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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1897
Page
4
Master Builders Association asks for information on why the Dover street public bath house contract was awarded without selecting the lowest bid. The difference was under $100 on a nearly $59,000 contract, and the city reserves the right to reject bids for public interest.
The delay in approving funds for a site for a proposed Nurses' Home linked to City Hospital is criticized as pressingly needed. A generous bequest funds building costs while the city must provide land, to support nurses who now sleep in patient wards and limit hospital capacity.
The piece notes the Washington ceremonies for the inauguration of President McKinley, praising the event as a grand but republican display of the people’s rule. It emphasizes unity beyond party lines and the presidency as the office of the entire nation for another term.
The article argues the Carson Nevada bout between Corbett and Fitzsimmons will captivate the public beyond leaders and battles abroad. It views public fascination as admiration for pluck and physical prowess, essential to national character, not mere brutality or degeneracy.
The market shows its strongest buoyancy of the year with higher prices across boards. Investment securities see steady demand, and new highs are reached in Lake Shore in New York and Boston listings like Boston & Montana and Calumet & Hecla. Wall Street sustains orderly gains despite political and financial tensions.
Upward movement in copper shares led by Boston and Montana and Butte and Boston with gains around eight points for the week. Strong local equities include home railway shares American Bell Telephone West End street railway and United States Oil amid a broader boom fueled by improved industrial conditions.
The Observant Citizen laments ice slick on Pinckney street from Anderson to Charles, causing accidents and stalling horses. He urges quick fixes by a few workers and recalls related city observations from Tremont street to telepathy silliness, cycle show water woes, and a humorous Ball street anecdote.
A night scene in a convent dormitory follows a blood curdling cry. A blind senorita clings to her curls on her cot moaning for her mother as a frightening man is described choking a woman with blood.
In Seville during New Year festivities a wealthy Spanish girl recalls a murder by a beggar near the Cathedral. A heart-shaped mark beside a victim’s eye becomes the key clue as he confesses to choking and killing the woman to steal. Her mother dies, the beggar repents, and authorities arrest him.
Mrs. Robert McGarr of 5 Everett Street Everett wins the Post menu prize for last week. Her menu appeared in the Thursday morning edition published February 2.
Readable breakfast lunch and dinner menu with recipes for White Mountain biscuits croquettes orange omelet chicken soup and Baltimore pudding plus a meringue topping and serving notes. Includes a recipe for white mountain biscuit dough with yeast powder mashed potatoes and no large missing steps. HILDA LEWIS 2815 Q street Washington DC.
A widow in Guatemala titled Bella Vista by the Spanish queen is described as 34 and strikingly handsome. Other items note Mrs Elizabeth Greatorex’s American artistic recognition, Michigan’s Pingree peachblow potato flower joke, Delaware judges discussed for a U S court succession, Greece's King and Queen Olga’s traits, and Gen George Washington Custis Lee’s move to emeritus at Washington and Lee University with famed lineage.
A witty exchange riffs on theater schemes and partnerships. A playwright seeks fame by writing a ten act piece to be produced at a theatre owned by a saloon keeper. A quip about misapplied talent and untrustworthy deals follows.
Two well known town members of the Y M C G dispute ownership of a found $2 bill. Old A claims possession as discoverer. spry B asserts possession for picking it up. The quarrel ends with silence between them.
The piece announces A Pinchbeck Goddess by Alice Kipling sister of Rudyard to be published in London by Heinemann with Simla as its Anglo Indian setting. It also notes F A Richards of Hartford has filed 437 patents mainly envelope making machinery, a record beside Edison’s 725. Olive Schreiner and husband publish a South Africa political pamphlet predicting eventual English Boer amalgamation within forty years close to no distinction.
At the Boston Civic Institute opening Dr Stuckenberg discussed the social problem noting laborers have changed as education and aspirations rise. He urged uniting all classes through thorough study to address antagonisms and suspicions before conditions worsen.
The Tremont Theatre hosted a benefit lecture and concert for the House of the Angel Guardian. The Assumption Band of thirty five boys impressed audiences with harp selections by Miss Dora L Coveney and performances by Little Lillia Brennan. Colonel Henry Walker chaired. Thomas A Mullen delivered the main oration on General P Sheridan Citizen and Soldier. The concert supports a home caring for about 300 boys with a reported indebtedness of $3500.
Nathaniel C. Sawyer died yesterday afternoon at his Charlestown home after a week with pneumonia. Born in Haverhill, 51 years old, he lived in Charlestown for years and was a member of Harvard Lodge of Odd Fellows and the Royal Arcanum. He leaves a wife and daughter.
Biddeford Me Feb 28 Andrew J Colliff 54 a member of the city government was thrown from a sleigh near Goodwins Mills this afternoon and died instantly. No injuries were found on the body and death is thought to be due to heart disease.
A guide on securing fluffy hair with a tiny face fringe. It describes shaping a halo of hair, twisting a figure 8 at the crown, forming a pompadour around the neck, and pinning the updo in place. A tip suggests securing with a small strand of hair for better hold.
Fire in Holbrook Massachusetts at 8:20 this morning gutted the Town Hall and Public Library, destroying the 7500 volume collection. Damages estimated at 15000 with extensive smoke and structural damage to the hall and adjacent business space. Police arrested two tramp suspects. others at large as fire marshal investigates.
The Boston & Albany train brought E. H. Sothern and company to the Hollis for An Enemy to the King. John Hare previews Caste at Tremont, and Boston audiences await Old Eccles in that role. Also featured are Brennan and Wilkins with a New England comedy, Davenport and Eveson in Thoroughbred, and appearances by Myrtie Peek with Boston’s famed horse Boston.
The guide describes centering the crown and securing with hairpins, brushing the hair over a small knot, and creating a solid foundation with a two finger thick strand. It notes bobbed curls at the neck are fading but chic, and evening styles feature a high back puff and coils over the pompadour.
Abraham Pourie of 1040 Pleasant Street was killed in Fall River when thrown from a New Bedford car this afternoon. Authorities investigated the incident and noted the fatality occurred near the city.
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