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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1897
Page
4
Boston Post notice outlines subscription rates for daily and Sunday papers, payment terms, and change instructions. It lists the Boston office address at 200 Washington Street and notes New York distribution. Readers are urged to prepay and send orders to the Post Publishing Company.
The article reports fear among city hall boodlers as convictions loom and others face possible convictions. It notes bonds were small and suggests trials must be pursued vigorously to address public interests. Flight is described as confession and the piece emphasizes pushing the trials hard.
The article argues prosperity rests on crops and rail transport, noting rising railroad earnings and aggregate tonnage in the recent half year. It credits the West for initial signs of recovery after hard times, with agriculture as the solid foundation for renewed business and prosperity.
The piece denounces McKinley era sugar bounty politics. It notes Democrats pressed protectionist limits but ceded the bounty for now, with the first Congress session planned to consider a sugar bounty act in December. It argues broad tariff reform will rise in popular opposition and questions targeted subsidies for sugar producers.
The Senate will vote today on its version of the tariff bill amid a looming conference committee wrangle. The measure is condemned as a tax on industry and a boon to trusts, stripping revenue provisions and prioritizing indirect taxes to burden consumers. Critics call the bill a monstrosity harming New England, with burdens shifted to other regions.
The passage notes that even workers who harvest alkali in Nevada deserts are allowed to pilfer portions of wages from New England laborers and appropriation from New England industry profits.
The piece denounces pitiful coal wages of ninety cents daily in the bituminous fields and argues decent pay is essential for workers and American citizenship. It contends price rises to cover fair wages should fall on consumers only if living wages rise, not to enrich coal trusts.
Observations from Dorchester and Roxbury on a hot holiday scene. A rare night blooming cereus in Roxbury. Praises on Hon. Bordman Hall’s Congress before the Adoption of Constitution pamphlet. Reports on Roxbury decorations, Photographers Association convention, police fatigue after the Fourth, and amusing travel anecdotes.
In Boxwood Harold Reynolds, forebearing and generous, spans a two week country sojourn with hospital ward girl Bessie Favor who becomes his wife. Mrs Reynolds hosts the compassionate nod to Miss Nayson as the family’s social season culminates in a wedding abroad.
Fragmented OCR reads of Pittsburg area events and people. Mentions scriptural texts painted by a fanatic, Colonel Zenas Bliss a popular brigadier, a Marshall arrest case, Mrs Adie Hicks Cook divorce and remarriage, Prince Louis Napoleon wedding, and Herbert Spano billiards anecdote with spins on cleverness and youth.
Announcement of the engagement of Mrs Miles B Carpenter’s daughter Macy of Hast Fifty-seventh street New York to Mr V Everit Macy set in Venice after a long courtship while abroad. The wedding trip and return to New York followed a Venetian influence with bridesmaids and attire noted.
Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson of Winchester suffers a serious illness and neighbors refrain from fireworks. To thank them her husband James Lawson arranged a July display at Lyme's Corner with five set pieces bombs and mines. Arnold Lawson sent invitations to neighbors inviting families to attend and observe the show. Mrs Lawson is reported to be improving and witnesses praised the display as one of the town's best.
The article notes that certain images provide dress inspiration for modern girls, stressing Picturesqueness as essential to the utility gown described as the versatile garment for today’s wearers.
A fashion note describes gowns suited for any occasion with wide skirts in silk or satin. A New York maid wears a Russian blue drop d ete gown with a plain front and heavily braided back. Other outfits feature striped chalice with cream chiffon flounce, bead embroidery, and belts of dull silk to evoke antique trunk-gathered looks.
Massachusetts and Boston officials endure summer heat with long hours and routine escapes to summer homes. Governor Wolcott remains at his desk then walks to Milton for afternoons with family. City officials including Perkins, Mullen, Quincy's secretary, Galvin, Wells, Dodge, ree, Bilis, Crest and Taylor cope with heat through varied routines and locations.
The piece describes the State House and City offices as cool shelters amid heat, with shaded corridors and air conditioned nooks. It highlights Captain Jack Adams and Isaac B. Allen as cooling figures, detailing their routines between desk work, travel to the North Shore, and quiet home study. State Auditor Kimball splits time between a large office and Fitchburg residence.
A Chicago era of civic life unfolds as State Treasurer Shaw and Secretary of State Olin balance heat with study and leisure. The mayor remains constant, Cape escapes whispered, while City Messenger Ned Leary shows a cool exterior amid bustling hallways.
Water Commissioner John R. Murphy stands out in City Hall activity, drawing attention for calm leadership and effective handling of tense situations as officials address municipal demands.
An assistant brewer argues that most fuss comes from chiefs, not workers, and that assistants can run Norfolk Brewery as well as chiefs. He questions chief pay, licenses, and exam results, claiming assistants are fully capable and deserve equal status and recognition.
A reader blasts the Arlington and Arlington Heights line for forcing Cambridge and North Cambridge riders to transfer at Harvard square. Crowded cars and lack of space prompt a call to allow Arlington riders to stay on North Cambridge cars to reach the North Cambridge station, with conductors seemingly idle. ICUM.
July 5 report notes steam launch Letitia ran aground near Castle Island. City Point life saving crew rescued about twenty five persons, though some confusion remains about exact figures. Captain John Hughes defends the crew and thanks them for their services.
The American Queen promises an engaging issue with Jean De La Brete's Love Will Find a Way, sketches by Carolyn Halstead, and Paris fashion coverage. It highlights houseplant care, summer hints for fancy work, and guidance on invalid care, presenting a distinctly woman’s magazine voice.
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