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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1897
Page
4
The Dingley committee hearings in Washington expose tension between wool growers led by Judge Lawrence seeking a tariff up to 125 percent and woollen manufacturers arguing free wool has kept prices high. A looming agreement could force costs onto consumers for coats carpets and blankets.
The governor accepts the people’s decisive 80 percent verdict on biennials and woman suffrage and urges the Legislature to adopt referendum more broadly. He notes referendum has legitimacy through direct public expression and could streamline both state and local legislation. Both parties previously supported the mechanism.
The governor urges a statutory ban on margin stock trading by officials handling public funds, arguing it would remove gambling from fiduciary duties and set a public example. The idea could extend to treasurers of quasi public and private entities.
The Legislature weighs Governor Wolcott's proposal to allow municipalities to tax street railways via fixed rentals or tolls for local revenue. The editorial warns against granting corporations vested rights over public streets and urges safeguards to keep street control in public hands.
The fragment notes the need to keep certain considerations in view when drafting laws on the topic. It emphasizes caution and thoroughness to avoid unintended consequences and to balance interests affected by new regulations.
The Massachusetts governor enters office with nearly a year of exercised duties, broad public trust, and a nonpartisan address to the legislature. The Post lauds his clear, vigorous home governance, statesmanship, and aim to serve all the people rather than a party.
The marriage notice reports Edith Lyman Collins of New York uniting with Rechid Bey Count Czaykowski, an attache, in a formal ceremony. Details of date and venue are not provided in the readable fragment.
In Worcester five sisters meet for a surprise thirty second anniversary celebration hosted by their brother’s wife. The piece notes aging siblings, evolving social scenes, and a Chicago churchgoer effort with actors on the guest list. It also critiques fake reporters and lampoons newspaper tips as potential crimes. The column covers baseball warmth in Jamaica Plain, Smith College theater, and a 1892 Argonauts reunion at the Hotel Marliave with Boston Press Club delegates.
Menus list oranges apples wheat germ mush baked potatoes hot meals dinner includes roast beef and cauliflower with sides supper features chipped beef and macaroni cheese with fruit desserts and tea. Recipe notes cover apple fruit pudding and fruit cake with ingredients and steps. Address indicates SMITH 506 Broadway Everett MA.
A Turkish embassy wedding in Paris at St Germain L Auxerrois drew a fashionable crowd. The Protestant bride received a papal dispensation, and Abbe De Breon led the ceremony with five priests assisting.
A collage of humorous exchanges from 19th century papers features a 17th birthday remark, wry wordplay about dictionaries and art, and a misread portrait sold as a marriage cue. Bystanders chuckle at language twists and social quips in the snippets.
T Vole of Boston writes to set the record straight about Barnard Memorial rooms used for the kindergarten. He states the city has paid nothing for ten months yearly, totaling $0 monthly and $500 annually, contradicting a claim by Isaac F. Paul of the Boston School Board that $960 a year was paid.
A Boston student visiting an aunt in a Southern city spends nights in the north wing of an old house. He sees a white clad woman with a candle, followed by a duel between a Southern officer and a second suitor, ending with a fall into an old well and a woman's desperate scream.
Society note recalls Fenway Garden in Back Bay Fens as Boston’s new leisure venue modeled on Madison Square Garden. Shares offered at ten dollars with subscriptions to be opened on State Street. Arthur Dexter, Harvard ’51 alumnus and prominent club member, dies. funeral at King's Chapel draws many.
Boston social leaders plan a grand charity ball to benefit the pet institution. The executive committee includes Mrs. Thayer, Mrs. Hooper, Miss Ames, Mrs. Amory, Mrs. Minot, Miss Sears, and Messrs Hunnewell and Minot. The piece also notes reactions to society visitors at Bram trial.
Thrifty maids repair gloves by pairing old kid with new colors. A Boston Zoo note describes Mrs. John L. Gardner's interest in young lions, Trilby’s cubs, and a pink ribbon cub borrowed for a Beacon Street reception at her home.
Old gloves should be cut above the wrist to avoid a straight seam and new gloves stitched at those points. Some maids need elbow length gloves with lace bands or a lace flounce. Walking gloves in pique or dogskin are fashionable with two clasps and black stitching. Russian leather shades and suede Mousque taires for promenade add color but are for dress-up.
A Brookline engaged man, descendant of a Boston editor and now a telephone company official, faces trouble with his fiancée over his attendance at a notable See ley dinner. The note warns hosts of stag dinners to beware of audience reactions and gossip.
New Year engagements include Miss Mary Thorndike to J Brooks Fenno a prominent Somerset Club figure and Miss Margaret Emmons to Rev James Bullitt both drawing wide social interest. The death of Mrs Palfrey removes leading ornaments from society, affecting the Palfrey family and their prominent circle.
Four Forest Hillis Cemetery Association directors issue proxies to back L. Foster Morse Phineas B. Smith and Robert B. Fairparn for terms expiring March 22. Signers include William A. Gaston L Foster Morse Charles M. Clapp and James Bennett Forsyth. They defend the secretaries treasurer Arthur B Potter and superintendent William J Hargraves as business decisions by the directors.
Today and tomorrow are the final opportunties to place orders for trousers and overcoats at reduced uniform prices. Extra sizes cost 50 cents to $2, with five day filling and 24 hour emergency options available.
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