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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1897
Page
4
The Boston Post lists subscription options and rates including daily and Sunday editions. It explains payment in advance, address updates, and that money orders should be payable to the Post Publishing Company. Also notes distribution via hotels and discontinuation after expiration.
Senor Sagasta declares Spain's aim to pacify Cuba and install a model administration. Critics fear the goal is too late as independence sentiment grows. Weyler’s methods are condemned, and Blanco’s appointment may not halt the revolutionary momentum.
The Board of General Appraisers ruled in favor of Boston wool merchants against a Treasury Dingley rate on imports entered six hours before the act. The decision begins a legal path likely to the Circuit Court and possibly the Supreme Court. Officials stress constitutional timing and retroactivity remain central issues for the law and for justice to merchants.
Article reports that the late Baron Hirsch intended Hebrew colonies in Argentina but the scheme failed and was abandoned by the Baroness Hirsch after efforts. Instead of aiding immigration to Argentina she redirected funds to Russia for Hebrew education and industry. The move is described as a philanthropic attempt to improve conditions for oppressed people.
The article discusses Hebrew migrants and their struggles with colonization in Russia and South America. It argues Jews lack true colonization ability despite global presence, noting their widespread influence in trade science art and politics while acknowledging limited colonial establishment.
The weekly stock market slide followed by a Saturday drop, amid fears of yellow fever and drought, and a Henry George mayoral prospect in New York. Despite nervous trading, underlying conditions show revival with strong bank payments and railroad earnings, plus gold imports signaling easy money.
An American firm wins bids abroad for iron piping in Glasgow and rails for British India and New South Wales. US manufacturers offer lower prices, yet domestic buyers face a 7.8 dollar tariff per ton, while overseas contracts run higher. The piece argues tariffs tax US consumers to benefit a few.
Yesterday Beacon Street from Somerset to Park and the entire length of School Street were shut to traffic as workmen tore up pavement and dug a deep trench for pipes. Dirt and gravel filled the street, forcing bicycles onto the sidewalk and filling the air with sulfurous vapors from tar and gravel paving.
A lively rate discussion and ongoing repairs on the State House dome mar the view, with speculation about investigations by ambitious legislators. The piece notes New York sculptor Fernando Miranda nearing completion of a statue for the Public Library and reports on taxation debates for bicycles, lighthouse aid deliveries, wealthy broker T. W. Lawson’s Winchester estates, and a Boston University first colored student admission. Also covered are the Brockton fair, smelt fishing along the harbor, and local personalities like Commodore John N. Roberts and Bill Smart with fishing exploits.
A lyric exchange recalls a torn romance. The speaker laments a lover hurt by anger and pride, recounting vows, memories, and a past dream that ends with their freedom. The tone blends longing with remorse as the couple drifts apart.
A collage of jokes and quips from Tribune Indianapolis Journal Truth and Puck. Don’t miss glee over pecuniary offers, secretary woes, rubber asks, surf intrigue, kleptomania hints, sad hands, Klondike nuggets, and a father watering plants tale from Detroit Free Press.
Profiles of Katherine D Blake principal of a New York evening high school for women and daughter of Lillie Devereux Blake. Brief notes on education and early teaching experience. Also mentions artist Watts vegetarian diet and Alabama politician’s brief schooling. Includes legal milestone of Ethel Benjamin first woman admitted to the New Zealand bar and Thackeray reminiscence from Dean Farrar.
The article notes Sunday dress fashions for the average girl with calling gowns being more showy than usual. Glossy fabrics such as facal cloth liberty satin and velvet are trimmed lavishly, with new models displaying flounced skirts. A maple green liberty velvet ensemble features three gathered flounces.
The description covers two gowns with distinct flounced skirts. One uses black chiffon edging and white guipure with a left side chiffon sash from a large rosette. The other in turquoise blue faced cloth shows two flounces, each edged with slashes and curled black silk cord. THE LATEST.
Inside a crowded theatre the story follows a star singer torn between wealth and love and a musician, a mistake in a church, a priestly restraint, a funeral choir, and a final tragic sacrifice as the singer dies after delivering a triumphant farewell.
Mrs E F Kenney of 4 Oak Grove Terrace Mattapan wins the Post Menu prize for last week. Her menu appeared in the paper on Tuesday October 5.
A fragment of a 19th or early 20th century luncheon and dinner menu lists Wheatens and Cream Cod Steaks a la cardinal French Fried Potatoes Rice Puffs Hot Buttered Toast Oyster Stew Eggs a la Annecy Potato Salad Sally Lunn Boston Cream Puffs Apple Pie Cheese Cocoa and more. It includes detailed recipes for Boston cream puff and tomato tapioca soup plus a creamy salad dressing and cucumber preparations.
New Bedford eyes a week of events culminating Tuesday with Governor Wolcott and visiting dignitaries. cannon fire marks the semi centennial while a military parade, reviews, and races draw crowds. US troops, warships, and the Amphitrite salute 50 guns as President McKinley initiates the industrial exhibition.
New York plans a park at East 190th Street and Kingsbridge Road to celebrate Edgar Allan Poe. A restored Poe cottage will sit inside the grounds with a statue within sixty feet. Preservation efforts by Appleton Morgan and the Shakespeare Society saved the cottage during road widening.
Society note announces Grace May Goodwin daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bradford Goodwin of Cambridge to marry John Bertram Read of Harvard College. The ceremony is set for Thursday Oct 21 at 6 pm in First Parish Church Cambridge. They will live at 8 Walnut Terrace Brookline and host callers in January.
Funeral of Joseph Whitcomb high sheriff of Barnstable county held at Centre M E Church with Masonic burial rites. Schooner Nellie Coleman sold to John Graham Roxbury to load coal for San Francisco then voyage to Yukon with a twenty man gold expedition funded by $500 per man. Robert Wagner wins $50 Tufts College scholarship. Local visits and career moves noted for several residents. Trial banner crew of schooner I J Merritt earns $72 per man. William D Tillson leaves Provincetown Grammar School for Cambridge Webster Street School post.
The St James's Gazette quotes praise for moderate New York press comments on the Sealing Sea issue. It notes Washington State Department actions may overstep public sense and Britain's susceptibilities, with a suggestion Americans are not easily softened by diplomatic matters.
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