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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1897
Page
4
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The text recalls a treaty between the United States and Spain that required trials in civil courts. Weyler tried the men by court martial and nearly executed them. Madrid halted the execution. Since then they have been held without trial in a Cuban jail. The public is unlikely to celebrate the delayed release, as justice was denied for years.
In Boston on November 16, correspondence argues the public cost of the proposed West End lease to guarantee 8 per cent dividends on capital. Critics say the rate is excessive and should be reduced. they cite stock gains from enacted legislation and highlight tax implications. Additional notes touch on Thanksgiving turkeys, Bishop Lawrence, theater nuisance, and local cultural items.
The narrator recalls a September visit to a graveyard on Washington Mountain Massachusetts and shares stories of grandparents aunts and a puritan moral life. Aunt Debby recounts a sister’s romance with nine suitors and a homely eventual husband. The piece contrasts past and present life on Berkshire hills and family memory.
The Harvard Yale tie elevates the weekend games with Pennsylvania and Princeton, both billed as vigorously contested. Officials warn against overaggressiveness as Yale and Harvard seek strong showings and managers, umpires, and referees carry responsibility to keep play from discrediting the sport.
A Chicago jury mulched the Northwestern Railroad for heavy damages after a conductor joined the great railway union strike and was blacklisted. The verdict, while not final, supports that law must protect workers from corporate tyranny as well as employers from violence.
The closing of the American Protective Association headquarters in Washington signals the likely end of this proscriptionist party. The move stems from local groups’ lack of support for national maintenance, echoing the Know Nothing era’s brief rise and ultimate rejection by the public. The A P A will vanish from national and local affairs.
The Competitor prisoners have been released from the Cabana fortress by order of General Blanco and are now on their way to this country. The act is presented as grace by the Sagasta government to show friendly ties with the United States and to sway Congress at the session start. The Competitor was the only filibuster to be captured by Spain after a long coast patrol. The crew had been captive for three years and six months.
The Observant Citizen notes Mr. Nixon of Zimmerman Nixon in Philadelphia is quietly visiting Boston to handle a rumored theatre syndicate dispute with a New York publication. It also reports the John Foster will enriching a dumb brutes welfare society by 5000 dollars and describes Western Kansas Thanksgiving a rabbit roundup with three cent bounties per scalp.
A Victorian era poem by Richard Mansfield mourns and celebrates Gordon Highlanders at Dargai Gap on Oct 20. It praises courage, laments decayed bravado, and recalls Napoleonic pride as pipes lead fallen soldiers to rest while comrades vow to march on.
The Boston Post signals its stance by declaring it will back any capable Democratic nominee from the upcoming convention. The paper pledges enthusiasm proportional to the candidate's merit and democratic credentials.
A dated menu and recipe brief lists breakfast items belt oats sugar and cream codfish muffins bread and butter dinner crackers cheese supper cold sliced lamb pickled onions picalilli bread and butter canned pears walnut cake and tea with corn muffins plus a quick Indian meal flour mix for baking powder sugar salt milk butter eggs raisins and notes on mixing and baking. The text mentions Wooly at Webster Avenue Mase.
A collage of witty exchanges from Chicago News and other papers on manners, romance, and society. The items include remarks about singing lessons, bloomers, and engagements, followed by fashion observations on satin cloaks, brocade, and opera cloaks with lace and fur trims.
Mrs. Alexander Martin of Beacon boulevard was unanimously ejected vice-regent of the Bunker Hill Chapter D A R yesterday at the Cople. Notable attendees include Mrs. Mary B. Clapp Alline and Miss Lillian M. B. Clarke with a Vendome wedding upcoming. Dr. and Mrs. Robert Amory welcome a daughter, while Miss Lucille Pulitzer’s condition improves at Chatwold Bar Harbor.
Mrs Booker T Washington urged Milwaukee youths to embrace labor over teaching. Charlestown’s First Parish Church marked 25 years with Rev John Harvard as third pastor and B Morse as first Sunday school superintendent. Cape Porpoise residents Mr and Mrs Joseph Manuel are the nation’s oldest married couple at 101 and 98. The Swallow campaign button showed two birds, while Padu cah veterans Jarrett and Henry Haynes planted a walnut that later yielded their coffins. Cromwell bloodlines reach titled and common, linking Marquises, earls, and Sir John Lubbock M P through distant kinship.
Opera cloaks grow more magnificent with wide skirts and oversized shoulders. Materials remain expensive fabrics, furs and laces in fashion. Light colors dominate and brocade, velvet, satin and plush appear. White satin brocade with gold trim noted as a top choice.
Miss Harriet FitzGerald daughter of Desmond FitzGerald and Mr Robert Jones Clark son of Boston police commissioner Robert F Clark were married yesterday at St Pauls Episcopal Church Brookline. The ceremony was conducted by Rev Dr Leonard K Storrs with a large wedding party including Caroline B FitzGerald as maid of honor Henry S Blake as best man and numerous Boston New York and Philadelphia ushers.
Charles Herrick and Gertrude Hall were married last evening at the Church of the Epiphany in Winchester. The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. John W. Suter.
Mrs. Gould Browkaw, awaiting divorce in Providence, draws a youthful admiring circle as she dazzles in fine dresses this season. A notable dinner in Honor of Mrs. Brokaw hosted by Colonel Samuel Pomeroy Coit in Bristol drew twelve guests and a special train from Providence.
Young King’s arrest for smuggling phenacetine triggers Rhode Island gossip as his yacht parties and a Providence aunt’s house become focal points. In Boston, Mrs Herbert Timmins’s engagement to Harry Leonard shocks society amid a recent divorce, while Miss Anna Anderson becomes engaged to Reginald Bangs.
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