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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
4
The Post urged lower bath charges at Revere Beach and praised the city commissioners for adopting the schedule. Adults will pay 15 cents and children 10 cents, a reduction from the previous 25-cent rate deemed excessive. The change reflects the Post’s aim to restore affordable access to public bathing facilities.
The market climbs above 80 cents a bushel as demand surges due to short crops abroad and a bountiful U S harvest. Traders note speculative elements, while shipments head to Italy Austria France and Egypt to meet European needs. Vessels sail for overseas cargoes amid rising confidence that eight cent targets may be reached.
Massachusetts Benefit Life Association faces collapse due to misdeeds by former managers. Urges reinsurance for wary members, condemns inside ring profits, and demands accountability to protect policyholders and widows. Warns against impunity for those who stripped the trust and harmed veterans.
The Canadian government reverses its plan to levy an extortionate gold royalty in the Yukon district of British Columbia. A Dominion MP argued the tax would hinder mining or provoke conflict, while discovery of rich fields would boost Canada’s wealth and development. The wiser path may be a bounty-like approach and safe handling of mined gold.
A column notes land dealings on Bar Harbor tied to Alpheus Hardy, then wanders through a Cambridge burglar scare, G A R camp plans for George H. Innis, Reverend Glynn, and local Boston clergy. It comments on Rhode Island laws, Jokichi Takamine in patent talk, Japan’s rise, smoking rules on West End cars, and hospital trustee Frank Keany, ending with a nostalgic Boylston School alumni push and Walter French’s Washington return.
Boston buys a Ward 3 Charlestown playground bounded by Decatur Bunker Hill and Elm streets and the Mystic River from the Boston and Maine Railroad for 960000 following an order introduced by Councilman John J. O Callaghan.
A narrator observations trace a sister’s social circle and a persistent suitor the dude in white ducks. The tale follows flirtation class talk and a dramatic park scene with a bulldog and a dangerous alley incident as the couple grows closer through evolving restraint and affection.
The Post announces weekly prizes for original short stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, two dollars for four others. Winners named Sundays and paid Mondays. Submissions must be under 1000 words, written on one side, include writer name and address, and anonymous entries are ineligible. Address to Short Story Easter, The Post, Boston.
The Post retracts and clarifies that Dr. Francis J. McQueeney did not disparage Dr. McQuaid regarding Miss Bond's injuries. At a meeting of the two physicians a unanimous view was reached, and the paper regrets the earlier impression of antagonism among the medical men involved.
Miss Edith Gibbs wed Arthur Cole in Clinton Massachusetts on Tuesday evening. Engagement announced of Mrs. Lewis Brooke to Dr. Thorovitch with wedding planned in September. Joseph Walker completes fifty years as a Hampshire Asylum trustee, honored with a silver loving cup. Pope Pius IX jokes with a pompous cardinal over snuff. McKinley receives about sixty begging letters daily. total requests recently reached twenty thousand dollars. Lawrence Barrett’s life of Edwin Forrest recalls Lowell’s first client mishap with a painter. Mrs Phebe Hearst funds UC beautification and expansion. Governor Bradley shaved beard during a woods trip, returning home to discover entry denied. Baron Revelstoke Edward Charles Baring dies in London. senior partner of Baring Brothers & Co. and noted European financier.
Autumn wraps use leftovers from other fabrics in tight or long jackets with variable sleeves. Young girls wear fitted styles while matrons favor straight fronts. noted models feature cardinal cloth, embroidered braiding, chiffon sleeves, and rosettes. A 30s-era black moire jacket uses maple leaf edge shaping with silver spangles and lace sleeves.
The first session of the New England district conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church convened at St. Paul A. M. E. Church in Cambridge. Bishop Abram Grant was absent. Rev. Beth D. W. Smith acted as chair, with I. D. Jacobs as secretary and C. P. Cole as statistical secretary. Marshals named were S. H. Johnson and J. H. Hagins, and Augustus Clark of Newport was introduced to the gathering.
New York reports Mme Constance Mallmann and her daughter Miss Marie prepare to join the Visitation Order at a convent on the Mallmann estate in New Brighton. The pair will surrender wealth and a grand estate as a dowry, with Archbishop Corrigan to receive them in a monastic building crafted with splendor and history.
Chicago reports an unprecedented grain surge with 59 000 extra cars requested as railroads fear a car famine. Wheat pours from the Mississippi Valley to Atlantic ports and Virginia lines, boosting prices while Eastern elevators run at capacity. Blockades and delays push grain to Norfolk Newport News Philadelphia Brooklyn and Montreal elevators within thirty days.
The Record reports the largest fleet of ballast ships ever sent from England has sailed in the last week toward Delaware breakwater and Hampton Roads. Owners prefer unladen voyages to avoid delays, and despite antiquated machinery they pursue steam tonnage to compete with modern craft. Large grain purchases by Italy and Austria accompany this activity.
Steamer exports remain strong as Ark Armenian and Jarathia sail to Liverpool and Iran to London carrying about 663,160 bushels of grain and large consignments of wheat oats corn peas and cattle. The Armenian drew 29 feet 5 inches and the total freight from these ships is estimated near 27 000 tons despite tariff changes.
A collage of humorous exchanges from multiple papers includes a bishop lampooning self reflection, Mrs Peck’s quip about tomb silence, a puzzled note on Prince Constantine, a quarrel exchange about swearing, a college letter with a ten pound hint, and tableau ideas from Mr Powers and Miss Blanc.
President McKinley spends his vacation at the Bluff Point Hotel in Plattsburg New York. The hotel is presented as an attractive northern New York resort and notes new Fitchburg railroad line improves access to the area.
Mme Mallmann and her daughters Gabrielle and Marie embrace religious life in America. Gabrielle joins the Order of the Sacred Heart, Marie follows, while the elder son Paul and brother George pursue devotion and exile under 1871 imperial edicts. The family transforms their home into a religious retreat.
A new Post Official Guide to the Klondike Country and the Gold Fields of Alaska has been issued at 2 cents. It includes eight official maps and thirty two full page photographic reproductions, offering comprehensive information for gold seekers. Obtainable at the Post counting room.
Readable fragments show a meal plan including tomato soup roast park sage dressing green peas lettuce new potatoes steamed butter sauce white bread and iced milk tea. Additional text describes cake and dessert instructions with butter sugar flour and cream whip, plus mentions Barrett street and locations.
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meal bill of fare submitted by women readers. Entries must present three meals for a family of five with a weekly food budget of sixteen dollars. Submissions end each Saturday with winning menus printed Monday. Send to Cooking Editor, The Post, Boston.
The Greenhalge Club officers and executive committee met yesterday leaving Boston by 11 oclock for Clif ton where Colonel Charles Kenny escorted them by coach to Chebacco Lake for a chicken dinner. Attending were General Curtis Guild Jr Lucius Tuttle General Edgar R Champlin Colonel Kenny Colonel William M Bunting Wilmot R Evans General A C Davidson and C Fred Allen. They planned the first fall meeting and set the next gathering for late September depending on speakers availability. The committee also accepted a handsome copy of the coat of arms as a gift.
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