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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1889
Page
4
Boston readers are urged to embrace boating on the Charles River and harbor as a healthy, self-reliant pastime for youths, contrasting simple craft with luxury yachts. The piece condemns overblown mortuary floral tributes and shares mild anecdotes about a watchdog, a stolen horse tale, and a tour through notable society notes and upcoming cultural events.
A mosaic of quips and anecdotes from a late 19th or early 20th century page. It weaves jokes about barking dogs, sea-bathing, and school recitations with notes on public figures like Wanamaker, the Sultan of Turkey, and the Shah of Persia. It also recounts iron fence mishaps in Texas and a Japanese master, Kawanabe Kyosai, blending amused observations with brief foreign notes.
The Boston Post notes that Johnstown relief fund distribution has mostly settled complaints and praises the Board of Inquiry and Relief Committee. It acknowledges inevitable neglect of some sufferers but says the funds managers performed their task carefully and well.
Reports from Hayti describe savagery in the war and potential city capture, while a London Times note questions U S jurisdiction over Behring Sea. The piece analyzes the Blain e Wharton stance and the March law on fur seals, and contrasts Tennyson’s middle period with praise for Maud. It ends with a biographical sketch of Thomas Carlson Jessup and a note on Japan's Kaneko mission to study U S legislative practice.
Partisan journals attack naval officers for being too scientific, referencing President Harrison and a coast survey candidate. The piece argues navy needs regular pilots like merchant ships and warns against overreliance on theoretical knowledge to navigate shifting coasts.
The article reviews an autumn Maritime Exhibition in this city. It highlights public interest in sea affairs and naval and merchant marine developments. It notes stage transformation into a ship, vessel models, and nautical appliances, urging strong attendance to rekindle naval pride and supremacy.
The Pension Bureau moves to reduce surplus by funding claim agents and bummers, while Wanamaker pushes retrenchment in the postal service. Proposals include cutting supplementary mail service and closing two hours earlier for foreign correspondence. Critics note Wanamaker’s rate cuts to Western Union lines and urge restraint on public spending to aid public services.
The Boston Journal flags an error in these columns regarding a Treasury Department despatch dated January 3, 1889, in the matter.
The article argues a Treasury shift on Canadian car imports, noting initial plans to exclude them and changes driven by strong influences. It cites a ministerial reversal despite Treasury solicitor’s formal opinion and a drafted proclamation, while condemning the erroneous attribution to Secretary Winthrop.
The article marks Alfred Tennyson turning eighty and notes his long, active role in nineteenth century poetry. It recalls the 1842 landmark works Locksley Hall The Two Voices and Morte d Arthur and asserts his fame has grown without material distractions through the years.
A obituary from Plattsboro Iowa mourns blacksmith Cunson whose life is likened to St Bernard of Clairvaux for his quiet power. The piece contrasts medieval sainthood with the craftsman's influence in Green County and imagines a similar authority in his local sphere.
The Concord educator William T. Harris, noted lecturer on philosophical subjects, is chosen as commissioner of education. Harris has broad experience, having served as St. Louis superintendent of schools from 1868 to 1880, where he sparked interest in speculative science and gathered a circle of enthusiastic thinkers.
The Innitou Canoe Club of Woburn has elected Commodore J. Winn Brown Vice Commodore Arthur C. Wyer Secretary Irving K. Bancroft and Treasurer Stillman Shaw to lead the club.
Providence Journal notes Senator Quay ambitions to become president, framing the race as dominated by campaign funds and shifting political dynamics. It presents the idea of a Quay versus Hill contest as a curious spectacle, suggested to be observed from afar.
The President reportedly plans to restore life to old Louisiana politics by naming ex-Governor Yar mouth as port collector in New Orleans and ex-Marshal J R C Pitkin to the Argentine Republic mission. These figures stirred public attention a decade ago amid political rascality in Louisiana.
President Harrison faces slow growth of a colored or any color Republican party in areas where Colonel Clarkson appoints illiterate postmasters. In two towns illiterates gain vote, backed by the local machine, with some respondents unable to read or write, and offices used to verify letters.
The Washington Post and Frank Hatton attack Theodore Roosevelt over civil service law enforcement. The piece asserts Roosevelt will not waver from applying the law and will defend the commission's duties, even amid criticism of administration members.
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