will visit Portland before returning to Hampton Roads for the rest of the season. The New York, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts, Maine, Brooklyn and other ships form a impressive scene amid rain and wrecked decorations.
Secretary of the Navy Long and Mrs Long with Miss Helen Long arrive by train at their home here after a Newport visit. Long plans August vacation at home and in Buckfield Maine, his birthplace. The Dolphin will visit Boston in a few days.
Boston Pneumatic Transit Company plans to extend its mail tube system from Boston main office to Union Station and beyond. The project, approved by city authorities and backed by capitalists, aims to carry parcels and expand to southern Union Station and suburban offices. Work to lay tubes and install machinery starts before Sept. 1 and should finish by Dec. 1 under W. E. L. Dillaway, with Samuel A. Merrill as treasurer and Ralph W. Morrell as general manager.
The Boston group including Tufts professors Fay and Mitchell and Bowdoin’s Little, with Thompson and Columbia’s Parker, succeeds on Aug 3 after two prior attempts. A party member died on the earlier ascent when Abbot fell near the summit. Lefroy, 11,260 feet, lies near Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies.
The battleship Indiana left Newport for Halifax to be docked cleaned and painted as the first US ship sent abroad due to lack of docking facilities at home. Follow up by Massachusetts and Iowa is expected, with New York docks unlikely to be repaired for about a year and no other Atlantic dock able to receive them.
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