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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1890
Page
4
Boston Post lists subscription prices for daily and weekly issues, with six month and three month plans. It notes second class matter status and that payments are at sender’s risk, requesting full name and address with communications for good faith.
The Boston Journal denounces Republican inflationists, praising its own stance as independent of party lines. It critiques Beattie’s street cleaning policy and discusses tariffs on carpet wools, Gladstone’s Irish land bill, and the landlord tenant balance, highlighting mortgagee interests and broader financial tensions.
The piece contrasts Republican opposition to a silver bill with the New York Tribune praising it and Senator Ssneman calling it excellent. It urges Massachusetts Republicans to resist inflation schemes, arguing the state could lose standing for honesty if party lines prevail.
The article critiques Senator Hoars federal election scheme as sectional, arguing it would strip states of control and place power in “supervisors.” It accuses Hoar of deceptive reform rhetoric and labels the plan revolutionary and unacceptable, discrediting Massachusetts officials for proposing such centralization.
A New Jersey Senate committee investigates alleged election fraud in Jersey City. Many officers are out on bail awaiting grand jury action as testimony suggests wide scale false registration ballot box stuffing and repeat voting. State Committeeman Young figures in the testimony as a precinct judge recounts terms offer.
Testimony reveals informal payoffs and influence peddling around the New York Custom House and Jersey City’s ballot handling. Witnesses including Youne Fowler and Jordan describe payments and plans to sway votes, with calls for a strict ballot system to curb such corruption.
A recent Atlanta spelling bee featured leading citizens spelling hard words, prompting mixed judgments on Southern intellect. The piece notes mis-spellings, praises the champion, and argues Atlanta shows intellectual ambition despite lapses. It also quotes Kirk Youmans and praises Professor Youmans, plus remarks on experts and public speech.
The text recalls a distinguished officer of the regular army who served in the Mexican War and led a famous 1548 expedition to California, now superannuated and retired. It distinguishes him from General Banks and critiques the Bellamic government scheme, noting yet benign talk among nationalist clubs and periodicals. It ends with a sardonic remark on funeral curves and baseball season.
The writer argues Boston needs an expert plan for replacing aging trees on the Common and along the malls. He cites misjudged plantings on the Common and Commonwealth avenue, improper spacing, gravel damage, and lacking protective enclosures. He urges a mayoral commission of experts to devise an adequate forestry replacement program.
Miss Elizabeth Strong plans a summer in Wellesley with a painting studio to fulfill commissions. Abbott Thayer's Chase Gallery show features two sisters and strong poverty imagery. M. K. Baker showcases still lifes in Studio Building and Joseph R. Brown presents charcoal studies. National Free Art League seeks Congress action against tariff on artworks, citing education and manufacturing impact. Ross Turner returns from Venice for a Doll & Richards show.
The Boston superintendent of streets warns that street sprinkling is costly and could total 300000 dollars. He omits estimates of labor savings and road preservation benefits from keeping macadam dry, which reduces dust and road damage while irritating the public.
A Harper's Weekly excerpt praises H. C. Lea for a bold letter to the President criticizing public wrongs. It compares Lea’s civic courage to Bishop Potter’s earlier appeal and urges moral independence over party loyalty in Pennsylvania and New York politics.
The Massachusetts Emergency and Hygiene Association convened at Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells’ Boylston Street home for reports on past year work. The session highlighted 158 lectures, extensive school and playground programs, branch activity in Lynn Fall River Cambridge Newton Kansas City Denver Rhode Island, and new officers and committees.
The Boston Board of Aldermen, in committee of the whole, again changed the speed limit for electric cars. After petitions and public outrages following accidents including a death, the rate will rise on the Shawmut avenue line from Dorchester to West Chester park to twelve miles per hour, then ten miles to Pleasant street, and seven miles uptown. beacon street line speeds increase with seven miles from Tremont to West Chester park. The method for drivers to gauge speed remains undecided.
Mrs. Burnett is said to have made half a million dollars from her writing. Prof A B Hardy of Dartmouth sails for Japan in mid June for about three months. Delaunay may return to the Comédie Française as stage manager. Cardinal Manning’s friends plan a testimonial at his episcopal silver jubilee in June. Mr and Mrs John B Schoeffel will reside at the Vendome during the Madison Square company’s Tremont Theatre run. Sala sues Furniss for libel. verdict is £5 for Sala. Mary Anderson says she will not perform again after confirming engagements to Navarro. Sculptor Gelert of Chicago shows an equestrian Sheridan at the Art Institute. A H Scribner returns from Cairo to arrange with Stanley for his new book due in London and New York in June. Sir John Millais suffers weak sight and must paint with very long brushes. M Janson of Belgium proposes an international office with Radical members to share economic and social information across several European parliaments.
A collage of quips on courtship and propriety, satire about theater and temperance, and brief cultural notes. It mentions Chief Big Foot’s ancestry in Chicago, a wag about India’s pull, and a portrait of Labussiére’s liberty tale. It closes with John T. Wood, 1821–recent death, linked to Ephesus excavations.
The text presents a religious collect asking God to guide those wavering in error back to the faith and to remain steadfast in what Jesus taught. Signed by T. W. Parsons.
A Boston reader questions the idea that piling silver in government vaults could inflate the currency. He argues the mechanism would require paper dollars to be issued and paid out, warns of silver price rises, and fears silver becoming legal tender. He criticizes Congress as corrupt and ignorant, urging prudence and divine providence.
Trustees opened two bids for tile roofing of the new Public Library on Copley Square. Salamander Brick and Tile Co of Boston offered completion by January 1, 1891 at 57271 dollars. Lindemann Terra Cotta Roofing Co of Baltimore proposed completion by August 1, 1699 with ten dollars per day liquidated damages and a bid of 28102 dollars.
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