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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1884

Page

2

Bengali translations of Wilkie Collins novels praised

The Bengali public will gain richer imagination as Collins works circulate widely. The New York Times notes no action by the publisher is needed before the public, while remarking that Mr. Keifer bears an ineffaceable brand and should be noted on his political tombstone for meeting Mr. Hayes.

Wilkie Collins New York Times John J. Sullivan Galveston Boston Rianthimes Pierce New York Bartholdi Philadelphia Morrison’s Henry Dakota Revolver Bowie Northwest Marquis de Mores Duc de Vallombrosa George L. Brown Williams & Everett Beach Hill Plymouth N. H Moody Merrill Mr. Brown Regnault Achilles Museu of Fine Arts Providence Biot Srailroad Trans Shore Line Stor ‘Ingto Pawtucket Return Peter and Hebronville Attleboro Heaturn North Attleboro Mansfield Lyn One East Foxboro Taxon Heturn Canton Junction Heeturn Readville Moe Hyde Park Mit. Howe Clarendon Hills Forest Hills Sanaion Plain Boyviston H Roxbury Salerno D'S Hull England New York and New England Apset Geo Fitzroy Palermo Tain GHO W. Preston Stave Street

Obie Reconsidered as Condolence Follows Floods and Chaos

The Washington Star notes Obie once seen as a state worthy of congratulations and now viewed to evoke condolence. It laments her troubled times marked by floods along rivers, Keifer in Congress, and mobs at Cincinnati, suggesting deeper woes remain.

Washington Star Obie Keifer Congress Cincinnati Pittsburg Allan Royal Mail Line Waldensian Glasgow Portland Liverpool Airfax Londonderry Boston Accer Leve & Alden Washington Street Charles V. Casey Broad Street Spott Hi RK. A. A. Allan SA State State St. Warren & CO Norseman Kansas Missouri Borderer Warkren & CO Post Office Square

Cameron Defends Tilden Age in Campaign Interview

Uncle Simon Cameron answers questions in a campaign interview. He says Mr. Tilden is not too old to run for the presidency. Cameron, over 85, would not consider himself too old to take the presidency if offered.

Simon Cameron Mr. Tilden Cameron

Closing of S Nicholas of New York Hotel Recalled in History

Records of the S Nicholas of New York mark 32 years as a social hub housing statesmen, authors, artists, scholars, and soldiers. It hosted northern and southern visitors before the war and served as Gen Wool’s headquarters during draft riots. A country elder recalled his first visit, saying he stayed at S Nicholas's tavern.

Thes Nicholas New York Wool S. T. Nicholas’s

Ames Loses Minneapolis Mayoral Race to Pillsbury

The piece argues Mayor Ames failed amid a crime and gambling boom under his tenure and credits Republican George A. Pillsbury, a former Concord mayor, with victory. It notes Minneapolis’ Republican lean but political shift toward Democrats, praising Pillsbury’s New England civic background and two-term mayoralty in Concord.

Amies Ames Minneapolis St. Paul George A. Pillsbury Concord N. H Lsit

Lincoln's merit questioned in VP talk tying to father

The piece argues the Republican reliance on sentiment over merit in nominating Robert T. Lincoln for vice president or even president. It notes Lincoln is a decent, capable young man but contends he relies on his distinguished father. It suggests many could fill Secretary of War or vice presidency, and warns against elevating a young man solely due to his father's fame.

Edmunds Electoral Commission Rutherford B. Hayes William A. Wheeler Republican Party Robert T. Lincoln Lincoln Curtis Club Lincoln Jas Washington Ralph W. Curtis J. Eastman Chase Curtis Carolus Duran Paris Pergola Villa Ve Florence Williams & Everett Boston Jacque Richet Victor Dupre Jacomin Boddington Zieme Jean Beraud Adolphe Jourdan Munich Dusseldorf Claus Schreyer Raybet Edouard Frere de Neuville Meyer von Bremen Burnier Groll Charles Sprague Pearce John A. Lowell & Co

Bayard Described as Lively Democratic Patriot and Law Mentor

Fifteen years ago Hon Thomas F Bayard was a private lawyer with a large practice and trusted by clients judges and juries. As a U S senator he is praised as a fearless fighter against Grant era centralization and corruption and a sturdy defender of democracy guiding constitutional reform. His birthright as a Democrat and sacred trust frame a portrait of manly straightforward patriotism.

Thomas F. Bayard United States Grant Republic

Chang-Puck and the white elephant tale in New York

A miscellany of humorous clips and notices from various papers. The entry recounts the white elephant Chang-Puck, a Siamese wonder, and pokes light fun at misprints, political comments, odd local curiosities, and forthcoming celestial events including lunar and solar eclipses. The items mix satire, anecdotes, and small-town scandal with brief notices from multiple newspapers.

Progress of Wilmington colored schools and Blair error

A Boston Post correspondent reports Wilmington's four public schools, two white and two colored, detailing enrollment, funding, and the shift to private pay schools. It notes Williston and Peabody colored schools with strong teacher quality, and argues Senator Blair misread local education by citing 1882 figures.

Wilmington Blaire E Marchieheader Boston Post N. C United States Senate Post North Carolina Blair New Hampshire Tileston Hemingway Boston American Missionary Society South Peabody Williston Tie Payay Howe Philadelphia Emma Hooper Hampton Institute Gen. Armstone Hampton Institute New England Raleigh Concord American Missionary Association New York Gregory Marblehead Mass Wm. H. Thrall Illinois D. D. Dodge Young Men’s Christian Association of James Sprunt North

Lumber and coopering outputs from Maine mills noted in winter

Bangor Commercial reports piles of railroad ties and stock east of Bangor as crews clear winter debris. Basin mills run on short lumber with 100 plus workers. George Walker & Co. plant 700k ft long lumber, 500k laths, 2.5M staves annually. Others: E E Coombs in Franklin 1M shingles and 2.5M staves. Eben Chapman Gilhead 300k ft pine from gale damage. Hamlin Co Portland 2.5M staves and 1.5M hoops per year.

Maine Central Railroad Bangor Bangor Commercial Basin Mills James Walker & Co Great Britain W.h.card Alden Brook Aroostook County E. E. Coombs Franklin Eben Chapman Gilhead E.S. Hamlin & Co Portland

One-Legged Entertainers Hire Bowery Bootblack

Two young men with one leg each received bootshines from a Bowery bootblack yesterday. After finishing, one gifted a nickel to the boy. The boy said the pair are regular customers and that he earns more when they are apart, since he then gets three cents per shine.

New York Sun Bowery

A Quiet Churchyard By The Restless Sea In Memory

Across the waste of years the narrator recalls a green churchyard by the restless sea. In memory it remains a calm refuge where the dead rest undisturbed by storms or tides, even as shipwrecks bring pale women to the shore and silent figures are laid to rest.

Chambers’ Journal

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