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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1890
Page
4
The Post outlines circulation and subscription rates for daily and weekly issues, payment instructions, and a policy note. It also includes editor's notice declining to return rejected manuscripts and requiring writers to sign with full name and address for good faith.
Listings show matinee and evening shows across Boston venues. The Soudan at Boston Theatre. Rosedale at Boston Museum. Superba at Globe Theatre. A Bunch of Keys at Grand Opera House. Mrs Leslie Carter in The Ugly Duckling at Hollis Street. Hyde's Star Specialty at Howard Street. Stoddard Lecture at Music Hall. Symphony Orchestra at Music Hall. The Clemenceau Case at Packard Theatre. Stuart Robson in The Henrietta at Tremont Theatre.
In a House speech on Thursday Boston Dost Mr Farquhar argues the Senate subsidy bill amid alarm over patriotism. He attacks partisanship that harms American pride and honor while questioning limits on merchants buying ships abroad and tariff removal. He notes the paradox of English flags on ships owned by American capital and cites navigation laws as turning the spectacle ordinary.
English newspapers celebrate the Great Western directors choosing an express train of vestibuled cars. They highlight the ability to walk the length of the train as a major improvement and note the delayed English adoption of new conveniences like baggage checking systems.
The Interior Department reports since 1862 agents have received 37 million dollars for pension work. Projections show eight and a half million in agent fees under the pauper pension act, with 25 dollars per original case and 10 dollars for increase or reissue cases. Critics fear the large profits may sway Senate to resist changes in the pension law.
The article notes ongoing rift within the Nationalist factions in Ireland as English politicians take a holiday mood. It argues the Liberal party faces significant changes while debates over reunion of Gladstonian and Unionist camps intensify. Chamberlain declares reunion impossible though others disagree. Lord Hamarson remains quietly influential.
An excerpt cites a London Daily News remark that Irish quarrels hinder reform and that Parnell's ill-judged pursuit may fail to yield miracles. The piece highlights how internal divisions could block progress and shape future outcomes.
New York celebrates rains washing dirt into sewers while Boston struggles as frost traps mud and dust. The city faces alternating plagues of dust and mud until softer weather returns. Citizens are urged to push city authorities to relieve the condition and protect public health.
The Boston Journal condemns the Senate for inefficiency while the New York Tribune warns the compromise on silver could become a dangerous surrender. It notes the plan would buy 66 million ounces of silver and risks dumping world silver into U S Treasury as money, questioning the finality and safety of such a shift.
Evidences multiply that no amount of organization can replace personal fidelity and conscientious discharge of duty. Inspection and supervision fail when inspectors and supervisors neglect their duties, as shown by a large malt house collapse in New York despite an elaborate Bureau of Building Inspection. If those charged with oversight fail, more machinery cannot fix human unreliability.
The passage asserts that no amount of organization can overcome fundamental flaws. It emphasizes that confidence in one or more men must be the keystone of the structure, warning that failure of that confidence undermines the entire system.
The article argues the McKinning tariff raises prices for potatoes, cabbage, eggs, and canned goods, hitting laborers and the poor hardest. It notes added costs per item and regional differences, with New York seeing scarce Canadian imports while demand shifts toward canned goods, underscoring tariff-driven purchasing power loss.
The piece argues that raising the tariff on degras to a half cent per pound failed to spur domestic production. It notes U S tanning material imports far exceed home output, with $250,000 imported versus $12,000 home production, and contends the tax falls on consumers without benefiting any group.
A warning urges mailers to post gifts early in the week before Christmas. With peak volume in the two days before the holiday, clerks struggle to process parcels and first class letters. Delays cause disappointment for both senders and recipients, so allow extra time for transmission and delivery.
Licensed by Bishop Porter to preach in the diocese he gains access to pulpits but is not invited. Low Churchmen loathe his medievalism High Churchmen resist over his sect recognition Broad Churchmen find him sensational. He runs an Advent mission drawing mainly Episcopalians, a fact The Churchman omits.
A new author levels a plagiarism charge against Mr. Pinero over Sweet Lavender. The critic labels Pinero as the “trnute, inglorious Pinero” and mocks his ascent from failure to success.
Poem laments perpetual campaign cycles and endless political booms. The speaker urges rest from conflict and noise, noting exhausted voters crave peace and a break from strife. The piece critiques partisan life as a breathless, ongoing battle.
A traveling salesman named J. E. Clark was struck and killed by a railroad train in New Brunswick New Jersey. George W. Bixby proprietor of Park Square Hotel testified Clark boarded there during a Boston stay, disproving the prior identification of William H. Clarke of the West End railway office as the deceased.
A Boston column laments biting winter though residents endure in doorways while hackmen shelter horses. It laments shopwindow envy among tramps, critiques proposed City Hall annex for height and granite issues, and notes surprisingly lenient punishment for animal cruelty. It recalls a farmer fined for beating a horse and a neighbor shot dog with minimal penalty.
A collage of eccentric notes and society quips covers topics from Sitting Bull and old theater lingo to a jail for predicting a tidal wave and a Jacksonville orange generosity stunt. Harriet Hosmer is profiled. snobbery at Leicester church prompts debate on lineage and virtue.
A large audience heard H A Clapp discuss Macbeth noting its inner causes of downfall over external factors. He traced sources to 1606 1608 and argued Shakespeare kept the original lines against Middleton and edited versions.
Pierre South Dakota December reports from Cheyenne Creek area describe a growing hostile force of Indians moving toward the Bad Lands. Settlers recount a clash near Cherry Creek and indicate Sitting Bull's band plans vengeance. Fort Yates and Rapid City dispatch detail large troop movements to intercept and guard routes, aiming to trap hostiles and protect settlers.
The Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Advent pleads for God's power to come among us at the solemn festival. It asks to strengthen believers through the season, cleanse from wicked thoughts and sins, and hasten deliverance through the atonement of the Son, in unity with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
The New York Protestant Cathedral project has settled on Mr. Hardenburgh as architect after a year of competition. From several finalists, he rose for further elaboration to satisfy the bishop and trustees. Hardenburgh has risen amid commercial work, bringing economical space and cost control to the craft.
Washington December 19 The Senate faces a slow start as Republican moderates clash over the force bill and a new 2 percent bond proposal. Senator Stewart from Nevada urges decisive action while several others oppose negro supremacy. Democrats grow indifferent, fearing the bill may hollow out the party in the North and fail in the South.
The Senate finance committee reports the caucus backed financial bill amid Republican splits. Aldrich backs the measure after assurances, while Sherman and Hiscock threaten amendments. Democratic members reserve opposition though not to reporting. Nevada and Colorado Senators back free coinage, others lean party line. If passed, House prospects seem doubtful amid ongoing currency debates.
The House committee on naval affairs completed the naval appropriation bill and will report to the House tomorrow or Monday. It funds one new triple-screw protected cruiser and sets a 2.75 million dollar cap for its cost. The total bill is about 30.5 million, under prior estimates but higher than last year, reflecting increases in naval establishment and payments on previously authorized vessels. Also funds Portsmouth New Hampshire 22287 and Boston 17000 for public works, allocates 25000 for naval militia gear, and permits 100000 to test American armor via nickel ore trials from last session funding.
The comptroller of the currency today authorized the First National Bank of Reading Massachusetts to begin business with a capital of 50000 dollars.
The President transmitted to the Senate the nomination of Henry L. Hines for the post of surveyor of customs at Springfield Massachusetts.
Fire levels the old Augustus Harrington currying shop in Peabody, with 25 to 30 tons of stock lost and a shipment of 137 rolls of finished stock. Owner Charles Harrington insured. Crehore faces heavy losses on stock and tools with multiple company policies. Nearby properties and other small blazes across Salem and Charlestown noted with insured losses and brief causes.
Remains of Major General Alfred Howe Terry were laid to rest at Grove Street Cemetery after private rites at 1 pm. Public services at United Church on the Green were led by Rev Dr Munger with Rev Dr Newman Smith assisting. Minute guns and city bell tolls marked the procession, which had no pomp per family wish, with officials, Seventh Connecticut Regiment survivors, and staff officers present.
United States steamer Kearsarge in quarantine at Port Royal South Carolina. Ten sailors ill with dengue or break bone fever, started December 6 at Key West and spread rapidly during a two month Panama Isthmus stay. After arrival at Port Royal, conditions improved quickly as convalescence began.
The Weather Indications report shows Maine New Hampshire and Vermont fair through Saturday and Sunday with southerly winds and warmer temperatures. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut fair with northwesterly winds and little change. Eastern New York fair with northerly to northwesterly winds and steady to warmer temperatures in the north. Cautionary signals from Sandy Hook to Portland and Eastport reports a storm.
Clear weather continues across northern New England with light northerly winds and a warmer night. Southern areas remain clear and cold tonight with light winds, followed by a fair and warmer day for all regions tomorrow. The storm moves eastward over Nova Scotia and eastern Maine, with high pressure in the southern U.S. and low pressure in the Northwest.
Normal maximum temperature recorded across eighteen years is 36.4 degrees and normal minimum is 19.4 degrees.
The New England Mutual Life Insurance Company presents its 1891 calendar with a winter scene titled settlers returning from church during King Philip's war. The image features two figures in the foreground in relief against snow. Calendars are mailed only on request, with 10 cents to cover return postage.
Mrs Mary H Peabody of New York spoke yesterday afternoon in the parlors of Rev Dr Bartol on Saracenic Art its rise history and fall The audience praised her Cairo and Alhambra delineations Rev Dr Winslow introduced her and Rev Lysander Dickerman offered a vote of thanks
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