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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1888
Page
4
Embossed leather panels flank a four dollar clothing rack titled Penelope's Portrait. The piece invites customers to view their portrait in the center glass and proclaims the rack’s versatile fit from waterproofs to children's outerwear. Made and sold by the manufacturer cited in the notice.
For twenty four hours: Maine New Hampshire and Vermont fair with light snow in northern parts and continued low temperatures. Coastal areas slightly colder with northwest winds. Rest of New England and eastern New York fair with northerly winds and low temperatures. Storm signals shown along the Atlantic coast from Block Island to Eastport.
Vice President elect Morton privately remarks after two days with Harrison that the latter will be President. Some say this dispenses Blaine’s Cabinet hopes, while others doubt it. The Springfield Republican notes the split among friends on Cabinet chances.
The New York Evening Post notes that Tom Platt’s bid for a Cabinet post is thwarted by Union League stance on his impertinence. He reportedly threatens war if not chosen, but officials doubt alarm. Platt’s political influence and income from politics may end if he fails to secure recognition from the new administration.
The House committee on manufactures should hear testimony on the Halibut Trust of Gloucester and Boston before its inquiry closes. The trust has long controlled halibut supply and sale to the detriment of fishermen and consumers, led by D. C. & H. Babson. Fitz Babson, president of the National Fishery Association, could testify.
A Philadelphia Record editorial warns that annexation of Canada would threaten Knights of the Garter Knight Commanders of the Bath and other noble titles. It notes the U.S. Constitution prohibits foreign titles and urges Mr. Butterworth to craft a plan allowing Canadian KCMG and CB holders to retain titles without constitutional infringement.
The Philadelphia Times warns Blaine's selection as premier could trigger distrust in business circles and earnest Republicans, risking a grave conflict in Pennsylvania and jeopardizing Quay’s national leadership and the Har eeen administration’s success.
Benjamin Symonds aged 15 an Armstrong's News Company employee was killed at Lynn when he fell under a train while trying to board this morning. He was taken to City Hospital where he died shortly after 11 o'clock.
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Doston Most notes France will dispatch a naval vessel to Colon in anticipation of possible disturbances on the Isthmus and that the United States may follow with two ships. The move aims to reassure M P Lesseps's shareholders and to project authority on the ground.
The Republican Club of New York reportedly barred three applicants amid ill feeling from Hebrew supporters of two rejected candidates. Accusations cite race and religion, while the third applicant’s past as "one of the Boys" is cited as a detriment. The Boys defend not quitting the ranks, noting their past campaigns for the Harrison ticket.
The Senate Republicans reject holiday recess to push business forward while denouncing the tariff bill as harmful and ineffective. The debate exposes the substitute as a mockery next to the well considered MILLs bill, risking a pointless substitution if sent to the House.
The House debate on civil service reform aimed at a test vote showcased the reform’s broad support. Critics like Cummings and General Spinoa exposed opposition's weakness, while Democrats and Republicans voiced strong, pragmatic backing, tempering fears about future setbacks under the next administration.
The piece notes recent Liberal gains in English bye elections with Maidstone showing a Conservative win by 185 votes. It cautions American journals against over-optimism about Liberal return to office and cites Labouchere urging caution, referencing Holborn’s result a fortnight prior.
The text notes gains in Holborn but calls for stronger effort to win a general election. It criticizes London voters as snobs preferring aristocratic party labels while artisans are disfranchised for not staying a year in one place. It suggests Maidstone as a possible Liberal workingman challenger in this scene.
President Cleveland names Assistant Attorney Bailey to replace District Attorney Sellers in Indiana, triggering Republican alarm over the case against Dudley and Bailey’s expected push to secure evidence. The New York Tribune denounces the move, while Judge Claypool is enlisted to assist in the inquiry as Bailey contemplates citing Boss Quay before the grand jury.
Commissioner Merrill heads the Grand Army committee urging Congress to pension every Union soldier though he warns against sweeping measures now. He favors the dependent pension bill first and hints at later aims including civil service changes benefiting veterans. The piece warns of risky precedent and possible political pressure shaping pension policy ahead of a new Congress.
The Grand Army committee proposes action described as a push that would be consistently injurious to public interests, prompting scrutiny and concern over its impact on civic welfare.
Mr Cuantry M Derprew comments on Mr C F Adams address and the rail road scene. He supports repealing the anti pooling clause of the interstate commerce act to legalize pooling and curb rate evasion and rival price wars that undermine revenues.
Judge Allison in Philadelphia declares policemen must respect citizen rights when ordered to disperse, citing a case where a man and his mother were assaulted for resisting orders. The conviction of the officer who struck the man and the jail term for the mother prompt a warning that officers may face penalties for overstepping authority and that citizens should Move on when told.
A push for a grand arch at Prospect Park main entrance honors soldiers who died in the Civil War. Officials seek $150,000 more after $10,000 was approved. Forty designs from stone firms have been submitted, none deemed to offer original merit.
Theatrical managers move to resist the Actors’ Order of Friendship push for extending the contract labor law to actors. Few sympathize, deemed narrow and illogical. Most opinions in the press past align with the managers, deprecating the agitation in letter and spirit.
The Boston Theatre extends Sardou’s La Tosca with Miss Davenport’s farewell this Saturday and Miss Margaret Mather's brief engagement starts Monday. Lighter holiday adds Fantasma at the Globe and A Parlor Match at the Park. Miss Anderson premieres at Hollis Street as Shenandoah closes at the Museum. A. M. Palmer tours Partners with a star cast led by Salvini Massen Flockton Holiday Harrison Rogers Craddock Moloney and young Gertie Homan. The Lady of Lyons grows popular at Shaftesbury London while Wallis and Forbes Robertson receive praise for fresh takes. A reader letter defends Jefferson’s Bob Acres interpretation, arguing authorship and performance liberties matter in shaping a character.
In Beacon Hill a learned elder, once a college professor, advocates daily solitary confinement for undergraduates to sharpen minds and morals, urging strict campus rules and evening curfews. The column notes objections from Cambridge youth and parries with playful bets on street games, while reflecting on practical reform and a telegraphic digression about railway practices.
A New York World correspondent portrays Lord Randolph Churchill in Parliament as small and unimpressive in appearance yet marked by a strikingly determined spirit. His pale feverish face and quivering mustache mask a growing skill as a debater and a will that remains unyielding.
The Polymnia Club launched its second season at Fauntleroy Hall Roxbury with Gounod Gallia and Pinsuti Caravan encores. Mrs Jennie Patrick Walker soprano and Arthur Foote accompanist assisted conductor Clarence E Hay and S H Gerrish pianist. An unusually large audience enjoyed a program including Barcarolle Mazurka and songs Winds in the Trees Rosebuds Thou Art So Like a Flower She Wandered Down the Mountain and more with Camerata like choruses and piano pieces.
A column of breezy miscellany rails at literary and political quirks. It questions if Blackburn and Rucker will clash, mocks importation of actors, and cites varied jests about editors, publishers, and headlines, ending with playful satire on Matthew Arnold obituary errors.
Mr. F. B. Sanborn of Concord presented a lecture on Hawthorne and Emerson before the Goethe Society in the Hotel Brunswick, New York, last evening. Royal and scholarly notes touched Santo Domingo and Toussaint L Ouverture, while elsewhere Mary Queen of Scots relics drew attention at the New Gallery in London.
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