Boston Water Works Transfer Marks Greater Boston Step
The main Boston water works moved from city to the Metropolitan Water Commission on Saturday. The State now provides the city’s water supply and a formal price settlement remains for the transferred works. Citizens expect about $25,000,000 in value, with five to ten million deemed inadequate.
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Boston Water Works
Metropolitan Water Commission
Metropolitan
Greater
Boston
Commonwealth
The Municipal Year Opens with Mayor Quincy’s Second Term
The new municipal year begins with Mayor Quincy inaugurated for a second term and the two branches of the City Council organized. The city keeps two chambers and the executive head remains, with hopes that reasonable councils will prevail amid a divided Board of Aldermen.
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Quincy
Board of Aldermen
Boston
Distinguished Jurist Judge Edmund H. Bennett Passes Away
The law profession mourns the death of Judge Edmund H. Bennett dean of Boston University Law School. Admitted half a century ago in Worcester he served Bristol county as judge of probate and insolvency for twenty five years and taught law for thirty years at Harvard and Boston University. He also served Taunton as mayor for two years and produced substantial legal writings.
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Edmund H. Bennett
Boston University Law School
Bennett
Bristol County
Harvard Law School
Taunton
Outlook for the Stock Market in 1897
The year 1897 saw a steady rise in stock values driven by higher agricultural prices, especially wheat, improving trade and rail traffic. Major gains occurred in Chicago Burlington & Quincy, St. Paul, Omaha, Northwestern, Rock Island, and Northern Pacific preferred. Foreclosure sales and bond refinancing, plus rising U S gold reserves, signal a cheering but gradual road to potential future booms.
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East
Granger
Chicago, Burington & Quincy
St. Paul
Omaha
Northwestern
Rock Island
Northern Pacific
Atchison
Union Pacific
New York Central
Chicago & Northwest
United States
Speculative Activity Revives as New Year Opens
With the new year the market sees renewed speculative activity and a decided improvement in prices, suggesting a positive trend for traders and investors.
Currency Reform Plan Outlined by Commission in 1897
The Indianapolis convention commission reports a currency reform scheme preserving the gold standard while retiring government notes, expanding the national banking system, and creating a Treasury division to manage note retirement. It details note cancellation, exchange rules, and bond issues to back new small banks and a broader circulating notes framework.
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Indianapolis
United States
Commission
Congress
Treasury Department
Treasury
Gage
Dingley Tariff Debate Over Cotton Wages
Congressman Dingley defends the tariff against claims it depresses cotton wages. He argues the tariff does not directly affect the cotton industry and notes the broader effect on coal costs and chemicals. He cites a 10 percent wage drop in New England as contradictory to his theory of tariff induced prosperity.
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Congressman Dingley
Dingley
New England
Washington Star
Grims
Detroit Free Press
Chicago Post
Hojack
Tomdick
Puck
Marlborough
Marlborough House
Miss Baker
Prince of Wales
Harper’s Bazar
Skating At Jamaica Pond And City Notes
A snapshot of urban life with Jamaica Pond skating noted as popular among mixed crowds. The column then surveys obituary tone, transit branding shifts, Corbett remarks, beauty pageant plans, and Tremont Temple clergy noting a male-majority congregation.
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Tremont Temple
Lorimer
The Last Portrait in Stevenson's Gallery
A literary appraisal describes St Ives as a lasting memory alongside Stevenson’s other creations. The piece recalls adventures and characters such as Florigel, Hispaniola, Ballantrae, and Alan Breck, praising the romance and concluding that the portrait gallery with St Ives is complete.
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Stevenson
St. James’s Gazette
St. Ives
David Balfour
Alan Breck
D’artagnan
the Musketeers
London Times
Wessex
Three Strangers Stay Overnight as Prisoner Capture Unfolds
A narrator tells how police officers pass the night in her isolated Seton house to trap a penitentiary escapee. Her husband John, arriving on a train, helps reveal the capture and the $200 reward. The tale ends with relief and wary hospitality.
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John
Seton
Post menu prize award to Caroline Skilton
The Post announces a menu prize of $% awarded to Caroline Skilton of Bedford Massachusetts. Her menu appeared in The Post on Saturday January 1.
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Caroline Skilton
Bedford, Mass
Post
Bedford
Mass
the Post Saturday
Dutch Apple Pudding and Lemon Sauce Recipe Note
Daily table hints list meals and a complete Dutch apple pudding recipe with ingredients and steps. The note credits Mrs. Nora I. Tuttle of Beach Bluff and includes a lemon sauce recipe with butter sugar egg lemon rind juice cornstarch and hot water.
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Nora I. Tuttle
Beach Bluff
Notable 19th Century Figures and Events
The articles note Lea Ahlborn the engraver of the 1876 independence medal chosen by the U S government. Dudley Ward confirms Fletcher as Cambridge boat coach for next spring. Rev W W Willy seeks return of a stolen watch. Lord Dorchester dies childless, ending his title. William Dean Howells cites US opinion on Gladstone.
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Lea Ahlborn
Sweden
United States
Dudley Ward
Cambridge
Eng
University Boat Club
Fletcher
Oxford
W. W. Willy
Andover
Mass
Lone Star State
Monetary Commission urges silver certificates and gold standard
The Monetary Commission report urges keeping the gold standard, allowing only silver certificates as paper money below ten dollars, and retiring United States notes over ten years. It would separate treasury operations from currency, use bonds to replenish reserves, and expand bank note issuance with a guaranteed fund and limits on note size and bank capital.
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Commission
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury
Undr
Court Wit and Royal Contingencies Across a Century
The article recalls Judge Wilson of Ohio famed for wit and a lawyer’s blunt counsel on retirement. It notes Victoria’s enduring household and hints at succession as Lord Bridport, long in royal service, nears resignation with Lord Hertford expected to take his place.
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Wilson
Ohio
Queen Victoria
Lord Bridport
Lord Hertford
Royal Household
Prince Consort
Potpourri Quotes on Fashion and Wives Across Papers
A collage of humorous exchanges from multiple papers notes wives fashion, marriage, and social norms. Jokes touch on Christmas tree costs versus bonnet trimming, in law versus marriage, and gendered expectations in courtship and household life.
The sleeper era reshapes travel for women
The new woman challenges old ideas with practical dress and items. Light shoes corsets and rainy weather garb gave way to rational fashions. Now she promotes a costume to ease the horrors of the sleeping car berth for women riders.
New Cos tume in England for Female Travelers
A fragment describes travelers abandoning full dress for a new English fashion. It notes a loose blouse and bloomers of striped flannel, a tucked yoke, and a low collar. a circular cape is worn over, and a washroom routine completes the attire for comfort on long journeys.
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England
Government debt as money harmed Civil War economy
The text argues that using demand debt as currency damaged the economy, lowered wages, and destabilized prices. It cites 1862 to 1879 as a seventeen year period where government paper money corrupted the standard, spurred speculation, and favored large wealth over small earners.
Government notes as money burden on taxpayers
The argument states that using demand obligations as currency requires constant reserves to redeem them. This prevents notes from being a simple loan and raises public debt costs. Gold reserves are needed unless notes protest. reliance on government credit is weak for immediate cash, suggesting convert to low interest bonds could ease the burden.
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United States
Treasury
Government urged to withdraw demand obligations now used as money
The commission urges the government to withdraw its demand obligations used as money and to decline gold provision for exporters, placing the cost of maintaining a redeemable paper circulation on banks.
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Commission
Security to Noteholders Under Proposed Plan
The proposed plan would back notes with 80 percent of national bank capital, creating strong asset security of over 7 to 1. In 3276 non reserve banks, protection would be 6.10 to 1. Had 80 percent capital been issued since 1863, the required annual bank assessment would be 0.14 of 1 percent. The plan offers a safe elastic currency with a 1 eighth of 1 percent capital and surplus tax instead of circulation tax.
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United States
Commission
SARCOPHAGUS FOR MRS GRANT SHIPPED FROM MONTELLO
The polished sarcophagus of Montello granite for Mrs. Ulysses Grant was completed at the Montello Granite Company yards and sent to New York City. It is an exact copy of the sarcophagus made last summer for General Grants body.
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New York
Montello, Wis
Montello
U. S. Grant
Montello Granite Company
New York City
General Grant
California university issue closes world architects competition
The trust fees appointed by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst to secure an architectural plan for the University of California have finished their programme for an international competition open to architects worldwide and to be used immediately.
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San Francisco
Phoebe Hearst
University of California
Varley Continues Week of Addresses at Park Street Church
Henry Varley begins his seventh week of noon talks for the Evangelistic Association of New England at Park Street Church. The week features daily topics on the New Year from faith to conflict with Mrs. Abby Ford Bertholf presiding and Moody Gospel Choir performing.
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Henry Varley
Evangelistic Association of New England
Park Street
Abby Ford Bertholf
Moody Gospel Choir
Castle Cameo Contest Presented by Pope Leo XIII
The contest for the Castel cameo presented by Pope Leo XIII to the sanctuary choir of the Cathedral will decide the basem sale items and valuables. Doors to the basement will be open all day with no admission fee. The silver jubilee ends Sunday evening, March 6, with a grand sacred concert at the Boston Theatre.
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Leo XIII
Boston
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