Boston Post Calls for Frigate Constitution Restoration Celebration
The Boston Post lauds a planned October commemoration of the frigate Constitution with Dr. Hale as chaplain, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr reading a defining poem, Henry Cabot Lodge delivering the oration, and a North Atlantic fleet lineup. It questions sustaining the ship as she sits moored and urges funding a restoration.
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Hale
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Henry Catol Lodge
New England
North Atlantic
New Navy
Naval Militia
Massachusetts
Prosperity and Wage in Cotton Mills
Reports at the cotton mule spinners convention show broad business prosperity not reaching wage earners. Wages remain low despite price rises, with strikes in woollen mills and limited gains in coal and iron. Real prosperity awaits higher earnings for operatives before widespread gains in manufacturing.
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Dobson Bros
Coal
Alabama
Tennessee
New England
Yellow fever warned against spread and calls for better sanitation
The article argues yellow fever remains a non-lethally spread pest but causes undue anxiety due to daily case reports. It asserts frost will halt transmission soon, laments quarantine methods, and urges cities to invest in sanitary precautions to prevent a more virulent return next year.
Ohio election looms over national mood on Hanna
The piece argues Ohio voters will shape national politics by deciding whether Mark Hanna returns to the Senate. Massachusetts and others watch closely as Hanna campaigns energetically, with critics deeming his Senate tenure an absurdity and hoping for his retirement next month.
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Try
Ohio
Massachusetts
Mark Hanna
United States Senate
Hanna
United States
Senate
McKinley
Noted 'cello owner rediscovered in Boston week
The Observant Citizen recounts Alexander Heindl, owner of a rare 1623 Nicholas Amati cello once bought by his father for 225 dollars from an Italian contact in Italy. The piece, now restored, inspires musings on Eden Musee rumors at Copley Square and local society, police retirements, customs tales, and neighborhood roadwork in Boston.
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Keith’s
Lexander Heind
Italy
Heindl
Humbert
Nicholas Amati
Eden Musee
Copley Square
Chauncy Hall
Port of Boston urged to finish harbor channels and docks
An editorial lauds approving the $400,000 sea wall project at South Boston. It argues the pier and eleven acres will host the world’s largest vessels, but stresses the need for a safer entrance channel, urging federal action to deepen Broad Sound and Narrows to support enhanced dock facilities.
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Commonwealth Flats
South
Boston
United States
Broad Sound
Boston Harbor
U. S
Hanna's Campaign in New York and Ohio Legislature race
The fall elections focus on selecting New York City's first mayor of Greater New York and the Ohio Legislature control. Local stakes dominate the New York race, with broader impact on state and national politics shaping voter interest.
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Greater
New York
Ohio
The Absentee Household Mystery In Mourning
Clara loved Edmund more than life and after his death left her fortune to a stranger. She mourned briefly, then remarried and gained wealth. Her children wonder at the sudden riches as Edmund’s name is never spoken.
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Clara
Edmund
Cleveland
Yale Students Aim to Revive Old Spirit in Athletics
New Haven Conn Oct 6 a thousand Yale students cheered a motion to revive the old Yale spirit in athletics The meeting sought to unite athletic captains with undergraduates and keep captains in harmony J W Curtis of New York urged greater enthusiasm and energy noting Princeton as an example The meeting voted to appoint a committee of seniors from both departments to assist captains managers Names to be announced tomorrow.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
J. W. Curtis
New York
Princeton
Butterworth
Ap Uch
The Post's Original Short Stories Heir to Fortune Dies in Dakota Snow
In a gale at a government post two men search for missing Gerald Farnsworth who finds two paths home. He learns he is heir to a Calcutta fortune through an uncle but faces Amelia Saltonstall's death in Rome and enduring heartbreak before perishing in a Christmas storm two days before.
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Jack Hollister
Gerald
Calcutta
Farnsworth
New York
Amelia Saltonstall
Venice
Count D’arlini
Count D'Arlini
Rome
Dakota
D’arlini
Short Story Competitions Offer Weekly Prizes
The Post announces weekly awards for original short stories with a ten dollar top prize, five dollars for second, and two dollars for each of four others. Winners are named on Sundays and paid by mail each Monday for the prior week’s stories. Entries limited to female writers with name and address. stories should be under a thousand words, preferably eight hundred, and on one side only.
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Post
Sunday Post
Prises
Daily Table Hints and Recipes by Miss Philippa Hichborn
A domestic page lists daily meals breakfast lunch and supper with items such as mutton broth, baked sweet potatoes, lettuce salad, and creamed cakes. It includes two cake recipes pilling and sponge cake with instructions and ends with the name Miss Philippa Hichborn and an address at 49 Florence Avenue Rovere.
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Goa
Philippa Hichborn
Florence Avenue
Rovere
Boston Post Menu Competition for Reading Home Cooked Meals
The Boston Post offers a weekly prize of five dollars for the best three meals bill of fare submitted by women readers. Bills should read like a menu with brief preparation directions and cover four to five persons on about 25 cents a day, with a weekly food cap of ten dollars for a five member family. Submissions due each Saturday, winners printed Monday, correspondence to Cooking Editor, Boston Post.
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Boston Post
Avet
the Post
Boston
New Millinery Styles Inform Fashion of the Season
Prosperity shows in crowded shops as new millinery headlines demand attention. Felt and velvet blend with bold color pairings such as gray with orange blue or cerise. Alpines remain popular with refined side trimming ribbons wings and feather accents. Pheasant breast and quill detailing enhance tan hats while braided felt toques in blue brown and black dominate the latest display.
Jokes and Witty Quotes From Various Papers
A collection of humorous lines and quips from multiple newspapers including Yonkers Statesman Harlem Life and Tit-Bits. Snippets cover married life old Scotland jokes about age beheadings and a pun on a crowd fear with Brown’s triplets. Also notes on a poet sending a home dying poem and a remark about a fast driver named Jehu.
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Mrs. Files
Mrs. Styles
Yonkers Statesman
Scotland
Brown
Indianapolis Journal
Mr. Wipedunks
Jehu
Chicago Tribune
Boston to Build World Largest Free Dock and Pier
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts plans a massive free dock in Boston to greet the world’s largest ships. A 1150 by 800 foot pier with a 50 foot wooden platform will host seven Cunard liners and the Great Eastern, with dredging to 40 feet possible and a ten foot tide bonus. The project, supervised by Chief Engineer Frank W. Hodgdon, requires ten thousand cubic yards of masonry and heavy timber, with bids opening Oct. 28 and construction aimed for completion by January 1, 1899.
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Boston
Cunard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Harbor and Land Commissioners
New State House
Frank W. Hodgdon
Arlington
New South Union Station
City Hall
New Pier
South Cove
Liverpool
New England Railroad
South Towe
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
Fitchburg
Somerville Cambridge couple wed at St Catherine's Somerville
Aileen Cummings and J. H. Jennings were married at St Catherine's Church in Somerville in a nuptial mass. Rev J J O'Brien officiated as Emily Bridge sang Ave Maria. Bride wore cream duchesse satin with orange blossoms. brides maid wore muslin with pink ribbons. Best man John Daley. ushers J J Cummings James McBeake Charles Mullen James Coyne. After reception, couple to honeymoon in Troy and Saratoga, home on Lowell Street after Nov 17.
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Cambridge
St. Catherine’s Church
Spring Hill
Aileen Cummings
Julia Cummings
J. H. Jennings
Boston Post Office
J. J. O’brien
St. Catherine’s
Emily Bridge
Miss Cummings
Mary G. Cummings
John Daley
J. J. Cummings
James McBeake
Charles Mullen
James Coyne
Northampton
Mrs. Jennings
Troy
Saratoga
Lowell Street
Hilton Sibley Wedding in Belfast Congregational Church
Miss Charlotte Sibley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Sibley Belfast, wed H H Hilton of Chicago son of Mr and Mrs Lucius Hilton of Cambridge. Rev Mills and Rev Dunning officiated. Attendants included Janet Davidson and Caroline Field. Best man O P Conant. A reception followed at 18 High Street.
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Belfast
Congregational Church
Charlotte Sibley
Edward Sibley
H. H. Hilton
Chicago
Ginn & Co., Publishers
Lucius Hilton
Cambridge
Mass
G. S. Mills
A. E
Fred Chase
Harold Sibley
High Street
Hall Alexander wedding at South Boston home
A private wedding took place last evening at the bride’s parents’ home 136 Street South Boston. Frank I. Hall married Edith E. Alexander in a ceremony at 7:30 officiated by Rev A T Lowerly. Bridesmaid N Estelle Hall with best man Clinton H Googins. Flower girl Villette I Alexander.
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Boston
Frank I. Hall
Edith E
David D. Alexander
A. T. Lowerly
South Baptist Church
N. Estelle Hall
Clinton H. Googins
Somerville
Villette I. Alexander
Miss Maud Johnson Weds Alfred J. Paul in Salem
Miss Maud Johnson daughter of Colonel Samuel A. Johnson and Alfred J. Paul of Boston were married by the Rev. E. J. Prescott at the First Unitarian Church in Salem. Best man Arthur E. Burr of Boston, bridesmaids Miss Anna A. Shannon of New York and Miss Sarah A. Locke of Salem attended. A reception followed.
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Salem
Maud Johnson
Samuel A. Johnson
Second Corps of Cadets
Alfred J. Paul
Boston
E. J. Prescott
First Unitarian Church
Arthur E. Burr
Anna A. Shannon
New York
Sarah A. Locke
Hubbard Peirce wedding in Bangor honors Boston and New York society
In Bangor on October 6 a notable house wedding united Miss Frances Peirce daughter of Silas F. Peirce of Boston with William Wingate Hubbard a rising New York lawyer. The ceremony took place at noon before a fashionable gathering reflecting high society circles.
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Bangor
Frances Peirce
Silas F. Peirce
Boston
William Wingate Hubbard
New York City
Senator Crane Renominated by Worcester Republicans
Ellery B. Crane of Worcester was renominated for the Senate by the first Worcester district Republican convention. David B. Manning was reelected to the State committee.
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Worcester
Ellery B. Crane
Senate
David B. Manning
State
Garder D. M. Gardner Dies at Calais Hotel
D. M. Gardner proprietor of the Border City Hotel in Calais Maine died yesterday from Brights disease at age 64. He was a prominent member of the G A R and a Mason. He leaves a widow and six children.
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Calais
D. M. Gardner
Border City
Jubilee Over Exercises of the Lely End St Marys
Large audience attends church event as St Marys presents the operetta The Angels Story in a church school celebration.
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Church School
St Marys jubilee tribute to Jesuit fathers ends at school hall
St Marys golden jubilee concluded at the Stillman street school hall with laity led ceremonies by St Marys School graduates. Guests included Rev Fathers Byrne Scallan Casey Lancake Brennan and William B F Whall. Whall praised the Jesuit fathers work in Boston and beyond.
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St. Mary’s
Stillman Street
Commonwealth
St. Mary’s School
Father Byrne
Father Scanlan
Casey
Lancake
Brennan
William B. F. Whall
North
Death of Barnstable County Sheriff in South Truro
Joseph Whitcomb high sheriff of Barnstable county died suddenly of heart disease this forenoon in South Truro while returning from serving a witness summons in a court case. He was born in Maine, long active in shipbuilding and local undertakings, and leaves a second wife LaVina Mullen and children.
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Provincetown
Joseph Whitcomb
Barnstable County
South Truro
Thomas Ryder
Truro
Whitcomb
Sheriff Whitcomb
Yarmouth
Levi
Sarah J. Whitcomb
Susie E. Knowles
Lavinia C. Mullen
Mr. Whitcomb
John
Robert Knowles
Mr. Knowles
King Hiram Lodge
F. A
A. M
Blue Lodge
Joseph Warren
Rights of Honor
Marine Toten I. Oo. Oo
May Flower Council
Rernor
Bradford Assembly
Seamen’s Relief Society
Mirror Presented to North Street Restaurateur
Charles BE Drew, a restaurant keeper at 241 2 North Street, received a handsome mirror for his main dining room last evening. About fifty market men gathered to honor him with brief speeches and a spread. The entertainment included singing by J. F. Connor and John Monroe, with a speech by Mr. Charles Parker.
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Charles BE
Drew
North Street
Charlie
J. F. Connor
John Monroe
Charles Parker
West Abington Fire Destroys Home Stable and Shop
J B Lawrence residence on Hancock Street in West Abington burned this afternoon destroying house, stable, and shop. Loss estimated at 1800 dollars with 3200 dollars insured. Fire cause undetermined as investigators seek原因.
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Abington
J. B. Lawrence
Hancock Street
West Abington
Love's Grief and Silent Verse by Lizette Reese
Fragmentary poem recounts lovers parted by grief. Lines reflect memory and sorrow, with nature imagery like grass and clouds. The speaker keeps tears as consolation while pondering what remains when love departs.
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