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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1894
Page
4
The passage argues that the suffering of women and children in so called model tenements reveals a grave error of paternalism. It claims the State must assist with food, while concluding American workmen fare better as independent individuals rather than under government oversight.
President Cleveland explains his decision not to sign the new tariff bill, citing insufficient reform and Sugar Trust influence. He says the bill still provides relief, goes far toward improving conditions, and will lessen heavy tariff burdens on the public.
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A sorrowful note from the Isles of Shoals marks the passing of Celia Thaxter. Though not a great poet or prolific writer, she touched many lives through a handful of books and her sympathy and tenderness inspired comfort in thousands.
The morning announcement signals a thorough restructure under General Martin. The public sees intelligent direction, not mere rotation, as essential to elevating the force to expected standards.
The nation wakes to a new dispensation as McKinleyism ends. The shift reverses policy from obstruction to liberality, a change four years in the making since 1890 and 1892 uprisings. The era of four years of perceived economic gloom gives way to emancipation under a new order.
The draft discusses American accusations against the Prince of Wales over the Britannia’s withdrawal from Cape May cup races. It argues the Dover owner’s regret after two Britannia sailors drowned is understandable but urges the Prince to defend the cup, denying a suspicions motive and criticizing English taunts toward Americans.
The Pullman town's paternalistic system left residents landless and voiceless while the Pullman company owned all land and shops. Critics say the core flaw is the autocratic structure and Pullman’s lack of humane support during workers’ hunger, exposing a failure of model town ideals.
A Cleveland letter to Congress emphasizes action against trusts and combinations. It claims the tariff will free the people from corporate power and allow legislative will to govern. The piece argues Republicans kept the people bound, while the new tariff empowers a renewal of American institutions.
Observations recount Boston social life with General Martin dialogue, Captain Anderson illness, and Luke M Duffy's Brookline wedding to Eben Rooney at St Mary’s Brookline. Mentions include Edwin L Pilsbury, Thomas Keenan departure party, George von L Meyer impressions, Finn & Kelley trip to Canada, and a stray report of a knife accident on Washington Street.
The Derby Mascot melodrama by Charles A. Taylor opens at the New Lyceum with an engaging Southern tale. Strong cast led by Dolly Theobald and Isabelle Lorraine, vivid stage pictures including Sunrise in the swamp, and notable interludes by Bunth and Rudd. Other houses offer living pictures, burlesque Blue Beard Jr., and a varied weekly program with Joe Flynn and Florence Elene drawing crowds.
The Lyceum under Manager Mohr starts a new dramatic year with a spic and span house and modern amenities. John W. Ransone's comedians headline a strong bill including Max Remington and his dog, Hilda Thomas, the Russells, Morrison and Devine, Hines and Remington, Rosina, Edwina, and Frank Cotton's Country Circus. Two shows daily, with promises of novelties and stylish costumes for the season.
The Byrne quartet headlines the Bos ton Theatre engagement with Eight Bells a musical and mechanical novelty praised for clever tumbling and acrobatics. Other cast members include John Parr Benjamin T Dillon Harry F Baker and Miss Cora Harris. A Labor Day matinee will launch The Old Homestead with new scenic electric lighting simulating outdoor atmosphere.
The last week of Davy Jones at the Museum opened with a tremendous crowd last evening. The popular numbers were redemanded and the piece is performing stronger than ever. The final performance is set for next Saturday evening. Chauncey Olcott, a famed Irish comedian, stars in The Irish Artist by Pitou and Jessop with new songs including Katy Mahone Look in My Heart My Beautiful Irish Maid. The Boston production will be its first here.
In Boston a Columbian international beauty show at Austin Stone's Museum features thirty five represented countries. A young Boston girl represents the U S while other entrants are noted as typical beauties. Rosa the dancer wowed yesterday in native dress with her musicians. Damascus swordsmen performed thrilling demonstrations. The gorilla act with father and son draws crowds alongside the Cereola family of musicians and dancers. Vaudeville acts by well known artists conclude the program.
The Palace Theatre presents Rose Hill English folly company with The Fakirs Daughter and a live pictures show by the Palace vaudeville troupe. Lillie Washburn leads the girls, with the Washburn sisters, Morton and Eckhoff, Clara Laurence, Frank Emerson, Marie Warren, J Herbert Mack, Hodgkins and Leith, Crawford and Manning, Jessie Olivier, John Phillips, and Charles Burnham in The Ball Tosser. A grand finale of living pictures by Prof W O Austin ends the bill.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presented the sprightly modern comedy Jane to a cheerful audience last night. Belle Gilbert energized the title role with brightness and piquancy while BE. G. Spangler as Shackleton Charles Stevenson as Kershaw and J. P. Tucker as William carried the piece with dash. The curtain raiser One Touch of Nature was well staged.
With noon doors opening crowded lobby scenes, Grand Museum offers a strong Monday program headlined by A Brave Woman. Mor timer Murdock’s dramatization preserves domestic and sensational elements, featuring George E. Bryant J Gordon Edwards and others with a lively female cast led by Lora Addison Clift Kent Swift Frankie Bell Annie Kings ey Helen Englehardt.
Keith presented attractions drew strong attendance led by the Living Pictures birth of the Pearl. The show featured real water and extensive lights. Vaudeville stars included J Aldrich Libby, Conway and Leland, Francesca Redding with Hugh Stanton, Zamora acrobats, Carr and Jordan, Swan and Bambard, Adhew, Lavender and Thomson, and John Till's marionettes.
Madelein e with Camille D Arville in the title role enters its fifth week at the Tremont Theatre in Boston amid praise. A 100th performance celebration is planned a week hence with lavish decorations and mementos. Other notes cover Prince Pro Tem rehearsals, Young America at Columbia, A Country Sport at Hollis Street, Tabasco at Park Theatre, and Castle Square dynamo foundation work with dynamite used to clear a ledge.
Mrs JL C Wade widow of the Mexican Central railway president buys a handsome house in Ingersoll's Grove Springfield and may sell her Newton estate. Neighbors include Rev Dr and Mrs Covington Ky whose husband bought a graveyard lot after a grave illness. Ella A Bunker returns from Nebraska homestead trip to ensure title on a quarter section for settlers.
A collage of short jokes and satirical lines from various papers. Topics include death by one’s own act, a notorious rascal named Lusherty, a female medical student’s nighttime readiness, Italian queen smoking and kneeling on stairs, bicycle girls in bloomers, a wife and husband riddle about reign, sea sickness at the plank, and a camel joke about work and drink.
A new viaduct will rise about twenty feet above the present road to span the Mystic wharf property in Charlestown. It will carry electric cars and other traffic over railroad tracks with no grade crossings. The structure will run 2777 feet, reaching 188 feet from the Chelsea drawbridge, with the Boston incline starting opposite the Navy Yard ropewalk on Chelsea street.
A fierce forest fire has burned a large tract of land near New Boston Massachusetts since Saturday. Fifty farmers are battling the blaze as crops are destroyed in the affected mountains above Winsted Connecticut on August 27.
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