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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1888
Page
4
Sub handout lists milk prices and a one year subscription option with six month and three month rates. The readable text mentions Milk near Washington Street and subscription terms though full figures are not shown.
A Boston weekend scene covers a bustling horse auction on Friend Street with lively bids and a few sarcastic quips from auctioneers. The writer also surveys public library drawing changes by McKim Mead & White, City Hall tower lines, bank paper finds, a Cab Company fare rise, and a Sunday Art Museum crowd including Chinamen and Italians amid colorful street life.
The feature outlines current weekly attractions at Boston theatres including Museum Hollis Street and Park listings with Mme Modjeska in Camille and Twelfth Night. It notes future cast changes at the Museum with I M Pitt and Viola Allen joining, plus plans for Rosy reorganization and possible departures of Hudson and Coulter.
A dense collage with mentions of Connecticut stone fences, Anthony Comstock, the International Congress of Women, Hartford mayoral nods, ostrich prices, Mrs James Brown Potter, Easter gaiety, a brass monkey play, Pennsylvania tariff debates, a funeral coupon design, Chauncey M Depew plans, Cleveland suppers, London humor, a bearded forecast from Horace Johnson, tin plate taxes, Chicago culture, a Western Europe joke, an English butter analysis, and Michael J. Kellys forthcoming play book.
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The note indicates Financial and Commercial Departments reside on the sixth and seventh pages while Ship News appears on the third page. This describes the paper's internal section organization and page distribution.
Congressman LopGE will address the Harvard Finance Club in Sanders Theatre on the tariff question this evening. The audience is expected but not fully sympathetic due to his shift from a moderate tariff reformer in early 1880s to Home Market Club ideas in 1888. He should explain his personal journey, contrasting experience with theory.
The minority report on the tariff reports a retreat by high tariff forces from their prior stance in Congress. It laments committee obstruction and argues for open debate on tariff reform. The piece notes gains over last year as Randall and Republicans limited discussion previously.
The Treasury approves the Saltonstall plan to meet emergency funds for revenue collection. The late binding still allows restoring the workforce to its former size today, preventing business disruption. Congress is expected to cover the remaining appropriation deficiency relevant to urgent work relied upon by the business community.
Mr H K Thurber, president of United States and Brazil Steamship Co, asks Congress to allow larger compensation for mail carriage to South America. He argues government should pay service value, not just revenue from postage, noting Postmaster General's current contract limits are too low. He cites a likely future postal surplus and favors investing excess in steam line subsidies, opening ports to trade with Brazil and other nations. Brazil's foreign commerce totals $200,090,000 yearly, with only $11,900,000 reaching the United States.
The article analyzes how tariffs tied to a broader trade war threaten American industries and consumer costs. It notes effects on imports and exports, potential shifts in employment, and calls for policy reconsideration amid mounting international tensions.
The article analyzes France amid ministerial overthrow, Boulangist influence, and political fault lines. It argues Boulang er’s real power is limited, calls for cautious constitutional revision, and predicts possible dissolution or stable minority government, while noting Senate restraint and Republican persistence.
The President points to a long standing defect in civil service classification. He urges extending the classified service to more grades to prevent evasion of exams and reduce laxity in appointments. Even limited uniform classification would curb evasions, though extending jurisdiction over all grades is favored.
The article weighs the likely impact of Friedrich III’s health on Germany’s future, noting Wilhelm II’s chances to shape reform versus absolutist tendencies. It cites liberal and socialist sentiment in Berlin, warns that a soldierly prince may clash with reform presses, and highlights tensions with France and Britain amid political uncertainty.
An aged public figure reflects on Germany’s path as the coming emperor shapes the nation’s future, suggesting a dim outlook and a long road ahead for the empire’s direction.
The article attacks Mr Arnold for his negative take on American civilization in his Nine teenth Century essay. It mocks his claims that luxury and cab fares shape judgments, praises Lincoln, laments American newspapers, and criticizes cultural neglect, ending with a jab at a modern sea drama trend.
The Democratic party’s control has driven many Republicans to embrace civil service reform, a shift unseen before. The Louisville Courier Journal notes the cross party awakening to reform in government staffing.
The Springfield Republican notes that none of the state officers resign over alleged salary inadequacy. It argues that replacements could be filled at the same pay, urging lawmakers to slow down and reconsider the approach.
The gigantic sugar trust announces a 21 percent dividend on 45 million dollars of stock, largely watered as five months earnings, while it controls raw sugar prices and fixes refined price levels. The critique says growers are squeezed and consumers overcharged, with legislators remaining silent.
The Times of Indiana argues that farmers cannot force wheat prices higher but can cut costs by breaking up trusts. They suggest reducing tariffs on refined sugar and steel rails, and lowering plow and implement prices, with a voting trust as the only relief mechanism.
The National Academy of Design in New York opened its annual show with broad realisms, life studies, and increased portraits and figures. Noted critics call it the best in the Academy's history, with 698 works on display including statues, bas-reliefs, pastels, and oils.
Private secretary to Henry Clay, John B. Fry, resides in Sidney New York aged about seventy. Herbert Spencer writes three hours daily and plays billiards for recreation. St Simeon s Mission Church in Philadelphia to begin soon as memorial to Bishop Stevens. A E Judevine of Hardwick Vermont leaves one quarter of his estate to Porlington University valued around two hundred thousand. Miss C Alice Baker of Cambridge appointed honorary member of the Montreal Numismatic and Antiquarian Society and asked to send historical essays to the Dominion Archives. Her paper My Hunt for the Captives read Feb 25 before Deerfield Historical Society received praise. S B Elkins plans a large country house in Franklin West Virginia near Deer Park with a central two story hall and huge fireplace. his daughter has been traveling in Syria for about a year.
A voice on tariff and labor argues wages hinge on protection. Statement from Joseph H. Walker and Alanson W. Beard notes benefits to all classes from industry prosperity. Benjamin Butterworth urges workers to focus on bread and meat. The Labor Leader recounts Boston sewing girls facing tyranny, prison like shops, and envelopes showing $450 for two weeks’ work.
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