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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1897
Page
4
Boston office address at 259 Washington Street and telephone 428 outline subscription rates six months at 1.80 three months at 0.60 with a monthly option. Notices include change of address, advance payment policy, and that the Boston Post is entered as second class matter with payments to the Boston Publishing Company.
The Boston school system remains unable to provide adequate classroom space for all attending children. In East Boston Roxbury Dorchester and the West End crowded conditions force use of churches stores basements and makeshift wooden structures. The editor decries tardy planning and urges the school committee to allocate funds and prepare for the new school year.
A reflection on Boston's 75th anniversary of its city government noting the 1822 incorporation act and the shift from town to city. The piece compares past and present Boston, emphasizes growth and lingering civic spirit, and calls for recognition of the people's will in adopting city government.
Citizens who opposed the 1822 Boston charter feared negative consequences, but the final result alleviates some concerns. The outcome shows no immediate dire effects on municipal governance, though long term implications remain debated among historians.
A Boston public-spirited critique denounces an 8 percent tax free rental paid by Elevated Railroad Company to West End, arguing the people own the property used and should not subsidize excess profits. The piece details stock market gains tied to the lease, the public financial burden, and urges Railroad Commissioners to approve a reduced rate balancing corporate and public interests.
The article denounces mob violence in Indiana mirroring Southern lynchings over burglary. It condemns extrajudicial killings of suspects with no proven crime and notes Governor Mount ordered law officers to prosecute participants. It questions Indiana’s response and accountability.
Citizens gathered in Faneuil Hall to denounce government by injunction backed by arms in official hands. They condemn the Hazleton shooting of miners on a public highway as an assault on liberty, with broad cross party and social support. The Boston Transcript led as the first paper to condemn the act.
In a conservative town, a debate centers on radicals who denounce violent outbursts, praised by some as thoughtful and substantial, while others condemn the extremes.
Chief Inspector Watts shines brighter after receiving a diamond shirt stud as a symbol of recognition. Reports race to discuss green two cent postage stamps and health updates from Dr Goodwin in East Boston. Navy Yard activity surrounds Newport repairs, and George G. Goodrich of New York dies, known in Boston wallpaper circles.
Poem urges brothers to choose happiness over worry and despair. It champions laughter, resilience, and striving toward a virtuous crown, urging action against sin and misfortune.
Fall bonnet fashions return with pokes and old-fashioned coal-scuttle hats high in front to cover the ears. Green velvet pokes with white mousseline strings tie under the chin, while other velvet pokes lack strings. Smarter hats rise high on the left with plumes bows and jewelled buckles, and nose hats with feathered sides remain in circulation.
A reader argues prosperity ends Free Silver as a means, not an end, asserting real prosperity would displace bimetallism. The letter defends monometallic concerns, cites historical and party positions, and dismisses calls for compromises as Democratic division by wealth influence. The piece concludes urging unity behind Bryan and opposing meddling by Hanna supporters.
In a Bryan era column, a reader argues that one political class opposes free silver while the Republican party remains committed to the single standard. The piece notes efforts to suppress silver and portrays party leaders as disciplined in pursuing monetary policy.
Daily menu outlines breakfast and supper items with fruits vegetables and beverages. A recipe list provides quantities for flour eggs butter milk and leavening agents for biscuits and lemon ice, credited to Miss Mary Barnes of South Main Street Milford.
The Boston Post offers a weekly five dollar prize for the best three meal bill of fare sent by women readers. Bills must read like a menu with concise preparation directions. Meals may be breakfast lunch and dinner or breakfast dinner and supper, for four to five people, with a weekly food limit of ten dollars for a family of five. The first contest ends November ninth, with subsequent Saturdays, and winning meals printed weekly. Send communications to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston. Rejected entries are not returned. Do not send stamps.
A miscellany reports Edward Bellamy moving from Chicopee to Denver for health. Constable J P Wooten fights moonshiners with a bulletproof steel shirt in Kentucky. anecdotes include a Washington servant’s racial slur retort, General Barker’s visit to the U S, Pinero naming origins, and a kneeling vow of a Cal woman whose husband’s sight was restored. Olifa Johnedottir, Icelandic temperance leader, visits Carlisle.
In a letter from Saugus dated September 15 James D Brown argues that genuine prosperity would end the free silver movement, noting diminished interest since the onset of prosperity and characterizing the movement as born in misery and kept in discontent.
In Reykjavik from native parents to generations of famous patriots, Olifa faced early loss, raised by kin amid national struggles. The Marquis of Bute plans a £100,000 restoration of Pluscarden Priory to revive a community, and Dr W H Drummond of Montreal, born in Dublin, is noted as a keen fisherman and chronicler of French Canadian dialects.
A reader condemns the miners killings as a cold blooded crime by Sheriff Martin and deputies, blaming judges for injunctions that barred assembly. The letter calls for holding officials accountable and ending government by injunction, noting Pennsylvania’s “black Friday” of blood. Provincetown, Sept. 14.
In Boston Sept 15, Streeter Wales reports that the West End Street Railway and Boston Elevated Railroad seek a 99 year contract under rights granted by the Legislature. The annual elected legislature cannot alter its terms once approved by railroad commissioners. The issue: whether the commissioners will permit the creature to outsize the creator.
A husband recalls a thirty five year marriage and a youthful romance with Constance in 1850. He left for California to seek fortune while she vowed fidelity. After years apart he learns a truth from a letter that reshapes his memories of love and loss. Laura Holbrook sends a lock of hair and a note from Nebula Falls New Hampshire.
Thankful thoughts filled the narrator as Jim discovers the late letter. Jack Earle realizes his folly and traces the past to Philadelphia. Constance forgives and vows lifelong love as they marry and begin anew together.
The Post offers weekly prizes for original short stories with ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars for four others. Female writers only receive prizes, though plot help may come from male relatives. Stories up to one thousand words on one side, with name and address, must be sent to the Short Story Editor in Boston.
The Maryland Republican State convention met in Paine's Hall Baltimore on Sept 15 to finalize work from Aug 25 Ocean City session. It praised national trade gains under GOP policy, backed a single standard Senator, and thanked Speaker Reed and Congress for backing McKinley. Philip L. Goldsborough was named comptroller and Allan Rutherford Montgomery county clerk of the Court of Appeals by acclamation. State Senator Norman B. Scott was elected state central committee chairman after Wellington resigned. Wellington will likely stay out of the campaign.
Dr Martin David Sheehan of Stoneham wed Miss Tillie MacDonald of Brookline yesterday at St Marys Church of the Assumption. Rev Father Morris officiated. The bride wore white satin with tulle veil and orange blossoms, given away by her grandfather Jeremiah Shea. Best man Edward P Sheehan, ushers George W Goode James Casey Joseph Driscoll James Driscoll. Reception at bride grandparents Whyte Place with floral decorand smilax bower.
Miss Evie Seaver and Mr Carlton Hicks, both residents of Boston, were married at the bride’s Adams street home. The gown was lans down white, pearl ornament gift from groom, and attendants wore white Swiss muslin with lace. Horatio Seavey marked his fortieth anniversary. A clock from Erie railroad clerks was among the presents.
Chicago officials announced that no quarantine will be declared against fever infected districts of the South. The Board of Health decided the yellow fever districts will be received in Chicago without question due to climatic conditions believed to prevent danger from that source.
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