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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1897
Page
4
The Glucose Trust absorption by a group led by Sugar Trust leaders creates a $40,000,000 capitalization. The works capacity is 101,000 bushels daily with a net profit of about 10 cents per bushel, implying roughly $4,000,000 yearly. The piece questions adulteration risks as big trusts expand.
The board voices a cautious protest against corporate route approval while unanimously endorsing the elevated railway path. Critics note the law allows a later appeal to the Railroad Commissioners, questioning the aldermen’s apparent restraint and lack of concrete objections.
The article argues that rapid public exposure of Johnny Conway’s kidnapping, aided by daily newspapers and portraits of the child, mirrors Charley Ross cases. It claims publicity acts as a powerful detective, guiding public effort and prompting swift recoveries through widespread attention and sensational journalism.
The piece argues the Washington Law Department will rule against New England interests in the tariff act section governing bonded transport over the Canadian Pacific road. It blames New England Republicans in Congress for neglect of duty and accuses them of sacrificing regional merchants to favors for trusts.
The piece discusses a surprise change in election law allowing nominations by simple plurality at a convention, excluding state officers. It predicts impact on city offices and independent voting, and questions whether the clause was purposeful or inadvertent, noting prior legislative bungling such as a smoking ban long left on the books.
The legislature repealed the wrong statute in a prior act but corrected the error in a later session. The author wonders if this case mirrors that slip and whether this time is similar or not.
The Observant Citizen records a growing awakening in Boston’s residential areas with cleaner yards and fewer stray cats. It describes changes at Union Station’s braking methods, predicts the new Southern Union station's vast scale, and observes local art, theater figures, and public happenings including Crescen t Beach bath house receipts and a Rhode Island senator’s visit.
A fragmented verse depicts wheat fields and a beloved lass with golden crown imagery. The speaker references a lass who loves him and alludes to stars and eyes, weaving rural and romantic motifs through archaic spellings.
A damaged OCR passage presents a verse fragment about hunger and love pleading for loaves. The lines reflect longing and hardship with sparse, broken text and scattered phrasing.
A seaside tale features Kate Claxton, a brave cyclist who foils a counterfeiter with help from her cousin Frank. After a tense chase on the coast, Kate is saved by Frank and a police officer, hailed as having caught the era's greatest fraud. The tale blends adventure with a domestic guide on children’s clothing construction and practical fashion tips.
In society notes a German Empress plans to buy a small Holstein estate near Schloss Grunholtz, home of her sister Duchess Frederick. Also noted: William Watson Woollen buys land in Indianapolis suburbs for a future public park preserve with birds. colorful society items from Oklahoma, Australia, Scotland, and Klondike.
A discussion on boys undergarments contrasts a modern straight waist for young children with older one piece coutil designs. Experts and hygiene studies favor carefully made underwaists while noting that good garments can be home sewn by mothers without professional aid.
In a letter to the editor Hoar denies a Boston Post attribution that he inveighed against the over educated young men of Harvard who voted against Blaineism and McKinleyism. He says the statement is false and recalls his 1888 stance on scholarly leadership and patriotism. He asserts trustees and professors have rights, and defends freedom of speech in academic matters. Worcester, Mass. August 16.
Buffalo N Y August 19 The Legion of Honor adjourned after electing officers for the year. Amendments fix member assessments at one per month and abolish classes while preserving a year end reserve fund for claims. Officers elected include Commander F C Downes Boston vice commander P F McGowan New York orator G W Carson St Louis secretary Adam Warner New York treasurer George W Kendrick Jr Philadelphia. Downes noted a Bill in U S Court at Jersey City to test by laws and insolvency with a request for a receiver for the emergency fund and an injunction against class divisions. The bill returns in Boston Sept 7.
The New England Roadmasters' Association wrapped two days with a subway tour guided by West End officials from the Revere House at 2 pm. The group then traveled to Bass Point for a clambake. Officers elected include President Samuel Greer, Vice President James Torr, and secretary treasurer F C Stowell, with executive members from Boston & Maine and New York, New Haven & Hartford among others.
Frederick Rene Coudert, a renowned New York lawyer, lies dangerously ill from nervous prostration at his Bar Harbor summer cottage. He collapsed in his office four weeks ago, around the same time his brother Charles Coudert died.
Town Topics notes criticism of Vassar College authorities for allegedly limiting graduation to Miss Hemmings due to her race. The piece questions the ethics of such discrimination, cites faculty statements, and contrasts Vassar with other major women’s schools. It also comments on Boston society and Bar Harbor summer social life.
Ex-Mayor Edwin A. Curtis says he is not a candidate this fall and will avoid politics this autumn. He explains the job wore him down, may marry, may travel, and will spend October Maine hunting rather than campaigns.
A fragment lists meals and dish ideas including baked beans brisk fruit coffee and lobster le Everard with creamed potatoes. It provides instructions for bread croutes, milk toast, a warm egg and lobster dish, and a custard or snow dessert idea attributed to Grace P Thomas of Follem Street Boston.
Railroad tickets from Fitchburg to Buffalo and return priced as a single fare for the round trip. Includes a free side trip to Saratoga for G A R en campment attendees. Travel offers cover the event and include convenient connections for veterans and supporters.
Prominent Boston figures joined by Quincy and Boston street railway officials rode the new branch from Atlantic station to Squantum Head and attended a clambake with music. An informal meeting featured speeches by Wiliam B. Rice and others with a guest list of city officials and company leaders.
A claim touts FELS NAPTHA as superior to all other soaps and references ninety nine other good soaps. The advertisement asserts the product works in cold or lukewarm water and includes a scrambled company line WELS & C .
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Burke as postmaster and reference a local coal matter connected to a company named Bante Pas Co and a Knowlten area. Details are unclear but imply municipal or postal involvement in a coal transaction.
Ex Secretary Whitney via agents has closed deals for land in Lee Lenox Washington and Becket totaling hundreds of acres. Purchases include Richmond Iron Company holdings old coal lands in Lee Gardner woodland East Mountain Goussette swamp parts and properties of Henry Garfield. Also included are William H Perry farm in Lee and eastern wooded mountain near Lenox Pittsfield line. The scope suggests others in the deal and would more than double Whitney's prior holdings along with October Mountain estate.
Officials project 100000 names on the 1897 registered voters list with Sept 1 publication. Assessors report strong poll collection in Boston with 154360 assessed polls and 156500 final totals after corrections. Final figures may rise by Oct 18 and exceed last year’s totals.
Baldwin's Cadet Band performs at Washington Park starting 8 PM. Selections include Stars and Stripes Forever and Stradella overture, Imperial suites, a cornet solo by Frank H. Partridge, Carmen potpourri, Ten Minutes of Fun and King of the Road finale.
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