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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1897
Page
4
Office at 250 Washington street Boston with telephone 428 subscription rates listed for daily and Sunday Post editions. Instructions include advance payment, address changes, and that New York hotels carry the Boston Post. Editor E. Groster signs off.
The Irish Fair, successful in New York, could transplant to Boston for charity. It features song poetry history and tradition of Ireland with items like the Blarney Stone and patches from Old S04 representing all counties. The fair would attract Irish citizens and all Bostonians and gain charitable support.
The Post states it has no candidate for Democratic city committee president. It seeks a strong, efficient organ that promotes harmony and party building. Leadership should be fit, trusted, and public-spirited, with the committee seeking the best for general welfare.
Boston observes its annual Memorial Day with exceptional interest as the greatest in Commonwealth history. The central tribute focuses on Massachusetts soldier Robert Gould Shaw, while the national character is kept alive by representatives of the U S Army and Navy. Colonel Shaw is chosen as the exemplar of patriotism inspiring all loyal citizens.
Opinion argues Mr. EF Moody Boynton deserves chance to demonstrate his transportation system in commercial use without harming others. If feasible, it could revolutionize transport as Stephenson did with steam. Legislature should grant a charter to build the road and raise support.
The United States Rubber Company and its Rubber Trust are described as a flawed consolidation built on watered capital. Details cover $40 million capitalization with $20 million preferred and $20 million common stock, many plants written off as obsolete, and prices raised to sustain dividends. The article notes a steep stock decline from 1895 highs, warnings of possible liquidation or drastic reorganization, and comparisons with rivals like Bamgan and the Boston Rubber Shop Company.
The Observant Citizen reports on a Seventh Regiment and Cadet display in Copley Square drawing a large crowd and remarks on city changes since Boston’s westward growth. It also mentions a floral display around the Washington statue, Harvard students at a Pop concert, and various oddities from shoeing with rubber compounds to a man with a large toy house on his head.
The past week's stock market feature highlights a downward drift in the shares, both common and preferred, reflecting a broad decline across major listings. Analysts weigh factors affecting prices and discuss potential near term volatility and recovery signals.
The report notes prices will advance again this week and predicts a tobacco shortage in Cuba within nine months. It also mentions cigar smokers in Cuba and a Wild West show where smoking was allowed in reserved seats, with heckling by the audience about loud smoking.
An aging husband and his young wife part as Lois travels west to start anew after a fire ruins the family savings. Lois sustains her vow by seeking work in newspaper writing while the husband faces poverty and displacement, supported by hope and faith.
Mrs. E Holbrook of 21 Oakland Street Melrose wins the Post Menu prize for last week. Her menu was published Friday morning May 28.
Daily table hints show a meal plan with breakfast items like oatmeal and coffee and a dinner of roast mutton with mashed potatoes and cabbage salad. Supper includes mutton and sweets. recipes describe lemon pie and Lady's cake with measurements and oven times.
Miss Lilian Gary, eldest of seven daughters of the P eral, is announced to be engaged to Robert Taylor of New York. She is described as a talented young woman with many accomplishments and a notable personal character.
Miss Lillian, a skilled musician and society favorite, helps manage Gary household entertainments in Washington as her fiancé Mr. Taylor, a young attorney, assists. Senators Morgan and Pettus both hail from Selma, Alabama, with Pettus succeeding Pugh. Jerry Simpson recalls a sharp remark about a shoe store on first arrival in Washington. Carmen Sylva’s three plays in Bucharest draw royal attendance and strong praise from Roumania’s royal circle.
Julian Hawthorne has returned from India where he spent thirty days, half in Bombay and half in the famine district. He cites millions of deaths from starvation amid a plague that governments report as one sixth the actual toll.
James B. Eustis, retiring ambassador to France, will join Eustis Jones and Gavin in New York City as head of the firm with a large French corporate client base and government work. Also noted are Col. John S. Mosby’s return to Warrenton Virginia after injuries, Verdi’s birthday market visit at Piacenza, Deboe’s Senate stationery haul and the contrasting remark about a corkscrew, Mrs. John Hayes Hammond’s Johannesburg raid tale, and a sharp moral courage remark from a Johannesburg guard remarking on wartime choices.
A poem evokes a procession of veteran soldiers with gray hair and empty sleeves marching in memory of fallen comrades. It honors the mercy and duty of the survivors as they lay flowers and laurel wreaths on graves, while Liberty watches over each resting place. Helene Carman of 28 Yeoman Street Noxbury Mass signs the piece.
A letter from Arles W. Felt of Northboro Massachusetts questions Post coverage of Bradford manuscript claims and Plymouth Cape Cod history. He asks why the harbor name and midwinter voyage details are omitted and urges accurate Cape Cod chronology and Plymouth context.
A letter from Boston dated May 29 1897 notes mirrors installed in the ladies cabin aboard South ferries replacing absent ones and praises Superintendent McClellan. The writer also urges replacing a single tap drinking fountain at the East Boston ferry with a modern unit to ease thirsty travelers and compares the marble basin to Pompeii.
Pique, long tied to outing and yachting dresses, serves as a foundation for elaborate embroideries in jet and colored silks. Bodice fronts feature jet and gold thread embroidery mixed with white satin, signaling piques rising fashion prominence this season.
The text outlines a white pique gown with a plain skirt and green mousseline pleats on the side. A денpe bodice crosses to the left, fully embroidered in white satin and gold thread. Sleeves are partly worked with puffs, and a white satin lace collar and green mousseline waist trim complete the ensemble.
A collage of light jokes and wry observations from various papers. Fragments note doctor patient quips about sleep and honesty, social entertaining debates, work life jokes about raises and hair dye, misread animals, and playful banter about boardings houses and Greek government. The humor spans Miss Ruth Cutler to a birthday in a village.
London reports Jacobites delight over the marriage of Princess Maria Theresa of Bavaria to Prince Ferdinand Pius de Bourbon. A White Rose Day banquet on June 10 precedes a June 8 royal wedding with another tribute planned by the Order of St. German. Prince Ferdinand, born in Rome in 1869, bears the title Duke of Calabria. Maria Theresa, born 1872, is granddaughter of the Regent Luitpold.
Charles F. McKim withdrew his offer of the Macmonnies Bacchante to the Boston Public Library after protests and organized opposition. The trustees accepted withdrawal, and the statue will be packed for return to New York. The future disposition of the artwork remains undecided.
Ex president Cleveland said he would not clash with Senator Jones over a proposed one to four cent rate on raw sugar. He claimed the interview misrepresented his views and reiterated he favors tariffication of sugar for fair revenue with minimal burden on the public.
Adjutant Ludgate of the Salvation Army in New York boasts a 51 songs in 60 minutes feat titled Champion Long Distance Singer of the World. He will lead a battle of songs at Salvation Army headquarters next Wednesday evening after a Chicago report praised his stamina in 1895.
Miss Phoebe W. Couzens repudiates letters said to be from her to the late Senator Fair used as evidence in the will contest. She telegraphs Judge Slack in San Francisco denying any letters in possession and repudiating the use of her name in the case.
Despatches from Lamia report Turkish movements of a suspicious character. Major General Nelson A Miles arrived at Lamia, visited the Greek lines, and then met with Crown Prince Constantin.
The Zion Educational Society held a meeting at Zion Hall on 170 Hanover Street. Officers chosen include Albert A. Gingberg president A J Diamond vice president M L Allanthal treasurer Louis Arkin recording secretary and H Gordon financial secretary.
The annual lawn party to support the Holy Ghost Hospital for Incurables will be held on July 3 in the afternoon and evening at Cambridge. Funds from the event will aid the hospital’s programs and services.
Herbert N. Casson argues for a six hour workday citing New Zealand’s eight to six hour trend and current steps to shorten hours for trades. He critiques long summer labor, foreign exploitation, and calls for leisure, warning against overwork and national economic strain.
Prince Luigi Amedo of Savoy departs New York for Chicago with aides and Alpine guides to attempt Mt. St. Elias summit in Alaska. The 18,100 foot peak has baffled four prior attempts and rivals a Philadelphia led expedition under Henry G Bryant and lieutenant Samuel J Entrikin in a race to reach the top.
Superintendent H B Chesley of the Boston Worcester division of the Boston and Albany railroad died at his Newtonville residence after a brief illness. He had spent sixteen years with the road and his death followed the recent passing of his wife three weeks earlier.
The Rev. George Wheeler resigns as pastor of the New Church in Bridgewater due to ill health after about ten years of service.
The Pirates of Penzance will be produced tonight in St Augustine School Hall South Boston by the Boston Church Choir Opera Company under the auspices of Mt Washington Lodge 115 A O U W.
The Evangelistic Association of New England will not hold its noon service today. The meeting will resume tomorrow with Rev. J. A. Hainer leading the service. Mr Heiner will conduct song and singing.
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