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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1891
Page
4
The Boston Post lists subscription rates and provides the Washington Street office address. It notes subscribers should report the current and future address for delivery and requests reports if the paper cannot be bought at usual outlets in Boston and nearby areas.
Listings show multiple venues on Hollis Tremont and Washington streets with showtimes from 7:45 to 10:30 pm. Notable acts include Thermidor Jane Alabama Sailor's Knot Martha Captain Sherese Ezra Kendall A Pair of Kids Dora Wiley and Variety Stoddard Lecture and more across Boston theatres such as the Hollis Street, Columbia Tremont Boston Museum Globe Theatre Park and Grand Opera House.
A worldwide outpouring of sympathy arises for Mrs Cleveland in Lakewood New Jersey where she and her young child are staying to escape harsh winter New York weather. The article praises her modest grace and the affection she won as first lady of the land and heart of the nation.
Henry M Whitney controls the West End Street Railway Company and other city interests while William C Whitney, ex Secretary of the Navy, becomes a director of Boston & Maine Railroad. Both men shown as able leaders in private and public enterprises. Henry studies a Boston Common tunnel route with Haymarket square as a potential exit for the railroad.
The Boston Journal mocks two New England lawmakers, Stevens of Massachusetts and Daniels of New Hampshire, predicting an uncomfortable time for them in Congress. It claims they favor free trade for imports into their factories and protection for exports, a view the Journal deems misrepresented.
The piece argues New England manufacturers face harsh, patriotic attacks in Republican papers while seeking fair treatment from a tariff reform House. It notes Democratic-supporting New England manufacturers benefited from opposition to Massachusetts Congressmen who backed McKinry, highlighting regional political tensions and profits at stake.
A Boston public opinion declaration denounces the West End company for corrupt lobbying and subsidizing newspapers. It calls for disbanding lobbyists and open disclosure before considering rapid transit plans, warning that corrupt policy will be condemned.
The article critiques President Harrison's address to Congress, noting a strained position as defender of repudiated policies. It highlights cautious praise for foreign policy firmness, while criticizing currency references and hints at a possible new force bill. The piece emphasizes the president's limited force against a hostile Congress.
A veteran Boston journalist Col William W Clapp is recalled for nearly five decades in journalism, his strict integrity and openness, bold convictions, and community leadership. Associates honor his public service, personal loyalty, and broad charity as hallmarks of a respected career.
The obituary highlights Col CLapp as energetic, industrious, and modest in style, praising his decisive leadership at the Boston Journal for over 25 years. It notes he built the paper into New England’s leading Republican organ, earned broad respect across parties, and his sudden death will be widely felt and deeply regretted.
The piece condemns Deputy Sheriff Sisley for abducting William Phillips in Connecticut, notes possible local police complicity, and urges accountability. It then discusses Massachusetts School Board politics, defending Thomas J. Emery's record and urging his re election based on his service and sub committee work.
Fragmentary OCR style lines evoke a fragment of Elizabethan lyric, with vivid images of lark at heaven's gate, Phoebus rising, water from springs on chalked flowers, Mary-buds opening golden eyes, and a call for a lady to arise. The piece resembles early modern poetry, blending nature with mythic personifications.
From the Machias Union the Post becomes unionized again after the old management discharged the entire composing staff on January 17. The Boston Typographical Union led a ceremony last Saturday with a procession of fellow craftsmen, speeches, and congratulations as the new force was installed. Any Maine Democrat seeking a Boston Daily could find the Post a worthy newspaper.
A meeting will be held at Room 13 Youngs Hotel today at 11 a m to act on the death of Colonel W W Clapp. Funeral services are set for noon tomorrow at First Church corner Marlboro and Berkeley streets with representatives from the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association and the Revere Lodge KF and A M attending.
Henry J. Stevens, a well known Boston lawyer from the firm Stevens & Durant at 19 Congress street, died aged 54. He summers in North Andover and winters in Boston, was Harvard 1857 alumnus alongside John D. Long and others, former president of Franklin Mining Company, attorney for Boston & Maine and Eastern railroads, and held several trusteeships. He leaves a widow and five children.
Washington dispatch reports the Chicago and Bennington departed Fort Monroe today bound for Brazil with a planned stop at St. Thomas. The Atlanta is expected to follow tomorrow.
The article defends Mayor Matthews noting his veto of an iron sidewalk roof over Granary Burying Ground and opposing encroachment by the West End Railway. It cites his stand against corporate manipulation seen in the New England Printing Telegraph Company case, arguing he acts for the people rather than corporate interests.
A collection of humorous exchanges and epigrams from a newspaper page. It parodies language and wordplay with lines about Falstaff, a tramp, a tailor, and theatrical anecdotes. The dialogue features Miss Cleercutt, De Viller, Bilgers, Mamma, Hillyers, Jimmy Jones, and other characters in witty back-and-forths.
A Post reporter interviews Boston newspaper leaders about accepting money for printing news. Barrett refuses comment. Taylor declines. Holmes defends editorial independence while outlining how Whitney speeches are handled. editors discuss past editorial actions on West End issues and lobby reporting.
M de Freycinet joins the Forty Immortals of the French Academy while Catherine Weed Barnes to edit amateur photography for Frank Leslie's Weekly. The Earl of Beauchamp plans East End charity residence in London. Kipling coauthor Wolcott Balestier dies of typhoid in Dresden. Judge Dixon of Wisconsin lamented costly politics. Sir Samuel Wilson’s son saved Queen Victoria at Eton. Dom Pedro praised by Agassiz as a premier geologist. Bailey, Texas, youngest congressman at twenty eight. Mrs. Taylor of Little Washington, Pa., wealth from oil wells. Shah of Persia uses a $400000 pipe.
A $2000 mortgage on General Butler’s book plates stock and manuscripts is filed by A M Thayer & Co with Emory Thayer of Franklin as mortgagee. Estes and Lauriat have filed a new suit in Superior Court seeking $50 000 for libel in a Boston newspaper interview with Butler after Judge Holmes ruling in the Jewett case.
Mr H R Legate president of the Second National Club recounts observing how the West End influences editorial expressions of Boston newspapers. He recalls conducting a Nationalist department on a weekly paper in this city some time ago.
The 1890 West End investigation uncovered how the West End Street Railway Company funded newspaper advertising and related materials to influence legislation on elevated railroads. Testimony cited $752.25 spent through May for printing speeches and notices across Boston papers, with editorials and certain papers not itemized.
Archibald M. of Tremont Street condemns the West End trolley system and Whitney led monopolies. He argues elevated rail and tunneling must be funded without draining the city, condemning privileges sought via State House deals and noting tax and depreciation burdens. The letter urges the paper to warn readers about ongoing transit leverage and risks to street safety.
A Boston meeting of L. A. 3123 K of L and the First Nationalist Club expresses gratitude to the Boston Post for its independent stance against the West End Street Railways alleged bribery and encroachment plans. A five member committee is named to rally organizations against the suppression of open debate on public spaces and press freedom.
Baltimore December 9 Dr Francis Donaldson professor of diseases of throat and chest at the University of Maryland died today after a long illness in his 69th year.
Charles E. French urges public defense of the Common against West End tunnel schemes. He recalls past proposals including an elevated road and Harrison avenue boomerang, arguing tunnels would uproot trees and disturb graves at Granary and Central burial grounds, with a surface station near Temple Place. He questions West End tactics and calls for vigilant civic action.
The Boston Post under new management refuses a $100 per column bribe for news publication. It asserts a commitment to remain unmuzzled and independent, signaling a stand against corporate influence after the management change.
From the New Bedford Journal the Boston Post refused to print President Whitney of the West End road speech before the Rapid Transit Commission for 100 a column as paid reading matter but prints its news. Evidently the new Post cannot be muzzled and all honor to it.
The Boston Press Club holds its annual dinner at 5 PM in the Hotel Abbotsford dining room on Commonwealth avenue near Hotel Vendome. Entry costs $3 and welcomes non members who can pay.
New Haven, Dec 9. The following self explanatory note caused a big sensation on the Yale campus this morning. To the President of Yale Boat Club E H Floyd Jones President Owing to circumstances over which I have no control I hereby tender my resignation as captain of the Yale crew Signed in
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