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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1897
Page
4
Merchants and planters in Cuba push for transfer to the United States as war nears end, but the US rejects Cuba under current terms. If independent and seeking alliance, Cuba might join. A protectorate or territorial attachment is deemed impracticable at present.
The piece notes Anthony Hope Hawkins visiting America to give readings and questions whether such readings add value beyond the author’s personality. It compares Hawkins to Dickens and Dr Hale, suggesting curiosity serves writers more than international copyright and ends with a cautious welcome to the author.
The Yukon reports scarce food and shelter as gold-seekers flood the region. A whiskey boat arrives, bought by liquor speculators, risking hunger, disease, and deaths among adventurers this winter.
The New York mayoral race sees voter registration near 670000, a record for a local election and close to the presidential figure. Independents led by Low and George may swing the excess, with parties claiming the outcome amid intense anticipation.
The piece notes Senators Hanna and Foraker claim ignorance of the apparent deal in the Union Pacific sale set for November 2. It argues the facts remain independent of party control and that the sale requires mortgage bonds for deposits, with the syndicate linked to Hanna and McKinley campaign funds.
Speaker denounces a scheme to siphon around 20 million dollars from taxpayers. He questions whether Mr. Hanna and Mr. Foraker knew anything and suggests the plan may have been arranged under the prior administration, but insists the outrage stands regardless.
Boston extends full hospitality to United States Navy representatives visiting for the Constitution centennial. Crowds fill the harbor to view the new warships while official visits and social entertainments unfold. Local commercial groups mingle with Navy guests as bluejackets enjoy shore leave and warm hospitality.
The writer describes attending the Boston Symphony Orchestra opening at Music Hall listening to Beethoven seventh with hundreds present. He notes many young girls, comments on critic B E Woolf and contrasts lay listener delight with trained performers. Mentions street piano dancers, a bridal tour, and local social gossip about notable figures and Cuba rumors.
Society up to date notes Mr and Mrs John Shepard visiting in Sheffield Mass family. Playgoers Club hosts first fall special at Hollander building Boylston Street with guests Miss Mary Manning and J K Hackett. Daughters of the Revolution plan a Hanging of the Crane in Quincy. Dudleys of New England convene at the Vendome for a literary hour. Episcopal Club meets at the Brunswick with Rev Charles Gore and others discussing Progress of Religious Thought. Mrs E M H Merrill returns from Berkshire wheeling trip. Howard Cushing to usher Newport wedding at All Saints Chapel. Viola Allen heads Boston club. Parkman family guests of Mrs Roger Wolcott for three weeks.
A Boston divorce hearing features a quip about Chelsea’s location as Mrs Eckhoff, mother of the plaintiff, answers East Boston when asked where she lives. The exchange lightens proceedings while noting Benjamin F Hunt’s wedding in Water Town to Mrs Sherman. Miss Mattie Hunt and Mr Horace Hunt of Cambridge will attend.
A reflective poem recalling a golden autumn day with olive shadows and drifting leaves. The speaker contrasts peaceful scenes of harvests, brambles, plums, and russet skies with how time and life have since pulled paths apart, leaving odd detours in memory.
A letter from a Boston student urges the School Board to close schools on October 1 Constitution Day rather than keep them open. The writer argues students are young patriots and should celebrate the day free from classroom duties, asserting action will shape future patriotism.
Ted Gregory battles alcoholism after a breakup with Edith Fairfield and lands in a hospital ward. A cheerful carpenter named John Wood and his sister inspire a change, leading Ted toward sobriety and an engagement to Miss Wood. He returns to the clubhouse a rejuvenated man amid astonished friends.
A collage of witty exchanges and brief quoted remarks from multiple sources including Detroit Free Press Harper's Bazar Household Words and Washington Star. It features social banter about professors,writers, travelers and critics with humorous asides and mock dialogue.
A dated kitchen column shares menu ideas for meals and detailed instructions for dishes such as potato soup escalloped corn potato puffs and jet pudding. It includes a ham and potato layered dish and a boiled suet pudding, concluding with Bertha Johnson of Peabody Massachusetts.
Miss Jeanie Stevens Smith wed Albert Harding Newman in a ceremony at Old South Church Copley Square. The bride wore white satin with lace and orange blossoms. bridesmaids carried pink and white bouquets. The couple will live at 465 Washington Street Brookline and plan a January reception schedule.
Mrs Gladstone is six months older than the Queen while Baroness Burdett Covtts is five years older. Lady Louise Tighe, present at the Brussels ball before Waterloo, was a girl at Victoria's birth. The Library of Congress will receive a marble bust of Wendell Phillips from Mrs Milmore, modeled by Martin Milmore and chiseled by Joseph Milmore. Two busts exist. Novelist Howells talks of Europe. Bill Nye widow loses nearly all in the First National Bank wreck.
Imogene Comer wowed Howard audience with the Post grand descriptive song Just for the sake of Our Daughter. Her contralto voice and dramatic recital drew long applause and a lifelike finale from a calcium light and pistol shot. Comer will perform the piece all week and may tour Lothrop's Bowdoin Square Theatre afterward.
Emperor William praised Wiesbaden residents for a splendid monument to his father at a castle banquet. The Rheinische Kurier reports he appointed the ex Empress Frederick as honorary chief of the eighteenth regiment of fusiliers.
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