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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1897
Page
4
The Boston Post laments the annual September heat spell closing the season and forcing schoolchildren back to classrooms. It notes the usual end of summer, the delay of school openings, and argues for a longer summer vacation to cover the hot spell, reflecting on temperate autumn expectations.
The recent death of Colonel Theodore Lyman concludes a notable career spanning science, public administration, and patriotism. Grandson of a Boston merchant and son of an early city mayor, he served in the Civil War from the outbreak to Appomattox, led inland fisheries for seventeen years, aided Educational causes with the Peabody fund and Memorial Hall at Harvard, and represented Massachusetts in Congress opposing Blaineism and McKinleyism.
The Columbia road reconstruction into a parkway is a major city improvement linking parks and waterside areas for public enjoyment. It includes an electric railway to move passengers cheaply, enabling a five cent ride from Franklin Park to Castle Island along a continuous parkway benefiting Dorchester residents and the wider Boston area.
The piece critiques Republican derision of Prohibitionists over low votes in the last governor race. It argues campaigns spur vituperative language, notes past Republican harms to Prohibitionists, and explains Allen Coffin’s losses redirected to Roger Wolcott amid exceptional election conditions.
A brief political note urges Republicans to acknowledge the Prohibitionists for their influence and support, arguing that expressed gratitude will foster unity and advance common goals rather than sow contempt.
The United States Treasury notes an unusual demand for subsidiary coin for travel and daily retail use. This widespread need for money indicates more shopping, larger consumer spending, and rising confidence as crops move westward to export hubs and consuming centers. Treasury shipments to banks have risen while redemptions fall, suggesting broader economic revival.
The column reports on Mary Anderson Navarro potentially returning to singing, noting public affection and the risk of fading fame. It recalls Dr. Franklin D. Ayer’s retirement after thirty-five years at North Church, and a joke about a young actor's manuscript gift. It mentions A. H. Dore’s son Gus, the Butters family tragedy, and plans of James J. Phelan and George W. Smith to vacation in Canada with hunting stakes. It closes with humidity and dry goods window displays.
In a Berkshire evening tale, Roger plans to woo Ruth while envying a sister’s affections. Misreading a teasing farewell, he resolves to chase gold in Klondike but learns Ruth’s heart remains his true treasure when a dog and friends intervene. He stays, finding his prize in Ruth instead of Alaska.
A reflective verse on memory and mourning for those buried in a grave. It contemplates loss spanning mother, father, child, and spouse, urging remembrance through nature and quiet hillside scenes. The speaker asks not to forget the grave’s memory and the music of life.
Daily Table hints list breakfast items including Graham Rolls Grapes Shredded Wheat Biscuits with Cream and Sugar Beef Steak Balls and coffee roast chicken boiled rice raised bread. Dinner features Sweet Irish Potatoes Boiled Onions Cucumbers Peach Dumplings Supper offers Tarts Salmon Potato Chips Blackberries and Cream. Peach dumplings recipe uses eggs milk flour sugar butter cream tartar soda and corn starch with peach filling and a steam bake. MISS ADAM DYER Sebago Me.
Russell Sage told a reporter Mr Gould once gave him a point and that past is history what may be is mystery. Bernard Bettman of Cincinnati becomes sangerfest jubilee president for the 1899 Cincinnati celebration of the North American Sangerbund. Lombroso’s daughter writes On the Happiness of Women asserting women are generally happier than men. Senator Warren reports Salvation Army backing West colonization schemes. A dean’s table tale recalls six eminent lawyers died in as many months. Marquis de Carcano in Lombardy owns the smallest pair of horses, sixty-one centimetres high, drawing a tiny mail coach. King Leopold of Belgium visits an American machine exhibit and is mistaken for an official by the booth attendant.
The article describes autumn to winter fashion inspired by the Second Empire with ornate lace, boleros, Greek key inserts, and rich brown drop d ete gowns. It notes decorative bodices, yellow guipure collars, cream satin belts, and long guipure cuffs, reflecting period style and trends. It also reports on Dawson City and Alaska trading distress, with food scarcity and social disorder amid a gold rush.
A collage of humorous lines from various publications. Jokes contrast a convict's silence with truth, a child’s ambitions, and everyday misunderstandings. Quick quips touch on growing up, boarding houses, weather, and a hospital helper’s sharp observation.
The Yukon boom collapses as winter closes the river. Dawson prices soar for provisions while ships like the Cleveland carry stranded miners and families toward scarce supplies. Indignation meetings erupt at St Michaels as crews fear for safety and leaders face violent threats from disgruntled gold seekers.
A strange creature with out of proportion eyes and mouth, leathery skin and hard excrescences lies on the floor of a store after being salted for display. Mariners and locals cannot identify its species, with guesses ranging from rubber fish to a giant sunfish. The Zoo manager, Mr. O'Brien, may be offered the specimen for disposal.
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