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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1897
Page
4
The Boston Post details subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions with rates for different terms. It notes address changes must be reported, payment in advance, and that papers are discontinued on expiry without further notice. Contact and publisher details are provided.
The pennant comes to Boston after yesterday s games in Baltimore and Brooklyn decide the 1897 championship. The Temple Cup remains to be contested with its rewards, but the season is largely closed. Attendance was strong, profits solid, and play overall high, despite occasional lapses. The national game has grown popular and Boston takes pride in the season s intelligent public interest.
The editor calls for a city wide famine fund for Ireland with broad community support. Newspapers and leading Irish societies should initiate the effort, avoiding single agency dominance, and pledging to aid and coordinate contributions from all outlets.
The Worcester convention urged limiting injunction use amid labor rights concerns. It warned that powerful corporations seek court orders that bar workers from exercising inalienable rights and privileges, challenging equity courts driven by capital interests.
A newspaper column cites the Democratic platform urging lawful labor combinations and limiting injunctions while noting the Worcester declaration's radical stance. It questions what the Republican platform says on the issue, highlighting its silence.
The proposal to close Huntington avenue at Dartmouth street and divert traffic aims to keep routes straight for public efficiency. It argues against turning traffic into Boylston street via Dartmouth past the Public Library, warning it would hinder transit. It notes future growth and the need for more outlets, opposing real estate interests.
The Democratic convention last night nominated John H. Sullivan for the forthcoming election over rival Naphen. Sullivan, a lifelong Democrat, is praised for his faithful party service and the peaceful acceptance of the result by Naphen supporters. The outcome favors electing a Democrat to the executive council in a solid Republican district.
The Azcarraga cabinet collapse and Sagasta’s probable rise may not grant Cuban independence but could bring reforms. Sagasta has condemned Weyler’s brutal methods and supports liberal autonomy for Cuba, potentially aiding U S efforts to stop the fighting.
Nat C Goodwin and Maxine Elliott attended a Boston Thea tre box for The Serenade watching past Lorenzo exponents H C Barnabee George Frothingham and Harry Brown. A lawyer jokes about a towboat death and burial bill while a sign warns canvassers at Grove Hall grounds. A late night beggar menace reappears in Temple place near a car stop. Abbott visits Rome after appointment at the American College.
A Boston reader’s column recalls a noisy motor tricycle sighting with a foot‑long engine, subway curiosities, and a child’s remark about Chinamen. It also notes Tremont street subway noise, a French dew dance fad, and Chicago mayoral women in city duties. The fragment ends with Captain Picking closing the Constitution to sightseers for cleaning.
The poem contrasts hopeful imagery of love with a sudden desolation. It presents a shift from lively nature to muted decay as love vanishes. The verse centers on emotional weather and fleeting joy.
The Baroness De Hirsch funds charities with careful oversight. Dr A P Montague becomes president of Furman University in Greenville. Major William J Davis sells fossils for 15000 to the University of California to pay debts. G De Fontenoy once taught French in Montreal with Lord Wolseley as a pupil. Emperor William seeks midnight rides to spur troops. Anna Forbes Goodyear pursues a Washington farming colony for the poor. Admiral Jouett recalls a cadet case at Annapolis court-martial with a sharp rebuke and medal remark.
A country road leads to a lonely schoolhouse where Jean Mayhew hides a heartbreak about Jack Meadon's betrayal. Flashbacks reveal a romance with Jack, a jilting with Leslie Harding, and a later reunion that hints at a different ending with hope.
A feature on adaptable gowns and accessories showing how a single bodice can serve dinner dance or theatre wear. It describes high Medici collars, a versatile yellow chiffon bodice with a yellow velvet belt, a yellow brocade bolero, and variations for different occasions.
General and Mrs William M Osborne visit Paris where Mrs Osborne and two daughters plan to spend the winter The consul general has returned to London Judge Allen is back from Eastern Europe and resides at the Berkeley Mr and Mrs Fred Comee and others settle for the winter at Dorchester M Hill Em Hill Dorchester Dr and Mrs Arthur H Osgood begin their Friday at homes this evening at Em Hill Dorchester Mr and Mrs Scott Leighton prepare a winter home at the Revere House Manz letters et yeeres haxe bate rer
A collection of one line gags and brief exchanges from comic panel captions and social notes. The items include Almighy Voice partnership quip with the unspeakable Turk, Papa utilitarian remark, Ten Eycke on Christian conduct, overheard Ball Room banter about appearance, broken English joke about Count Hardupski, and a child’s query about Enoch Arden.
A homey menu lists Breakfast items: grapes, Quaker oats, cream, broiled steak, chips, muffins, coffee. Dinner features Tomato Soup, Roast Beef, breads, mashed and sweet potatoes, beans, fruit pudding, coffee. Supper includes cold beef, scalloped potatoes, rolls, preserved pears, marble cake, macaroons, tea. The article provides detailed era recipes ending with Nellie Briggs of Dighton Massachusetts.
In a letter to the editor, Robert Treat Paine argues Boston should adopt a single chamber to restore full municipal powers. He laments state control over policing, Building rules, street lines, and major expenditures, urging a strong, unified city government.
A letter to the editor complains about the unresolved selection of a drill instructor for Solons 2m Mason Street. The late Captain Paget died May 14, leaving a committee split over a successor while last night’s meeting showed bias toward Major Oakes, risking state before nation.
Jerry O Sullivan the Lawrence journalist and politician travels from Boston toward Asheville North Carolina for pines therapy as his health worsens. He travels with his father and relatives and his jail paper associate P J O Callaghan. He speaks only with a feeble smile and says he would have spoken at the convention if present.
Friends accompany Jerry O Sullivan to the station as his condition worsens, with family admitting the struggle between life and death. The mood is somber as they part, fearing they may have seen him last.
The Governor's Council approved Deputy Frederick L. Cutting to succeed Major Merrill as insurance commissioner and Colonel Thomas L. Livermore to succeed Edwin A. Curtis as park commissioner. Amos K. Tilden was renominated to the Board of Registration in Pharmacy. George H. Poor was renomination as commissioner of accounts of the Boston & Maine. Cutting, born in Boston August 14, 1842, has a long public service record including clerkship for General Ordway and Governor appointment as deputy commissioner in 1894. Livermore, American representative in the copper syndicate deal in France, later became vice-president of Calumet & Hecla Mining Company.
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley returned to the capital from a trip arriving at 7 p.m. The couple received a crowd at the station and were driven to the White House. Postmaster General Gary joined the train at Baltimore and Secretary Sherman met them at the White House afterward, amid Cabinet crisis talk.
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