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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1898
Page
5
Lynn, Jan 27. Women led by the local WCTU and church societies urge Aldermen to act as censors for poster displays. They object to actresses in tights and decollete gowns and to bloomers, asking the police to ban suggestive imagery on blank walls and storefronts. Mayor Ramsdell pledges support.
Lieutenant Weaver spoke at St. Pauls Church Tremont Street detailing how Boston and other large coast cities face possible naval bombardment in war with maritime nations. He warned civilians misjudge enemy power and urged readiness to deter or blunt an attack before it reaches shore.
Berlin January 27. The birthday of Emperor William is celebrated with widespread decorations and busts of the monarch. The Emperor receives congratulations from his mother the ex Empress Frederick and German princes including the Kings of Saxony and Württemberg. A morning musical reveille by a brigade wakes the city.
Joseph E O Donnell of South Boston sues Policeman John B O Neill for 2000 damages claiming a back kick while trespassing late July 6 1896 in Charlestown Malloy corroborates. O Neill argues force used was necessary to eject trespassers and the case resumes today.
Widespread losses feared from leather debts tied to Abraham Tebbitts a Bedford street broker with an arrest warrant. Creditors estimate losses up to fifty to sixty thousand dollars amid claims of thirty thousand dollars already filed. Neighbors note his illness and speculation he may require private hospital care while investigators pursue a London firm tie and several suppliers in Boston report shipments to Sydney and London.
Miss Alice Castleman of Kentucky captained the cotillion at Sherry's during the third dance of the Wednesday assembly with Mr. Arthur S Wiley. The New York Swell Society extols her as the United States most beautiful woman. She visits at the Madison Avenue home of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Quarrier. Nearly 300 couples danced. no favors were given.
Eight nephews and nieces of Peter Blake contest his February 1895 will which left about 18000 dollars in property to relatives. They asked Judge Holmes for leave to appeal the Probate Court decree, noting the widow receives 5000 dollars in personal and 5000 in trust while the will gave her 4000.
Two verdicts were returned in the third session of the Superior Court yesterday afternoon. One awarded $900 to Jennie Gordon and the other $300 to Morris Gordon against the Lynn and Boston Street Railway.
Mayor Quincy urges reorganizing Boston's school committee to under executive control, proposing a 12 member body with nine elected and three appointed by the Mayor. He argues current structure is cumbersome and finances should follow executive budgeting, while emphasizing benefits to citizens and efficient management. Speakers Edwin P D Mead and Lowell weigh education standards and grade advancement concerns.
The Kappa Sigma Alumni Association of Boston was organized at Young's Hotel last night. Attendees included G. F. Rich F W Sawyer J E Hicks H R Manter and others. Officers elected were Grand master Dr F W Sawyer grand procurator J M Kimball grand master of ceremonies J E Hicks scribe J W Randlette treasurer G L Abell chaplain G P Cowan and guard R B Manter.
A narrator escapes a Martian wreck and finds a ruined Earth in Belmont now choked by Red Weed. He surveys desolation, feeds on onions and mushrooms, and witnesses the weed’s rapid growth and eventual collapse as bacteria attack. He drinks the water and endures the new alien landscape.
The narrator travels the ruined landscape along a river road seeing decayed houses and a missing skeleton. He grows convinced mankind is largely exterminated, speculating Martians may have moved on to other cities or headed north. The excerpt signals a continuing tale of alien destruction to come.
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