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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1897
Page
4
Office at 259 Washington Street Boston. Subscription rates listed for one year six months and three months. Address changes require current and new addresses. Entered second class matter. Payments in advance. Notify postal about missed copies. E A Grozter editor and publisher.
Boston hosts the fastest bicycle mile ever at Charles River Park with McDuffie leading. In Philadelphia the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen regatta sees MaGuire of Cambridge and Lewis of Worcester win major events. The Seawanhaka cup race on Lake St Louis crowns the American challenger over the Canadian holder. Boston maintains a strong baseball lead despite a Saturday loss. The period signals broad progress in athletics and a rise of New England in sport.
The piece argues the Republican tariff raises sugar prices to profit the Sugar Trust, not to fund government. It claims the public bears all costs at breakfast tables while government gains no revenue now, with future gains only if imports fall short. It labels the policy a tax on households for private monopoly enrichment.
Despite efforts by bears and cautious bulls, markets show robust activity with New York trading surpassing 700 000 shares in a day and Boston indicating near record totals. Analysts say broad public buying fuels a durable bull market as professionals fail to trigger a meaningful pullback. Sugar shares illustrate insider speculation riding the upswing.
The passage of the Dingley tariff spurred a 25 point rise for sellers as the public moved into leading stocks. With money market conditions easy, stocks are expected to rise for some time. In fall, when the West harvests and Eastern business surges, rates may harden and a sharp temporary reaction could follow.
The New Haven and New England railroads refuse reduced fares for merchants visiting Boston, excluding Connecticut and Rhode Island and widening the 100 mile limit. The Boston Trade and Transportation Association pushes for a large fall fair trade, but railroads do not back the effort.
Attorney General hears arguments on the new Republican tariff with Boston merchants represented by Mr. Hamlin. The debate centers on interpretation of the statute and potential 10 percent duties affecting New England trade via the St Lawrence and Boston ports, raising moral and commercial concerns.
The Observant Citizen notes Boston firemen plan a banquet for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1872 fire and possible post-event remarks of thanksgiving. Gloucester resident George Merchant celebrates his ninetieth birthday with five-generation kin. a grandson remarks on baseball excitement while a crowded streetcar passes.
The piece reports on Senator Hoar’s described mental broadening and vigor in recent years as observed by personal acquaintances. It also highlights Boston notables like Alexander Fisk of Harvey Fisk & Sons and mentions Tom Riley, a former Boston swimming instructor, now in New York, plus a brave act by 14 year old Nellie Williams who saved a drowning woman near Beachmont.
A fashion notice highlights fall bodices combining comfort and natty style. It notes the upcoming September call to update shirt-waist wardrobes and mentions a green silk bodice with a bold knife-pleated placket as a novel feature.
An article describes a finished back dress with a tiny shirted flounce and a waist tie forming a large front bow. A clever reader crafts an evening dress from a Persian silk shirt with purple chrysanthemums, cutting the yoke and sleeves and adding silver dotted white marine fabric with double sleeve flounces and blue ribbon.
In midsummer a party of four young women drift from a raft after the anchor gives way. A field worker and fellow rescuer reach them by boat and save all four. Clara forgives Will Reed after he saves her, and weeks later she accepts his marriage proposal.
Miss Hannah Luélla Hukill sparks a shift in Chicago medical education by gaining admission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons. She funded two years of study as a stenographer, studied at Harvey Medical School, and will join the junior class challenging male peers.
The Post reports a drive to aid sick babies in Boston tenements through a free doctors corps. Four nurses cover South Boston East Boston Charlestown and Cambridge while two doctors and nurses join weekly rounds aiding needy families. Funds cover prescriptions milk and essential care with a full season audit promised.
The Post reports the Sick Baby Fund drives free nurses and doctors into the field this afternoon marking the fifth week of outreach to the sick and hungry. Five physicians and four nurses are active, with the extensive territory and structured plan guiding the effort.
Mr and Mrs John Dolan of 223 Cabot Street celebrate their six months old son Chester described by physicians as the best developed infant in years. He weighed twelve pounds at birth, gained eleven by three months, and now stands 34 pounds with measurements and three teeth. He walks with a chair as a steering gear and greets visitors with a smile, while his parents’ contrasting statures are noted.
The body of late Senator James Z. George arrived in Jackson at 2 p m from Mississippi City. A large crowd greeted the procession as it entered the rotunda of the state capitol where the remains will lie in state under military guard until tomorrow.
At the capitol a coffin lay in state as 114th pallbearer line moved past in a continuous throng. The scene showed solemn procession with mourners filing by in orderly ranks.
Warships gather in Portsmouth New Hampshire with battleship Iowa and cruisers Texas and Brooklyn arriving from Cape Cod. Admiral Sicard confirms water depth to float all vessels as crowds swarm the decks. The fleet plans to sail tomorrow night for Portland.
Spitsbergen August reports on July 11 balloon Orner carrying Messra Andree Strindberg and Fraenkel. No messages since ascent and earlier claims of North Pole sightings proved false. Gas leakage could limit flight to seventeen days, making contact unlikely for many months.
Mary A. Livermore denounced intoxicating liquor sales at North End Church urging prohibition. She argued liquor profits fund the treasury and cited prison and asylum figures to claim prohibition would reduce crime and insanity.
Mrs Holbrook of 31 Oakland Street Melrose won the Post Menu prize for last week. Her menu was published Monday August 9.
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