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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1898
Page
4
Mayor Quincy's message and the Common Council resolutions condemn a plan from Washington to lay off seven of 653 letter carriers in the district. The city argues the move harms service while public demands require more, not less, and urges cuts elsewhere.
The Boston Associated Board of Trade selects a municipal advisory committee for Mr. Quincy's second term. Most members are Boston residents except J. R. Carter of West Newton. The piece questions nonresidents advising Boston and urges labor representation on the board.
The Boston Board of Aldermen stalls over a chairman election, halting municipal business, outsourcing 900 sewer workers from wages, and reducing legislative representation. The public suffers as the deadlock blocks city council action. a fair adjustment of power is urged to resume normal operations.
Judge Richardson signals that city contracts discriminating against non union workers are illegal. The Boston case centers on whether public works contracts can enforce union only labor, raising questions about equal rights and standard wages.
The article argues that paying high wages to workers, supported by Consul-General Mason, is cheaper in the long run and strengthens U S industry. It cites Arkwright Club and comparisons of production costs in the United States versus Europe to claim intelligent management and well paid labor maximize efficiency and outcomes.
The text argues that American labor is best paid and highly skilled, driving profits and global leadership in machinery and products. It questions lowering standards to match cheaper eastern labor, insisting sovereignty and economic advantage depend on maintaining high wages and skilled labor.
A columnist notes slippery sidewalks near King’s Chapel and at Bowdoin and Beacon streets, recounting several accidents. He mentions J. E. Easton’s large cat, the appointment of 8S. C. Bennett as Boston University law dean, and reflections on local figures like John D. Whitcomb, Louis Sonnabend, and Francis L. Coolidge.
A poem fragment contrasts a gentle, sunlit maiden with a brave, weary man. They stand together as nature’s fields surround them, the sturdy oak and the tender blossom sharing the same earth and fate, with love enduring beyond gloom.
Nat Pierce recalls a masquerade party where Miriam Courtney the queen of night revealed herself as the nun and her brother Harry the prankster. The reveal ends with Pierce realizing Miriam used deceit to end his attentions and he leaves forever avoiding romance.
New York sculptor Giovanni Turini completed a statue titled Liberty destined for Venezuela. Monignor Algernon Stanley, once an Anglican clergyman and brother of Lord Stanley, has been named prothonotary apostolic by the Pope. Admirers of John Brown urge the National Association to commission Endora Lewis for the statue.
An advertisement fragment mentions Potrmr Druaxp Chemical Corporation Boston as sole proprietor and promotes a free mailed work titled How to Cure Every Baby Humor. It includes references to BABY BLEMISHES and CUTICURA SOAP as claimed remedies.
Seth D. Tripp, who died at his Lynn home, is remembered as perhaps the greatest inventor of shoe machinery, with devices that revolutionized much of the industry. Other items mention Daudet’s tribute by Jules Lemaitre, Mrs. Hanna H. Cameron at a Sonoma jubilee, John G. Carlisle's New York law venture, and Captain J. E. Bernier planning a Siberian coastal expedition with eight men and two-year provisions.
The fashion shift abandons stark crepe in mourning attire. Dame Fashion endorses wearing black only as appropriate, favoring bright colors with sorrow. A Gotham gown features draped material, braided waistline scrolls, puffed sleeves, and a dull silk toque with black plumes.
Daily table hints list dishes such as popovers grapes hominy with sugar and cream beefsteak fried sweet potatoes cakes coffee roast duck nuts and dessert items. The cooking instructions describe Welsh rarebit and cheese sauce with butter flour milk salt mustard and cayenne and toast with stale bread.
Petitions and bills discussed include woman suffrage in elections and liquor questions, street extensions in Boston and Amherst, and the Somerville Water Board name change. Other items cover cemetery cremation powers, cider restrictions, and civil war records. state officials sworn in and a tax stance by ex senator Durant noted.
The Legislature saw early activity as suffragists pressed for votes in all elections and a petition from Mrs Mary A Livermore sought striking male from the Constitution. Electa Walton asked for voting rights in municipal and other elections and for presidential electors. The W C T U urged voting rights in town and city elections and on license questions. A Senate bill proposes a five member veterinary board with a $2 fee for graduates or five year practitioners and a higher fee for others, with a 12 month grace period before unlicensed practice barred.
Ward 22 representative King introduces a bill requiring signers to write their names in person and makes nomination papers invalid without a written acceptance by the nominee. The proposal tightens qualification rules for ballot petitions and candidate submissions.
William Whittle of Boston argues that Newfoundland is a free colony with responsible government and warns against Crown control. He urges the Boston Chamber of Commerce to press for a fair reciprocity treaty in which Canada represents Newfoundland with consent from the colony. He cites historical disputes over treaties and calls for the U S as Newfoundland's growing market.
A string of witty exchanges from various papers showcases social quips about asking, punctuality, singing, lovelorn proposals, and shopping mishaps. The jokes pivot on miscommunication embarrassment and light irony, reflecting everyday humor from the era.
Colonel Charles A. Hopkins of Mutual Life heads a American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions deputation bound for China. He travels with Rev Judson Smith and Beloit College President Eaton via Vancouver route, with Mrs Hopkins joining them.
Bunker Hill Chapter members gather at the Copley with regent Miss Brazier presiding. The flag flew proudly, gifts of historic wood from Paul Revere’s era are presented, and delegates were named for the continental congress. Upcoming events include an Allston Hall exhibit and a Parker House reception for Massachusetts D A R members and friends.
Lawton and Whitney settle the Boston gas fight ending lawsuits and returning 1,000,000 dollars of Bay State Gas Company stock to the Bay State Gas Company. A Lawson board and a Whitney board are named for different Boston and Dorchester area subsidiaries. All intercompany contracts are ratified and lawsuits withdrawn.
The Democratic national State committee of Massachusetts met on January 8 to select officers and announce committees. Officers include Chairman Godfrey Morse of Boston, vice-chairs Waldo Lincoln Worces ter and Thomas J Gargan Boston, Treasurer Charles V Casey Boston, Secretary John C Lane Norwood. Executive members include James E McConnell Fitchburg William T Jenney Medford John T Burnett Southboro Charles Warren Dedham George F Bean Woburn. Finance committee lists Henry C Thacher Yarmouth C C Jackson Boston J F Moors Boston Robert M Burnett Southboro Morton Prince Boston.
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