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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1892
Page
4
Cleveland State Figures in Indiana Democratic Rally
Indiana Democrats move to Cleveland as the logical 1892 presidential candidate on tariff reform. Governor Gray yields second place to Cleveland, with no favorite sons. If Cleveland is deemed inexpedient, Russell is proposed, but Indiana lines up for Cleveland first.
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Gray
Indiana
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Russell
Five Hours to New York Train Run Proposed
A railroad clerks meeting discussed a Boston to New York schedule of four hours using lighter trains with less baggage and no dining cars. The piece argues starting with a five hour plan is feasible with current equipment and that reducing travel time by one hour would win wide public praise.
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Boston
New York
Ames Attacks Platform In Tremont Temple Rally
Governor Ames brands the Republican platform as rotten and dishonest, saying it contrasts with the McKinley bill and harms New England iron. He notes the convention resolutions mislead the people, defends his honesty, and implies Ames should join Democrats with McFarlin Frinnell and others.
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Ames
Tremont Temple
New England
Republican Party
Minneapolis
Mr. Ames
McFarlin
Frinnell
New City Hall Favored by City Council Committee
The City Council committee on a national tour reports unanimous support for a new city hall in Boston. They note abroad observers confirm the need and call for a large, well located building to house executive departments, matching other municipalities.
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Boston
Howwer
City eyes Beacon Hill land for new City Hall
The Mayor urges Legislature to grant consent for the city to take Beacon Hill land for a new City Hall. Cooperation with the State could unlock public improvements beyond the hall project. The report suggests freeing the city to act in the public interest without harming private interests.
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Beacon Hill
Free coinage debate shifts beyond party lines
The national currency dispute moves past party labels as senators from both sides reiterate views on free coinage. Republicans show mixed signals while Democrats push for repeal of the silver purchase law, indicating coinage policy will be settled by communities and representatives, not party platforms.
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Morgan
Stewart
Teller
Arizona
Senate
Democratic House
Colorado
Lop@sE
Massachusetts
Andrew
Congress
National Republican Party
Minneapolis
Chicago
Ex-Governor Ames and the Boston Journal clash over convention defeat
The Boston Journal ridicules Governor Ames for his convention defeat and accuses the paper of cruelty to the unfortunate. It argues he was unfairly taunted for aligning with Democratic press and warns against further lessons from the incident. The dispute centers on party unity and public discipline ahead of a critical campaign.
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AmeEs
The
Boston Journal
Ames
Democratic
Democratic Press of
Boston
Quay Receives Fourth Vindication From Pennsylvania Republicans
The Pennsylvania State convention grants Senator Matthew S. Quay a fourth vindication, endorsing him with thanks and gratitude. The measure follows prior party affirmations and highlights ongoing support amid national scrutiny of his long career.
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Matthew S. Quay
Quay
Republican Party of
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Republicans Show Taste Not Principle in Questioned Tactics
The remarks suggest party members view QuaAy as acceptable for Massachusetts campaigns when needed, despite unattractive methods. The discussion frames the tactics as taste-based, not principled.
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QuaAy
Massachusetts
Notable Social News From Boston Evening Events
Mr F Hopkinson Smith will give a smoke talk at St Botolph Club this evening on Halfway a Middle Line in Art. Mrs William P Sargent sails for London to manage her grandfather Sir Thomas Coram estate. The late Judge William Allen’s law library presents to Hampshire county bar. Miss Frances J Dyer sails for Europe May 11 visiting Belgium France Italy Holland England returning mid September. Ex Governor Long to preside at Harvard Republican Club meet in Sanders Theatre with Joseph R Hawley speaking on tariff. Henry McDowell and Maud Fuller wed June 1 in King’s Chapel with family reception at Mrs C E Fuller’s 304 Beacon St. Charles C Patterson marries Rebecca E Warfield. ceremony at Christ Church Easton. Patterson and wife spend summer at Marblehead.
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F. Hopkinson Smith
St. Botolph Club
William P. Sargent
Exeter Chambers
London
Eng
Sir Thomas Coram
William Allen
Supreme Court
Hampshire County Bar
Frances J. Dyer
Home Department
The
Congregationalist
Europe
Belgium
France
Italy
Holland
England
Long
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Harvard Republican Club
Joseph R. Hawiey
Connecticut
Henry McDowell
New York
Maud Fuller
King’s Chanel
C. E. Fuller
Beacon Street
Charles C. Patterson
Boston
Johnston
Rebecca E. Warfield
Easton
Christ Church, Easton
Mrs. Patterson
Marblehead
New England Faces Wide Ranging Local News
Conductor Pettingill of the Bangor Boston Pullman service is ill at his Bangor home. Dr. William C. Hatch of Starks has written a history of Industry Maine. Deacon Joseph Robinson of Skowhegan marked his ninety third birthday with many relatives nearby. A lawyer told a Penobscot county jury a line about social judgment and then paused at the surprised court. Congressman Morse informs Brockton voters that post office prospects look favorable as bills advance in Congress.
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Pettingill
Bangor
Boston
William C. Hatch
Starks
Industry
Joseph Robinson
Skowhegan
Penobscot County
Morse
Brockton
Congress
All Round About Highlights Notables And Inventions
Senator and Mrs Leland Stanford own homes in San Francisco Sacramento Menlo Park and two Stanford ranches. The Princess of Wales favors lilies of the valley in home decoration and at Sandringham. General G W Jones now in Dubuque aged 88 was Iowans first U S Senator and has never been ill. Hiram Maxim has a flying machine near completion at Crayford and worries if engines will be strong enough. Nellie Shaw says many women are skilled billiard players but lack energy in practice.
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Leland Stanford
San Francisco
Sacramento
Menlo Park
Stanford
Princess of Wales
Sandringham
G. W. Jones
Dubuque
United States Senate
Hiram Maxim
Crayford
Eng
Nellie Shaw
Loop Depot Romance in Colorado Mountains
A nostalgic note on the scenic Loop near Georgetown, Colorado, describing the mountains and a ride with a sweetheart as a remedy for sorrow. The piece highlights the Loop on the Union Pacific line, about fifty miles from Denver, by Cy WaArRMAN.
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Union Pacific
Georgetown
Colorado
Denver
Cy Waarrman
Hear the Trusts Defended
The Albany Journal notes the Boston Post declares anti trust rhetoric misguided. It argues trusts are American capital and labor united for mutual benefit, deserving protection rather than outlawry laws. The piece calls legislation against trusts a public disgrace and equates it with targeting workers.
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Albany Journal
Boston Post
Faint echoes of wit and civic jab in a scattered column
A rambling assemblage of quips and reflections on truth, power, and social manners. It lampoons government, insurance prudence, and New York memory while blending clipped exchanges and wry asides about honesty and pride.
Dreary Day in Congress and Chinese Exclusion Debate
In Washington on April 21 the Senate debated calendar bills while the House considered a Chinese exclusion measure, with amendments and opposition voiced by Chandler Sherman Hale Hoar and others. House members argued contested seats in the Noyes Rockwell case as the session adjourned.
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Washington
Senate
House
United States
Chandler
Felton
Sherman
Hale
China
Blair
Denby
Hoar
Mr. Sherman
J. Wilson
Butler
Call
College of William and Mary of Virginia
Deforest
Connecticut
Haugén
Wisconsin
Gillespie
Pennsylvania
Wike
Illinois
Majority Report
Allen
Mississippi
Rockwell
de Armand
Missouri
Chipman
Michigan
Puritania and Boston's Seasonal Theatrical Tone
Boston theatre season features Puritania or the Earl and the Maid of Salem with McClellan Kelly Abbey Schoeffel backing, local Salem setting, and Willard directing, alongside lively notes on Gloriana and The Councillor's Wife. Reports praise Miss Helyett at Hollis Street and Wang at the Globe with Della Fox. The Tremont Theatre and Globe Theatre host multiple acts as Boston becomes a teeming center of dance and theatre talents led by Nat Childs and James E. Moore.
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Tremont Theatre
Pauline Hall
M. S. McClellan
Edgar Stillman Kelly
Messrs
Abbey and Schoeffel
Earl
Salem
William Seymour
Boston
Mass
McClellan
New England
Nat Childs
James E. Moore
Sanger
The
Tremont
Deepening Boston Harbor Estimated at 1.5 Million
The Secretary of War releases Chief of Engineers Casey and Lt Col Mansfield estimates for Boston harbor deepening. Report cites 30 feet depth at mean low water and a 1000 foot channel, with Narrows at 625 feet, requiring about 4 438 000 cubic yards of dredging and costing 1 500 000 dollars.
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Wasu HinetTon
Secretary of War
Senate
Boston Harbor
Casey
Mansfield
Boston Light
Ward 20 Democrats Dance at Orienta Hall
The first social party of the Ward 20 Young Men's Democratic Club was held at Orienta Hall last evening. Senators McEttrick and McNary, Alderman Dever, Councilmen Boyd and Donovan, John H. McDonough, and John J. Nawn attended. Daniel Casey directed the floor with Martin W. O'Brien assisting as three hundred fifty couples danced to Buffum's Orchestra.
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Young Men’s Democratic Club
Ward 20
Orienta Hall
McEttrick
McNary
Dever
Boyd and
Donovan
John H. McDonough
Democratic City Committee
John J. Nawn
Daniel ©. Casey
Martin W. O’brien
Buffum
Post urged on coal and iron bill over Ames critique
In a Springfield Union letter, the writer chides the Boston Post for editorial zeal about free raw materials for New England. The author questions Congressman John F. Andrew on the fate of his free coal and iron bill and urges House Ways and Means action rather than sympathy for ex-Governor Ames.
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Springfield Union
Boston Post
New England
the Post
John F. Andrew
House
Ways and Means Committee
Post
Ames
Alger and Hill Nominations Mocked by The Boston Post
The Boston Post ridicules Alger's bid for the Republican presidential nomination and compares it to Hill's Democratic pursuit, noting both seem increasingly unlikely as days pass. The remark appears in commentary carried by the Belfast New Age.
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Belfast
New Age
Boston Post
Alger
Hill
Meeting on Women Labour Status in New England
The executive board of the New England Associate Branch Alliance invites all New England branches to a 11 a.m. Friday meeting at Parker Memorial Hall. Hon. Horace G. Wadlin will discuss the current industrial status of women and Mrs. Charles G. Ames will explain how labor laws affect working women.
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Parker Memorial Hall
New England Associate Branch Alliance
New England
Horace G. Wadlin
Charles G. Ames
Extraordinary Story of Selling and Buying a Baby
Boston POST reporters expose widespread abuses at a Boston baby farm in a sensational Saturday issue. The edition promises the biggest penny paper ever issued and urges readers to buy now to avoid missing the revelations and details.
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POST
Boston
Trichinosis letter seeks corrections to report
Charles Delmont asks the editor to correct the Post story on an Otto Roth death from trichinosis. He states the Roth family does not eat roast pork, the fatal ham was eaten at a friend's house, not at their home, and Mrs Roth's family did not eat the ham and remain well.
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Roth
Otto Roth
Vermonter Michaud Named Coadjutor Bishop in Burlington
In a period press dispatch from Burinerton Vermont the Rev John S Michaud rector of St Francis s Church Bennington is named coadjutor with rights of succession to Bishop De Goesbriand of Burlington New England. The appointment signals a major advancement for a French Canadian Vermonter whose ministry has strengthened Catholic parishes over the past decade.
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New England
United States
John S. Michaud
St. Francis’s Church
Bennington
de Goesbriand
Rome
Father Michaud
Herr Cahensly
St. Joseph’s Church
J. C. O'Dwyer
North Bennington
Vermont
Buriington
Michaud
New York
Burlington
Chelsea man arrested for forged loan attempt
Edward 8. Burgess of 180 Division street Chelsea is under arrest on a forgery charge. He tried to obtain a $75 loan from the Commonwealth Loan Company on a piano. The piano had been leased from Horace W. Berry of 592 Washington street for $8 down. Burgess produced a receipt for $275 signed H. W. Berry per H. D. which was forged.
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Edward S. Willard
Middleman
Davidson ‘Theatre
Milwaukee
Jesse Pegg
Blenkarn
Mr. Willard
Mary
Pegg
Captain Chandler
Mary Blenkarn
Jesse
Edward 8. Burgess
Division Street
Chelsea
Commonwealth Loan Company
Horace W. Berry
Washington Street
Burgess
H. W. Berry
H. D
Eleven in Roxbury sick from trichinosis linked to hams
The Board of Health reports eleven Roxbury residents ill with trichinosis. The outbreak is traced to two cured hams bought from D. and M. Wiedemann of 37 Hampshire Street Cambridgeport. The Wiedemanns say the hams were sound when sold, but buyers stored them in poor conditions and ate them raw.
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Board of Health
Roxbury
D. & M. Wiedemann
Hampshire Street
Cambridgeport
Wiedemanns
Massachusetts Volunteer Militia Camp and Drill Dates
The Massachusetts Volunteer Militia issues orders for camps and drills. First Brigade convenes at South Framingham June 7 to 11, Second Brigade at South Framingham July 19 to 23, First Corps Cadets at Hingnam July 12 to 16, Second Corps Cadets at Essex Mass August 9 to 13. Naval Battalion sails to Charlestown Navy Yard on the steamer Wabash July 5 to 9. The annual drill for the First Cadets M V M occurs at Hingham on July 11, 1892.
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Massachusetts Volunteer Militia
State Camp
South Framingham
State Camp Ground
Hingnam
Essex
Mass
Naval Battalion
United States
Wabash
Charlestown Navy Yard
Hingham
Commonwealth avenue road widening to Chestnut Hill reservoir
The department of streets undertakes a major project from Mile Ground to Beacon and Brookline junction. When completed, a grand drive will extend from Beacon Street to Chestnut Hill reservoir along an avenue 160 feet wide to Brighton avenue, then 200 feet wide to the reservoir.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Beacon Street
Brookline Avenue
Department of Streets
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
Brighton Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Dorchester Woman Treated After Suspected Overdose
Mrs Edward L Thompson of Dorchester was taken to City Hospital yesterday suffering from an overdose of laudanum. An attempt at self harm is suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Thompson
Dorchester
City Hospital
Boston Drug Clerk Fights Off Robber at Campbell Store
Charles S. Cogley, a drug clerk at Isaac Campbell’s 239 West Broadway South Boston, defended the property yesterday as three youths entered. One vaulted the counter and reached the money drawer, a revolver came out, Cogley chased onto the street, the burglar fired but missed. Police of Division 6 have the matter.
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Charles S. Cogley
Isaac Campbell
West Broadway
Boston
Cogley
Ae Police
Division 6
Death of Rev. Dr A B Muzzey in Cambridge
The Rev Artemas B Muzzey D D died at his Cambridge home after a long career in Unitarian ministry. Born Lexington 1802 he studied at Harvard and the divinity school, served churches in Framingham Cambridgeport Lee Street Cambridge Concord N H and Newburyport, retiring 1865. He published several books and essays and was active in historical and educational societies. survived by three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemas B. Muzzey
Cambridge
Lexington
Harvard College
Divinity School
Unitarian Society
Framingham
Unitarian
Cambridgeport
Lee Street
Concord
N. H
Newburyport
Channing
Muzzey
Massachusetts Historical Society
New England Historic-Genealogical Society
American Unitarian Association
State Board of Education
Red Flag Waved and Newspaper Scoops a False Lead
A Boston Post editorial exposes a two week old sensational story about a dynamite box seized off a Johnston Line steamer at South Boston. Reporters verify the hullabaloo was unfounded as a German steamer box containing ordinary revolver cartridges lies in a locker for eventual shipment to New York. The piece argues readers deserve facts over fancies.
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Post
Thureday
Johnston Line
South Boston
Custom House
Boston
Kehrweider
Hamburg
New York
Faing
President explains limits of federal power in lynching case
The New York delegation of colored men met President Harrison to present resolutions from Cooper Union. He explained the constitutional boundary between state and federal authority, citing the Italian subjects treaty case in New Orleans and urging detailed facts on southern lynchings to help shape public sentiment against illegal punishment of Black citizens, noting that federal intervention could worsen state matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
William B. Derrick
New York City
Cooper Union
Harrison
New Orleans
South
Death of Dr Sheldon S Clark Sr in Vermont
Dr Sheldon S Clark of St. Albans died this morning at age 65 from diabetes. One of Vermont’s oldest practitioners, he served as secretary and president of the Vermont Medical Society and sat on the Mary Fletcher Hospital examining board. A Castleton Medical College graduate born in Isle la Motte in 1827, he leaves a wife, a son, and a daughter.
Hat for the Theatre in Paris Herald description
The Paris Herald notes a tasteful theatre hat with an old guipure crown, mauve silk bands, a Parma violet bouquet on top, and an aigrette.
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