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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1888
Page
4
The Boston Post announces subscription rates including one year six months and three months options. It notes weekly Friday issues and that all money sent at the sender’s risk. Payments should be made payable to the Post Publishing Company at 100 Bridgman, Bruni n nam & Co.
The notice indicates the ship news section will appear on the third page while sixth and seventh pages cover other content. It specifies layout timing and page assignment for readers and staff.
Boston’s Mayor Hewitt urges no foreign flags on public buildings while New York aldermen and the State Assembly back displays. Citizens largely side with Hewitt, asserting the American flag should be the sole official symbol of sovereignty in America.
The article argues that an international copyright law may not raise U.S. book prices dramatically. It contends modern American publishers are independent, English methods do not force higher U.S. prices, and in England new books generally cost about a third less than in the United States, with single volumes often affordable.
The piece argues that ending cheap reprints would boost American book sales and allow larger editions at lower prices. It refutes the idea of a looming monopoly from copyright opposition, notes English literature could still be reprinted cheaply, and suggests a future with broader access and moderate prices for both English and American authors.
Mr Brearp spoke at the Workingmen’s Institute on Wednesday evening denying that the import tax is a war tariff in peacetime. He invoked a 1883 tariff commission report chaired by John L Hayes noting wartime duties could be cut to fit current conditions while boosting domestic production.
The debate notes a Republican tariff commission urging broad reductions to lift long established industries with machinery gains. It cites the 1883 act reducing average ad valorem duties from 42.64% to 41.70%, a minute fall questioned as proof that a war tariff still exists, challenging Beard’s claim.
The Transcript praises the Tremont Temple resolutions for reform and civil service advances while noting Republican pledges to destroy the spoils system and tariff revision. It warns that opposition to the President’s message and Mitts bill requires a concrete alternative, or else a painful awakening to self deception.
A Raleigh-like sweep of Blaine support spreads across Texas Pennsylvania and Maine as delegates back his nomination with fierce rhetoric. Boston Journal and Advertiser question the strategy while New York Sun hints at a new withdrawal move as Blaine’s candidacy dominates the scene.
A historical editorial argues that four million Americans rely on wool, contrasting U S sheep numbers and Australia’s efficiency. It contends the wool industry has a bleak future and calls for ending government support so sheep farmers shift to more profitable work.
The British debate on Irish local government contrasts Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr Chamberlain. Churchill supports extending local government to Ireland, citing Salisbury pledge and Unionist unity. Chamberlain withdraw from Gladstone's cabinet, argues against treating English and Irish governance in one session, courting criticism from Conservatives. The piece notes their differing pasts and stances, highlighting political honor and consistency.
The text argues the Blaine faction controls the party and crowds delegates to Chicago, undermining platforms and pushing enthusiasm for a large convention stampede, implying the scheme is progressing as intended.
The article notes that the practice of lanketing is not limited to U.S. city governments, with recent charges illustrating its spread. Authorities say the pattern involves similar approaches across jurisdictions, signaling broader scrutiny and potential reforms.
The metropolitan board of works in London is noted as well as a Liverpool event where the corner stone of the new fish market was laid by the municipal committee. A banquet for about one hundred with thirteen courses was held, reminiscent of royal visits to Boston. Truth argues such excess fuels rising city spending.
Queen Victoria enjoyed a warm reception in Berlin though she did not meet Alexander of Kattenburg or BisMarck about her granddaughter’s marriage. The visit seemingly advances the fortunes of Alexander’s brother Henry rather than the expected alliance.
Richard Heard reviews Mr Perabo's concert featuring a program of piano transcriptions. The first half includes Schubert and Kiel items and Rubinstein scherzo. the second half centers on Sullivan and Offenbach transcriptions from Lolanthe. While performed with care, the reviewer finds the whole set uneven and notes excessive length of transcriptions may not suit concert piano.
Lieutenant Millett Thompson publishes a history of the Thirteenth New Hampshire Infantry based on letters and diaries with twenty six maps and sketches. Houghton Mifflin & Co will print it. The Great French Writers series will be translated in the United States by A McClarg & Co Chicago. Professor Melville B. Anderson leads the first translations praised in The Dial.
A Boston writer muses on lost Symphony tickets and their unseen fate asking if mislaid entries return to box offices. He jokes about anonymous confessors, jokes toward moral inquiry, and contemplates social habits at hotels with colorful portraits of a man with a bevy of vices and a wife at home, ending with a curious dog thermometer image.
The piece surveys prominent figures across politics, nobility, and science. It notes Senator Edmunds returning to Washington from Aiken, judge Elmer S. Dundy’s twentieth bench anniversary, Wade Hampton’s daughter organizing nursing schools in South Carolina, and compares early Supreme Court justices’ birthplaces. It covers Marquis Paulucci's U S tour, Alfred Stieglitz’s European acclaim, and Stieglitz’s photographs chosen for a Jubilee album. It mentions Schuster & Co. reproductions, a Cleveland hotel entry, Byron De Winton of Montana, and Frederick Mather at Cold Spring Harbor reporting hatchery outputs: millions of fish across species.
The New York Times in Indiana notes that the main topics at State Republican conventions are the sanctity of the current tariff and opposition to what referrers call the “cussedness” of elections in the South, highlighting party tensions.
General William F. Draper of Hopedale gains strong push for the GOP nomination with veteran support and delegate sentiment favoring his candidacy. Competitors include Mr Crapo Speaker Noyes Governor Ames, while opponents of the current executive weigh uniting efforts. The ex-Congressman from New Bedford is singled out as a leading voice among leaders.
Texas delegates publicly discuss instructions from headquarters for Blaine. A leaky Dallas delegate claims a ballot plan to deny Blaine a slate and nominate him by acclamation after a series of ballots, with others promised complementary votes. The Times notes a division among candidates and a Plumed Knight victory when the moment arrives.
Harper's Weekly from Indiana comments on Mr Lowell's address praising American patriotism and independence. It lauds manliness and courage in facing party bias and asserts the speaker embodies the virtue he extols, predicting a bright future for America.
The Springfield Republication notes that the last Democratic convention recorded a spoilsmen triumph over reformers, while the Republican convention elected delegates-at-large amid Blaineism currents and offered no clear policy. Both parties appear to drift with the crowd and fail to present a strong program to the nation.
This afternoon the new comic opera The Mermaid or the Curse of Cape Cod is to be presented at the Hollis Street Theatre for the Marine Biological Laboratory. The cast is strong and the show should be interesting with a commendable charitable purpose.
A collage of short items notes tepid weather, mild demand for chestnut bells, and varied curiosities. It records Hostetter’s $750000 life policy, Amelie Rives’ illness, Panama Canal subscribers’ woes, and jokes about a Frenchman and labor. It recounts minister Phelps at the Senate, a Paris cotillon with a Boulanger figure, a Houston mule tale, Trinity College President Dr. Smith’s nightly phantom, and Mississippi teachers collecting quirky dialects from pupils.
The article compares Australia’s rabbit scourge to China’s rat problem, discussing Pasteur’s chicken cholera approach and concerns about its safety for other animals. It also describes an oil rocket invention for waves and a new steamship design placing a water-filled tank amidships to reduce rolling, aiming to lessen seasickness and motion.
A humorous sketch contrasts African diplomacy to political jingoism. The piece cites Sir John Lubbock and several North American papers, describing reactions to treaties as chants of grievance or triumph, highlighting accusations of capitulation and bluster from various editors.
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