05 Dec 1890
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1890
Page
1
The bulletin lists measurements for Boston including temperature, humidity, wind, cloud cover, and precipitation. It cites mean daily temperatures and normals, noting a max 32.8C, min 0.0C, and total precipitation 0.25 inches with wind speed 5.4 mph and humidity around 63.0 percent.
Nationalist members in London meet to decide Mr Parnell leadership amid the O Shaughnessy divorce case fallout. Clancy proposes seeking assurances from Gladstone Morley and Harcourt while Parnell resists resigning. A committee to negotiate with Gladstone forms, with Healy Redmond Sexton and Leamy appointed to press for Home Rule proposals.
Mr Balfour proposed a 5000 loan for seed potatoes to distressed Irish cultivators with a 20 percent discount for cash buyers. Government plans include 284 miles of railway works across Cork Kerry Galway Mayo Donegal and Clare with nearby labor and weekly family remittances, plus drainage land reclamation and afforestation. The National League of America reports Dublin to Lincoln meetings and a Parnell message urging strong Irish leadership against Gladstone.
Lord Salisbury spoke at Waterford Lancashire about the Irish crisis. He praised the moral burst against Mr Parnell yet lamented breaches of the Sixth and Eighth Commandments by the Irish people. Healy and Sexton backed their leader before turning on him.
Sir Joseph Lister, speaking at King's College after returning from Berlin, announced that within a month the world would be startled by two new medical discoveries. He cited Dr. Koch's potential consumption cure and a simple chemical treatment tested on guinea pigs. Koch plans further trials and keeps details secret for now.
Dr J P C Foster inoculated two patients with Koch lymph in New Haven observing fever rise after injection. One had lupus and the other tubercular laryngitis. Fever spiked about fifteen minutes post injection then abated. Further inoculations planned with Germany supplied lymph.
Ottawa reports Russell Seybold & Co. a wholesale dry goods dealer facing financial difficulties with liabilities near 250000 and assets about the same. The item notes their crisis and comments briefly on infant feeding with a trade-miled health line.
The Four Hundred embrace a dull gold furniture craze with 97 new pieces on display. Smaller items like chairs cabinets tables and divans lead the trend while gold bronze gives a durable lustre said to outlast ordinary finishes. Architects and interior decorators are invited to view the collection.
In Concorp New Hampshire on December 4 1880 supporters of Dr Jacob H Gallinger face intense Washington pressure as Republicans in the Legislature oppose the Chandler census apportionment bill. Despite letters from high officials and political lobbying the measure fails and lawmakers who voted against it stand firm. The scene includes disputes over Pittsburg clerk eligibility and the legality of the proposed act, with a judiciary committee reporting that the bill is unnecessary and unconstitutional.
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