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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1887
Page
4
Public notice details payments and payee instructions for the Post Publishing Company. It lists the New York Agency at 140 Nassau Street with manager Ernest F. Birmingham and refers to a Wasinday Officer at 515 Fourteenth Street.
The Boston Post notes anxiety over Justice Potter of the New York Supreme bench delaying a stay decision in the SHARP case. Rumors claim influences sought to block SHARP’s transfer to prison to avert punishment. The piece questions Portier’s long delay and whether the verdict may be set aside on appeal.
Secretary Whitney presents a beginning plan for a U S navy with high speed cruisers and gunboats under contract to be ready in two years. Armored ships remain to be designed, while recent maneuvers in English waters show ships are not yet perfect and lessons may come before full development.
The incident centers on Dr James Curran’s sympathy with Dr McGlynn and attendance at a Grorge Labor party picnic. Curran apologized to the archbishop, acknowledging respect for church discipline and denying interference with private political beliefs.
The committee fixed the nominating convention for Worcester on Sept 20, a week before Republicans. It may elect a presiding officer and resolutions chairman this week. Delegates to the 1888 presidential convention were not reappointed, with four to be chosen now and district delegates to follow next year.
The seizure and release of the schooner Perkins at Souris Prince Edward Island involved no principle but a question of fact. The vessel was seized for alleged viola.
Proposals arise in Prince Edward Island to have sailors join American crews and fish near shore then sell in neutral waters. Officials note seizures near the limit and consider legal actions for detention. Critics claim policy harms local fishing incomes and spurs evasion by crews from Dominion.
The Republican press denounces a manifesto signed by Davies Hoar and others as an attack on temperance leaders. It argues the party did more than Democrats on liquor laws yet still seeks Prohibitionist support. The piece concludes the temperance issue has no place in honest politics.
A historical note on the Irish land bill revisions as the Salisbury government wavers from May through August. The piece traces changes in rent revision proposals, the Lords and Commons roles, and Salisbury’s shifting stance amid protests over proportional rent reductions to price falls.
The article questions the plan to use a three-man commission to set rents by estate produce averages over six years, warning it fetters commissioners and risks arbitrary tax-like expropriation of landlords. It mocks the method and cites skeptics about funding, clarity, and feasibility.
The Hydrographic Office monthly chart aids navigators with probable wind, currents, and fog regions for August. It traces routes from New York to the equator, notes derelict-ship paths, and signals possible hurricanes. Fog belts near George's Shoal and Newfoundland Banks are warned, with cautions about approaching cyclones.
A New York crank, arrested for a trivial offence, declares I want notoriety. He believes he can gain fame by being jugged in Gotham, a notion described as madness by observers.
The Boston Herald riffs on a famed line about turning state’s evidence, noting uncertainty about its origin and usage. The piece questions attribution and echoes the familiar phrasing while debating who first coined the line.
Boston Mendelssohn quartet leader seeks musicians in Paris and secures a Swedish prima donna. Wealthy estates and gifts are noted including Paul Tulane’s estate in Princeton and R J Dobbins’s Long Branch properties. Also covered are Blaine’s Europe letters, Jay Gould and other financiers dining at Western Union, and profiles of Asahel Clapp and Horatio Glentworth with colorful pasts.
The piece argues that England's pauper labor costs more than American protected labor due to tariffs. It warns that high taxes from tariffs fall on workers and reduce purchasing power, noting that protectionism harms the working class and is not a favor.
An editorial notes a convention of laboring men demands repeal of whiskey taxes while supporting war levies on sugar salt clothing and other necessities. It argues monopolies arise from tariff policy and wages losses stem from high tariffs, accusing the movement of fetid worship hindering progress.
Reactions and slow activity among Prohibitionists are noted while expecting continued agitation until prohibition fails clearly. The piece argues high license as the rational regulation of liquor traffic and contends prohibition fails in Maine Rhode Island Kansas Iowa but Prohibitionists seek new states to try their experiment.
The text declares Mr. Cleveland as President of the whole people with no force behind his election. It asserts the intellect culture wealth and character of both regions will unite to honor him, describing him as the soldiers of the Union.
The article portrays Mr. Cleveland traveling as the first representative of a newly reconstructed Union saved by its people. It frames his journey as a national event reaffirming a Union governed by shared interests and tradition, with a widespread, hearty welcome awaiting him. The piece cites the sentiment as evidence of national concord and a restored Union.
Mrs James Brown Potter's performance as Dona Inez in Loyal Love garners praise for her stage presence and improvement, while critics fault the play for archaic language, weak plotting, and heavy stock phrases. Cast includes Kyrle Bellew and E P Willard, with praise for Willard's mezzo villainy.
A Boston observer recalls a Sunday band scene in the Common and a tale of an Erie railway watchman. An eccentric professor, posted in a lonely hut by a bridge, thrives on solitude while trains pass inches away. He gains material and thoughts amid proximity yet distance.
The August Magazine of Art presents a photogravure frontispiece titled Here's Your Health by José Domingo and includes articles on Current Art Farnley Hall Byways of Book Illustration The Paris Salon Rameses II as an Art Patron Random Reminiscences of a Special Artist a poem and regular art records The issue features engravings from Royal Academy pictures landscape views and portraits with works by Henner Descamps Cabanel Bouguereau Wheeler and others plus new plates and a Retrospective Review on old book making by Caryl Coleman.
Mr Joseph H Wheeler etcher and plate printer has gone to Moosehead Lake. Mr Louis K Harlow returned from Europe and is at Cottage City. Mr H D Murphy illustrator has taken up etching and shows strong natural aptitude. Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton in Paris has portrait painted by Miss Klumpke of San Francisco. Stanton sits for bust to Paul Bartlett, son of Truman H Bartlett, in the present Salon. Bartlett may carve Theodore Parker medallion for monument over Parker's grave in Florence.
A letter to the editor discusses American bragging in yacht racing remarks about the Volunteer and the Thistle. The writer contrasts American restraint with English arrogance, citing Matthew Arnold on Grant and arguing against boastful attitudes while noting Brit ish superiority.
The Royal Statistical Bureau reports 1 108 509 births in Prussia in 1885 with 91.77 percent legitimate and 8.28 percent illegitimate. Protestant, Catholic, other Christian, and Hebrew families show varying legitimacy rates, with Jews much higher in legitimacy than Christians overall.
The Boston Young Men's Christian Association hosts open air gospel wagon services across Franklin Park Marine Park the Common Washington and Tremont streets and Bowdoin square. Around 400 people gathered at the Common for Rev J H Pearson sermon in W Haven's absence.
A jumble of items from different venues includes remarks on baseball players, Ohio family law, Prince Ferdinand Coburg, King Kalakaua art purchases, a New York monkeys nuisance ruling, a Toronto man’s flogging tale, a Tacoma jury note, a French electricity prize, gold and silver vaults, a charity boxing event, a Nebraska widow standoff, Manchester Ship Canal locks, Kentucky feuds, and assorted witty anecdotes from Harper’s Bazar and other papers.
Charles Gardner carried a bottle of whiskey in one pocket and a glass in the other as he set out as a traveling saloon. Police officers Prince and Donovan of Charlestown precinct tracked him down on Cambridge Street just as he was about to serve a customer.
John Costello of 37 Oneida Street and John Devine of 195 Fifth Street South Boston were thrown when a frightened horse on Dorchester Avenue ran away. Devine suffered a serious scalp wound and Costello was badly hurt. The horse then struck a boy named John Reagan near Dorchester Avenue, causing injuries. All were taken home.
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