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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1897
Page
4
Our friends from the South American republics are welcome to Boston. They share our republican government ideals and mutual trade bonds. In New England the commercial friendship is shown as wool hides coffee and sugar from them return in Looms shoe factories and machine shops.
In Senate discussions on the sugar schedule the computation shows that a duty on refined sugar would add 53,241,000 to sugar magnates. The piece argues that most taxes go to the treasury or benefit the public, except refined sugar and hides which enrich protected monopolies. It claims the policy harms 70,000,000 consumers and calls for repudiation.
The Boston Post notes a Democratic mayor, superintendent, ADA, and judge led to exposure, indictment, trial, and conviction of two boodling politicians. The piece argues corruption spanned parties, but a Democratic administration is seizing the chance to purge, a contrast to prior Republican inaction.
The piece argues Greece faces universal condemnation after prior praise for Crete and Macedonia moves, while Turkish actions are praised. It questions if Turkish cruelty and Armenian massacres are forgotten and whether Greece should be blamed or excluded as Europe redefines its civilized members.
A proposed 400 mile rough road ride by a mounted military bicycle corps aims to test machine adaptability for campaign work. The signal corps of militia already proves bicycles handle field telephones, stations, and order transmission with notable speed, as shown in prior operations in Thessaly.
The report notes a rider using a wheel scored repeats over rivals who used traditional transport. Poor roads did not stop the bicycle's demonstrate superiority over horses and carriages, and the piece foresees a future military cycle brigade as a key service arm.
Judge Blodgett imposes prison terms and fines on Mulrey and Finneran in the doodle cases, the first city employee and contractor convictions for robbery of Boston. The editorial praises the verdict as a needed example and calls for exposing higher authorities behind the scheme, with justice upheld.
The Observant Citizen praises the Lancers parade weather and fine appearance while praising various musicians including Mr Sauerquell and Mr Studley. It notes leadership changes in the orchestra and concerns about subway walkway skylight vents posing hazards.
A new Chicago insurance company insures dogs against loss theft or impounding. Dogs are registered with full descriptions and given a license tag. The company assigns a man at each pound to release dogs bearing the tag and return them to their owners, reducing disease risk and avoiding red tape and travel for rescues.
The item lists diverse tidbits: Green Meadows Brown runs a Texas agricultural desk, Samuel McMillan of New York gifts horses to President McKinley, Judge Weeks of Lancaster New Hampshire traps a fiftieth bear, W W H King of Utah invites Congress to visit for the jubilee, cricketer K S Ranjitsinshi posts an 80 average and shatters his own mark, Rev Dr Nehemiah Boynten to deliver a sermon in New Haven, and Bridgeport wages a hat matron enforcing hat removal in theatres.
A fragment list outlines breakfast items such as sugared sliced pineapple cerealine cream and sugar breaded veal cutlets baked potatoes sliced tomatoes and cafe au lait. It then moodily catalogs lunch and dinner dishes with rough misspellings and recipes followed by a closing note from RS M F Harris Westboro Muss.
Gloves for cyclists in light dogskin with eyelet ventilation and heavy finger cloths are sold in large stores. Palms and backs of dogskin varieties with taffeta backs appeal, tan shades preferred. Walking gloves match gown colors, cerise and reseda green popular. Kid gloves with white buttons and heavy stitching are stylish. Black stockings are out. colored stockings to match gowns are in.
Martha Mills and her widower brother John plan a new house while Martha quietly ponders re marriage. Milo Searle returns to town and confesses deep feeling for Martha, challenging her fears about fitting into his life and the old house.
Milo and Martha discuss retirement money and a possible life together in a familiar farmhouse. He recalls youthful days as they imagine a shared future and a simpler, happier past, while the room glows with romance and memory.
A collage of light jokes and witty quotes from periodicals. Items reference Shakespeare, art, riparian rights, travel, music, and social quirks featuring brief exchanges and puns. Notable lines appear from Chicago Record, Indianapolis Journal, Household Words, Puck, Detroit Journal, Harper's Bazar, and Tit-Bits.
The Milford Journal cites the Boston Post noting the city expects Governor Walcott to veto the mill school tax bill, while much of the state doubts he will.
Poem extols U S naval readiness led by Secretary Long with McKinley to show the flag at Grand Banks. It envisions ships sailing to Newfoundland to impress fishermen, loosen Spain’s grip, free Cuba, and protect cod and herring interests. The writer Edward O Donnell from Boston praises courage and sacrifice.
A reader appeals to the editor to aid the telephone girl who must work all day June 7 while her sister, a long distance operator in Charlestown, takes the day off. The letter asks for the editor to use influence to help the worker.
The National Lancers of Boston marked their diamond jubilee with a morning parade through major streets and an afternoon banquet at Faneuil Hall. Guests included military and civic leaders while Captain Oscar A. Jones spoke of loyalty, service, and the militia’s role in American life.
The event featured Mayor Quincy praising citizen soldiership as a national glory. Speakers included Chaplain Ryder for the cavalry, Major Lucius Slade on past commanders, Captain Stobover for the militia, and General Dudley for invited guests. A New Orleans telegram conveyed Continental Guard congratulations, with Colonel Joseph O'Teri representing the guards.
The Senate debated the tar iff sugar schedule with a lone diverting clash between Hoar and Tillman over irregularity charges. Allison defended the schedule with tables arguing refiners gain less protection, while Pettigrew and Allen pressed trusts and legal action. A single roll call rejected Lindsay’s amendment 26 to 29 as sessions set 11 am to 6 pm daily starting Wednesday.
The frigate Minnesota was struck by the O E Lewis in South Boston causing a small hole above the waterline. The Cestrian set a new Winthrop line record from Liverpool, docking in East Boston after seven days and twenty two hours. A big coal barge Pilgrim is nearing completion at Kel ley Spear Co Bath Missouri for Garfield Proctor Co. Eighty Perkins Institute inmates toured the battleship Massachusetts aboard the Vesta river tug. Exports and imports for the port declined versus last year. Captain Arthur Harding takes command of the Plymouth on its first post construction voyage. The lobster steamer Helen May Butler arrived with 18 000 live lobsters for the New England Lobster Co on Atlantic Avenue. The Strathnevis story ends with a Pacific rescue by Mineola after a missing shaft problem. The Eiffel Tower from Java is too wide for the New England drawbridge and unloads in mid stream. Captain Bearpark sails with wife aboard the Lepanto as the City of Everett carries aid for India.
A five year contract for state printing was awarded yesterday to Wright and Potter, the current state printers. Their bid was the lowest, Rockwell and Churchill second, and Alfred Mudge and Sor third. The contract price rests on composition or type setting at forty eight cents per thousand ems, with the other bids at fifty five and fifty six cents per thousand ems.
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