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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1897
Page
8
Boston Post subscription rates are listed for WAWLY and The Sunday Post with annual and shorter terms. The notice provides payment instructions, address change procedure, and advises prepayment and advance discontinuation on expiration. Publisher E A Grozter signs as Kaitor and Publisher from the Boston office at 260 Washington Street.
Congressman Brosius tells the Massachusetts Reform Club that revoking Cleveland era civil service orders would allow spoils for party workers. He says this could become the administration duty under some conditions, warning of a dangerous attack on merit system ahead of Congress. Civil service reform faces threat from the Republican side.
The Supreme Court opposes capital combinations that monopolize trade. It states trusts may lower prices but can raise them, harming small independent dealers who have long served communities. Abolishing trusts would restore entry for energetic entrepreneurs, preventing a future of clerks in place of proprietors and preserving broad opportunity.
Congressman Fitzgerald denounces the new McKinley tariff as a false pretence. He argues it protects trusts while taxing labor and essential goods, favoring local interests over national welfare and Massachusetts and New England industries.
A Democratic congressman highlights Massachusetts perspective in a broad political briefing. He stresses regional priorities and urges national accord on key domestic issues.
The city's effort to fund land purchase for a nurses home at Boston City Hospital faces renewed opposition in the Common Council after Aldermen revived a 101000 loan request. Mayor Quincy backs the measure. twenty two Democratic councilmen oppose it, despite Finance Committee support. The Post urges reconsideration and passage for the sick poor.
The Post recommends a bicycle path from Park square to Tremont and Park streets via the Common, arguing a direct route better connects residential Back Bay to the business district. It warns the current Beacon Hill climb and crowded streets deter riders and notes a growing universal use of bicycles.
A wagon stalled at Tremont and Boylston streets delaying deliveries of Back Bay provisions, drawing roaming urchins to feast on beef and strawberries. The piece also notes Mr. Roche’s pamphlet On Board an Ocean Liner and remembers choir director Charles E. Davis moving to New York, plus Boston College figure Bernard McGaffigan’s ties to local sports and public life.
A Boston observer recalls Dan Hart the popular East Boston officer and reflects on city nightlife, street numbering woes, school tax fairness for relocated families, shifting musical fads, unseasonable weather forecasts, silk hat scarcity, and a lagging business boom.
Therese endures a grim labor under the oppressive symbol of four crosses in a workplace. Her imagination fixates on the crosses, especially the fourth, which becomes a menacing weight she cannot bear. She slips into illness and dies, with a final burial marked by a floral cross and a plain one for her head. Various suitors of German princely origin are mentioned in passing.
A collage of joke captions and quips from various papers like Yonkers Statesman Brooklyn Life Cleveland Plain Dealer Indianapolis Journal Harlem Flatt Puck and New York Weekly. Snappy lines cover mothers and babies dictionaries widows nurses and croquet with gentle satire and wordplay.
Promotional notice for guided tours aboard Royal Blue Line with first class service. March 26 trip to Washington Old Point Comfort and Fortress Monroe at 29.50 dollars, April 2 five day Washington trip at 27 dollars. Includes hotels meals Mount Vernon Philadelphia stopovers and New York layover with tickets covering all expenses. Applications directed to A J Simmons Boston.
The piece surveys Bridesmaids at Queen Victoria’s wedding, Mrs McKinley’s stylish diamonds and laces, and Queen Christina of Spain’s electric carriage plans. It threads in political mail volumes to Senator Hanna, Zola’s work routine, and an profile of Mrs John Lindley Dube. It closes with data on presidential mothers’ given names and a young Queen of Holland linked to Prince Bernhard.
A survey of literary chatter notes Anthony Hope’s interview in Massey’s Magazine and remarks on his appearance and modesty. It covers Harper’s April stories by Mrs. Deland, Edmondo de Amicis on Verne, and William Canton’s works. John Hay’s literary range is highlighted, with notes on Davis, Remington illustrations, and upcoming Jeanne d’Arc tale by Mary Hartwell Catherwood. Jerome K. Jerome’s new piece joins Ladies’ Home Journal, and Porter's War essays are being translated for Spanish readers.
A new satin-finished leather corset belt with a white kid lining and narrow edging returns as a top choice for everyday wear. Bright red leads color options and a heavy leather buckle completes the masculine belt silhouette.
An instructional note describes narrow leather belts and two inch wide alligator or calf belts. It introduces a novel belt made from a plaid silk handkerchief shaped into an eight inch wide center tapering ends. It explains whalebone stiffening, gathering threads, and a four in hand knot with matching plaid tie.
A new Alexandrine verse on the Incas praises the sun descended royal line and Peru's ancient grandeur. The poem evokes Prescott and Pizarro era memory, with Markham preface and Pape illustrations, offering a measured metrical study of Inca history and legend.
A Daily Table hint lists Soy New England boiled dinner with turnips beets cabbage and sponge pudding along with white bread tea for supper. Includes specific recipes for sponge pudding and chocolate marble cake with ingredients and steps. Annie L Raymond of Allston Massachusetts provides the note.
A reader submits a letter supporting Charles Henry Kelley the janitor of Brighton High School. He asserts Kelley earned the position through civil service competition, holds a first class engineer license, passed U S inspector exams, and has long experience as a machinist. The writer denies influence or alcohol use claims and asks for balanced coverage.
Alice Stone Blackwell argues Charles R Saunders uses women’s alleged excess emotion to oppose equal suffrage. She cites a Massachusetts incident with hostile hisses and questions whether Saunders would advocate disenfranchising men who voice dissent during public debates.
A Bradford manuscript claimed to be the Mayflower log, written by Governor William Bradford, was found in London and may be sent to Massachusetts archives. The hundred page, hardly stained volume covers 1602 to 1646 with annotations and notes about inheritors and earlier carriers.
Florence J. Abbo of South Boston recalls an old Irish song that shaped her childhood. She sings of Erin and the moors by Bantry and Bere, hoping to hear the tune again with a loved one while recalling her mother’s lullabies. The piece laments sorrow and longs for a single happy day to revisit cherished valleys and notes.
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