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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1884

Page

2

Repeated killings elicit smiles from Kosuth in satire

The Indianapolis Sentinel quotes Sam Weller praising Louis Kosuth as catching a prudent resolve after a grim spree. The New York World finally secures 18950 from New Yorkers for Bartholdi pedestal, prompting calls for congressional thanks to the generous public.

The Indianapolis Sentinel Mr. Blaine Sam Weller Mr. Pickwick New York World Bartholdi Congress

Evarts A Formidable Debater in the Senate

The New York Mail and Express praises Mr Evarts saying he would easily become the most formidable debater in the senate. So formidable that colleagues might have to take a recess during his periods.

The New York Mail and Express Evarts Senate

Opposition Stands Alone in McCulloch Vote Sanction

In the senate confirmation vote, Riddieberger the re adjuster stood alone in opposition to Secretary McCulloch. He had encouragement before the vote but none dared publicly align with the Mahone demagogue, leaving him recorded on the opposing side.

Senate McCulloch Riddieberger Mahone

Judge Wood Defies Blaine’s Sass in Indiana Court

Judge Wood of the United States court in Indiana, a Republican, rejected Blaine’s sass. Blaine’s attorneys withdrew the letter intended for court records and a mild, respectful statement was substituted.

Wood United States Court Indiana Blaine Sass

Meaning of the election quoted by Prof Perry at Williams College

Professor Perry comments on the Republican party in his writing The Meaning of the Election. He says they died very hard and accordingly died very dead. The country observed their unseasonable contortions and noted the death rattle too long deferred.

Pole Raised Over Grave For Late W W Brooks Of Geneva

A hickory pole is planted over the grave of W W Brooks of Geneva Pennsylvania per his will. He died just after Cleveland’s nomination and provided for a flag to float from the top of the pole. It is to stand until it falls of its own accord.

W. W. Brooks Geneva Brooks Cleveland

Buffalo Mayors Praise For Sanitary Efforts

Newspapers in Buffalo commend Mayor Scoville for energetic personal attention to the city sanitation. The piece also notes Boston’s 1885 mayor as likewise pledged to ensure the best possible sanitary measures are carried out.

Buffalo Scoville Boston

Public figure under party labels in heated faction clash

A public man seen as Republican must stay within party traditions or be labeled democratic. McCulloch is described as a democrat and free trader, drawing fire from the republican readjuster faction that has opposed him. The piece notes the clash between party loyalty and perceived statesmanship.

McCulloch

Bayard as Fits Cabinet Post In Cleveland Administration

The piece weighs Senate Bayard as a potential cabinet pick under President Cleveland, especially for the treasury portfolio. It argues his experience suits financial leadership, praising his balance of conservatism and progressivism, and asserts any likely successor with Bayard’s outlook would keep the nation safe.

Senator Bayard Bayard Cleveland Treasury Department State Department Treasury Republic

Boston Post and Providence Journal on Interstate Tariffs

The piece argues against interstate tariffs as a fix for inter state competition and notes trade laws ignore political borders. It asserts free trade with Canada and says supply demand and adaptability drive prosperity and that Pennsylvania’s iron industry faces long term pressure from Alabama and the southern region.

Providence Journal Journal Boston Post United States Rhode Island Massachusetts Pennsylvania Lehigh Valley Canada South Alabama

Overproduction Seen as Core Tariff Problem in Journal View

The Journal argues overproduction is the fundamental trouble despite tariff protection. It cites booming rail road building and steel rail firms with large dividends as signs producers expanded beyond demand. A New England mill manager notes high tariffs cause periodic overproduction and low mood.

Alabama Journal Democratic Party Hewitt New England

Colder weather stirs the mind with odd notes

A long column of curio items and quips travels from madeiras to machinery. It riffs on politicians, poets, and editors, jokes about love and money, and cites civic, railway, and sugar tariff debates. It hints at court martials, elopements, and a tunnel in Samos as a miscellany of 1884 satire.

Fitchbore Hoosac Tunnel Causeway Street Willran Boston Chicago St. Louis New York W.S. and B Troy the Wrest Rx. Gardner Baldwinville Athol Orange Miller’s Falls Greenfield Shoelburne Falls North Adama Alston Ere Wing Weoe Fitchburg Wachusett Otter River Wendell Fast Deerfield Montagu Brattleboro Winchendon Keene Bellows Lis Ana Cheshire Hallroad Pullman St. Albans Rockland Worcester Nashua Hochester Mailroad Groton Pepperell Framingham Lowell Isroad South Framingham Lowell Fitehb Leominster Ayer Junction South Acton Concord Junction Shirley Greenville and Townsend Centre Narbore Hudson and Maynard Concord Waltham Belmont and Waverley Watertown Union Markett Auburn Cambri tChange R. H Esat Ware River B.R

Dear Madam Letter Causes Public Stir At Detroit Free Press

A reader recounts a strange letter received by a clerk. The note mocks a wife with crude humor and is signed Slouch, written from Chicago though addressed to the wife in Buffalo. The clerk suggests stamping the envelope with a playful disclaimer and urges gentle consolation for the distressed owner.

Chicago Buffalo Detroit Free Press

Taxation Burden Blocks Global Trade and Reciprocal Treaties

The speaker warns against high costs of commerce and urges reciprocal treaties. He emphasizes that U S taxation keeps the nation out of world markets beyond agriculture and argues that any plan for expanded trade must reduce taxation to be effective.

Three murderers in one Maine county jail row

A Lewiston Journal letter describes Kennebec jail housing three murderers in adjacent cells. Harry Burns, 66, idle yet erect, guards his grim calm. Charles Wallace Morgan, Togus ram seller, shot Sergt Malloy. Baker, 25, Albion murder victim Mrs Tuck, appears intelligent but morally weak. All three are quiet and permitted to walk the corridors each morning.

Lewiston Maine Kennebec Harry Burns Lishress Augusta Burns Charles Wallace Morgan Charles Morgan Wallace Togus Ramseller Sergt. Malloy Baker Tuck Albion Murderer’s Row

Wreck mine yields large horn silver specimen for exposition

The Star reports Total Wreck mine sent the largest most valuable horn silver ore specimen to the New Orleans exposition from Tucson. It weighs around 30 pounds and is about 75 percent silver worth roughly 3000 dollars per ton. It will be shipped with Mr Wores cabinet who deems it the best in size and quality in the Territory.

Tucson The Star Wores’ Cabinet

Christmas day on a troubled Thursday foretold

The Harleian MS records a fifteenth century prophecy: a windy winter day on Christmas leads to wrecks and tempests, a dry fruitful year for crops and livestock, rulers dying by sword, a fortunate child born that day. The riddle also predicts theft punished, sickness striking some, and general turmoil.

Skylle

Peptonized Beef Tonic Offered by Caswell Hazard Co

A New York based Caswell Hazard & Co promotes ae Mensman's Peptonized Beef Tonic claimed to contain all nutritious properties of beef. Marketed as a tonic for indigestion nervous prostration and debility, it is sold through druggists.

Ae Mensman Caswell, Hazard & Co New York ja4Fly Voltaic Belt Co Marshall Mich Galveston & Key Wesy S.S. Rio Grande S. San Marcos S.S. Col Rado Alamo Texas New Mexico Arizona California Galveston Fernandina Jacksonville Fla S Antonio State of Texas Seth Sprague Old State Horse Boston A. H. Mallory & CO Great Southern Charleston Savannah Florida Laarent Nickerson A. Dew Fall River Ashington

Treaty with Spain harms American industry and revenue

From the Brooklyn Union argues the proposed Spanish treaty concedes too much for too little. It warns it would devastate Havana cigar production, reduce duties on sugar and tobacco, threaten U S revenue, and offer no clear benefit to American consumers or broader industry.

Boston Post Cuba Spanish Islands Porto Rico New York Havana East Indies Islands Spain Western Europe England United States Turkey New England G. White South Easton Mass Scituate Plymouth The the Post Old Colony Memorial Plymouth Harbor Memorial Massachusetts Bay Brooklyn Union Germany

Train Timetable Fragments From Saugus Branch Notices

Fragmented timetable listing daily and Sunday departures for the W.Everett Malden Saugus Branch under JAS T. Furber. Includes morning and evening times, branch connections, and notes like Daily except Saturday and Return.

SCOET U.uy Fe Ae Sun So-Se Nervus Her San Chelsea Everett Het W.everett Malden and Saugus Branch Het. West Everett Saugus Jas T. Furber

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