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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1897
Page
4
The Boston Post presents Democratic-leaning coverage reflecting regional politics in the New England area. It emphasizes party perspectives, editorial stances, and local government, offering readers a view into the period's political discourse and party organization.
Public notice for mailing payments instructs Second Class matter status and asks senders not to mail cash while directing all checks drafts and money orders to be payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The piece endorses Governor Wolcott’s call to bar stock speculation by trustees and fiduciaries. It stresses that law can reduce temptation and guard integrity, citing Colonel Peabody on stopping embezzlement. It urges swift legislative action to enact the governor’s recommendations.
The article argues creating a new Greater Boston county would boost Boston to about 1,000,000 population, raise its world status, and bring material and governmental benefits while restoring direct local control through elected representatives rather than state appointments. It favors local self government and tax directed spending.
The piece notes the peace treaty between Harvard and Yale mirrors Olney's arbitration framework. It highlights near identical provisions for arbitration, a five year term, and the high enthusiasm in Cambridge and New Haven. It compares university actions to national diplomacy and suggests the move was overdue.
The period of separation has been a period of development and adjustment of athletic forces for Harvard. The crimson will enter the new series of contests in far better shape than when the association with Yale was broken off.
A mosaic of comic and romantic snippets, including a morgue owner, a house of business sign, and tales of irony. A long church scene follows with a love triangle, a rector, and a wife torn by faith, duty, and passion, ending with a late night pursuit of a runaway wife.
The piece argues about Sunday rest amid legislative proposals and public debate. It questions whether law can regulate personal rest, praising individual choices for worship, recreation, or quiet study while urging restraint on secular pressures during the Sabbath. It also weaves in anecdotes about culture and daily life, reflecting urban attitudes.
The text argues that trusts such as sugar steel and oil earned large profits over a decade, totaling tens of millions. It contends the price drops for consumers came from broader improvements, not trusts alone, and criticizes methods like crushing competition restricting trade influencing legislation for tariff benefits.
The piece traces the clash between West wool growers and East woollen manufacturers over free versus protective wool tariffs. It notes Ohio growers want complete exclusion of foreign wools and argues Republicans may bow to the Wool Growers' Association, risking regional industry.
The Observant Citizen laments the sale of the Massachusetts Historical Society building on Tremont Street and notes Dr. Samuel A. Green losing his sunny library view. It contrasts Ian Maclaren’s praise of Boston with his belief that New York will soon be the American center of letters.
Reader asks if a boy born abroad can enter West Point if his father is a U S citizen. Reply confirms citizenship grants eligibility. West Point Academy in New York is the only army cadet school. suggestion to write district Congressman for full information.
A letter from G. W. Dunlap asks whether a son born to American parents while traveling in Europe is eligible for the presidency of the United States. The query seeks constitutional interpretation of natural born citizen requirements.
The Post almanac states that if the parents are United States citizens the son is eligible for the presidency. It notes the book is now on sale at the Post counting room.
The Post offers weekly prizes for Original Short Stories with awards of 10 dollars for first place, 5 dollars for second, and 2 dollars for four others. Prizes go to feminine writers, entries must be under 1000 words, one side of paper, include name and address, and anonymous submissions are disqualified.
A string of clipped dialog snippets captures a chemist shop remark about rectifying mistakes, stock trading banter between Algy and Cholly, and a critic’s blunt assessment that the picture lacks atmosphere. The items reflect light, witty exchanges from period papers.
Daily menu hints list breakfast dishes including oranges oatmeal and coffee with a chicken shortcake recipe and a creamed fish on toast idea. Luncheon features dried beef cream gravy with celery and assorted breads. Dinner offers tomato soup roast lamb green peas mashed potatoes lettuce with French dressing and peach tapioca. A chicken shortcake and cheese sticks recipe follow, then a cheese dough and double boiler cream gravy method. The note ends with Mary A Foley of 38 Albany Street Boston.
The Boston Post offers a five dollar weekly prize for the best three meal bill of fare submitted by women readers. Entries must show a single menu with three meals for a family of five, under ten dollars weekly total, and include brief preparation directions. Submissions to Cooking Editor, The Post, Boston.
The new sleeve design appears small but carries nearly the same fabric as the old. Sleeves at evening or day wear fit tightly to the shoulder before expanding to a larger, full shape.
Coats and walking dresses use plain leg o mutton sleeves with fullness at the shoulder. Dressy outfits show broad tucks above the elbow and butterfly puffs at the top. Boleros pair with jabots of silk or lace. sleeves should not be stiffened unless fabric is flimsy. Short evening sleeves feature four inch flounces with close box pleats.
Enrique C Bruno announces in the Post his resignation from the vice presidency and his severed connections with The Cuban American Junta of New England. He signs with his Shawmut Avenue address.
Michael Buckley states that Richelieu is neither a comedy nor a tragedy but a romantic drama.
Moody declares repentance equals turning from sin not mere resolution. He urges immediate action, warns God forgives only when one truly turns. The Boston audience hears his call as he prepares to depart for Cincinnati and joins ministers for further services next week. The piece also reports the wedding of William Furber’s son in Wellesley Hills with a reception and Boston residence planned for the couple.
An executive committee of prominent locals hosted a luncheon at the Savoy Hotel for Colonel Henry A. Thomas. The group, with funds remaining after paying bills, presented him a diamond ring as a portable memorial of the occasion in a gesture coordinated by figures such as Colonel Sid Hedges and Comrade George Stevens. The colonel was surprised and delighted by the gift.
A large crowd attended the Harvard Church ceremony in Brookline for Miss Laura M. Parker daughter of the late Captain Parker of Wellesley Hills and Boston, to George E. Furber of Brookline. The bride wore white moire velour with lace and lilies of the valley, carried her class flower from Wellesley, and was escorted by her uncle the Hon. William H. Furber.
The item surveys Harriet Prescott Spofford finishing a new story In Cuban Waters and recalls her early rejection by James Russell Lowell. It notes her rise from age 24 in 1859, plus anecdotes about George Sickles, Secretary Olney, Queen Victoria’s education, and Percival Lowell’s Mars studies and observatory plans in Mexico and Peru.
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