Boston Post Publishing Details and Office Addresses
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Post Publishing Company
New York
Ofice
Broadway and
Wall Street
Bridgman, Birmingham & Co
Washington
Corcoran Building
Fifteenth Street
Financial and Commercial Departments Page Reference
The notice directs readers to locate the Financial and Commercial Departments on the sixth and seventh pages and the Ship News on the third page for related items.
Explorer Emin Pasha news confirms safety in Edinburgh letter
The Boston Post reports Henry M. Stanley’s Sept 4 1888 letter, published today from Edinburgh. It details Stanley’s wanderings and confirms the safety of Emin Pasha, refuting sensational rumors spread by Osman Digna. The seven months since the letter were written show no serious calamity to the men.
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Henry M. Stanley
Edinburgh
Emin Pasha
Osman Diena
President allows Senate to go home after tense session
The President has allowed the Senators to go home amid rising antagonism between the President and the Senate over patronage. The Halstead episode is seen as a key signal of wider conflict between the two agencies. Had the session continued, General Harrison’s prospects might have mirrored Garfield’s later difficulties under the same influence.
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Halstead
Senate
Harrison
Garfield
Merriman Backed For Civil Service Post By Dana Support
A report claims President Harrison prefers Man A Merriman for a civil service commissioner due to Charles A Dana’s strong recommendation. Dana’s efforts for Harrison’s election and Merriman’s civil service reform views are cited, with Merriman aligned with Samuel J Randall on war tariffs, making him a partisan suitable pick for the administration.
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Harrison
Truman A. Merriman
Charles A. Dana
Mr. Dana
Merriman
Dana
Samuel J. Randall
Mr. Merriman
Conservatives See Slight Gain In Kennington Loss
The Saturday Review argues the Kennington result is a Conservative setback despite a 217 vote gain amid a 1277 Liberal rise. It blames local factors and registration neglect, cites the Socialist rise as key, and notes John Arns’s return to the county council boosting socialist hopes, while calling the conclusion contested.
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Saturday Review
Kennington
Beauroy
Socialist Party
Gladstonians
Carters of
Canadian Trade and Annexation Views in a Goldwin Smith Letter
A London Times letter by Professor Goldwin Smith argues for closer US-Canada commercial ties over tariff barriers. He contends Canadian protectionism drains population, stifles Northwest settlement, and upholds a railway monopoly. He warns a wide US market could revitalize Canadian farms, mines, and forests while many manufacturers favor commercial union.
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London Times
Goldwin Smith
United States
Dominion
Smira
Canada
Manitoba
Northwest
Dakota
Smiruh
Ontario
Maritime Provinces
New England
Kana
Inter-Colonial Railway
Minnesota
England
Professor Smith
Question of Honest Politics in Hart Administration
An editorial critiques Mayor Hart for pushing a consolidated executive structure under the guise of streets board. It condemns changing names to dodge accountability, cites past sewer loan oversteps, and argues for upholding elected duties with transparent governance. It warns that such moves harm future honesty in politics and public trust.
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Hart
Committee On Cities
O’brien
State House
Michael Meehan
Board of Public Works
Harri
European squadron ships eye Samoa crisis in Atlantic routes
The article weighs deploying U S ships from the European squadron to Samoa. It notes Enterprise Lancaster Pensacola could reach Samoa via Suez, while Chicago Boston should have been dispatched to the Pacific. It argues replacing Franklin's Med fleet with new steel cruisers and potentially sending ironclads like Deutschland or Sachsen may be needed, and suggests readying Charleston within two months to strengthen the squadron.
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Mediterranean
Apia
Enterprise
Nipsic
Zanzibar
Suez
Red Sea
Lancaster
Pensacola
Richmond
Samoa
Chicago
Boston
Pacific
Atlantic
Franklin
United States
Germany
Learning Toward Freedom of Trade Moves by Two Peoples
The two peoples are learning and moving in the same direction toward freedom of trade, signaling a shared path to economic openness and mutual benefit.
Memorial Fund for Paine H. Wetewts Heroic Journalism Call
A memorial fund for Paine H. Weteu education of his children is proposed with broad support. The tribute lauds his journalism and humor, noting his brave continued work despite illness. Contributions are being collected locally and via the New York Evening Post treasurer E. P. Craix.
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Paine H. Weteu
Wetcu
Hoop
New York
Post
E. P. Craix
New York Evening Post
Critics and Chivalry in Mr BucHANAN’s View
The piece presents Mr R Buchanan lambasting critics of the modern age, especially the Modern Young Man, arguing chivalry is fading under their influence. It cites his London Telegraph discussion on Is Chivalry Still Possible and recalls a satirical line about a Yankee’s reaction to critics.
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Mr. Buchanan
Yankee
John P. Robinson
Gastronomic Club in Oxford Street Delivers World Fare
Bon-vivants in London gain a new club experience with a Gastronomic Club on Oxford Street offering practical knowledge of global living without travel. It opened with an Italian dinner limited to Rome and Florence dishes and wines, served by subjects of King Humperty. The plan promises variety as nations are explored, though China and India may test how the crowd supports native meals.
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London
Oxford Street
Rome
Florence
Humperty
Columbia College approves women annex plan for Barnard College
Trustees sanction co education at Columbia College and outline an annex for women to become Barnard College in honor of a former Columbia president. The project is presented as a modest start akin to Harvard’s early annex, with broader scope anticipated.
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Columbia College
Barnard College
Columbia
Harvard
Death of Tyler B. King in Bermuda and tribute from Boston
This obituary recalls Tyler B. King a respected Boston lawyer who died in Bermuda while seeking health. It notes his professional dedication, love of nature especially the White Mountains, and social life at the St Botolph Club. His studies in Paris and Leipzig earned him an LL.D and an assistant professorship. He was modest, genial, and devoted to family. The note closes with a reader’s interesting glimpse into an 1817 issue of The American Monthly Magazine.
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Tyler B. King
Bermuda
Mr. King
Boston
White Mountains
Mt. Washington
St. Botolph Club
Vermont Hills
American Monthly
Critical Review
Alabama
Mobile
Blakely
Tombigbee
Kentucky
Louisville
Ohio
Mississippi
David Holmés
George Poindexter
Congress
Beet Weight and a Prophet Sect Stir Readers
A beet reportedly weighed twenty four and a half pounds including its top while a new religious sect is led by a prophet said to have not changed his clothes for seven years. The editor suspects the aim is to recruit followers and form a western settlement like Jemima Wilkinson's New York venture. A review of an English book on the United States is promised for tomorrow.
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Jemima Wilkinson
New York
United States
Cleveland
Metropolis
St. Louis
Hicks
Peru
Republic of Peru
John Hicks
South America
Pacific Ocean
Oshkosh
Die Walkure at the Boston Theatre heads crowd for second night
The Boston Theatre hosted a crowded second night of Die Walkure part of the Nibelung enlied with Grienauer stepping in for the ill Fischer. Reviews praise Seidl and the orchestra, while Kalisch and Kalisch-Lehmann receive strong acclaim for Siegmund and Sieglinde. Brunnhilde, however, receives criticism for Triloff and Meislinger’s performance.
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Boston
Hedwig Reil Gerhilde
Fees
Frau
Sedlmayer Orlinde
Ran Goettich
Miron
Lobe
Hermann Kretzchiar
Siegmund
Sieglinde
Brunnhilde
Wagner
Wotan
Siegfried
Seich
Herr Kalisch
Valkfre
Frau Kalisch-Lehmann
Herry Kalisch
Franz Triloff
Herr Grienauer
Frau Meissinger
Hunding
Babylonian Contract Tablets Exhibit at Harvard
Professor Lyon closed his Harvard lecture with a tour of Babylonian contract tablets from the Salisbury collection. The tablets record lending, renting, selling, marriages, wills, and lawsuits with witnesses and dates. The British Museum holds around 40,000 such works and Strassmaier has published 1134 Nabonidus tablets while Nebuchadnezzar reigns are ongoing study.
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Harvard
Lyon
Stephen Salisbury
Harvard Divinity School
British Museum
J. N. Strassmaier
Babylon
Strassmaier
Nebuchadnezzar
B. C
Salisbury
London
Sippar
Abu Habba
E. F. Mason
Nabopolassar
Nergalsharezer
Nabonidus
Prairie fires devastate towns across Dakota and Minnesota
A Yankton report says Volin in Dakota burned tonight destroying the station agent's house, depot, two dwellings, a large flooring mill and barns with losses over ten thousand dollars. Jackson county Minnesota suffered fire damage to Lucius Heine's property. Andover records A E Swan residence saved only by quick exits. Mt Pleasant in Mitcherty saw its business district and many homes burned, the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul depot and freight cars destroyed, leaving about a hundred families homeless and destitute with losses near three hundred thousand.
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St. Paun
Minn
Volin
Here
Jackson County
Minnesota
Lucius Heine
Jackson
Andover
Dak
A. E. Swan
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Cambridge Aldermen Consider Fountain and Park Petition
Cambridge aldermen referred Edgecomb Blatchford’s offer of a $1000 drinking fountain for Craigie and Brattle streets to a committee. Police report found no charge to officers White and Murray. Broadway paving from Main to Brewery approved. Sewer cooperation with Somerville authorized. Joint hearing on public park at Charles River flats and Captain’s Island. Common Council adopts a nine hour day for city laborers five days a week and eight on Saturday.
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Cambridge
Edgecomb Blatchford
Craigie
Brattle
White
Murray
Broadway
Main
Brewery
Somerville
Bridge Street
Charles River
Captain’s Island
David Buckley
R. O. Fuller
Alderman Ball
Edward Kendall
Henry Sanborn
Winslow
Common Council
Thomas Jefferson Banquet at Salem
The Democrats of Salem held a banquet at the Essex House in honor of Jeffersons 144th birthday with about sixty gentlemen present. Speeches were given by J F Dean D B Kimball J W Corcoran Samuel Roads L E Miller D B Lord P B Lindsey John B Jones T A Devine Edwin O Foster J OBrien and others. A First Church meeting debated consolidation but decided to maintain its identity and to seek unity with other churches only as a conference. There are four Unitarian churches in Salem with two pastors. A Princeton despatch reports Dr McCosh improving and near recovery after a very feeble but comfortable rest.
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Sieglinde
Capellmeister Seidl
Germany
Seidl
Herr Alvary
Siegfried
Arthur Weld
Thomas Jefferson
Salem
Sauter
Specral
Essex House
J. F Dean
D. B. Kimball
J. W. Corcoran
Samuel Roads
L. E. Miller
D. B. Lord
P. B. Lindsey
John 8. Jones
T. A. Devine
Edwin O. Foster
J. O’brien
Jokes and jabs from old papers on law and society
A collage of quips from 19th century newspapers mocking politics fashion and manners. References include New York Legislature Philadelphia politicians the Eaton style and a nondescript editor in Oshkosh with a humorous misread of Peruvian geography. The piece parodies public figures and daily life through witty exchanges and cartoons.
Welch Memorial Fund Provokes Public Drive for Education Trust
The death of humorist Philip H. Welch inspires a memorial fund to educate his four young children. Edward P. Clark, treasurer at The Evening Post, handles remittances while editors and religious leaders back the effort. Publicity is urged to reach nationwide contributors beyond journalists and readers.
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N. ¥. Evening Post
Philip H. Welch
Grant
Frederick
Mr. Welch
Welch
New York Sun
Packs
Life
Epoch
Edward P. Clark
The
Evening Post
New York
Rh. W. Gilder
Century Magazine
L.S. Metcalf
Forum
Lyman Abbott
Christian Union
Dramatic Notes on Boston Theatre Week Schedule
This morning seats go on sale for Robert Elsmere at Hollis Street Theatre with Vanderfelt Sullivan W H Thompson Harwood and Doroth y Dorr Effie Shannon. Margaret Mather presents Leah the Forsaken at Boston Theatre and Romeo and Juliet in the evening. Said Pasha comic opera opens next week at Globe Theatre. Philip Shea treasurer of Park Theatre hosts a benefit Monday night. A Brass Monkey enters its third and final week with Shea’s friends likely attending.
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Robert Elsmere
Hollis Street
Messrs. Vanderfelt
Sullivan
W. H. Thompson
Harwood
Said Pasha
Globe Theatre
Philip Shea
Park Theatre
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Milk
Washington Street
Secretary of the Navy
Massachusetts
Provident Institution For Savings
Maine
Indiana
Brighton
Agricultural Society
Gorham Parsons
Brooklyn
Brookline
Charlies Tracy
Galen
Stephen Williams
Northborough
Waltham
Joshua Little
Newbury
Vermont
Princeton
N. J
Tommy
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
N. Y
Welch Memorial Fund
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