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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1887
Page
4
Subscription rates listed for Milk near Washington Street show daily options including one year nine dollars, six months four fifty, three months two twenty five, and one month seventy five cents. Weekly issues on Fridays offer one year priced at one dollar sixty cents.
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The financial and commercial sections appear on pages six and seven while ship news is on page three.
The United States local steam boat inspectors clear the Merrimack officers and crew of wrongdoing in the Little Hope wreck. Initial sensational reports of disobedience are debunked as baseless, crediting the commander and line for calm, brave actions that prevented further loss of life due to a local pilot’s incompetence or neglect.
New testimony shows missionaries visiting new arrivals at Castle Garden where a Norwegian woman and her child were kept as prisoners during their pending case. They received one meal daily and slept on bare benches, highlighting distress at the immigration facility designed to protect newcomers.
The governor urges a swift general term of the Supreme Court for the Jacob Sharp appeal, arguing a prompt judicial hearing is preferable to a newspaper verdict. Critics of Judge Porter’s stay are dismissed as uncalled for, and the decision is praised as strictly judicial. The concern about unequal access to funding is acknowledged, with bail seen as possibly aiding flight but the brief delay providing security.
Sir R Greson calls Gladstone resolution a death struggle as government survives with a larger majority. He denounces withholding official papers and hints that the conflict pits the government against the National League, risking further violent incidents amid Irish unrest.
The piece warns government actions endanger Irish liberties and may fill jails with critics of BALFOUR and rent reform allies. It notes Lord Harrington’s condemnation of the government and Liberal hesitation, urging the English Parliament and voters to consider the crisis and the wider fight for liberty.
The Maryland reformers, rooted in the old Democratic movement, join the Republicans amid allegations of Blaineism and spoils politics. They seek local reforms such as anti bribery laws and ballot protection while accepting a reform minded gubernatorial candidate. The plan aims to secure State reforms without conceding national policy to the Blaine faction.
A Cornell University bequest totaling over a million dollars may be jeopardized by a technicality in the estate plan of Joan McGraw. The estate left to a daughter later married a Cornell professor who reportedly renounced all claims to his wife’s fortune, potentially reducing the university’s sizeable inheritance amid disputed valuations of the remainder.
A professor may gain 1.5 million from Mrs Fisk's estate to Cornell University as the Supreme Court reverses a surrogate ruling on university ownership of assets. The case raises an 1860 New York law limiting bequests to benevolent societies and questions whether ante-nuptial agreements can override the statute.
It is reported that Mr. Semmes of Louisiana is likely to succeed the late Mr. Justice Woops on the U S Supreme Court. Semmes leads the Louisiana bar, is highly learned and perceptive, and has served as attorney general and district attorney in Louisiana. He studied at Harvard Law School.
An Atlanta woman who eloped with a circus man two years ago returns to her native city as the companion to her husband on the flying trapeze. The piece notes elopement endures and gains a public triumph in the circus life.
A scattered vein of social and public life greets readers with brief mentions of Henry D. Hyde and Colonel Albert A. Pope touring Yellowstone with capitalists, doctors appointed as medical examiners, Governor Gordon’s antics with a seminary, Alfred Montgomery at Farragut’s studio, and sporting notes on C G Wood and Corcoran’s health retreat. It also touches Bismarck’s wife’s striking appearance and Dr. Samuel D. Gross’s historical earnings and positions.
New Dickens letters to appear in the October English Illustrated with more Personal Reminiscences. Putnam’s to issue Story of Turkey Ireland and Mexico, and a Balzac translation by Routledges. Knickerbocker Nuggets to showcase world classics in a handsome Knickerbocker Press edition. Tappan Zee Irving set for twelve volumes. Spencer’s Five Last Things ready from Whitaker. Besant preparing a serial novel Herr Paulus for provincial press.
A study of an adventurer named Herr Paulus who travels to London to exploit credulity among spiritualists mediums occultists and related circles. The author presents the piece as a modern life satire on manners and social pretensions.
A Boston observer muses on street culture including a barrel organ performer near Postoffice Square and an Italian street musician near Liberty square. He notes crowd fascination when the organ's cover is removed and praises striking costuming while reflecting on urban quirks and a correspondent’s critique of modern “shoppiness.”
Mrs Willoughby spouse of W T Willoughby blocks a Northeastern railroad tram road with a sofa and chair on the track. She aided by a lawyer and armed with a Winchester rifle holds the engine until a compromise is reached with railroad officials and a sheriff present. The incident occurs while her husband is away in Philadelphia.
The Chicago Morning News reports the Mill Producers' Association will establish a milk depot in St. Louis, praising the city’s dairy advantages and pasture in business thoroughfares. Kansas City may still contend for the depot after all.
The Appletons offer paper bound novels with large type. His Helpmate by Frank Barrett centers on finance, brewing, banking and deception with interest on love and family. Thraldom by Julian Sturgis mixes mesmeric powers and West Indian mysticism with a strong English hero and a pure heroine.
The issue spotlights national pride and citizenship with a Constitution feature by Annie Sawyer Downs and rich illustrations from paintings to the parchment. It highlights contributions by Spofford Craddock Guiney and Balton alongside poetry, verses, and sketches.
The Manchester Union argues Henry George urges taxing the unearned increment of city land rather than land itself, claiming his plan would align with socialist farmers and spark nationwide upheaval if farmers join the movement.
The Boston Herald notes Senator Allison was seen as a favorite son at his state's Republican convention but rejected a presidential nomination. It highlights his strategic wit, contrasting him with his brother Senator John Sherman as wiser in political maneuvers.
Exuberant tone notes the creator of a new platform who builds it not for demand but impulse. The eleventh plank calls for permanent equity and justice in labor capital relations, praised as a strong start.
The Philadelphia Record notes how the Democratic tariff of 1846 was followed by a 1857 Republican shift lowering duties from 25 to 19 percent, while the present average exceeds 45 percent. It criticizes tariff monopoly defenders for labeling opponents free traders and argues no recent measure proposes such low duties.
The Chicago Herald notes President Cleveland is young, healthy, and balanced, entering the White House as a self made leader. It argues continued ambition to serve is probable and suggests his spouse would press him toward the nomination's sticking point, though declination is deemed unlikely.
An unprejudiced observer sees Henry George aiding the Republican machine by courting Democratic workingmen in cities and aligning with Blaine loyalists. The Philadelphia Times argues George’s actions make him an unwitting ally of Tom Platt and warn reformers away from his party to avoid aiding Platt’s electoral ticket.
Obituary recounts the life of Daniel Goodwin born November 24 1799 in Geneva New York. He studied at Union College and became a prominent Michigan jurist serving as U S district attorney and judge of the Michigan Supreme Court later presiding over the upper peninsula bench. He declined a federal judgeship due to salary and was repeatedly nominated to the U S Senate by friends. He died in Detroit.
A collage of items notes trade shifts in September trade dollars, Indian census figures, and political forecasts. It mentions Marion's silence, a pianist’s time challenge, champagne rumors about Simon Cameron, London omnibuses with electric lights, a Belknap family clerkship story, tea versus coffee, a fatal lightning dog image, a Paris speculator and Dom Pedro, top melon varieties, and Beecher letters rumors among Plymouth Church factions.
A New York court hears a boy's testimony to establish when an affray occurred. Asked how he knew the date he replies the fight happened on Sunday because that was the day he went to the saloon side door for beer. The judge remarks that settles it.
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