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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1887
Page
4
Publishing notice outlines subscription rates for daily and weekly editions, payment details, and mailing instructions. It notes second class matter, sender risk, payable to the Post Publishing Company, with New York agency contact and Washington office. The editor declines to return rejected manuscripts and requires full name and address with all communications.
The article notes the resignation and retirement of Hon. GrovGr. M. Stearns from the office of United States attorney. It cites his view that the role disrupted private practice and temperament, and attributes retirement to health and business interests rather than politics. It hopes the President finds a worthy successor.
The piece mocks Lord Soutsbury for proclaiming the National League, speculating on the motive and fault lines with Lord Hartington and Chamberlain. It argues the action shows impotence and forecasts broader proclamations for Ireland, noting two men convicted for resisting a sheriff as a minimal outcome.
Rhode Island faces a budget squeeze as the State auditor reports no more funds for police expenses. Accounts show 667 dollars paid for officers to build liquor dealer cases and 519 dollars for alcohol content testing. The State is short about 250000 dollars due to abolition of liquor license fees, affecting police operations and office supplies.
A walking delegate in New York is arrested in a civil damages suit brought by a master plumber whose business was interfered with by union activity. The case centers on extortion from a non-union labor dispute, a $1500 fine reduced to $300 paid by check, and the potential for the delegate to disgorge proceeds.
A controversial production by organized labor draws strong reactions as critics warn it may lead to restraints and heightened tensions among workers and management alike.
A critical view of the United Labor party's first convention in Syracuse notes limited delegate count and skewed representation, with 177 votes on excluding Socialists and 108 delegates from New York and Brooklyn. It argues the platform lacks broad appeal beyond city discontent and questions Grover's political viability and organizing strength.
A Virginia journal critiques Alabama race color vision rules for rail workers as progressive yet weak. It contrasts Alabama with Massachusetts Ohio and Connecticut, notes practical flaws in testing, and argues conductors and gatekeepers face unnecessary dismissed. It cites rumors of examiner misconduct amid rail labor hostility.
The passage notes opposition to the law but railroad firms accept examinations while contesting examiner fees. A suit in Superior Court may settle the fee issue and exemptions for one company. The article highlights the law’s aims, examiner appointments by the Governor, and an appeal process, predicting Alabama’s system as a useful precedent.
The piece surveys Venezuela and President Don GwnzMAN BLANCO and argues arbitration should be trusted by both sides. It notes the Essequibo and La Plata as peripheral to the dispute with Britain and suggests the Pope as mediator, echoing a poet's maritime line.
Mr Grant Allen criticizes the Pall Mall Gazette for printing an extract from Robert Louis Stevenson Dynamiter instead of the chosen passage. He objects that the dedication passage does not rise above decent English prose and disapproves of its tone and moral feeling.
Miss Macfarlane spends the summer at Petersham. Prof John M Van Vleck of Wesleyan may become Wesleyan president. Potter Palmer returns to Chicago with French and Italian art. Prof John Fiske lectures for Petersham free library under the trees. this is his second such lecture. Mrs John Herbert of Joliet Sr remains cataleptically asleep since Christmas Eve last year. she is 34. Joseph Francis of New Jersey, inventor of life saving apparatus, moves to San Diego with his son. Dr Alice IX Stockham of Chicago appears in town notices.
The literary department of the women's exhibit in Chicago in September aims to feature women writers. The plan prioritizes literature that fits the tidy and crazy quilt theme, seeking addresses and catalogues of women authors to include in the display.
The writer reflects on Thomas Restieaux a long‑time Boston merchant who moved once with the times from North End to the South End. He recalls historic nearby sites, figures like John Rogers and Papanti, Mayer the confectioner, Inglis the eccentric barman, and enduring old neighborhood slang and phrases.
A medallion portrait head of the Hon. Jacob Sleeper, created by Signor Adolfo Enrico Apolloni, is on display in the New England Conservatory of Music parlor. The profile piece, cast with a bronze like finish, is admired for likeness and technical refinement and will hang in Sleeper Hall.
The article profiles Mark Hopkins financier of a railroad who built a grand Norman Castle above his Stanford mansion in San Francisco. After memory loss and death his widow inherited his fortune, retains railroad shares, and is called America’s richest woman with a wealth around 40 million, largely unspent, plus a costly Great Barrington summer home.
The Atlantic's September number features Dr. Pasteur's work and character, praising his experiments and perseverance. Other contents include reflections on liberty and authority, poems by Hedbrooke and Moulton, and notes on Stetson's theatre ventures and plans for a new 2500-seat NYC house ready by 1888.
Mr. John Stetson faced a bold rumor that the Fifth Avenue Theatre might leave his management after May 1, 1888. His New York agent described rich details from a Europe trip with an architect and plans to outshine rival theatres, while Stetson rejected a two year, $60,000 offer and remained upbeat despite New York chatter.
The Atlanta Constitution argues current patent laws burden the poor and hinder invention. It notes a maker keeps a factory room locked for thirty years to protect a secret, proving laws fail to safeguard creators and need overhaul.
A New York Commercial Advertiser editorial reflects on human limits, arguing genuine accidents aim to teach humility and alertness to avoid dangers. It warns that pride and self-sufficiency could become insufferable without these chance outbreaks from Providence or elemental force.
The article discusses early party organization efforts shaping conflicts of principle and decision within labor groups. It predicts the United Labor party will become a decisive political factor at state and national levels this year and next, despite conservative American methods.
The piece notes critics accuse the administration of loose statements in hostile papers and by the Civil Service Reform League in Chicago. It argues no direct charge of breaking the law has been sustained before the commission, which includes two Democrats and one Republican, and says the administration is enforcing the law with better faith than before.
The Philadelphia Press notes Republicans lead temperance gains in the North and urges pro prohibition work within the party. It warns that separate third party actions in New York and Massachusetts failed, and Democrats gained power via third party nominations.
The Philadelphia Record denounces tariff policy as robbery, noting every pound of domestic steel rises in price with duties and freight. It cites the Bessemer ring’s yearly profits of at least 10 million dollars, extracted from workers and the American public under a supposedly protective tariff regime.
The Atlanta Constitution urges restoring traditional childrearing at home to moral education. It argues that family influence shapes soul culture and warns against entrusting children entirely to state schooling.
A Chicago Herald visitor at the Muse exhibits shock when a door guard proves to be an automaton. A country youth cites the reporter as a condemned Arnickist as a young woman flirts, and the reporter jokes about a walking stick and a tour of the chamber of horrors.
A scatter of short items and quips from early press culture, noting divorces, celebrity chatter, curious local odds and ends, and satirical takes on reporting norms. It catalogs headlines, ad hoc observations, and small anecdotes from Buffalo Bill to New England artists, plus humorous exchanges and loan scams.
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