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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1897
Page
4
The Boston Post presents a political stance as a Democratic paper serving New England readers with local and national news, editorials, and commentary. It champions Democratic perspectives while covering city and state events affecting the region.
The Times suggests disease and famine could reduce India’s 300 million population to safer levels under British rule. British public opinion resists such fatalist views while recognizing the immense challenge of governing a vast empire.
A proposal suggests creating a new monetary unit called the mark based on the purchasing power of the dollar as of January 1, 1893. The mark would be valued weekly against specified commodities, allowing contracts to be settled in dollars and cents at the latest rate, a scheme deemed within state authority and potentially instructive.
An upcoming joint congressional meeting will not confront a plan to stop counting electoral votes. The proposal hinged on South Carolina’s constitution limiting suffrage and preventing McKinley’s election from triggering Olney’s accession, but the tactic is deemed incompatible with the party program and is not pursued.
The piece argues that South Carolina’s education test for voters excludes illiterate Black men and serves Republican political interests. It questions why constitutional protections are applied differently, suggesting a double standard between states like South Carolina and Massachusetts.
A New York Senate inquiry exposes massive profits from Arbuckle & Co. and Havemeyer in the coffee and sugar trusts. It notes surpluses nine times initial capital and 10 to 16 percent dividends on watered stock, urging state legislatures to curb protections and tariff protection to curb the trust monster.
The week closed with a substantial rally as markets hint at an immediate revival in upward momentum. Northern Pacific stock moves signal a shift toward cost efficiency and tariff discipline, while foreign capital shows renewed interest in U S investments amid improving bank loan activity and rising mining copper shares.
Colonel Henry Thomas, popular at the State House, hopes to become postmaster after McKinley’s inauguration. He is noted for courteous manners toward women and is well regarded by Boston residents. Valentines this season feature humorous and sentimental designs, including brimstone matches with blue ribbons and forget-me-not motifs.
A mother of five illustrates thrift by transforming worn skirts into new petticoats. She trims with silk lace and ribbon, pinks edges at home, and uses mixed fabrics to create layered, fashionable undergarments. The piece argues careful washing and orderly upkeep halves wardrobe costs.
Aerial snippets reveal a Boston reader's view of damp weather, public notice humor, and local scenes. Tales include trolley stopping posts, pride in local heroes, a violin virtuoso misadvertised in New Hampshire, and language slips at Tremont Temple and a lodge meeting.
A worried wife, Nell, overhears her husband Bill boasting of an affair with Kitty Brown. She discovers a bundle of love letters and a photograph, promising to endure no more while contemplating leaving with their baby. The morning after, Bill feigns remorse and pleads forgiveness as she coldly withholds affection.
John T. Stoddard professor of chemistry endorses Pyro-Febrin tablets noting rapid headache relief in five to fifteen minutes and cure for hay fever and head colds in one day. Claims no opium and suitability for neuralgia and periodic headaches. Offers trial package with a 2 cent stamp.
Mr. Jones staggers home in a coat far too large for him and learns it belonged to Brown after a drunken spree. His wife reacts with dramatic relief, rallying to console him as the couple confronts the misadventure and reconcile.
Miss Caroline B. Hendricks, a native of Indianapolis, becomes the first Indiana woman to present an argument before the state Supreme Court. Described as slender with a keen analytical mind, she showed early passion for law when Indiana Law School opened.
The Tremont hosts King Momus and young Cadets in Simple Simon while the German opera opens with The Meistersingers Fidelio as Dam rosch tackles Wagnerian epics. George Cayvan Olga Nethersole Flo Irwin May stories and lifelike vaudeville turn from Gus Williams and Troja headline, with continuous vaudeville planned at the Grand Theatre and new acts at the Nickelodeon Museum and Theatre.
Mrs. P. E. Holleran of 5544 Washington Street Jamaica Plain wins the Post Menu prize of $5 from the morning Post issue dated Sunday January 31.
A compact list features THA potato salad cold ham sliced bread and butter blackberry preserves ribbon cake tea milk as standard pantry items and treats.
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