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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1897
Page
4
The text argues that as population grows so do crime rates, yet sanctifying influences also grow due to the work of superior minds. It links moral uplift to a stabilizing counterbalance against rising crime.
Ex Governor Long declares he is an optimist and has always been one. He expects good times and progress for the country. He argues courage and faith in American people will lift the nation from three years of low mood. He urges more optimism in the nation and in the Cabinet to speed progress.
The piece argues against altering the Boston school committee to limit women’s voting rights. It urges focus on efficiency and prudent use of over two million dollars yearly, guiding education for about 70,000 children. Reform should involve better performance and systems, not political restrictions, and deserves broad citizen support.
The article argues against the view that Boston has declined morally in ten years. It notes steady church activity and benighted progress in reform, charity, and public morality while acknowledging more total vice due to population growth. It concludes Boston today is not worse, but reform has advanced.
The first hearing on Senator Gallivan’s petition for free transfers is set for Friday at 10 in front of the legislative committee on street railways. Aldermen endorsed the bill and asked the mayor to have the corporation counsel represent the city. Citizens expect a large turnout from the metropolitan district to press for free transfers as a public right aiding congestion and rapid transit before the subway opens.
A large U S wheat crop totaling 2 283 000 000 bushels is praised as vital sustenance and fuel while India suffers severe famine. The piece urges bridging surplus and starving populations through charity and modern commerce and transportation.
Two women found unconscious in a Dorchester bedroom survived after inhaling illuminating gas. A partially opened gas fixture valve allowed the poison to escape into the room, nearly killing them. The incident underscores calls for inspection and regulation of Boston gas service to prevent such accidents.
The Observant Citizen cites serums against disease and contemplates future antidotes for aging. It reports a missing Lancaster monument, a possible successor to Dr Cotting at the Lowell Institute, a Lowell medallion in Gore Hall, and City Missionary Society’s long record of aid. It mentions sparrow extermination, and notes London caricaturist Harry Furniss with his daughter, who may one day gain literary prominence.
A mother by a dying child in a shabby attic dreams of his life from childhood to a corrupted adulthood and to a death in prison. The dream shifts through scenes of poverty, vice, a gambling hell, and eventually an execution before the sleeper wakes to find her baby dead and she weeps over him.
Personal notice describes Miss Breckinridge daughter of Colonel Ww. C. P. Breckinridge as Kentucky’s first woman lawyer. It notes her beauty and animated conversation revealing bright features, brown eyes, and dark hair.
A collection of short vignettes mentions a bright Lexington woman with Chicago University ties and bar admission, author Donald G. Mitchell seeking quiet life in Edgewood Connecticut, Miss Anna Carlson of New Jersey with inverted reading letters, Sally Carroll a 96 year old railroad switch tender in Macon, and a Pleasanton editor's daughter announcing a brother for McKinley and Hobart.
A menu of daily table hints includes Rice Griddle Cakes and Honey Broiled Ham Baked Potatoes Poached Eggs on Toast Rolls Coffee Oysters on the half shelf Roast Beef Brown Sauce Mashed Potatoes Mashed Squash Celery Pickled Beets Dutch Apple Pudding Mince Pie Supper Thin Sliced Cold Roast Beef Chili Sauce Saratoga Stewed Potatoes Bread and Butter Preserved Plums Banana Layer Cake Tea and Dutch apple pudding. The recipes describe Banana Layer Cake and Filling with ingredients and steps. Mrs B W Watson Walnut Hill East Dedham Mass is named.
The excerpt collects brief humorous exchanges from Tit-Bits Puck and Harper’s Bazar. It contrasts amateur stage talk with satirical quips on golf pink teas and lifelike portraits. The fragment showcases period wit and social satire.
The board debated creating a special committee to study garbage disposal in other cities and possible uses for garbage as fuel or bricks. It also pressed measures to enlarge the Public Library branch on Broadway, fund paving projects, and support free transfers on the West End Street Railway. Aldermen urged school weather closures and demanded city clerk action on a paper supply order.
A devotional line expresses submission to divine will, invoking obedience and faith. It reflects a moment of prayer and surrender to a higher power.
The fund to cover the sick shop girl’s medical trip has reached 161.2 dollars with additional help from other sources. The Post thanks readers for their generosity and asks that no further contributions be sent since the amount is now sufficient.
A letter to the editor thanks the Post for publishing a relief appeal for a young woman serving others. Generous donations raised enough to fund two months in the healthful pine setting in the South, bringing joy to the recipient when informed of the aid.
A reader from Somerville sends one dollar to the Post fund aiding a young lady in need. The brief letter from L. N. H. thanks the editor for the ongoing help.
A brief appeal dated February 7 from Tewksbury signed by FRIEND asks readers to support the young lady’s recovery. It emphasizes earnest wishes and urges young people to lend a helping hand, adding a remark that God loves a cheerful giver.
A brief donation message offers one dollar toward an invalid lady’s fund. The writer invokes prayer for recovery and health, signing as I H N with a personal wish for divine healing.
De Wolfe Fiske and Co plans March publication of Samuel O Sewall and the World He Lived In by Rev N H Chamberlain. The work draws on Boston and New England life from 1630 to 1730 and will feature portraits and monuments of the era, many appear for the first time.
A Democratic paper labels its attack on General Alger as fair play and receives thanks from H O Moore a Civil War veteran and Republican.
Secretary Lamont urged Congress to appropriate 5000 dollars for the care and maintenance of the Washington building where Abraham Lincoln died and to appoint a custodian.
An advertising feature proclaims Dr Greene's Nervura as a supreme health giver, claiming extraordinary cures and benefits supported by testimonials and scientific-sounding language. The piece emphasizes vitality, strength, and wellness through this tonic.
The council refused to suspend rules for a public hearing on a wooden building permit for James Mulcahey on Quincy Street after a Dorchester alderman urged delay. The vote was 7 to 5, and the matter was referred to the street department committee. Alderman Donovan also secured approval to request fourteen swivel chairs for the City Hall Aldermen room at public buildings expense.
The Hon. John D. Long discusses his cautious stance on finance and tariff reform, praising Lyman J. Gage and noting no personal view on greenbacks. He supports arbitration with foreign powers, warns against war, and favors sound money cooperation. He sees free silver as contingent on prosperity and international agreements, and endorses proper regulation of trusts and consolidations.
A brief trial highlights the hourly effort by Woodbury’s Facial Soap. The case appears persuasive in presenting its product’s effectiveness.
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