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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1890
Page
4
The Senate refused to accept the Argentine President Celman’s resignation, fueling doubt about his willingness to leave a profitable post. In Buenos Aires, calls for new leadership grow as the public sees Celman’s policies as disastrous and seeks reform.
A critical look at New York's new capital punishment law in Kru mmler case, noting failed secrecy and publicity. The Auburn electric chair is judged imperfect and less certain than the old gallows, with moral and public curiosity tensions highlighted.
The New York Times June and July railway accident statistics show 209 incidents in July with 18 deaths and 178 injuries, most affecting non travelers. It urges separating rail and road travel, enforcing no track walking, and building bridges or subways to protect travelers and staff, arguing cost is justified by safety gains.
The Tribune’s critique on reformers over tariff talk sharpens into praise for Senator Dawes for supporting a modest cut on iron ore duties. It notes Massachusetts senators voiced varying stances while Dawes’ vote is deemed eloquent. A next item targets pig iron duty, hoping Dawes aligns with Hoar to aid local industries.
The discussion notes that the deadly potential of current produced by machines and distributed over wires raises safety concerns. It argues electricity remains poorly understood, unfit for unchecked use, and that New York’s test should deter adoption until further demonstrations are shown.
A critique of censorship by postal bans on forbidden books. The piece argues suppression backfires by increasing interest and questions where censorship ends as readers pursue banned works like Toasier and Texsters latest volume. It notes Wanamaker's Expurgatorius index and hints at broader public frustration with official bans.
The article denounces the seizure of over twelve hundred volumes from the American News Company by a society policing obscenity. It argues against government or private censorship as foolish, illogical, and dangerous, noting the futility and harm of excising literature and urging reliance on public judgment rather than elite banishments.
The article notes concerts from the New York and Boston orchestras and laments our nation’s stage taste. It mentions Josefh Chamberlain traveling to the country and contrasts Truth’s meaning with his existence, hinting at an Anglo–American political stance and a distant rotation of the Atlantic.
In Boston the city’s streets glow with gala drapery along the parade route, blending red white and blue with other colors. The display emphasizes color over portraits, honors Abraham Lincoln and Governor John A. Andrew, and notes a recent sensational Boston-Western plot tale, while praising City Point hero D. J. Reagan for saving lives and receiving the Humane Society medal.
The American Chemical Society holds its first general meeting in Newport at Masonic Hall starting 10 o clock. Ex mayor John Hare Powell delivers welcome for local arrangements. Papers cover explosives strength, water volume, hydrogen impurity, air thermometer, urea estimation, ore resins. About fifty members present with dignitaries from Columbia, Western Reserve, Brown, Harvard and more. The afternoon includes tours of torpedo and training stations.
Alonzo Nutr announces in a dated August letter to the Republicans of New Hampshire’s first district that he will not seek renomination for Congress. He cites poor health and the demanding duties of representing half the state and its manufacturing interests. He thanks the party for loyal support and pledges to help secure another Republican victory.
Winsted Conn Aug 6 Interest grows in the will of William L Gilbert noted philanthropist who leaves about half a million for a named eastern education institute and $40,000 for a Louisiana colored college. The Winsted school will be exclusive excluding Catholics and all who use liquor beer or tobacco with some bequests to relatives and other institutions.
Current comment notes mass protests in Massachusetts over a senate remark. It cites Dawes and Sumner as figures of debate. The piece contrasts Breckinridge’s calls for union with recrimination by others, highlighting political tensions between North and South.
The Hartford Courant notes that Speaker Reed faces criticism for threats to keep Congress in session until December to push bills in his preferred form. It highlights praise from General Henderson calling him a towering reformer, while quizzing the practicality of such excess zeal.
A critic denounces straight-ticket Republicans aligned with Tammany Hall for early season pledges and condemns their aim to boost party above honest municipal government. He argues thirty-four citizens expose politics dictating city elections and warn against national party influence.
The Boston Public Library issues a reader handbook detailing new rules and regulations, library use instructions, and catalog information. It lists guiding books for reading, indexes to periodicals, and describes special collections, artworks donated to the library, a library chronology, and other useful details.
A collage of light anecdotes and observations from urban life. Jests about traveling agents and stagecoaches mingle with carnival puns, a Bowery tank offering ice water, and notices of notable locales in Cincinnati and Chicago. The piece also surveys Edison era tech curiosities and a critique of overhyped Marian legends.
Elbridge S. Brooks edits two LD Lothrop volumes and works at Cape Porpoise on a new book. Margaret Sidney’s Adirondack Cabin adds 32 photo plates from the Great Wilderness. August fashions feature outdoor wear and sports designs. Frank Dempster Sherman to publish Lyrics for a Lute with Houghton Mifflin. Macmillan to reissue FitzGerald Kama and publish Marshall principles of economics. Julius Ward’s The White Mountains praises White Mountains scenery in Appleton edition.
Authorities in Wick Scotland present Mr Andrew Carnegie with the freedom of the town. Mrs U S Grant spends the summer with her son Ulysses in Westchester county New York. Queen Natalie of Servia is described as aged and troubled, with sleeplessness and use of opiates.
Edward Galvin of 4 Tileston Street Roxbury was kicked by a horse on Darling's Wharf about 6 PM. He suffered a compound fracture of the leg and was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
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