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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1890
Page
4
The Boston Post states annual publication details for second class matter and advises all sent money be made payable to the Post Publishing Company. It warns that all funds travel at the sender’s risk and applies to checks drafts and money orders.
The Berlin Conference issues strong labor reforms including no child labor, shorter hours, no Sunday work, and miner protections, but lacks enforcement authority. Across Europe, strikes erupt as authorities struggle with the McKinney bill and regional industrial tensions rise. Northern Georgia plans a June 18 convention to address the South, while Russia faces internal revolt and Britain looks to reframe relations with France.
The New York Times London correspondent portrays the Czar as paralyzed by rage and terror amid growing unrest. Frederic calls him obstinate and obtuse, unable to manage a society in upheaval, relying on fear and harsh repression as dissent rises.
The piece denounces the Ohio redistricting dispute and GOP attempts to nullify state law via a new bill. It notes the ex post facto risk and the House clerk’s role in certifying elections. It also weighs Pan American talks on a common value silver coin and bimettalist views shaping future policy.
A Reconstruction era opinion argues that Blaine McKinley ties to force South American reciprocity through tariffs on hides, despite protests. It notes Argentina Brazil and others rely on raw hides imports totaling over 25 million dollars annually, warning that treaty promises would harm U S interests while exposing political rifts over protectionism.
The piece rebuts claims of a Blaine McKinney Harrison conspiracy and argues the Republican tariff bill is coherent, stressing the wool and hides taxes. It notes Western farmers’ demands and warns that treaty concessions would undermine protection, appease New England Republicans, and set free wool and other goods.
The piece praises a director of public works concept to unify control over street excavations and road resurfacing. It advocates building on the superintendent of streets foundation, extending supervision to private franchisees, bridges, and ferries, while preserving current street commissioners duties. It warns against piping all streets and emphasizes phased, economical development.
The proposal argues for a dedicated public works department with a formal appointment process equal to other city heads. It supports indefinite tenure for the director and subordinates, rather than fixed terms, and suggests starting the act with the financial year 1891, aligned with a Dorchester public meeting.
A Cambridge correspondent refutes The New York World’s claim that Harvard costs force students to be wealthy. The piece defends catalog figures, notes scholarships totaling about 250 dollars per year, and explains room, board, and book costs. It argues many scholarships aid general students and that overall funds meet four years of study. The article also mentions a Women’s Press Club discussion on marriage.
The piece argues newspaper men make strong husbands and praises London Punch for a vivid cartoon Dropping the Pilot by TENNIEL showing the young Emperor with BISMARCK as pilot. It notes Major-General Miles earns praise for promotion and recounts a Kings County Almshouse superintendent who used inmate labor to dig sandhills, with many choosing not to work.
In Boston Roxbury locals protest the planned widening of Guildrow opening into Dudley Street, fearing loss of the church grounds and elms. The Universalist Church sits on land with ties to Governor Dudley and historic fortifications, gardens, and a 1640 guest list.
Dr. Barto expected home from California this month. Explorer captains Casato and Pinto voyage from Zanzibar to Rome and Lisbon. Mrs Kendal and Miss Eastlake plan Impressions of America books. A Robert Garrett set for Europe on the 19th. Edison portrait by A A Anderson to Salon in Paris. Walt Whitman ill with la grippe. Dom Pedro improved and dining indoors at Cannes. Dupré sale yields 4000 for Return from Field and 8000 for a Corot. Carroll returns to Zanzibar after a three month Masailand hunt of 200 head game. Paris Saint-Saëns opera Ascanio praised Emma Eames for her performance with exquisite voice and striking Marguerite-like gowns.
The second day of the American Association for the Advancement of Physical Education convention in Huntington Hall featured papers on physical culture by Karl Zapt Newton W. Anderson and Luther Gulick. The Mechanics' Building Exhibition Hall hosted diverse gymnastic demonstrations from Boston Turnverein Allen gymnasium Newton High School Dana Hall Wellesley Malden High School and others before a crowd of about four thousand. The program included calisthenics mass routines with various implements Swedish free-standing education gymnastics and a parallel-bar finale led by Christian Union and Turnverein participants.
Review notes Miss Julian Marlowe's charming Galatea in Pygmalion and Galatea with praise for her naiveté and the doe scene. Eben Plympton’s Pygmalion earns notice. ensemble praised. Mentions upcoming performances and theatre notes including changes, fund benefits, and other productions.
Dr Chauncey M Depew argues that federal election laws cannot fix political evils seen in the South The piece notes his dry plain truth and warns against misreading his point The baseball craze in Boston draws 25000 residents away from work to watch two games signaling a national shift in pastime The Boston interest mirrors wider urban culture pushing toward the 19th century concept of culture and entertainment
A collage of excerpts references actors who smoke, Swinburne’s neckties, Egyptian relay of runaway slaves, Hudson admiring New York Harbor, a humorous exchange in Harper’s Bazar, Swiss university women finally matriculating, British health pills, Ella Wheeler Wilcox on marriage, Mark Twain and the copyright bill, a Massachusetts senator unknowingly missing a bill, and a Bostonian anecdote about a pending measure.
A religious poem by I. W. Parsoxa extols Jesus as Lord from Edom bringing freedom from death. It praises Rose of Sharon and Lily of the Valley, cites Davidic psalms, and envisions a morning of virgin voices and new life beyond mortal fear.
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