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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1897
Page
4
Boston Post announces subscription rates for The Sunday Post and other services, requests address updates with current and future details, and notes that payments are to be sent in advance. It warns subscriptions will be discontinued at expiration and advises contacting the Post Publishing Company for changes.
The Department of Agriculture reports winter and spring wheat at 459,678,000 bushels and corn at 1,963,211,000. At prevailing prices, these crops exceed recent years in value, driving trade, employment, and broader economic revival across the United States.
The piece argues against unwarranted bread price increases in Massachusetts arguing flour alone does not justify higher loaves. It notes stringent weight laws, potential profit margins, and warns any rise would fall on the people, not bakers or monopolies, even amid wheat price booms and tariff concerns.
The subway section from Boylston to Park Street will begin public use one week from today marking a test of underground transit to ease congested streets. Public interest runs high as the project, delayed by prior promises and disappointments, faces its first real measure of success or failure in delivering faster commutes.
The text notes strong public criticism prior to completion and argues that opening the subway section will relieve Tremont Street. Through running cars from downtown lines to Park Street Church may reduce blockades and delays, and if the service is as expected, passenger transport will be greatly aided.
The article notes Spain's current year revenue of 176.7 million and expenditure of 174.8 million, with last year totals of 159.9 million revenue and 152.4 million outlay, yielding a surplus in both. It argues Spain is financially on its last legs despite a large debt, substantial interest payments, and reliance on potential monopolies and new taxes, with Cuba cited as a contributing factor.
The Afridi capture of British forts in the Khyber Pass signals a potential broader danger. Fanaticism among fifty million Muslim subjects of the Empress Victoria could surpass tribal activities, risking sedition across India even if forts are retaken by diplomacy or force.
The Observant Citizen notes wheat gains bring joy to Western farmers and reportedly to Boston investor B P Cheney who netted about 120000. Other items mock frazzled travelers, customs at Vanceboro, and celebrity anecdotes including Joe Jefferson as a great grandfather.
A Boston column mixes light essay on Robert Barr and a portrait of ex mayor Matthews failing health. It notes Park Police Sergeant Hebard’s return from rheumatism, veteran Pat Wallingford’s G A R days, and humor about Park Commission duties and English signage. Captain Charles B. Pye of the steamship Halifax is praised as an admired Boston line commander born in Evangeline country.
A reflective piece framed as a century ride where life and its racers are tested. It speaks of guides and pacers, prizes for the swift, and wrecks along a winding route. The excerpt ends noting A. E. Locke of 48 Milk Street as author or contributor.
A reader argues for proper basis in managing public reservations including Crescent Beach and the Park Refector y. The letter calls for parks to serve universal recreation over high rent or investment returns and urges alignment with their founding purpose to aid those least able to pay.
In a letter to the editor from Somerville dated August 24, the writer asks the Post to identify the city or town state and age of de Cline the actress known as A READER. The inquiry requests any available biographical details about the performer.
The readable text is garbled and yields no clear event, person, or organization to form a factual summary. No distinct items, dates, or places are identified to anchor a coherent newspaper card.
A fragmented note from Charlestown dated August 23 describes a land contest or sealant in rope context and an offer to transfer a unit for $1. The message mentions Europe and a possible Bay yen, with sign off from an unknown sender.
Opinion piece urged for Discussion Hostor in the Post Boston arguing the era of prosperity risks weakening the free silver movement. Limited space confines a concise stance on whether rising economic strength undermines silver advocates and policy relevance.
In a Malden village Jennie fears a looming storm and pleads for her husband Phil not to sail. As waves rise and a lifeboat launches, she learns Phil is safe, returning with other men, and realizes her anxiety was misplaced.
A fragmented recipe list outlines a home dinner plan with baked beans, broth bread, muffins, coffee, soup, mashed potatoes, lemon pie, and brown bread. It includes instructions for making a four cup flour mix, raisins, prunes, and a cream sauce, with steps to steam, bake, and beat eggs. Names M. King and Borcheatt appear as attributions or contributors.
The funeral of Dr James A Quinn of South Boston was held yesterday morning at Cavalry Cemetery after a high mass at 9 o clock at 88 Peter and Pauls Church West Broadway. Rev Father Whalan presided with Deacon Rev Charles O Connor and sub deacon Rev Walter Browne. The casket rested among white roses and palms from medical colleagues. Pallbearers included Doctors Buckley Curtis Ford Daly Leary Leahy Madden and Dowling. A prayer followed at the grave by Rev Father Leahy.
Judge Wellhouse called the apple king of the world, with 1630 acres and 100000 trees in Kansas. The piece also notes Queen Victoria’s honorary grand cross to 60 Little King Alfonso, retirements of Austen Leigh after 45 years, and several other royal and notable events across.
The piece notes rising interest in specialized gowns for baseball crowds. It describes several outfits seen on the grandstand including a white batist e gown with green silk slip and lace, a red plaid bodice with jeweled belt, an ale green silk tucked blouse with a white mull yoke, and a white duck skirt with mull bodice. It also mentions autumn boleros of jet passementerie as fashionable.
A Post readers panel weighs the free silver issue amid a broad era of general prosperity. Readers are invited to submit concise opinions under space constraints, with letters limited to roughly 200 words each. The exchange seeks candid judgments on whether mounting prosperity undermines the free silver cause and how economic conditions influence monetary policy debates.
Henry S. Griffith of South Carver argues against the gold standard in favor of free silver, contending prosperity depends on such legislation. He notes the wheat price surge and new gold finds as hollow proof for gold advocates and predicts prices will fall as foreign demand normalizes, rejuvenating silver support.
In a letter by B. A. Bell dated August 2, the writer argues farmers were misled by political talk tying grain and silver prices to demonetization. He contends urban voters follow leaders, free silver persists as a belief of the poor, and replacing it with another issue could calm passions.
The article argues that prosperity, regardless of being gold or silver based, increases money circulation and would boost the economy. It contends that larger money volume supports bimetallist theory and suggests prosperity will follow from sufficient circulation, though the mechanism remains to be explained.
Clark Powers argues that swift silver certificate circulation after the Sherman law revived business but questions the sincerity of measures to restore silver. He blames bankers for low mood and bond issues tied to the gold standard, mocks ongoing editorials on silver's death, and calls for real prosperity backed by cash rather than empty reports. Boston, August 2.
A Dedham Mass reader predicts a prosperity era will end the free silver push and discredit any party offering less than gold standard policy. He argues repudiation fades with better times, urges unity for greatest good, and asserts prosperity will come without quarrel over free silver. THOMAS B WILLIS Walnut Hill Dedham.
A letter from GEORGE DHE SILVERMAN in Haverhill argues prosperity is scarce for most, condemning trusts for profiting while government debt grows. He predicts that big business money and Dingley era policies harm labor, urging free coinage of silver and government ownership of monopolies.
The Boston schooner Abbie and Eva Hooper with Captain Foster reached Baltimore leaking after a collision with the Sedgemore off Potomac. A Leyland liner brought passengers to East Boston. Local Knights of Labor picnic set for tomorrow at Centennial Grove. Fishing schooners landed 230000 pounds of fish at T Wharf amid misty weather. The Armeria was floated by wrecking crews near Bradbury Island. The Lancaster cruiser to be decommissioned and turned over to a state naval brigade likely next week.
At the Navy Yard the torpedo boat Vesuvius, cleaned and painted in dry dock, now lies at the wharf receiving important machinery repairs. Departure date not fixed. Work continues on the old sloop of warmantic te as caulking crews work on her decks.
Rex alderman John T Hadaway of Chelsea died suddenly yesterday. Born in Philadelphia in 1824 he moved to Boston as a youth and earned a Franklin medal. He served Chelsea as fireman engineer in the Common Council alderman 1862 1867 1894 1895 1896 School Board 1879 1892 overseer of the poor seven years vice president of Chelsea Savings Bank and deacon of the First Baptist Church. He was defeated for mayor last year.
Simeon Lesure, regarded as the oldest man in the area, dies at home in South Franklin at age 91 after a period of robust health, in a sudden death that surprised local residents.
Opinion piece from the Boston discussion editor argues that broad economic growth may dampen calls for free silver, weighing monetary policy shifts against inflation fears, and exploring whether prosperity reduces demand for coinage expansion, while noting the political and financial context of the era.
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