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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1897
Page
4
The Havana bishop condemns Spanish warfare methods and appeals to the Christian world for aid to feed thousands of destitute reconcentrados near Havana. He notes clergy efforts amid widespread hunger, countering General Blanco’s claim of adequate relief.
The Rev. Booker T. Washington spoke at the Old South praising the Normal and Industrial Institute at Tuskegee Alabama. He described Tuskegee as an educational university of intelligent industry teaching self respect self reliance and honest work to over a thousand African American students.
The article notes recent rate cuts by railroads and argues November gains may not yet lift net earnings. It highlights traffic as the revenue focus, cites St Paul and Rock Island as outperformers, and predicts partial fiscal-year improvement by June 30, 1898. Congress's looming session is a key market risk.
A Massachusetts Club dinner quote from Dr. Blackwell calling opponents vermin prompts calls for cooler rhetoric. The piece urges decency in campaigning and warns heated language harms both sides and public perception ahead of Boston mayoral election.
The article contrasts Republican and Democratic stances in Boston's municipal campaign. It quotes Mr. Curtis as promoting a do nothing platform while Mayor Quincy campaigns for actionable steps. The Democratic line blames the Republican school committee for current deficits and calls for adequate school facilities and sanitary conditions.
The Fifty-fifth Congress reopens amid a growing Treasury deficit after the Dingley tariff act and a weak Senate position for currency reform. With monthly deficits of eight to nine million dollars, calls for a short session grow as lawmakers must cut pork barrel spending and live within means.
The past week shows a broad active stock market with new record bond dealings. Idle bank capital seeks investments as rail bonds offer poor yields, pushing money toward dividend stocks. Easy money and strong railroad earnings underpin the rally, with November railroad returns showing notable gains.
The Observant Citizen notes General S C Lawrence's Baltic voyage on the steam yacht Ibis, arrivals in Baltimore, and Florida plans. It highlights James A Welch as a rising star in Massachusetts water works, honors for Nathaniel J W Fish, Stella M Howe's bravery medal, Algonquin Club mushroom beds, and editorials on curb safety, subway crowding, and a Cape Ann possum-hunting anecdote.
A city column mentions new government post cards due next year and a plan for smoking cars at Dorchester Lower Mills and Ashmont. It notes Mrs Mary Livermore’s active life and Manasseh Perkins visiting from Jefferson NH to discuss Waumbek Hotel improvements. The Kipling book is popular in Boston and New York. Sgt Fitzgerald’s styling aids arrests via a staged interview led by City Marshal Burches, producing multiple shoplifting and theft recoveries.
On a stormy sea voyage the sailor Jack Harrington braves a wreck rescue to save a mother and child. He reaches home pallid but victorious, finding sister Helen among the saved and returning with a richer treasure: life, gratitude, and a vow fulfilled.
The piece describes new stock collars with front trimmings and back closures, green silk novelties, lace and mousseline yokes, and wide sleeves with flounces. It notes how to DIY old stocks using laces and silk, and mentions a black net stock with gilt, plus decorative pins for shoulder hangings. It also surveys political letters defending Democratic aldermanic nominees and critiques Republican opposition, highlighting several candidate mentions and comparisons.
A rural skit contrasts city poets who sing of corn with a farmer’s cold stable night. The speaker rejects glamorous talk while tending the husk and lantern light, longing for practical, wet goods over fanciful verse. A closing signature notes H. S. Keller.
Dr Parker of London opposes reports he studies sermons. A Washington monument to Hahnemann is nearly finished, with a $75000 cost. Harlow Spencer of Fort Spring, age 76, has kept a vow not to vote since Henry Clay's defeat. Wilbur L Anderson of Lynn schedules May 8 1903 for the resurrection of the dead and translation of the saints.
Sir Henry Maxwell works on a memoir of the late Hon Sir Charles Murray former master of the Queen's household and British minister at Persia Portugal Saxony and Denmark. Murray was a close friend of Samuel Rogers and his circle.
A Burns bust is to be subscribed in Carlisle for display at Tullie House the city art centre. Anecdotes recount Burns visiting Carlisle including a 1787 inscription at the Malt Shovel Inn Rickergate where he stayed and Jenny Geddes being impounded for grass cutting on corporation land. The Mayor fined Burns a small sum as his term neared its end and Burns quipped a verse about the misfortunes of the occasion.
The Prince line steamer Trojan Prince arrived from Leghorn Genoa and Naples with 160 steerage passengers, mostly women and children, the largest Italian immigrant steamer to this port in many months marking a notable influx.
John F. Fitzgerald blasts both major parties for excluding Roxbury and East Boston from representation at conventions. He notes Charlestown and surrounding wards also lacked a voice, urging fair party inclusion of Boston’s diverse districts.
The Knights of Columbus held memorial services at St Josephs Church Roxbury under Elm Hill Council. Leaders present included State Secretary William J OBrien and Grand Knights from several councils. Rev John F Kelly delivered a sermon on purgatory and remembrance. Vesper service featured Rev Garret J Barry and Rev Thomas A Walsh with Miss Sarah C Carney directing a choir.
Reports say Russell Sage leaves about 50 million to charity and education. Proposals include buying Madison Square Garden as a public palace with museums and forums, plus substantial endowments for Yale Harvard Columbia and other colleges. Additional gifts would fund art education and a public library at the old reservoir site.
Thomas A. Edison Jr., 21, operates in the Schermerhorn building, mirroring his father's genius. He works nights, studies electricity and mining, and aims to commercialize lamps while pursuing a personal book, factory plans, and ongoing collaboration with Edison Sr. and Connoly.
The Post awards its last week prize of 6 to Mrs M E Lassell of 69 Bristol street Cambridgeport for a menu published on Tuesday morning November 30. A letter from Roland C Lincoln disputes a circulating rumor about a mayoral appointment and argues the claim is baseless and unworthy of the campaign.
A collage of humorous exchanges from old papers shows quips about Lablache’s snuff-box hobby, a suburban move mocked for a long walk to the station, a critic’s wife’s comment, and musings on love and woman’s freedom.
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