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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1897
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices including 3 dollars for six months and 75 cents for one month with 50 cents for Sunday Post. It states payments are in advance, all money at sender risk, and checks or money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company. Printed by The Boston Post editor E A Grozier.
A fragment notes that it may be believed to know as much about it as Mr Nimmo. The terse line implies comparison of expertise or familiarity with an unspecified subject.
The article links a wave of crude imitation after the Canovas shooting to bombings in Paris during Faure’s route to St Petersburg and Istanbul and a derailed Hatburg express in Germany. It argues the motive is contagion and imitation, not a coordinated plot, and notes America is quarantined from the disorder.
The piece argues a drop in silver prices would boost its use in art and industry without harming currency. Silver’s enduring beauty and durability make it superior to gold for decorative service, with a long history from Ephesus to modern heirlooms. It suggests even cheaper silver could yield lasting artistic merit and precious heirlooms.
Experts in enumeration predict 100000 voters on the lists in Boston this year marking a high water point for the city. The city faces a mayoral election and a state vote on city government reform though no national election is on the program.
The article notes wheat selling at a dollar per bushel for export at New York and estimates a 60 cent price to farmers in the Atlantic coast, yielding about $300 million on a 600 million bushel crop. It argues money flows from farmers to village merchants, jobbers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and ultimately workers, spreading economic benefit through all channels.
Mr. Joseph Nimmo Jr tells Boston merchants they oppose a 10 percent discriminatory duty on goods in bond under Section 22, arguing the plan favors Pacific Coast and Atlantic coast ports at others’ expense. He warns Boston needs fair play and the Canada to Chicago route remains vital for transportation links and market access.
Judge Blodgett receives community thanks for sentencing Joseph Perry to life in prison at Fitchburg. The piece praises the harsh penalty as necessary for a "most terrible" crime and urges wider, effective measures to curb such recklessness and viciousness in New England communities.
The Observant Citizen notes the theater season reopening will lift the city from a gloomy quiet after close of playhouses. It reports Frederick R. Coudert’s health improving, a clubman learning to ride, and A Q Miller moving to Brockton shoe trade advertising. Alfred C. Foye is named Dover High principal, moving from Marblehead. The piece ends with Station South Boston tenure details.
A Boston club official continues duties via a visiting lieutenant while a director, William Conant, returns from vacation to oversee ticket sales. The piece also notes Inspector Andy Houghton’s loyalty, a Massachusetts reward cap for murder cases, and describes a vast Louisiana estate with 16,000 cattle. A poem memorializes a figure tied to Sailor lore in Samoa. Louis J. McQuilland signs off.
The niece of the Cuban president is described as beautiful and engaging as she stands accused of rebellion. She has been sentenced to twenty years in Spain's penal system, sparking interest and pity across the United States.
The item recalls Cuba president's niece sentenced in Spain, Weyler potential pardon for a Windsor jeweler, a Windsor bat family escape anecdote, Sister Mary Sebastian’s silver jubilee at Notre Dame, praise for actress Vitaliani as Duse successor, and Mrs. A W Baird delivering a missionary society sermon on women’s work and patriotism.
David Morse dies leaving wife and daughter May Morse to fend off creditors. May, fleeing ruin, contemplates suicide but is saved by her dog Laddie. A note from Miles, her long absent fiancé, arrives proclaiming success in the Yukon. The tale follows renewed hope as Miles travels toward Boston and a possible reunion.
Soft clinging materials and Greek effects return to fashion with gowns draped rather than fitted. Cashmere nun’s veiling and camel’s hair seen in ivory and robin’s egg blue palettes. Back waist loosens, train lengthened, bodice cut with emphasis on flattering eye and complexion.
The description outlines evening dresses with deep V necklines, loose cross fronts, and belted waists. A pale blue Persian chiffon vest provides a focal contrast. Long flowing sleeves partly cover inner chiffon. A Mother Hubbard style gown is cinched by a wide sash tied with a four-loop bow on the left.
In Dublin on August 20, the Duke of York was installed as a Knight of the Order of St Patrick at a chapter in Dublin Castle. The ceremony featured the lord lieutenant, grand master Lord Cadogan, and a large company including the Duchess of York.
Baldwins Cadet Band performs Sunday afternoon at the Common with works from The Dayton to The Whirlwind starting at 4 PM. A Sunday evening show at Marine Park follows at 7 30 PM with pieces including The Casino and Constancy. Hyde Park Military Band forms a Forest Hills square concert at 8 PM featuring King Cotton and Richmond Bee among others.
A cable to the Nautical Training School announces the Enterprise has arrived at Funchal in Madeira, signaling the vessel's location and status for observers and officials.
A physician revisits the North End to treat cholera infantum amid crowded stairs and dim rooms. He recalls past successes with the illness and provides care for two ill children, while promising a decent burial and support for the mother and remaining child.
The Posts Free Doctors Corps for Sick Babies operated since July 19 entering its third season. Dr O D BE Ball heads the team of five physicians and four nurses making about 350 calls daily with over 5600 children on the list. The charity solicits contributions and promises season-end financial transparency.
A mother cradles her dying baby as a doctor arrives too late. The infant dies as the mother remains fixed on the child’s lifeless face, then reels in a paroxysm of grief. The scene ends with the mother collapsing beside the lifeless form.
A doctor and a neighbor tended a grieving mother whose husband died three months ago. With no money or food, the clean home reflected quiet sorrow as the mother remained beside the cradle while the infant sickened from cholera infantum.
A dated collection of brief pleas and remembrances promising small donations to a Sick Baby Fund. Messages from Little Walther Rubh and Little Ray and Chester request acceptance of payments, citing Charlestown and Corey Park as origin points with August 2 and August 11 1897 dates.
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