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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1897
Page
4
The piece honors Henry George as an unquestionably honest, brave man who inspired trust with sincerity and clear conscience. It lauds his brainy, vigorous character and unselfish zeal for the general good, noting his death is a distinct national loss.
The Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale urged dinner attendees to settle the issue, but The Post argues only Boston voters can decide. The question should be settled at the polls, not at club dinners, as mass participation is required.
The death of Henry George alters the New York mayoral contest. His followers face a split between supporting Low or the Croker-Platt machine, while many George allies are Democrats. If Low nears victory, Platt’s machine could shift votes to Van Wyck, not Tracy.
The Municipal League debated the single chamber act, arguing past the fact New York and Brooklyn show a bicameral system works, while noting Boston may vote next Tuesday. Critics say a weekly interval between readings is not safeguards, and caucus nominations under the new plan won’t ensure better personnel or closer government. The Post urges rejection of the single chamber scheme.
A persuasive editorial argues for stopping the move to a single chamber city government in Boston. It condemns biennial terms and calls for preserving two chambers to check legislative power and maintain democratic accountability. It urges voters to reject measures that would consolidate power and push bureaucratic rule.
The Observant Citizen notes the Playgoers' Club season opening with a line of prominent women guests including Marie Shotwell Mary Shaw Grace Atwell Lillian Lawrence Mary Sanders Katherine Florence Mrs Henry Jewett and Grace Kimball. The piece also mentions a Food Fair celebrity reception and plans for a hotel development near the southern station. It reports on the Boston anarchist count and a reunion of firemen from the 1872 big Boston fire with a tentative Nov 9 gathering and a 7:30 pm meeting next Wednesday in the old court house.
Misses Durgin plan Thursday cards at Pierce building for Emma Dewey Deleignin and Ben Parker Richardson marriage in Cambridge. Prince Kropotkin visits Cambridge guest of Robert Bly as New England Railroad Club forms in Pierce Hall. Several social gatherings, musicales, engagements, and Kirmess preparations fill the season with chaperons named.
Ida, once mocked as the prettiest guest at the Falls, sits alone in a veranda as Tom Dunn returns with a keepsake from their childhood. He reveals a blue gingham bonnet she wore and lost long ago, rekindling memories and hope amid the falls’ steady murmur.
Edwin Sprague Uriel Crocker William Watson and Harvey Collison urge Boston to vote against a single chamber city government. They argue the plan concentrates power, weakens aldermen, invites corruption, and mirrors lessons from Greater New York, urging rejection of the proposed act.
Philadelphia physician Dr William H Ford former member of the Kiladelphia Board of Health has died. He was a noted writer and expert on gunshot wounds of the chest based on military ward experience and cases. Verdi funds a Milan asylum for musicians as work on the building speeds to completion.
Light gowns will be popular with long coats to theatre or opera then worn with short coats. Light gray and light tan are favored colors. A pale gray cashmere gown from New York features a smooth front fit.
A collage of period wry comments cites Mrs. Younglove on allowances and car tickets, a fraught couplet between Mrs. Fitz and Mr. Fitz about Fido, Tit-Bits humor about a one armed suitor, Yonkers Statesman gossip on a driving companion, and a veteran diplomat’s take on Europe’s powers.
The article details a gown with a black slash pattern and narrow white passementerie, a blouse bodice with horizontal tucks, white chiffon tucks with braid, coral silk accents at collar and waistband, and a coral silk hat with roses. A second gown in light fawn cloth features chenille spiders and bronze beads, green silk vest, tan revers with gold braid, and a green and gold hat.
A dated breakfast and dinner menu lists Wheat Cakes Milk Sugar Cold Corned Beef Fry Potatoes Graham Gomis and Doughnuts Soffee Roast Lamb Dinner Tomato Soup Mashed Turnips Crackers Cream Pudding Supper Cold Lamb Poached Eggs Squash Pie Hot Biscuit Sweet Potatoes Fruit Cake Includes short, partially legible lines and scattered food items.
Edwin L Sprague argues against Boston adopting a single city chamber. He cites New York and Brooklyn’s double chamber as better, warns of corruption risks, and contends Common Council powers should be restored. He notes past legislative attempts and questions the English precedent for a single chamber in a large city like Boston.
The discussion centers on whether a bicameral legislature better serves state governance. Emphasizes the principle that the same legislative standard should apply to both state and municipal realms and advocates for a Senate to balance the lower chamber.
Harvey N. Collison argues in a letter to the editor that Boston must decide on reforming its government by replacing the two branch system with a single legislative body. He notes two questions: need for change and direction of power, urging careful consideration before any substitution.
Uriel H. Crocker, former Common Council member and attorney, denounces a single chamber reform as a useless patent medicine. He argues two-chamber government provides needed checks, cites past failures, and urges public protest and greater council power over actions like street railway rights.
An advertisement claims Dr Bull's Co Syrup will stop coughing and cure the user at once. The message uses urgent language and dismisses lingering symptoms.
Marcus A. Hanna travels from Cincinnati to energize his Ohio backers as factional strife grows within the Republican ranks. He accuses Foraker of criminal ties to Kurtz over foreign assessment insurance, while his own group reports heavy spending in Hamilton and Ross counties.
The Boston Music Trade Association dined at the Thorndike last evening and discussed trade conditions with H F Miller Alexander Steinert G K Blake and Chandler W Smith among others. The Henry L Pierce School Association Class 95 met at the United States Hotel and elected Levi Willcutt president Jessie Smith secretary and Harold Delone treasurer. Afterward the group held their second annual banquet with Harold De Long as toastmaster.
Charter members met at the Public Library and organized the Somerville Historical Society. Elected officers include President Hon. George A. Bruce Vice Presidents C D Elliot J F Ayer E S Brooks Recording Secretary George F Loring Corresponding Secretary G E Littlefield Treasurer F W Stone Councillors Mrs J H Leighton Anson Titus and L Roger Wentworth Librarian and Curator Howard Dawson.
Dr Brady will give a prelude on Fall Caine's Christian in People's Temple tomorrow evening, followed by the third discourse on God Moving Among the Nations. The theme is Denmark and the Danes, with perspectives from recent travel.
Postmaster Thomas decides to retain the Cambridge and Cambridgeport offices but changes their names to Cambridge A and Cambridge B respectively.
An undated letter from Engine Company No. 6 disputes a previous report crediting Assistant Chief Regan of the fire department for handling the Lynn blaze. The writer says Chief Elber led at Lynn and urges proper credit to the actual on scene commander.
A man named Hiram Sayles of Olneyville R I writes to the Post seeking to wed the daughter of Paul the King of the Maoris. He states his education, refinement, a small savings, and his job as manager of the Pettis Hotel in Olneyville, asking the Princess to respond via the newspaper.
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