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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1893
Page
2
The Boston Post reports a quarter thousand dollars raised for the Sick Baby Fund with donors including Fred H. Farnado and local names. It notes daily work by the Post's doctor among Boston's sick babies and urges continued subscriptions.
A woman in a high back tenement recalls country life as she receives yellow daisies and a gladiolus. A sick boy on Henchman Street beams with joy at the tall flower, touching each bud with wonder.
A young mother recalls five sleepless weeks caring for a sick baby before a doctor’s medicine and kindness brought relief. She praises the doctor and medicine for ending the ordeal and allowing her to rest.
A Boston Post survey weighs Belgian married man suffrage as women seek equal voice. The piece quotes Sigourney Butler, Mrs Martha Avery, Miss Katherine Conway, Rev William W Locke and Charles Follen Adams, debating implications for bachelors, wives, and politics in the United States.
A column reviews the newly published Best Letters of Watham with an introduction, praising the series and the Chesterfield and Lamb letters. It surveys related works including Emily Howland Hoppin’s Out of the Past, Jerrold’s Gladstone biography, Bayard Tucker’s Peter Stuyvesant, and a Makers of America volume on the West India Company.
Harvard scored six runs to Exeter eight as Phillips Academy visitors put on a sharp display. Vand Powers and Vand Powers teamed for catches, while shortstop plays stifled Exeter's late rally.
Franklin Park at Saugus presents three trotting races for opening day with forty entries. The first race will be called at the track in food condition. Noted horsemen including H. H. Burress will officiate as judges and act as trotting official.
The report details a baseball exhibition in Boston with Clarkson in focus, noting John in favor of a new pitching rule, and describing the Cleveland and Boston lineups, scoring plays, fielding miscues, and umpiring criticism as the game unfolds and concludes.
The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States holds its seventh quadrennial Congress and second general reunion in St. Paul on June 2. Delegates from state commanderies revise the constitution as Admiral Almy and Col. Nicholson lead the high officers and Minnesota hosts arrange the reception.
Brookline residents spar over an electric traction engine owned by Mr. Warren and piloted by Mr. Sears on public roads. Sears fears danger to horses and seeks by law to bar non animal powered vehicles. Warren claims the device is a forerunner of future public benefits and cites limited horse reactions.
A future magazine excerpt describes relentless rain as an all pervasive sensation. The narrator notes clouds dissolving into showers and an ache of longing as the rain continues outside.
A grounded old man asks what to be, and the reply says bricklayer is a possible aim. The dialogue hints at practical work and the tone of hopeful, steady labor amid hard days.
Fragmentary Buffalo Courier text shows a worker being discharged at noon after dreaming of a fire. The readable lines imply a dramatic workplace dismissal with uncertain surrounding details.
A terse exchange mocks originality in a short Life magazine fragment. The dialogue suggests aging writers misperceive humor as fresh. The piece presents a playful editorial banter about originality.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston celebrated its 255th founding with a full day of events. A morning parade along Market and Beacon streets led to the State House and New Old South Church, featuring the Salem Cadet Band First Regiment Drum Corps and a service with readings and taps. Reverend W H Bolster preached on eternal things.
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts held a fitting ceremony at Faneuil Hall with cheers and a grand march. Delegates and officers were named for the election of new officers and staff, including Fottler as captain and Olys as first lieutenant.
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