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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1897
Page
4
The article reports Greece ready to reject demands from European powers to withdraw troops from Crete. King George is portrayed as resolute, backed by his people and parliament, risking war or a forced concession. The piece warns that such a conflict would shake the modern peace era and draw widespread condemnation.
President McKinley urges Congress to assemble in a week amid split control in two chambers. The House enjoys a possible large majority for him while the Senate remains anti silver and wary on tariff. Analysts fear wrangling and potential compromises harming the nation.
Sunday Post recounts the cutting of a colossal Cascade Mountains fir in Washington. At 465 feet tall and ancient by growth rings, it stood as a priceless natural wonder. The act provokes national rebuke and calls for education on saving nature for people.
The Boston stock market shows a strong copper shares rally with prices surging. Boston & Montana rose to 127 3-4 and Calumet & Hecla hit 390 as investors chase high dividend copper plays amid rumors of foreign syndicate control and European capital inflows.
New York interest in copper rises with quiet buying by parties, while European consumption grows and local stocks stay extremely low. A steel rail pool collapse revives iron and metal markets as electrical expansion and electric locomotives raise copper use, signaling higher prices and a stock boom.
An editorial urges a rigorous inquiry into the Tremont and Boylston streets explosion last week. It demands accountability for constructors inspectors gas company and officials, and calls for possible criminal prosecution to prevent evasion of responsibility.
The Observant Citizen reports many wheelmen out despite sharp air and wind with no women among riders. He predicts a busy spring for cycling and accident records. He also notes subway excavation progress at Tremont and Boylston, and a crowd-pleasing anecdote about a lady on a crowded electric car. John Hare, the English comedian, visits Boston amid social attention but is restrained by ill health.
The column recounts social chatter and happenings in Boston including Playgoers' Club invitations, trolley car escapades in Brighton, Tremont street explosion aftermath and police interactions, a charitable plot of a Mrs Van Dyke aiding a discharged lace worker Bessie Mills, and various Personal notices about actors, magnates, and scholars with brief anecdotes and quotes.
A wealthy shopper ignores a torn lace mishap as a tired clerk fires a poor lace girl. The girl, Bessie, pleads for mercy for her starving mother, while the family endures cold and hunger at home after a day of rejection and drift.
Miss Hilda Lewis of 2815 Q Street Washington DC wins the Post menu prize for last week. The notice appeared in the Post on Monday March L.
Daily table hints list a full breakfast lunch and supper menu with items such as oatmeal beefsteak corn muffins cream corn soup roast pork and cocoanut pudding. Recipes include directions for corn soup pudding and ambrosia with notes credited to Mrs E Simpson of Ashmont Mass.
A collage of playful lines from Cleveland Leader Puck Tit Bits Detroit Free Press and others, noting love devotion insomnia and a lawyer announcing a wife’s divorce bill, with satirical remarks about bills and bankers.
Fashion notes describe the new outing suit with a wide back fullness skirt and straight waist box coat. English serge or Scotch tweed with black braid, small leg o mutton sleeves, high collar, and a turn down collar trend. Cardinal red serge favored. deep shade preferred. mixed tweeds in browns and grays offer affordable options.
Crowds gathered for morning service as Rev. I. J. Lansing faced rumors of his departure. The church committee and Lansing debated the resignation terms over the weekend, with promises of a formal reading next Sunday.
Mrs. Cleveland favors Princeton as the Cleveland residence, gathering antique mahogany furniture from Gray Gables and purchases in New York Philadelphia and Washington. Several pieces from Woodley will furnish the home, rugs will be used sparingly, and interior work continues with visitors limited as Mrs. Cleveland seeks privacy.
Yesterday afternoon the Gaelic League staged a program at Alpha Hall Essex street featuring Miss M E Sullivan performing The Minstrel Boy in Gaelic with Patrick Kelly on piano, George Finneran reciting in English, T J Hurley performing The Harp That Once, and Gaelic recitations by John M Doran and M J Galvin. The president announced three competitive prize grades to be awarded at the Gaelic school anniversary on March 31.
A three day event for young men will occur in Newton with talks on The Association and the Club by G L Richards of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company and a sermon by Rev Scott F Hershey of Columbus Avenue Presbyterian Church. Alexander Millar of Union Pacific will speak on A Lesson About Infidelity for Young Men at a union mass meeting at Eliot Church Newton Sunday evening.
The second annual conference of Evangelical churches of New England closed in Cambridge with Bishop Breyfogle announcing pastoral appointments across Boston, Cambridge, East Boston, Chelsea and New Haven. Deacons and an elder were ordained as resolutions condemned intoxicants and tobacco and urged candidates for public office to favor prohibition. Breyfogle plans journeys to San Francisco Oregon and Japan. next annual meeting set for Boston in early April 1898.
Congressman Dockery of Missouri denounces the Fifty-fourth Congress for unjust and unwarranted appropriations. He urges a return to economy, proposes a single powerful committee to curb spending and protect taxpayers and the Treasury.
Paymaster John Corwine United States Navy arrested in Chicago on a $5000 bank fraud charge. He waived reading of the warrant in Newport and the case was set for Friday with $3000 bonds. Authorities debated custody as a Navy order and state court jurisdiction clashed before Commodore Wallace intervened and postponed contest.
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