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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1897
Page
4
The Sunday Post and Daily One copy pricing are listed with durations and rates. Subscribers must prepay. subscriptions may be discontinued at expiration without notice. Address changes require current and new delivery areas. payments to POSTPUBLISHING COMPANY. Editor E A Grozier.
Editorial argues against excluding Canadian Pacific from cross border trade citing its role in New England commerce. It warns that banning Canadian routes would harm Boston and the Northwest connection, urging Republicans to resist subsidies based protectionist pleas.
An optimistic analysis notes wheat harvests in the West could add at least 200 million dollars in extra profits to farmers if market prices rise by 20 cents a bushel, while cotton profits could reach 40 million dollars with a one cent rise per pound. It argues higher prices will lift trade, industry, and consumer comfort across the United States.
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad blocked Boston merchants from offering fall trade incentives by providing reduced rates to buyers from other regions. The Post notes the action is surprising for a company enjoying state privileges and contrasts it with rebates offered to Pittsburgh and Chicago. It argues the policy harms Boston by limiting connections to the south and northern New England and suggests merchants could pursue cooperative excursions with more generous rail partners.
The passage notes a market in Boston and the possibility of buying locally regardless, while suggesting advantages may not justify continuing the current scheme.
Reopened mills in Fall River Providence Methuen and Salem indicate renewed demand for manufactured goods. Woolen mills resume as wages may rise with living costs, reflecting a shift in regional prosperity from West and South to New England. Labor conditions depend on wage adjustments amid rising living expenses.
The Crescent Beach bath house experiment by the metropolitan park commissioners shows a popular and likely commercial success on the first day. The article praises reduced prices as a civic benefit, noting no rise in undesirable elements and linking affordability to public health and reduced crime.
A reader recalls meeting the late Congressman Wright and reflects on his politeness and staff needs. The column praises Conductor 9175, discusses musical moments at St Peter and Paul's Church, notes upcoming vacations for police horses, and comments on ophthalmic cautions about sweet pea colors and blood photography advances for disease prevention. The piece also offers a tip on finding south with a watch.
The piece notes a booming chewing gum market with US expenditure reaching 20 million dollars last year and New England as a weak market. It also discusses hotel expansion in Boston area, with Hotel Touraine furnishings and Reynolds Hotel Company plans, including Albert Geiger leasing adjacent property for twenty years. A light correction clarifies a mix up between bath house chiefs and police chiefs.
The article notes loose effects in pretty bodices for autumn with a bloused front often centered or shifted to the left. It mentions round waists, short full basque skirts, and a chico bodice on a blue canvas gown with green changeable taffeta and a soft belt of green velivet.
The piece describes shoulder reverses on an outer blouse with a black chiffon yoke and jabot, a green velvet strap securing the jabot, and a gown with green ribbed aik fabric. It notes fashionable belts and a bolero with a gul pure trim, predicting trends for the coming season.
A collage of humorous exchanges and misheard lines from classic newspapers. Jokes about warships and jingoes, dating style banter, misinterpretations, restaurant wit, and fashion chatter showcase light, era-specific humor through a string of brief quotes.
Jessie Rae, a Paysonville telegraph operator, falls for Chester Boyden who plans marriage and departure. A New York agency lists Boyden as a bank robber on the run. Jessie, hearing the accusation, shoots him dead in the Paysonville station.
The Post offers weekly prizes for Original Ghost Stories with 10 dollars for first, 5 dollars for second, and 2 dollars for each published story. Winners named Sundays, paid by mail Mondays. Submissions limit to 1000 words, single page, with writer’s name and address.
A broad survey of prominent individuals includes Mrs. Stewart’s plan to chaperone a trip to Alaska, Sir Wilfrid Laurier receiving the Cobden Club medal, Miss Ethel Benjamin becoming Australia’s first woman barrister, and Henry Labouchère’s standing as a London Truth MP on American securities. Also noted are university and political figures and a Nebraska pioneer said to have killed many Indians.
The Post reports $250,000 previously acknowledged and a drive for the Sick Baby Fund to support free doctors and nurses for impoverished tenement infants. Two more physicians joined, August and September peak need, with prescriptions, milk, and supplies funded by readers’ gifts to THE POST.
In a letter to the Post editor the Walker Rintel Drug Company pledges to fill free of charge all medicines prescribed for the Post sick baby fund. The company cites its address at 244 Boylston Street, corner of Church Street.
Fragmented list shows daily table items including baked potatoes biscuits icee cantaloupe lamb and puddings. Includes a recipe segment for orange sponge cake and egg muffins with partial measurements and method, attributed to an address at Mary 02 street.
The fifth week of the Sick Baby Fund work opened with free nurses and doctors starting the second month’s effort. On the day 819 families were called, 46 new patients added, bringing total treated to 624. East and North Cambridge saw 62 families visited and eight cases treated, while South Boston and South End had 89 visits and 19 babies attended. Charlestown logged 63 calls with 10 patients helped, and East Boston recorded the largest day with 106 families visited and 10 treated. A poignant case involved a four member family in a tenement: father sick with typhoid, mother overwhelmed, Minnie the 7-year-old aiding her mother and caring for 4-year-old Ned amid hardship.
In a shaded urban tale Ned suffers infantile cholera operatives and slowly recovers with nurse and doctor visits while Josiah known as Joe recalls better days. The South Boston setting notes a sickly child’s decline as a bridge and steps loom over a yard beneath the street.
The Boston Fest offers a weekly prize of 5 dollars for the best three meal bill for a day to a single family. Submit one concise menu with brief preparation directions and keep total weekly food cost under 16 dollars for a family of five. Entries due by the 9th. winners printed in coming issues.
Fragmentary letter discusses fraternal insurance reform and prevention of losses. It questions legal remedies and the state of affairs, suggesting action may improve outcomes for insured members and their families. The text reflects concern over misuse and calls for consideration of laws and remedies.
A resident of Charles Town complains about streetcar conductors in Chelsea Street refusing seating to an older woman and a first speaker. The writer asks why two fares were paid for one seat and calls for fair treatment and a remedy.
If President McKinley had gone from Boston to Plattsburg he would undoubtedly have patronised the Fitchburg railroad new line. Through drawing room car leaves Boston for Plattsburg daily except Sunday at 3 a.m.
New York reports relay prisoner letters detailing abuses in Fortress Montjuich after the Barcelona bombing. About 300 Centro de Carreteros members were arrested. 170 jailed without trial, 83 tried, 12 acquitted but kept, 9 condemned to death, 28 facing death sentences, 5 shot, others to long terms.
A detained narrator describes harsh treatment by civil guards during an interrogation for speech language issues. He details being undressed, whipped, gagged, and bound as guards press him to speak Spanish or Catalan with an interpreter, before facing Judge Marino for further questioning.
The body of Mrs Eugene Tompkins, who died of heart disease aboard the steam yacht Illawarra, arrived in Boston by special train from Rockland to Portland and on to Boston. Accompanied by Mr Tompkins and the yacht's chief engineer, the casket went to Union Station for an undertaker pickup. Funeral services are set for noon tomorrow at the South Congregational Church Newbury and Exeter streets with Rev Dr Edward Everett Hele officiating.
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