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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1897
Page
4
Rates show Daily one year 83.00 six months 1.50 three months 15.5 month 250. The Sunday Post lists one year 81.50 six months 75 cents three months 40 cents. Readers must supply both current and new addresses for any changes.
The Democratic State committee organized on Saturday with unity and harmony as its aim. Hon. John W. Coughlin of Fall River was chosen chairman for the coming year and urged a new era of a united, effective party across the state.
The opening of the textile school at Lowell on Saturday marks a notable event in New England industrial progress. It introduces an experiment already successful in Europe, with expectations of greater results in the United States under favorable conditions. The school aims to train young men as skilled workmen under efficient management, leading material progress in textile art.
The current Massachusetts ballot law guarantees secrecy to protect independent voting. Any amendment risking this privacy invites intimidation and undermines free suffrage, making the existing protection worth maintaining in its entirety.
Heavy snowfall last week restages winter pleasures as sleighing thrives outside business districts. The city streets are a removal challenge yet provide work for crews, while parks and suburban roads offer delightful routes for cutters and horse drawn carriages amid the season’s triumph of horse over wheel.
The foreign relations committee split on the arbitration treaty along sound money and silver lines. Supporters of the treaty backed it while its opponents opposed it, signaling potential further division in the Senate.
The article argues for swift ratification of a treaty after minor amendments that avoid affecting foreign and domestic policy. It downplays objections linked to the Monroe doctrine and King Oscar of Sweden, claiming broad support and noting the public’s interest in the treaty as a civilizational advancement. It also mentions a humorous legal anecdote in Chicago and a New York actor’s suicide by carbolic acid with a note about the actors’ fund. It ends with praise for Boston’s City Hall flower market.
An analysis of January market activity notes renewed confidence and rising prices across active stocks. London and continental buyers, heavy commission orders, and improving rail earnings plus iron and corn trends bolster expectations for a February stock market boom backed by a strong monetary position and large gold reserves.
The Observant Citizen recalls a quiet day on the old mile ground with sleighing nostalgia, fashion shifts, and a street scene on School Street. Inspector Cleary earns credit as Doc Langley, a long-running confidence man, is found guilty on three counts of obtaining money under false pretences, his swindling method preying on job seekers seeking honest work.
The narrator recalls Marsden clan troubles sparked by sheep theft and a fatal shootout amid a harsh winter. Marsden dodged hanging after a local jury deemed the death of Squire Holmes unclear, while Jim and the Holmes family suffer misfortune and rumor swirls of a large sheep fate.
The Boston Conservatory of Music secures Chauncy Hall School hall to establish a life class in modelling with Sculptor Henry Hudson Kitson as chief instructor. The event signals a significant art world opportunity for study outside New York.
A crowded Worcester Union Hall heard a beautiful Christmas cantata last night. The performance drew warm applause and praised the chorus and soloists as creditable and well rendered.
A Boston poem by Edward O'Donnell argues against conciliation with Spain and calls for defiance in support of Cuban independence. It condemns Spanish brutality, pleads for a firm stance, and asserts the Cuban flag should remain raised as a symbol of resistance.
A list of dishes and a bake menu includes fried corn mush broiled rump steak baked potatoes prune sauce white bread doughnuts and seafood dressings with lobster salad a vinegar mustard custard and a milk egg bread pudding from Mrs. Co. 8S. Turner at 2 Sturgis Street Winthrop Beach.
A collage of light humor and quips from 19th and early 20th century papers. Jokes span cards at breakfast, arithmetic quips, misheard phrases, misfit explanations, and witty exchanges with facially familiar names.
A mother finds dressing a boy more challenging than dressing a girl as boys voice strong opinions on clothing. They are frank with each other about outfits and harsher on a hat or coat that fails to please their peers.
The article notes a shift from long trousers to knickerbockers for boys past age 14 and younger boys. It discusses dainty muslin wash blouses, canton flannel jackets, and popular spring middy suits in dark-blue serge with front pockets. Sailor blouses with red or white collars and ribbon accents are described as dressy for occasions.
London January 31 The death is announced of George Hay eleventh Earl of Kinnoull born July 16 1827 and who succeeded his father in 1866 He formerly served as a captain in the First Life Guards Regiment The title and estates pass to his eldest son Lord Hay
Conductor Walter Damrosch arrives in town to oversee a season of German and French opera at the Boston Theatre. He notes Philadelphia has launched a seven week opera series and predicts Boston will follow with five nights plus a matinee, aiming for broader English performances in the future.
Charley Hoyt updates A Milk White Flag for a Park show starring Charles Stanley Belle Archer Miss Agnew and George Schiller. The Geisha at Hollis features Dorothy Morton in the title role. Two weeks remain for Jack and the Beanstalk at the Museum before Thoroughbred with New York principals. Blaney touts The Electrician at Bowdoin Square and Boy Wanted. Entainter names include Troja May Howard Mildred De Grey Raymon Moore Stanton Redding Phyllis Allen at the Howard Atheneum. Lively scenes at Grand Opera House Kentuck horse race and Nickelodeon offerings fill the week while Georgia Cayvan tours and Duse plans America with Moore Whitney.
Northamp ton mass firm offers a free trial package of their headache and head cold tablets on receipt of an ad and 20 cent stamp. The promotion emphasizes a free trial and the product name Pyro Febrin.
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