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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1891
Page
4
Public notice seeks information on distribution points
Any person who cannot bug The Post at news stands in Boston and neighboring cities, on street cars and railroad trains, or in other customary places, will oblige us by reporting the fact at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Amusements Today in Boston Theatres Listings
Tremont Theatre shows Poor Jonathan at 7 45. Hollis Street Theatre presents The Senator at 7 45. Glaze Theatre offers Beau Brummell at 4 45. Boston Theatre runs A Midnight Bell at 7 45. Boston Museum features New Lamps for Old and The Open Gate at 7 45. Park Theatre presents Jim the Penman at 7 45. Grand Operas House lists Redmund and Barry in Cuchillo at 2 and 7 45. Howard Allen’s troupe at 8. Grand Museum hosts drama and specialty from 1 to 10 30. Cycolrama of Jerusalem and Chopin recital by Vladimir de Pachmann at Chickering Hall. Sanpers Theatre shows Boston Symphony Orchestra at 9 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Theatre
Tremont Street
Rudolph Aronson
Comic Opera Company
Jonathan
Hols Street
Hollis Street
William H. Crane
the Senator
Glaze
Washington Street
Richard Mansfield
Boston Theatre
Boston Museum
Scollay Square
Cyclorama
Jerusalem
Chickering Hall
Vladimir de Pachmann
Sanpers’ Theatre
Cambridge
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sanders Theatre
Penson
Lena Little
de Pachmann
Levy
Tremont Temple
Kipling
Hotel Brunswick
Boston Singers’ Society
Boston Dost On a Billion Dollar Congress Debate
The American public considers what keeping a billion dollar Congress means. Congressman McMirrin says it costs $16 per minute since 1776 or $60 per hour since Christ. A Post correspondent notes this equals Boston’s 250 year city valuation, implying the Congress is costly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
McMirrin
Christ
Today’s Post
3Eed
A Troubling Alliance Between Republicans and Suffragists
The Massachusetts Republicans and Woman Suffragists formed a controversial alliance with unclear benefits for either side. At Tremont Temple, suffragists pressed hard on promises, prompting Congressman Horr to defend Republican positions, while suffragists demanded accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
Horr
Michigan
Presidents Free Trade Speech at Johnson City Criticizes Protective Principle
The President rails against protectionism in Johnson City remarks, arguing free trade has spread prosperity by uniting states. The speech praises regional growth and trade, while warning against lines of division between states. The analysis notes a dangerous admission that free trade has benefited all states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Johnson City
A Check to Two Evils in Senate Report
Senate reports a Public Health committee bill to curb sweating by supervising clothing workshop dwellings and requiring labels for goods made outside the state. A Mercantile Affairs bill targets bond investments by prohibiting deeds redeemable by numerical or arbitrary precedence without prior payment, risking charter status of the responsible corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Committee On Public Health
State Board of Health
Committee On Mercantile Affairs
Massachusetts Law Debars Foreign Firms and Fines
Massachusetts law or to be debarred from doing business in this state if a foreign corporation and also to be subject to fine. This, too, should be sufficient for the purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
The Age of Our Tax System in Colonial History
The Herald traces evolving taxation, noting Boston’s peak practice and 1643 New Plymouth enactment taxing inhabitants by goods lands and abilities. It cites William Minor Jr 1877 saying ancestral laws largely persist but recent conditions render old laws less fit for the purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New Plymouth
William Minor, Jr
Brooklyn Boys Protest Delay Reform in Navy Yards
The Brooklyn Republican General Committee met Tuesday with Franklin Woodruff praising Secretary Tracy’s civil service reform plan, but the group vocally rejected his remarks. Dismissed sentence by sentence, the motion to refer the measure to the Executive Committee was treated as a formality. The episode highlights the Boys’ stubborn stance and doubts about Tracy’s resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooprurf
Executive Committee
Diplomatic incident over New Orleans mob indemnity
Mr Blaine’s letter responding to Italy’s latest note on New Orleans clarifies US stance on indemnity. It rejects direct damages to victims’ families, urging claims through Louisiana state courts or federal courts for aliens, and cites Webster and 1851 Spain case to limit government action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Blaine
New Orleans
United States
Blaine
Lopez
Havana
Spain
Webster
Buaine
Louisiana
Yantics Cruise for Wrecks Proves Coast Safety Plan
The two months aboard the Yantic show the practicality of detailing a naval vessel to locate and destroy wrecks along the coast. The mission found twelve wrecks and disposed of them while noting six others for future action. The Hydrographic Office has long sought congressional support for a dedicated rescue and clearance ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydrographic Office
Congress
The Episcopal Election and Its Wider Implications
The diocese of Massachusetts weighs conservative restraint against liberal drift in selecting a bishop at the coming convention. Support centers on Trinity Church's rector, while others fear an aggressive liberal direction. The outcome hinges on ecclesiastical policy over personal prominence, with conservatives studying candidate options for broad acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diocese of
Massachusetts
Episcopal Church
Trinity Church
Brooks
Yantic Afloat Torpedo Method Clears Wrecks at Sea
Commander reports destroying wrecks including the steamship Vizcaya by torpedo booms and iron hoops rigged with explosives. They set the masts, cut rigging, and sparked an electric current to ignite the obstructions, deeming the cost negligible next to the value of maritime interests at stake.
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Viscaya
Opening Up the Congo Railway by 1894
Stanley projects a Congo railway to tap eight thousand miles of navigable Upper Congo waters. With cataracts blocking river travel the line aims to unlock tropical resources, cost about six million dollars, and reach completion by 1894 though progress remains slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Mississippi
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Mississippi Valley
Congo
Mataddi
Stanley Pool
Africa
Upper
New York Times
Yale crew described as ragged ahead of race
Bos Coux criticizes Yale crews as ragged and troubled by tribulations as betting season advances. He notes the team struggles to find eight competent rowers yet shows astonishing recovery on race day, appearing to have prepared as if practiced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bos Coux
Yale
Queen's unusual act of graciousness in Italian diplomacy
The text notes anticipation of further unpleasantness from Italy, telegraphed from Rome that the Queen invited Colonel Grant to accompany his wife when presented to the Queen. It calls this gesture an unusual act of graciousness and praises the diplomacy it represents as meaningful.
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Italy
Rome
Grant
Parsifal in Wagner Lectures and Public Perception
A 1991 lecture by a National Conservatory history professor analyzes Parsifal as an opera, its libretto, Bayreuth, and the mysticism of Wagner. He critiques the plot, notes, and staging while praising certain musical moments and the era’s devotion, amid public lectures and concert notices.
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Parsifal
National Conservatory of Music
Bayreuth Theatre
Titurel
Tamino
Snake
Victor Wilder
Wagner
Amfortas
Oedipus
Prometheus
Wagover
Michelet
Max Goldstein
Kundry
Edward Hanslick
Kunadry
Magdalen
Mavn
Fernie
Verdi
Otheilo
Boston painter’s club caricatures amuse and bemuse visitors
A Boston observer reviews the Paint and Clay Club caricature exhibit praising humor and charm while noting the amusing audience reactions. He also muses on Frog Pond spring cleaning and shares readings from Massachusetts Agriculture including a fable on cow handling and ethics.
Unitarian Ladies Night At South Middlesex Club
The South Middlesex Unitarian Club held a ladies night at Hotel Vendome with over 200 attendees. President W S Blanchard presided and H S Sears served as secretary. Guests included Hon F T Greenhalge of Lowell, Horace G Wadlin, and Rev Dr Pierson. Blanchard opened with remarks on the Progress of Unitarianism in the last twenty five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitarian
South Middlesex
Unitarian Club
Hotel Vendome
W.S. Blanchard
H. S. Sears
F. T. Greenhalge
Lowell
Horace G. Wadlin
Pierson
Blanchard
F. T. Greenhalve
Wadlin
Dr. Pierson
Bere
Mixed views on European events and a Boston Tea Party reminiscence
The column riffs on international affairs with satirical quips about monarchs and war clouds, cites a New York World critique of a presidential trip, and recalls Andrew Walker recounting a Boston Tea Party participant, Jonathan Mitchell, who defended tea aboard a Kennebunk vessel in 1773, before dying in 1840 at age 95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Humbert
Washington Star
Minnesota
Artifice
N. Y
Father Delattre
Byrsa Hill
Old
Carthage
Marquis de Vogué
Abdbaal
Bismarck
Edmund Yates
William
Frederick
Verona
Santa Anastasia
Andrew Walker
Kennebunk
Boston
Jonathan Mitchell
Mitchell
Notable society items from London and Vienna include Lang Parsifal and Patti notes
The Earl of Dysart attended Lang's Parsifal in London yesterday while Dr Dinsmore promotes a meatless mixed fruit diet in the capital. Bazaine’s son, adjutant in Mexico, faced arrest and four months’ imprisonment before acquittal. De Brecourt, a Paris figure, died as a monk, after a shooting accident that killed his daughter. Mme Patti dazzled Viennese crowds, prompting encore songs and gossip about her revelatory beauty regime. Cavendish-Bentinck heirs inherit a £50,000 art trove with a famed gold christening vase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Dysart
London Wagner Society
New York
Lang
Dinsmore
London
Francisco Bazaine
Marshal Bazaine
Ctfcern
Brother Anselm
Grande Chartreuse
Paris
M. de Brecourt
Grande Cuurtreuse
Mme
Patti
Vienna
St. Augustine Chapel
Edmund Yates
Budapest
Mr. Cavendish-Bent
Wagner Parsifal Concert Version At Music Hall
A concert version of Wagner's Parsifal was staged at Music Hall with the Cecilia chorus and Seidl's Orchestra of New York. Lead roles were sung by Mrs Mielke Miss Little and Messrs Vippel Reichmann Fischer and Meyn. The Flower Maidens were performed by several artists including Mrs Tippett and Miss Whittier. B J Lang conducted as a large, enthusiastic audience attended the Boston concert series finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wagner
Music Hall
Cecilia
Seidl’s
New York
Theatres and Mansfield in Jekyll and Hyde at Globe
Boston audiences filled the Globe Theatre as Mr. Mansfield delivered a chilling Jekyll and Hyde performance. W. J. Ferguson played Inspector Newcomen and Mrs. Julia Brutone impressed as Rebecca Moore, earning praise for their roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Mansfield
Jekyll and Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
Mr. T. Russell Sullivan
Boston
Globe Theatre
Mansfield
W. J. Ferguson
Inspector Newcomen
Julia Brutone
Rebecca Moore
Billion Dollar Congress A Boston Letter to the Editor
A reader argues about Congress appropriations totaling over one billion dollars for two years, noting the vast sum dwarfs local values in Boston. The writer questions the morality of such spending and contrasts it with Boston’s long accumulation of wealth.
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Congress
Boston
Real and Personal Property Tax Debate and Opinion
Joseph Lee argues against abolition of personal property taxes, warning real estate taxes shift not fully to tenants and noting economic effects. He critiques the commissioners’ view, cites Henry George and Philadelphia as examples, and defends gradual reform while warning against unfair burdens on farmers and the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Henry George
Philadelphia
Thomas Cochran
Board of Revision
Massachusetts
Ensley
Newark
Joseph Lee
Massachusetts Republicans and the force bill blame game
The New York Times article argues that Massachusetts Republicans bear part of the blame for the free coinage bill by supporting the movement through their Senators. It notes Republicans admitted states whose Senators led the effort and criticizes the force bill campaign for amplifying silver interests among Democrats. It concludes Hoar should have dropped the force bill early to reduce silver legislation chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Massachusetts
Hoar
Mr. Rindge Gifts Grounds to Cambridge YMCA
Frederick H. Rindge presents a three years lease of Spruce street grounds in North Cambridge to the Cambridge Y M C A. The association forms an outing club limited to members with the grounds for athletic sports. Opening day set for April 25. membership fee is one dollar.
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Chase’s
Rindge
Frederick H. Rindge
Spruce Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Y. M. C. A
Pen Ad Promotes Ideal Gold Fountain Pen In 1891
An advertisement dated April 4, 1891 by H. N. Fambanks Gen l Agent for Conn Mutual Life Ins Co Maine and Lower Provinces urges buyers to test the inexpensive fountain pen. The Boston agency is Partridge Stationer at Temple Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Fambanks
Gen
Mutual Life Ins. Co
Maine
Provinces
Boston
Partridge, Stationer
Temple Place
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Boston Post
Post Publishing CO. Publishers
Posd Publishing Company
Brooklyn ‘Boys
Hamlet
Pol Onius
Bank of France
le Moniteur Industriel
Gurnemanz
Klingsor
Palermo
Bayreuth
Angelus
Art Museum
Tarbell
Hassam
McKnight
Whistler
Massachusetts Agriculture
New England
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