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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1886

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Rhode Island Prohibition Enforcers Target Waiters at Narragansett Pier

Rhode Island prohibitory law leads to several waiters at the Casino at Narragansett Pier being convicted for selling liquor and fined $20 with ten days in jail. Bartenders face similar prosecutions. Convictions rely on professional spotters from the city, paid $3 a day and $95 per conviction, while proprietors escape hymns of punishment. Police show resistance and reformers face limited support as larger cities stir debate amid unrest in Belfast and Chicago riots.

Rhode Island Narragansett Pier Providence

Deposition of Alexander Shifts Balkan Power Dynamics

The article argues Alexander's deposition in Bulgaria signals broader shifts as Russia gains leverage against Constantinople. It notes Bulgaria's role as a Russian counterweight, Russia’s willingness to punish rivals, and the likely reluctance of Austria Germany to act without allies, suggesting Germany and Austria may have sacrificed England to placate Russia.

Alexander Bulgaria Constantinople Russia Austria Germany England

Blaine's Sebago Lake Speech Pressed as National Tariff Plan

The article argues Mr. Blaine’s Sebago Lake rally remarks amount to a national GOP tariff platform, centering on high import duties. It notes his criticism of the administration on fisheries and Mexico, his neglect of labor reform, and the joint push by Frye for prohibition as a secondary plank.

Blaine Sebago Lake Bodwell Maine Mexico State Department Mr. Blaine Prohibition Senator Frye Frye Republican Party

Dickey Bird Society Aims to Protect All Animal Life

The column extols the Dickey Bird Society of England as guarding birds from fashionable cruelty. It condemns millinery for decimating songbirds like robins, linnets, larks, thrushes, and bobolinks, urging women to curb fashion's harm to nature and end its impact on spring choruses.

Dickey Bird Society of England Dickey Bird Society New England New

British Museum scholar earns US honorary degrees

Dr Reginald Stuart Poole head of coins and medals at the British Museum receives an honorary degree from an American university. Dartmouth adds an LL D and University of the South Tennessee awards a D C L to Poole and Miss Edwards. The Egypt Exploration Fund secretaries are honored by American colleges this summer for their work in support of the fund.

Reginald Stuart Poole British Museum United States Dartmouth University of the South Tennessee Egypt Exploration Fund Poole Edwards

Designs for a dozen monuments submitted to Grant Association

New York designers submitted enough designs to fill a dozen monuments but prizes still await. The city needs an incentive to complete the monument, or all the designs will be of little use until that push is provided.

Grant Monument Association United States Grant

Plumbers Threaten Strike As Cold Weather Nears

The article notes plumbers in New York have threatened action but stayed their hand. It comments the public mocks the trade and that a hard winter could force concessions, with a wry comparison to locksmiths.

New York

Labouchere mocks new British peers and beerage critique

The piece cites Henry Labouchere in Truth ridiculing recent peerages as beerage, arguing brewing could breed legislators and noting the notion of a peerage as a government guarantee of good beer. It questions Gilbert’s claim that peerages are simply prizes for birth.

Labouchere Truth Gilbert

Mexico election leaves Congress under one party control

Fully ascertained results show opposition vanished and no future vote against the government in the new Congress. The commentary notes this unique shift in representative government and contrasts it with varied editorial quips about politics and society.

Mexico Congress N. J. Evening Post

Tarpon Fever Grips Anglers in Florida Rivers

Florida, famed for oranges and swamps, reports the tarpon, a massive free-biting fish over one hundred pounds. It dives 250 feet, tows boats, fights for an hour after a first strike, and excites anglers as a potential king of game fish alongside North American bass and European salmon.

Florida Epicure Wood Scientific American North America Danube Arctic

September magazine round up from Popular Science Monthly and others

The piece surveys the September issues of Popular Science Monthly Cassell's Family Magazine Eclectic Magazine St Nicholas and related titles. It highlights genius and precocity themes hereditary diseases evolution and art, fiction serials and notable illustrations with emphasis on notable articles and stories across the magazines.

James Sully Popular Science Monthly G. J. Preston Porter M. W. D. le Sueur Phillipics Parker Gillmore Francis H. Baker Nature Andrew Wilson Cassell Family Magazine Stuarts Heidelberg Ochils Eclectic Magazine Landseer the Connoiseurs Babyland Donohoe Good Housekeeping

New Publications and Library Upgrades Across English Speaking World

Publishers announce new novels by McClelland Robinson and Roe as well as the next volumes in Meredith and Johnson series. Wallace’s Ben Hur ships over 160000 copies. libraries in Richmond and St Petersburg expand holdings and revise rules. Bryce to finish Justinian history. editorial shifts noted at Fortnightly Review and Radical press.

Messrs Henry Holt & Co M.S. McClelland Margaret of Eng Harper & Bros Messrs. Roberts Bros George Meredith Sandra Belloni Rhoda Fleming Beauchamp Mary A. Roe E. P. Roe J. B. Lippincott Company North America Robert Ridgway Department of Birds United States National Museum Brazil James W. Wells Rio Paraopeba Rio de Janeiro Maranhavy R. W. Johnson Hume Knight Bacon Nichol Spinoza Caird Richmond Free Library Atheneum Duchess of Thiselton Dyer Kew Gardens Brandram St. Petersburg Bryce Foreign Office Justinian Comte Pajol Louis XV Escott Griffiths Evening Journal Harris Evening News London World Major Griffiths Chapman & Hall Frank Hill Radical Review Lewes Morley

Equitable Life Building Nearing Completion With Artistic Bust

The Equitable Life Insurance Company building on Milk street near the post office should finish about October 15. A corner extension adds 36 by 174 feet, unifying with the original structure and adding 30 new rooms. A pediment will feature a sculptural group including a bust of Henry E. Hyde and allegorical figures by Frederick Kohlhagen.

Equitable Life Insurance Company Milk Street Federal Street Henry E. Hyde Equitable Presidency Annals of Life Assurance Daniel Huntingdon A. Zoellner New York Zoellner Frederick Kohlhagen Edward E. Raht

Changes Considered by Legislative Committee Hearing

A joint special committee at the State House heard judges Parmenter Bolster and Simmons discuss proposed changes to municipal police and district court powers. Suggestions included raising simple larceny fines to 100 dollars and imprisonment to two years, expanding jurisdiction over assault with dangerous weapons, indecent exposure, public shows and dance halls, and increasing malicious mischief penalties to 100 dollars. The panel adjourned to meet in New Bedford on August 31 at 11 a.m.

Commonwealth State House Parmenter Bolster Simmons New Bedford Lla. m

Kept in the Newsbits of Oddments and Rumors

A collage of brief items from various papers features remarks on J Beaver Webb, poet Squire, a deceased Chinese laundry worker in St. Louis, and sudden shocks as fatal. It cites reforms, sea serpents off Gloucester, Hare-style quips, and local anecdotes from Albany, Life, New Haven, Savannah, Arkansaw Traveller, Atlanta Constitution, Springfield Union, and the Provincetown crowd.

St. Louis Puck

Southern women lead in New Orleans charity women's exchange report

The Christian Woman's Exchange of New Orleans details a thriving organization with a 30-member board and extensive committees. The aims include aiding needy women to earn livelihoods, selling their products, and maintaining a depot for marketable home crafts, with women leading the effort and Miss L. A. Mitchell printing the pamphlet.

Christian Woman’s Exchange of New Orleans North South Exchange R. M. Walmsley Marion McBride Livermore New York Baltimore Tulane Princeton N. J L. A. Mitchell

Boston Theatres Spotlight Weeklong Condemned to Death Run

The comedy drama Condemned to Death headlines the Boston Theatre this week with Murray and Murphy in Our Irish Visitors at the Globe and Seaf Sands drawing audiences with Lizzie Evans. Next week Over the Garden Wall and Humbug return as Rossini’s Gazza Ladra leads a Music Hall program. Harbor Lights season opener seats sold at the Boston Museum as Grace Hawthorne sails for Europe with W. W. Kelly. Mansfield joins Irving’s yacht party preparing for Prince Karl at the Park.

Boston Murray Murphy Lizzie Evans Seaf Sands Globe Garden Wall Rossini Music Hall Mullaly Gazza Ladra Moses Egypt Stabat Mater Boston Museum Harbor Lights Grace Hawthorne W. W. Kelly Europe Rome Paris Josephine John G. Wilson New York Richard Mansfield Narragansett Pier Irving Parker House Prince Karl Park

Bible Conference Opens at Crescent Beach

Opening services of the Bible conference at Crescent Beach were held yesterday at the Encampment Halls. The event will run four days with notable evangelists from across the country delivering lectures on religious topics.

Bible Conference the Beach Crescent Beach

Howard Athenium and Australian Novelty Company Concerts

Afternoon and evening performances by Howard Athenium and the Australian Novelty Company at Music Hall Promenade concert each day.

Howard Athenium The Australian Novelty Company Mubic Hall

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