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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1897
Page
4
An Italian professor in Montevideo announces the discovery of the yellow fever bacillus after years of work confirming Pasteurian theory. The breakthrough could save many lives by pinpointing the germ’s base and enabling a counteracting remedy, especially important in tropical regions where the disease strikes hardest.
The Post appeals for funds to continue relief for sick babies in tenements. Public response enlarges visiting physician and nurse corps, broadens outreach, and speeds aid to those found in need at home. Small gifts from lawn parties and sympathizers swell a fund yielding significant life-saving relief.
The Queen's Speech promises unchanged cordial relations with foreign powers despite Armenian horrors and Transvaal raids. It cites improved famine prospects in India and reduced plague mortality, yet Bombay health stats show deaths double normal levels from cholera and plague. The speech is likely not to be taken seriously.
Debs denounces Judge Jackson's injunction as overbroad and a threat to liberties. He claims the writ bars movement, speech, and assembly at mines and gatherings, framing it as bias favoring capital over workers.
The article criticizes Congressman Walker for a hostile missive against President Andrews and free speech policy at Brown University. It portrays Walker as vindictive and arrogant while noting public opposition to his stance. The piece suggests his fear of damaging consequences from ongoing conflict.
The report states the president Andrews and faculty members defend free speech against attempts to curb it. It emphasizes a strong stance that any effort to restrict expression will be defeated, preserving open discourse on campus.
The writer reports on Boston police and security in Newport, praising Inspector Joe Knox and noting crooks being stopped. It mentions Secretary Long praising Kipling and Rudyard Kipling’s dialect as well as local transit scenes, bicycle costumes, postal station confusions, and Robert Barr’s novel title mix up.
Boston society watches returns from Europe with Mrs Fenno and Mrs Thorndike among the latest arrivals. Brooks Fenno and Mary Thorndike join the Beverly set, with plans for festive welkom and rumored haute costumes. Freddy Prince arrives aboard the Lucania with new English outfits and a chummy staff.
A swift crowd scene unfolds when right fielder Stahl is ruled to have dropped a ball. A young woman jumps up and waves her sunshade in protest, her face a mix of anger sorrow and disappointment. The observer contemplates how the umpire might reverse the call if Lynch could see her reaction.
At his Worcester home Senator Hoar spends leisure hours driving with intimate friends Colonel Stoddard President Hall of Clark University Dr Hall of the Polytechnic Institute and J E Green former Worcester Spy editor in attendance.
Reports say at Victoria’s marriage the word obey was considered optional but the Queen rejected snobbery and declared she would marry like any other woman. The remark underscores royal expectations and Victoria’s stance on equal footing in her vows.
Miss Helen Hay daughter of the American ambassador to the court of St James makes her debut as poet with two sonnets in Harper's Magazine July issue marking a notable social and literary advance.
Mr. Huneker recalls Herbert Spencer facing an agile antagonist who dashed off before a cue could be handled. Spencer calmly notes that a knack for games of skill may show balance, but such adroitness hints at a misspent youth.
Miss Marie H. Jenny of Syracuse New York recently earned high honors from Meadville Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania. She plans to enter the pulpit and hopes for a church appointment in the coming autumn. She is described as pretty dressy refined cultured and athletic.
The new Duchess at Blenheim cherishes a home menagerie including two ostriches, eagles, vultures and an ibis. The most unusual pet is a Nile bank garter snake kept tame and responsive to her approach.
Advices from London say Mrs Bryce Allan appears immensely chic and will return more modishly up to date than before, challenging the women of her set to keep pace with her refined style.
Narragansett Pier Rhode Island August report quotes Dr Edward Everett Hale praising his escape from the Memphis collier William Ormistead. Hale says Collier claimed to be Jesus Christ and sought him as an apostle and killer of the devil. Hale describes meetings in Chicago Boston Cambridge and Kingston jail.
In colonial Chester, Ann Blackwell’s romance unfolds amid migration from the American Revolution era. Peter a wooes, Ann weds another, and a Halifax lover returns with truth and tragedy, ending their brief, passionate union as they never meet again.
Miss Langhorne and her fiancé Bob Shaw rode to Beverly for polo on the Myopia grounds with the Quincy Shaw family. The pair drew attention in riding dress, with Langhorne’s slender figure and independent air at the tea-house, joined by Gov Wolcott and wife and other notable sports-minded guests.
London Figaro reports the late American millionaire Mr Winans kept a strict policy of paying bills only once every six years. He avoided any early settlements, and tradesmen largely complied, knowing their money was safe and that they would be lavishly paid in time.
Autumn plans unfold as stores show autumn materials and dressmakers prepare. Tailor made gowns likely to be popular with plain faced cloth in blue and heavy black silk braid embroidery up seams. New autumn trend features mixed cheviot trimmed with selvedge details.
Mrs Anderson shone at a dance aboard a warship in Honolulu during their trip, drawing eyes as she led the dance with the ship's first lieutenant. The couple plans to continue to Japan after the short stay.
Mrs Jack Gardner writes that she and the quiet Jack are enjoying time in Venice, a favorite stamping ground, then travel to Bayreuth and Paris before returning home in September.
The article notes economical selvedge trims replacing full braids and describes a blue gray cheviot gown with edge selvedges. It mentions black and white ensembles, a black and white silk gown with lace and gold beads, and a boleroed look with a redesigned outdoor friendly front. The back remains jacket like with a new cross front.
Rollins Morse, prominent banker and Somerset Club president, sails to join Mrs. Morse in Europe. Mrs. Morse has been abroad for months with Mrs. Dick Irwin at Ham burg, a noted spa where she remains a leading figure among American visitors.
The engagement was announced some weeks ago. The couple, from New York and Boston, plan a wedding in England in a few weeks while both are currently there.
Ned Browning of the Rittenhouse Club Philadelphia stays with Colonel Gordon Dexter as Howard Sykes returns from Europe with the Fred Warrens. Miss Mac Veagh daughter of Wayne MacVeagh visits Mrs. Wirt Dexter. English cricketer G H Windler, wife Miss Wheelwright, at John Wheelwrights. Nicholas Longworth of Cincinnati guests mother Mrs. Nicholas Longworth who hosted a ten person luncheon. Mrs Longworth a leading Essex County Club entertainer with her two daughters assisting.
Instructions describe cleaning a beef heart roast, mixing stuffing of bread crumbs onion sage salt and pepper with milk, sewing and rolling in flour, browning an onion in beef drippings, then browning the heart and baking in a hot oven for two hours. Recipe credited to Johanna Matthews of Hast Boston.
Letters describe Collier claiming to be a new Christ and his father a link to a new religion. He terrorized Dr. Hale with messages demanding obedience and a summons to Matunuck, while papers note his forthcoming Wakefield District Court appearance and possible insanity exams.
James W. Harvey a prominent Brighton figure died at Massachusetts General Hospital. Born in Liverpool Nova Scotia April 10 1844 he moved to Boston at age 14 and later served in the Eleventh Massachusetts Battery. He held roles in the G A R Francis Washburn Post 92 Mason and Odd Fellow lodges and chaired a ward committee after two terms in the Massachusetts Legislature. The funeral will be Sunday afternoon at Brighton Evangelical Church.
The floating hospital needs more money to cover August trips, larger than July, to complete the program. This year the appeal funds continue the work to that month and honor earlier contributors. Send contributions to Rufus B. Tobey, 221 Columbus Avenue, or Mrs. M. C. Whitman, 14 Bedford Street, with checks payable to Roger B. Tileston, treasurer, 402 John Hancock Building, Boston.
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