17 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1897
Page
1
Boston trails as Baltimore and New York duel for a share of the lead. Tables show Boston must win five of eleven remaining games and sweep key series to force a tie for the Temple Cup while New York would need a dominant run to oust Boston from contention.
The Giants defeated the Red Sox in a pivotal pennant battle, a loss that likely costs Boston the championship. Boston played with grit, but Klobedanz's indifferent pitching hindered the effort as New England baseball fans watched a title slip away.
The narrative centers on President Freedman of the New Yorks, sharply dressed in Fifth Avenue style as he strolls the South End grounds after guiding the Giants to the pennant. His fashionable cane and tailored wardrobe draw attention amid the crowd and game-day atmosphere.
The passage notes dramatic Boston evolution over seventy five years. It mentions the former Hotel Touraine site housing a birthplace of Charles Francis Adams and recalls that the Public Library stands on land that was marsh and water in 1822.
In Mexico City on September 16 during Independence Day ceremonies Ignacio Amifo, a violent notary clerk, assaulted President Diaz. A massive crowd urged lynching as gendarmes detained him. Pradillo and Monasterio acted to subdue the attacker. He was bound and confined without weapons found.
In a grim incident on Washington street two newsboys Simon Davis and Abraham Saperstein played with a pocket knife. A blow in the abdomen from the blade left Abraham fatally injured as onlookers and friends rushed to aid him. The event ended with the boy dying soon after at the station. Both boys were well known playmates and their deaths shock the neighborhood.
Forecast for Friday shows showers and much cooler conditions in New England and eastern New York with winds turning northwesterly for Friday and Saturday.
A compact comparison of Boston from 1822 to 1897 outlining population, tax rate per thousand, enrolled voters, per capita government cost, and street railway mileage. The spotlight falls on Josiah Quincy as the leading citizen in both eras.
Boston celebrates the 75th anniversary of adopting its city charter with a public address by Mayor Quincy in the Common Council Chamber. The gathering will honor past mayors and city leaders, noting Josiah Quincy’s era and early Boston life as Greater Boston formed.
Final returns from Boston’s fourth councillor district show John H Sullivan ahead with 116 delegates from wards 2 6 9 10 11 12 18 19 and 25 securing nomination while Ward 2 Alderman W J Donovan wins the senatorial fight Ward 6 conference vote near 474 448 for rival T J Murphy versus C J Gallagher Sughrue is injured during wardroom turmoil and ward 19 reports Sullivan capture of the councillor delegation at 2 10 am with Ward 8 Ward 9 Ward 14 undecided and Gore Drohan reconciliation noted all amid a generally orderly caucus
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