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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1897
Page
4
The Boston Post notes total appropriations for 1896 7 amount to 14 544 461 with expenditures including debt interest at 25 837 490 26. It urges voters to oppose the Single Chamber Act next Tuesday to preserve safeguards and checks on this spending.
Reports from late arrivals in interior Alaska warn of severe shortages as supplies ran short for Yukon gold seekers. With the river frozen and passes impassable, many prospectors face a harsh Arctic winter and uncertain survival.
A Boston editorial argues against adopting a single chamber City Council. It contrasts Boston with smaller cities and New York, warning that a single chamber invites corruption, weakens checks, and concentrates power. It urges preserving two chambers and voting no next Tuesday.
A citywide ballot proposal framed as the Single Chamber Act asks voters to decide on creating a supplementary mayor position with a $5000 annual stipend. Proponents urge strong executive power. opponents warn against oligarchic control and favor a single mayor system.
The article argues the syndicate admits an eight million dollar bid to secure the Union Pacific main line. It claims the bid would yield twenty million to its members and calls for the government to stand firm and seek full value for public property. The piece urges delaying the sale to force a higher government recovery.
The speaker urges grace to the McKinley administration if it fails to defend government funds in a large transaction. They call for adjourning the whole sale to allow other bidders and warn the deal risks becoming a scandal comparable to syndicate bond sales.
The piece notes Spain will likely accuse Cuban filibuster expeditions of causing the rebellion and contrasts this with the United States stance. It says the U S government has actively blocked filibuster departures and upheld neutrality, prompting questions about Spain’s role.
The passage notes Boston voters rejected Biennial Governors by a margin of 17 167 last fall and questions whether they favor Biennial Aldermen or a Single Chamber with a No vote. It contrasts Spain’s inability to advance against revolutions and US patrols catching filibusters in Cuban waters.
A Boston voter warning urges independence from party machines on the single chamber bill. It weighs shrinking City Council representation, creating biennial aldermen and a supplementary mayor, and questions the motives of machine politicians seeking the reform. The piece also includes anecdotes about Governor Wolcott, Roxbury hall displays, and a musician observed by a correspondent.
The piece notes Frances Aymar Mathews correct spelling of her name amid misprints in papers. It describes Boston ions, a Dorchester resident's artful den with a Blue Hill view, hurricane signals at the Federal building, and previews Playgoers Club events. It also mentions Anthony Hope Hawkins’s Boston visit and local social schemes.
Miss Marion Abbott Chase will wed William Henry Howard tomorrow at high noon in St Pauls Episcopal Church. The couple are prominent in Malden society and a reception at the Chase residence will follow, with a wedding breakfast. They will reside at 57 Hawthorne Street after Dec 1.
Reports note Mrs. Humphry Ward earning $300 from writings in ten years. George W. Boyer of Harper's is sole surviving juror from the John Brown trial. Prof Mahaffy doubts England’s educational gains. the Prince of Wales wears costly plume at state functions. Munkacsy’s condition worsens in a German asylum. J C Hull, inmate at Stillwater, helps catch rats in prison. Hen H Culver dies. founder of Culver Military Academy. Dr Talmage earlier offered $100,000 to rebuild Brooklyn Tabernacle, with donor bricks bearing name.
The story follows Helen Hudnut a Wellesley graduate who aids a neighbor during a house fire at Miss Mantons in Greenfield Mass. She and Mr Rockmaiden rescue Mr Goodwink from the burning house while Mr Smilax questions bravery. The event changes her view of suitors and she becomes fond of a noble commander.
The two masted schooner Bril Mant under Captain Hart arrived at the north side of Long Wharf yesterday morning with sea shells and marine curiosities. She sailed from Newport Rhode Island where she sold many parrots tropical birds and remaining shells captured in the West Indies.
A letter to the editor asks how a man earning $10 weekly can cope with flour rising from $5 to $7.25 per barrel while his income remains unchanged. The writer argues practical pricing questions beat editorials in supporting protectionism.
The Waltham Manufacturing Company denies joining a New York Journal claim about a cycle firms combine to market a $125 chainless bicycle. The letter states they will not release a chainless wheel until a practical device exists and they will lead in promoting it once proven. The note is dated Waltham October 22.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports the 1896 railway figures: 182,776 miles of mainline, 240,129 including tracks, 35,950 locomotives, and $10.57 billion in capital. Freight and passenger totals set records despite higher incidents, with earnings at $1.15 billion and operating costs at $773 million. An approaching social note mentions a wedding festivities ending with the couple departing for New York.
Mrs. Margaret Kend issues cards announcing the marriage of her eldest daughter Ethelyn McKenna Friend to Lamar Middleton of New Orleans Harvard graduate. The couple met in France and will honeymoon in France before a Paris return then Louisiana home.
Snow Hadaway wed Miss Mabel Hadaway in a small Lincoln Street ceremony led by Rev H O Hiscox. Guests from Boston and Brookline attended. reception moved from the Hadaway residence to the Kernwood Club for ball, reception, and supper in the club’s rooms.
Bertha Johnson of 138 Lowell Street Peabody Mass wins the Post menu prize of $ amount for last week Her menu appeared in the Tuesday October 19 issue of the Post.
A dated menu lists Breakfast Lunch and Dinner items including beefsteak oysters vegetables and desserts. The text includes recipe fragments for celery beet cream sauce and a cake mix with instructions and measurements, attributed to Mrs. Leslier Adams of Middlebury Vermont.
The item notes capes are out for day wear but still fashionable for evening occasions. Velvet and cashmere capes with jet trims are described, with a white ash model featuring a pointed yoke, overlapping design, and a high collar.
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