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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1887
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and weekly editions. Daily rates include One Year for 9, Six Months 4.50, Three Months 2.25, One Month 0.75. Weekly rates show One Year 21.50. The item mentions second class matter status.
A Boston aldermen grant requires new rail standards and roadbed maintenance for a section of the South Boston Rail Road. The piece notes New York surface lines revolt against flanged rails, favoring grooved rails. It also critiques naval maintenance costs and two-party blame for ship repairs under Democratic governments.
Advices from Panama report cholera moving north along the west coast of South America reaching Sinaloa and Sonora with outbreaks at Mazatlan and Guaymas. Pacific coast spread is feared due to trade links with the United States. Also discussed is a Knights of Labor boycott against labor periodicals and Powerrvy leadership, criticized as despotism harming independence and provoking revolt. The VeppER liquor tax bill advances in New York with limited legislative strength.
The Crosby high license bill broadens revenue by classifying licenses into two types and four city grades. High license applies to New York and Brooklyn, with tax levels $500 or $100, while other cities have lower rates. Revenue goes to counties against state tax shares, drawing objections from both prohibitionists and Governor Hu.
Editorial argues against pre judgment in mayoral corruption trials and the press influence on juries. It notes intent to convict Jacob Sharp under outside pressure and warns that sensational reporting jeopardizes fair verdicts by shaping public opinion before May trials begin.
The piece argues the Interstate Commerce Commission decision on Boston petitions is misrepresented as a temporary leave to withdraw. It contends the Advertiser misstates that through lines exist and that the petitions sought only to resume export rebates, not suspend the long and short haul clause.
A Boston business petition asserts railroads should charge the same rate to Boston as to New York for export and non export traffic. It notes export shipments and through Boston to Lewiston have paid the Boston rate, and claims equal rates would boost exports, grain, and ship orders, with Commissioner Albert Fink hearing and promising a report to the trunk lines’ joint executive committee.
Lawmakers close the week with postponed matters and a looming May adjournment. House members weigh salaries, with a push toward a thousand dollar pay while resisting ties to extended sessions and free rail passes, arguing over public cost and reform.
The Thames race between Oxford and Cambridge has faded as a fashionable event due to early hours. The Saturday Review notes crowds remain, yet champagne is less valued. In the United States, the Harvard Yale race attracts interest from a few enthusiasts, while the many show less enthusiasm for amateur athletic feats.
The article notes the boat race unites social classes on the Thames and praises shared emotion across England. It then critiques Boston New York provincialism, arguing New York’s lack of local pride and the need for New York first in productions, illustrating metropolitan suspicion of secondhand ideas.
M Na vith of the Egypt Exploration Fund identifies Onias as a camp and city of the Jews built on an ancient site. A large cemetery of rock cut tombs with valuable inscriptions is reported by him.
In Boston the movable seats in the Common and Public Garden signal spring while a monkey sits courtly with a girl’s coin and a wool jacket. The writer observes nursery gossip, wages, and manners under a playful civic lens, noting open cars, river scenes, and pedestrians.
The account includes Hodgson's views on Mme Blavatsky as a potential Russian spy and her occult ties, Hodgson’s doubts about Mahatmas and jugglers, and his belief in thought transference but rejection of sensational demonstrations. A countryman seeks the Bank of Redemption, mistaken for salvation, highlighting language quirks and vigilance against impostors. Taverner.
Mme Janauschek opens a week at the Park Theatre in Meg Merrilies delivering a bold strong portrayal praised for dignity and force. The audience applauded persistently while Eberle Chaplin and Miss Shannon offered acceptable support in an otherwise mixed cast.
Mr Richard Mansfield starred as Baron Chevrial in A Parisian Romance before a packed audience at the Boston Museum last evening. The performance drew repeated curtain calls and high audience enthusiasm, with Mansfield’s forceful, living portrayal of the doomed roué praised as the production’s highlight.
Fisher and Hassan presented A Cold Day at the Bijou Theatre last evening. The farcical piece blends life and a superabundance of spirits, played well by the company led by Mr. Frank M. Wills.
Mr Ed ward Lee, partner of Mr Wills, appears as Long Branch hotel keeper and with Mr Wills provides wholesome merriment. Miss Norma Wills stars as Dido, Miss Lizzie Height as Nancy, and Miss Annette Zelina as Mrs Kidd. Music is well rendered and “A Cold Day” will be repeated each performance this week.
The Hollis Street Theatre crowded for the opening of the Daly brothers in Vacation with new additions Mrs. Harry Bloodgood and Miss Julia Smith. Lizzie Derious and Mrs Bloodgood spark the performance as two Vassar girls while William Daly Jr. impresses with a nine foot high kick and five foot six inch jump. The company receives floral gifts and photographs of Daly and his wife Lizzie Derious are presented. Vacation runs the rest of the week.
The Planter's Wife played at the Howard Atheneum last evening with Harry Lacy and Edna Carey leading a strong company. Carey shows talent as Edith Gray while Lacy remains overly self-possessed. The troupe is above average for a traveling presentation. Also noted is Mme Madeline Schiller leaving for Australia and New Zealand after three Chickering Hall recitals in late April and early May.
The Rembrandt etchings show opens today in the Museum of Fine Arts print room. Sourced from S. R. Koehler and others, it presents the most complete U S collection of Rembrandt etched works and runs for two months. Emil Carlsen will head the San Francisco Art School project after leaving Boston.
A collection of editorial snippets discusses suspending law provisions after complaints, wartime vessel repair policy, and a campaign note asserting Grover Cleveland will be renominated and reelected. The sources include New York World Democrat, Providence Journal, and Atlanta Constitution viewpoints.
The piece likens the interstate commerce bill to a Frankenstein creature lacking moral perception and aimed at harm. It argues the bill represents dangerous, unintended consequences that Congress could not foresee and warns against further misuse of legislative power.
At the annual Washingtonian Home corporation meeting officers were elected including President William W. Warren. Vice presidents are Solomon B. Stebbins I J Wetherbee George R B Taber and Frank M Ames. Directors include Warren Bryant Potter Wentworth Read 8 B Stebbins M M Fisher Jacobs Holden and others.
The Somerville school committee met last evening. The truant officer reported fifty seven cases investigated and twenty two truants returned to school. A public graduation for grammar and high schools was approved. William H. Dennis elected janitor of Highland school. Recess at Webster school abolished. Textbook committee authorized to purchase forty copies each of Great Lives and Good Reading for grammar schools.
A long column of quotes and anecdotes covers politics, philanthropy, and social life. It cites postmaster retirements, a Colorado ministerial rumor for General Lawton, Henry Bergh rules, George W. Childs habits, jewel sales, courtship tales, Moran artists, Carnegie wedding guests, and old telegraph workers. It notes Arbor Day tree planting in Kansas and Nebraska, insurance totals for notable figures, a German honor for sculptor Ezekiel, and a quirky cigar-store anecdote.
Harvard College notes a lacrosse and social week with a baseball tone. Frank Michael ’57 receives a set of The British Dramatists from the Hasty Pudding Club after a recent Horticultral Hall extravaganza. Junior class dinner and Idler Club events are slated for the week with lacrosse challenges from Druids of Baltimore and Montreal.
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