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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1897
Page
4
Public notice declares no one is authorized to solicit contributions for the Post Sick Baby Fund. No individuals or groups are approved to seek donations on its behalf. Authorities warn residents to avoid unverified solicitations and report any requests.
The investigation into alleged bribery of City Council members over school desk contracts in Fall River exonerates all accused. The reviewing committee’s unanimous report dismisses corruption claims and calls for withdrawing general insinuations about Massachusetts city governance.
Commissioner Curtis proposes replacing the department issue helmets. The new 1.90 dollar helmet would be sold at 2.50 to officers, allowing 3.40 dollar helmets to be reduced to the same price. Critics say the scheme shifts 50 cents from old helmet buyers to cover a bad bargain and questions the commissioner's motives after a costly foreign trip.
The Atlantic Monthly marks four decades as a Boston institution with enduring vigor and high literary standards. It has shaped American literature, entertaining and instructing readers while remaining closely tied to the city’s progress and reputation.
In a defense of President Kruger the article portrays him as a world figure of strict justice and equity. It characterizes the critique against him as the snarl of curs toward a wounded lion.
The article argues that a Chicago to New York elevated electric road could reach speeds of one hundred miles per hour with potential to hit two hundred later. It foresees a railroad revolution, notes rapid progress in electrical propulsion and elevated track concepts, and predicts the century could end with ultra-fast intercity trains becoming a reality.
The Observant Citizen reports Dr. L. R. Clements of Brookline has postponed a Klondike journey to March and secured a partner. She will not receive further callers or reply to incoming letters about business partnerships, noting letters come from across Massachusetts Maine Rhode Island and beyond.
The writer laments paving needs in School Street for a pneumatic postal tube path and asks for a statistician to estimate past city costs of delays. He notes the tearing down of scaffolding before Tremont burial grounds and claims three newspapers debate the removal as a result of their urging, calling it wonderful influence.
Poem by Sidney M. Lean speaks of unrest and an immortal spirit bound within each human breast. It notes that even Christ faced loneliness while people turned away, yet He remained calm amid life’s trials. The tender human heart seeks sympathy, clinging to the hope of divine ministerial comfort.
Massachusetts calls for restoring the Constitution to resemble her prime, honoring naval history. The centennial launching approaches and officials should assure that Old Ironsides, now moored at Charlestown, is transformed from a steel ship to the heroic fighting vessel our founders admired.
A London press reaction to President Kruger’s illness is sharply critical, claiming the disease will kill him within months. The piece portrays Kruger as a lion defendingSouth Africa’s liberties and notes British optimism for a future Jameson raid if he dies.
The article notes President McKinley’s favorite tune Toursana Lou later corrected to Louisiana Lou. Miss Katherine Huntington of Canton, a society woman with theatrical aims, taught him the melody and she and other young women visiting the White House led him to request Louisiana Lou.
A visiting musician praised Miss Huntington as a national tune after meeting her in Canton and sharing the idea for a song. The item then shifts to Madrid planning a statue for the murdered premier Canovas del Castillo and notes varied brief biographical snippets from diplomas to appointments.
Alfred Henry Lewis and Julian Edwards, noted writers, are staying at the Parker House, joined by William H. Underwood of Buffalo and A. E. Strout of Portland, a Maine lawyer. Mrs. C. T. Bowle and her daughters accompany the Bowle youth from the Peary expedition. Reverend W. R. Thomas, a New York divine, is at Copley Square with 8. H. Bowker, head of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association. Mrs. Eugene Hale and her mother are at the Brunswick.
Yesterday the thirty third degree Masons of the Scottish Rite held the second session. The morning was brief with no notable business. An excursion with ladies to Nahant by rail to Lynn and wagonettes featured a fish dinner. Return came at 4 15. In the evening session the sovereign grand commander named the committees for the next three years.
A Nova Scotia shoreline tale centers on Mary Ann, a fisherman's daughter, who loves James, but her dying mother reveals James is her half-brother. The couple never marries. Mary Ann’s life is brief and James remains a respected figure.
The Post announces weekly prizes for original short stories including ten dollars for first, five for second, and two dollars each for four others. Winners named each Sunday and paid by mail Monday for stories from the prior week. Entries limited to female writers with name and address. anonymous entries not allowed.
The article describes transforming summer silk shirtwaists into blouselike bodices using yokes and vests of sheer materials and spangles. Examples include a brown green shot taffeta piece with cream guspure collar and a yellow silk vest, and a cardinal nut veiling with lace, jet bead patterning, and ribbon stock.
Breakfast items include Grapes Rolled Arena and Cream Mutton Chops Baked Sweet Potatoes Graham Gems Hot Raised Biscuit Coffee. Dinner features Bean Soup roast beef onions macaroni green corn tomato celery salad fruit pudding bread potatoes tea. Supper offers Cold mined Beef potato salad oval baking powder biscuit peaches and cream chocolate cake with detailed recipe, credited to Mrs George F Macdonald of Melrose Highlands.
Weather forecasters warn a mature storm from Florida is likely to strike Boston today with hurricane signals flying and rain heavy. A 50 mph winds forecast, rough seas port, but clearing may arrive tomorrow as ships have prepared for the storm.
The Boston Post invites women readers to submit a three meal per day bill of fare with concise preparation directions. Bills should cover breakfast lunch and dinner or equivalent, for four to five persons, under $1 per week. First contest ends Nov 9. winners printed weekly. mail to Cooking Editor, the Post, Boston. Do not send stamps.
A collage of light readings and jokes opens with a tale of a woman finding a hat tag reading reduced to 6s 113-40 after leaving a church. Humorous exchanges follow about American inventiveness and a wife’s complaints echoing her father’s excuses. The Boston and Albany Railroad announces its annual New York excursion on Oct 6 with a scenic Berkshire Hills route and options to return by Oct 6 or stay until Oct 8 for $5 fare.
The recount of the Democratic caucus in Ward 3 last week flipped the warden race for Charles S. Sullivan by 78 votes after a 60 vote defeat. Sullivan gained 138 recount votes, while other officers largely remained as initially counted, leaving Corbett supporters dominating the caucus offices except for the clerk.
Joseph Dunne of Boston City Hospital rode toward Cambridge on the Harvard bridge when a piano team driven by William M. Hunter of Roxbury allegedly came from the opposite side at high speed and struck him. Dunne sustained severe back and arm injuries and a badly cut face and was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
The New England Printer notes a memorable Post Chapel Labor Day parade with thousands along the route. A Niagara battleship eagle prop loaned by Secretary John D Long and band music from Leopold Morse & Co. marked the event. Jim Morris as Uncle Sam and Harry Barker as our devil drew attention among spectators and staff. The organizing committee received thanks, and Superintendent Noble praised by his men for parading.
Frank A. Garvin and Margaret E. Rogers were married yesterday at 460 o'clock in the parochial residence of St. Columbkille's Church Brighton by Rev Father Cullen. Bridesmaid Martha E. Garvin and best man William D. Garvin supported the couple who received many presents. A reception followed at 164 Market Street Brighton.
The steam yacht Oneida with Commodore Benedict aboard has reached Gray Gables Buzzard's Bay Massachusetts for a brief fishing visit. The vessel will likely stay until next Tuesday to transfer Mr and Mrs Cleveland and family back to New York.
A letter to the Post recalls boarding the Constitution at the Navy Yard around noon, the author as the first woman aboard, noting the sailors’ mop parade and her pride in Old Ironsides as a historic emblem. The writer, born in Boston, expresses enduring affection for the frigate’s legacy.
The tenth annual National Brewery Workmen convention enjoyed a harbor cruise aboard the steamer J. Putnam Bradley arranged by Mayor Quincy. Notables on board included Bechtold Kurzenkaub Pierce Loud Timilty O'Sullivan Tracy Lloyd Murphy O'Donnell Pritchard Sheehan Garrity Knee land Monaghan and others from Carpenters Bartenders Central Labor Union and related unions. The convention will reconvene at 8 am this morning.
Members of the Suburban Bank Cashiers Association gathered at the Quincy House for an informal dinner. BH P Hatch of First National Bank of West Newton presided, with B Hill of Bath National Bank as guest. J G Cannon of New York could not attend. One new member, W D Lucy of Athol Bank, Athol Mass, was elected.
Hon Gamaliel Bradford asserts the movement has helped free silver and estimates that more than $1,000,000 would be aided by its continuation. He speaks on national impact and the financial scale of silver policy.
Hon Gamaliel Bradford issues a campaign address to Democrats, arguing the Latimer Pennsylvania miners shooting marks a dangerous class conflict and urging Massachusetts to focus on strong, impartial state government over currency or tariff fights. He recalls Civil War parallels and emphasizes timely action ahead of the Sept. 30 Faneuil Hall convention.
The City of Pekin arrives with Hawaii news showing the Hawaiian Congress ratified the annexation treaty on September 10 with no opposition. The Senate had adjourned briefly due to the death of ex-Senator G. Rhodes. the September 9 session lasted under two hours, and the treaty was presented and ratified without dissent.
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