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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1897
Page
8
The Daily One CAP lists subscription options including six months for $1.50 and three months for 75 cents. The Sunday Post offers one year for $1.50 and six months for 75 cents. Readers are told to provide current and future addresses for paper delivery.
The McKinley Cabinet awaits Spain’s English translation of Sagasta’s Cuba reply. Woodford delivered a Madrid message causing stock market war scare, but no war declaration appears after the readtranslation. Cabinet sighs at the outcome and notes Spain’s cautious tone. Things feel calmer in Washington than under Olney.
A Boston newspaper reform urges publishing city council reports and department notices in the paper with the largest daily circulation. The proposal, backed by criticism of current low-coverage notices, suggests an ordinance starting 1898 to maximize public access to official business.
The passage argues for united support from the Globe Herald and the Post to promote a practical ordinance for Boston. It frames the proposal as reasonable and赋 in the eyes of the public, appealing to broad editorial backing.
Dover judges debate a thirty year sentence for Joseph Kelley after experts declare him insane and unbalanced. They argue hanging is wrong but confinement must prevent further violence, noting the April cases and Cashier Stickney murder show danger remains.
A preview of a large intercollegiate football clash at Soldiers Field with 24,000 expected spectators. The piece lauds harmonious relations between Harvard and their rival, notes the favorable conditions for a memorable, fair contest, and hopes for a hard fought, safe victory by the best team.
Trade reports for the current week show an upward tendency, signaling revival. Yellow fever quarantines in the South have paused some markets, but cold weather should lift the embargo and retail trade grows. Bank clearances approach 1892 levels as delayed trade resumes. Boots and shoes output rises, with current month shipments matching November prosp erous years.
A column of miscellany notes local incidents and curiosities: snow expected if cold eases. a sneak thief in Roxbury targets housemaids. a clever clothing tax evasion trick using imported tabs. Tuskegee Institute fundraiser planned with Booker T. Washington speaking. George Floyd’s arrest for a bad check. Nathorst plans an Arctic expedition. a new pneumatic jail security idea. W. Murray Crane serves as acting Governor. St Patrick’s Church community supports John J. Mogan and the St Joseph Society minstrel group. a humorous poem about a ten dollar debt to be paid now.
The Observant Citizen hopes for fair weather to allow the Yale Harvard football game to be played at Soldiers Field. Girls will wear bright gowns if the day stays clear and cool winds may add color to spectators’ cheeks. Lieutenant Brainard will winter aboard the Brooklyn in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and hosted Boston friends last week. A mason’s trowel will be used by Governor Wolcott to lay the cornerstone of the new Congregational House on Beacon Street on Monday November 29.
A poem describes a phantom of night arising from a sunlit cloud and passing the speaker. A sombre shroud jeweled with light drapes the dying day as a weary bird silences and nature rests. The figure fades with dawn, leaving the speaker in quiet awe.
A survey of brief items mentions Miss Estelle Peel’s success as Wyoming public instruction superintendent and her profits from school lands, Mrs. Sarah Terry’s 105th birthday cheer in Philadelphia, Ed 8. Stokes’ move into Virginia railroads, a German village mayor and 129 fathers fined for dancing, Thackeray’s grave claims, Burns monument fundraising in San Francisco, Miss Ray’s Cedar Lake Negro Colony gift, Mrs. Strang’s Mormon lineage, Milwaukee’s pioneer saga, and a Hessian women’s appeal for a monument to Princess Alice in Darmstadt.
Julia Ward Howe sails to Europe for months with her daughter Maud Howe Elliott. Malden hosts a Bouquet Club dancing party on Nov 24 featuring three recent brides. Miss Mabel W. Curtis visits Roxbury as Miss Louise Harding debuts on Staten Island. Mrs. Curtis Guild Jr hosts a cake sale for the Home for Intemperate Women. Gertrude Florence Dornbach to wed Edward Bell Staples on Nov 24 in Roxbury. Jane N. Hammond returns from Paris and will exhibit at 22 Grundmann studios. Howard M. Ticknor to entertain at the Woman's Press Club meeting. Grace Carew Sheldon and Mrs Grace Upham noted for forthcoming appearances.
Miss Sarah Drevitz and Mr Samuel Model of this city were married last evening by Rev Simon Boritz at the Valcoonir Synagogue on Baldwin Place. The bride wore white satin and carried roses. Abraham Drevitz served as best man. bridesmaids included the Misses Sarah and Rosie Solomon. Ray Barnett was maid of honor. A vestry reception followed.
Ercilla pleads for Edward Deming as the couple's love clashes with family pride and social duty. He pursues a marriage with an English heiress, while Ercilla flirts with desire yet meets scorn. In a carnival setting on the Mediterranean coast, she confronts him with冷 confrontation and reveals her lasting bitterness.
Selection of light quips and exchanges from Washington Star Cornell Widow Puck Harper's Bazar Gaulois and others includes jokes about draftsmen, wind, letters, marriage and love, clothing, music, and social behavior. The quips satirize gender roles, etiquette, and humor in everyday life across several papers including the Chicago Record and Atchison Globe.
Ercilla confronts a former lover who pleads for her affection. She rejects him with cold resolve and commands him to leave. He departs in despair as merriment continues, while Ercilla sinks into sorrow and reflects on her long-awaited revenge.
At a recent Supreme Court sitting in Fargo fourteen candidates appeared for admission to the bar with eight passing. Ida M. Crum, wife of Fargo attorney Taylor Crum, became the first woman admitted, standing on equal terms with the thirteen men. Born near Lake City Minnesota, she taught school before marriage and has since practiced in state courts and the United States Court. Her first case secured a divorce decree for a female plaintiff, followed by a personal injury matter with her husband. she also argued phases of three cases before the Supreme Court.
The Bulfinch front will open for the new year with restoration following the architect’s lines from a century ago. The Governor will use the old executive chamber. the attorney general and adjutant general move to the Bulfinch area. Senate occupies the old House chamber. Memorial Hall continues, blue room removed, three new committee rooms added. Fire safety updated. the dome’s gilding to be renewed with gold leaf nine to sixteen years lifespan. furniture will be solid mahogany and leather, matching the period, under $100,000 projected.
Boston’s Carney Hospital appeals for donations to cover about 125 dollars daily maintenance plus mortgages and repairs. The Sisters of Charity run the facility which treats contagious-free cases and chronic patients, saving city and state hospitals thousands yearly. contributions may be sent by mail or via collector Mr Cranbrook.
A written table lists daily meals from breakfast to supper including grapes oranges lamb chops and French fried potatoes for breakfast Baked bluefish beef pot roast mashed and sweet potatoes for dinner and beef shin cheese potato salad Parker House rolls and cakes for supper Also includes instructions for macaroni and cheese Cape Cod Indian pudding beef shin cheese and chocolate cake with ingredient notes and a recipe section attributed to Mrs W. EB Fragrant Grand and Franklin Avenues St Louis Missouri.
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