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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1897
Page
4
Daily and Sunday Post subscription details with pricing for different periods. Payment guidance instructs subscribers to mail checks drafts and money orders to the Post Publishing Company and to avoid sending cash.
The Boston Post can be secured at leading New York hotels and subscriptions must be paid in advance. Subscriptions will be discontinued without notice on expiration. Readers unable to obtain the Post regularly should notify by postal mail. A GROZIER, Editor and Publisher.
The piece argues wheat passes the dollar mark in Chicago with higher Eastern prices. It credits Pillsbury with urging farmers to hold 450,000,000 bushels of winter wheat, noting spring wheat is not yet marketed. It contends rises are partly speculative but reflect supply and demand benefiting farmers.
The Massachusetts area where William C. Whitney owns about 12 000 acres near parkland hosts the state’s abandoned farms. Whitney appears a public benefactor by turning unused land into profitable development under private ownership. The example mirrors George Vanderbilt’s forestry in North Carolina and suggests broader use by wealthy individuals to benefit the community.
The copper situation is described as the most interesting feature in the local stock market with strong global demand. UK stock changes show declining copper in Britain while imports rise and exports fall, indicating rising apparent consumption. In the US the copper position remains robust with signs of imminent improvement as industrial activity recovers.
The article notes home copper demand doubling with revival of brass and copper manufacture. It states producing mines cannot meet heavy demand without price rises, with Calumet and Hecla as an uncertain stock. Firms avoid future-delivery bids while spot copper dwindles, pushing September bids to 0.13-0.14 dollars and even higher, signaling a copper boom for Boston investors this year.
The Post reports five weeks of care by doctors and nurses for sick babies in tenements. Since service began there have been 4240 calls and 798 patients treated. Reader support has grown the program to five physicians and four nurses, boosting daily calls and extending reach.
General Ascarraga is confirmed as Spain's prime minister continuing Canovas era policy. Weyler retains support, autonomy for Cuba unlikely, but hope rises that the new ministry may ease anti American bitterness and push toward ending the Cuban conflict.
A reader asks if Lillian Lawrence is married to Charles Mackay of the Castle Square company. the writer clarifies they are friends only. The column also covers street noise from electric car whistles, a note on the 1897 Blue Book color, theater disputes, and a sighting of Alderman Alpheus Sanford with a sick relative, plus a brief street encounter with a blind man and a passerby’s reaction.
An outward bound Brookline electric car stopped on Winter street to pick up ladies, causing a chap to stand on the rear platform when a passenger refused a rear seat. The piece notes a 6 o clock crowd and scarce seats during the rush.
A poem in archaic diction contemplates memory and forgetting. The speaker questions whether the living or dead should be forgotten, and ponders whether memory preserves sorrow or tenderness. The verse moves through grave markers and the fading of intense feelings toward divine remembrance.
An article argues for simple cheerful dress for children during school days, balancing modesty and practicality. It praises challie and flannel gowns in blue white, brown white, red white patterns, and warns against overdressing or too plain clothing. It notes canvas works but is warmer, and mentions a red silk jacket as a striking feature.
A reader argues that tobacco was never issued to inmates at the hospital and seeks to correct evening papers. The letter explains the author once opposed tobacco at the houses of correction but favored comfort for inmates at the almshouse and hospital, noting mistakenly tied to a broader anti tobacco stance.
The late President Hayes's daughter Miss Fannie Hayes will marry Ensign Harry Eaton Smith, a U S Navy officer, on September 2 with President McKinley and his wife attending. The couple’s engagement follows years abroad and winters in New York at Spiegel Grove, the Hayes home.
The Post announces the weekly menu prize of percent awarded to Mrs Mabel Snow of Pembroke Massachusetts for her menu used on Monday August 16.
Breakfast items include Quaker tea Oma Write Rate meet Rye Blocutt with coffee. Lunch features sardine faled and cheese Blakes. Also udins read and butter with fig 5ite bread noted late.
Clara Reese accepts disapproval and hardship to protect her mother Mrs. Mountjoy who endures neglect in a hostile second marriage. Clara finally leaves Holmesburg with her daughter Heloise, whose quiet strength shapes a hopeful life away from judgment, even as outsiders misread them.
Aug 22 report from Cape Cod notes a crowded summer colony with multiple social visits. Guests include Lizzie and May MacIntyre, Misa EB Drury, W R Pillsbury, C F Allis, and many others visiting cottages and hosting. A wedding is planned at Centre M E Church on Aug 25 for Annie Young Shortie and Charles Gourlay Goodrich.
Captain Taylor of the Indiana gave a large dinner aboard the ship this afternoon. Fifty guests from Bar Harbor attended the event.
Across Beachmont and Annisquam concerts the Post reports care for afflicted children. The feature highlights aid given, noting fifty dollars raised among grateful families and communities supporting health outreach efforts.
The Post appeals for ongoing donations as doctors and nurses expand the Sick Baby Fund. Five doctors and four nurses now serve South Boston East Boston and surrounding districts, with free prescriptions offered by Walker-Rintela Drug Co. and weekly costs near $200 to sustain care through September.
The Post reports the Free Doctors' Corps, aiding ill infants since July 19 in its third season. Five physicians and four nurses work under Dr. C D E Ball, handling nearly 350 calls daily and treating over 500 children. Donations to the Sick Baby Fund are urged with acknowledgments to be published after season end.
The Post marks the sixth week of its campaign against sickness and hunger, continuing care for poor babies in tenement districts and aid to the city’s needy. Early hopes were high, but five weeks of effort have surpassed expectations, underscoring a sustained charitable service.
The children of Annisquam and the Beachmont young ladies organized fairs and concerts raising 125.86 to boost a relief fund. The Post urges others to imitate the plans to reach a 1500 goal by season end and notes a forthcoming aid effort for Beachmont families. A typhoid fever patient will be moved to Elizabeth Hospital for free care, aided by sisters there and Boston Institute Seashore Homes support.
Dr. B L Whitman president of the Columbian University of Washington visits town denying reports he will succeed President Andrews of Brown University. He notes no basis for the claim and hopes Andrews will stay. Separately amateur entertainment notes at Boston venues include duets, a vaudeville show, and social events with prizes and theater parties.
The North Shore Winthrop notes the annual Winthrop Yacht Club entertainment set for Friday and Saturday evenings August 27 and 28. The committee includes Franklin H. Richardson A. R. Sanderson and Clarence Billings. It promises a novel event marking the season’s climax.
Miss Lena Rosenberg and Mr Louis Arono vits wed in a ceremony led by Rev Wolf Baron at Knesett Israel Synagogue with Benjamin Moritz as best man and a party of bridesmaids and ushers. Later at Grace Hall 21 Oswego street Miss Mary Feldman married Mr Harry Mints with Abraham Apelbaum as best man and a full bridal party.
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