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Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1888
Page
4
Weather Summary for New England and Boston
Washington reports a twenty four hour forecast for New England and eastern New York as fair and warmer with generally southerly winds. In Boston at 8 A.M. the day shows clear skies and low wind, with temperatures around 36.0 Fahrenheit high and 11.6 Fahrenheit low. Mean daily temperatures and dew point listed, precipitation totals zero, wind from the southwest at 15 to 30 units.
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Teess
Steamship Arrivals and Routes Listed in Boston Antwerp and Liverpool
Maritime notices enumerate arrivals and departures in December with vessels such as Galileo Cydonia Noordland Arm Brunel Ashbourne Horton Tudor Prince Baron Barracouta Monmouthshire Wieland La Normandie Sarmatian City of Chester Persian Monarch Euclid and more. Routes include New York London Bremen Baltimore New Orleans San Francisco Philadelphia and Havre with dates from December 14 to 25 and ports in Boston Antwerp Liverpool Bristol Mayaguez St Kitts Kobe Moville Havre Scilly Isles and Dover.
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Boston Post Publishing Co Weekly Notice For Submissions
Publication notice from the Boston Post Publishing Company outlines submission rules for the Weekly edition issued Fridays. It states one year subscription, second class matter, payable to the Post Publishing Company, and that the editor will not return rejected manuscripts. Writers must include full name and address with submissions.
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Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua Bill Set for Prompt Action
The House left the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua bill in shape for speedy passage after the holidays. Amendments require directors to be U S or Nicaraguan citizens with a U S majority, a practical echo of Ep Munple’s warning to European powers. It is expected to pass promptly when the House reassembles, with Senate assent likely to the essential changes.
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Nicaragua
House
United States
EpMunples
Senate
Pressure in Britain to delay Sackville successor plan
It is widely held the British government will delay appointing a successor to Lord Sackville with the Washington legation run by a third secretary. A Conservative claim that two months is too short to pick a man for so important a post fuels a sense of deliberate snub. If true, Mr. Phelips may return home before his term ends, to defend national dignity amid popular support for him in England.
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Legation
Washington
PHeL_rs
Pueups
England
London
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Belgium
St. Thomas
Mr. Stanley
Emin Bry
Arawini
Stanley
Falls
Zanzibar
Bengala
Aruwimi
Emin
Lopop
Wadelai
Stanley Falls
Osmman Diana
Suakin
Stan- Ley
Africa
Osman Digna
Western railroad presidents meet to restore rates after January 1 1889
The article notes a New York meeting of Western railroad presidents leading to restored rates after January 1 1889. Bankers Morgans, Kipper, Pracopy and Co. are named as key mediators in forging a peace among rival companies. It also discusses legal actions around Colonel Dudley and a grand jury in Indianapolis.
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Morgans
London
Messrs. Kipper, Prapopy & Co
Treasury bonds purchase impact and surplus figures
The Saturday Treasury statement notes that bond purchases have kept the surplus within safe bounds. Bonds bought since the April offerings total $100,829,300 and the Treasury’s remaining surplus is $56,166,000. The text ends mid sentence.
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Treasury
Treasury Bond Purchases and Government Surplus
Premiums paid for bonds reach 18.47 million as outstanding obligations shrink. The eight month deficit shows 175.57 million beyond government needs funded by taxation, prompting calls to ease the burden rather than expand spending, while ongoing purchases avert a looming March surplus and ease General Harrison’s worries.
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Treasury
Harrison
The Persistence of Humbug and the Harrison Row
A critical examination of General Harrison’s stance on free trade as a campaign fiction. The piece argues the president-elect clings to humbug and misrepresentation, citing echoes of old protectionist doctrine from Grant and Arruul, and questions the sincerity of his administration while discussing Stanley and Emin Bry’s African expedition rumors.
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Harrison
Free Trade Movement
Blainee
Indianapolis
Home Market Club
Senate
Free ‘Trade
Congress
General Grant
General Hanrison
Arruur
General Harnison
Indiana
General Harrison
Truth About Stanley Revealed From Zanzibar Reports
Further news from Stanley arrives at Zanzibar, shedding light on his movements during the year while not confirming whether he remains a captive of the Mahdi. The dispatches present a clearer picture but stop short of full proof.
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Zanzibar
Colonial Laws of Massachusetts Advance Sheets Published
The Boston record commissioners prepare the 1660 Colonial Laws code with a scholarly introduction by William H Wurtmorn. The facsimile of the original print aims to aid historians and jurists, tracing the Body of Liberties of 1641 and the colony’s legal growth from the trading company era onward.
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Boston
William H W. Wurtmorn
Existia Huron- Inson
Waitmore
Joan Corron
Nathaniel Warp
England
Colony of
Massachusetts
Wiirmarn
Notable Letters and Sightings From The Nation's Capital
A digest of society notes and opinions features Cardinal Gibbons publishing a new work on Christian heritage and Gladstone's divorce project while Lord Tennyson protests a Scottish Bay rail line. Washington society highlights Kate Chase, and a luxurious display prompts remarks on elegance and English tastes.
Mrs Laneerys Macbeth to feature Highland usher costumes
Mrs Laneerys forthcoming production of Macbeth in New York will use Highland costumes for ushers to attract attention. The effect may be as curious as her Lady Macbeth but will likely serve as theatre advertising and offer realism before the curtain.
Wage Cuts Hit Mohawk Valley Families This Season
A bleak holiday season looms in the Mohawk Valley as knit goods makers in Cohoes cut wages by fifteen percent starting January 1, signaling a likely follow on effect for Troy workers. The piece questions the U.S. wage promises amid broader debates on trade policy and labor standards.
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Cohoes
Troy
Cleveland
Letters discuss foreign actors and American stage trends
The letter writers weigh opinions on excluding foreign actors from the American stage and challenge the notion that natives dominate the profession. Citing a New York World critic, the piece argues native imbecility and overproduction, not foreign talent, threaten the market, noting only budding amateur stars push foreign actors aside.
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New York
Gloves Stolen in Boston Spark Candid Tale of Taste
The narrator recalls losing a pair of gloves in Boston and jokes about their undesired style. He notes how the gloves were too new to discard yet too ugly to wear, reflecting on the temptation to gift them to a passing acquaintance, a color person in the city who might have been startled by the gesture.
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Boston
President Harrison under scrutiny from Senate ally remarks
A Washington World Democratic editorial criticizes General Harrison, noting Senator Quay’s comment that he can “get along with him all right” as undermining public confidence in the president-elect’s leadership.
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Quay
Matt Quay
Dem
Political Mecca and the Entrance of Porter
The piece describes a parade of politicians moving toward political goals. At the gates, Robert P. Porter of the New York Press is announced as the next notable figure after Mr. Morton, Senator Quay, and ex-President Hayes leave General Harrison’s presence.
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Hayes
Harrison
Robert P. Porter
New York Press
Springfield Republican
Harrison's Misfortune and Quay's Visit Controversy
A New York Commercial Advertiser editorial laments General Harrison hosting Matthew Quay, criticizing political necessity that brings Quay into the president elect's home and allowing him to tour the country with this claim. The piece underscores reputational strain and partisan tension in early politics.
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Matthew Quay
Quay
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New York Wealth and Power Draw Public Office Critique
A Chicago News column laments New York’s wealth and population, arguing the state oversteps by using money and influence to secure public offices. The piece mocks etiquette concerns while asserting New York’s reach affects national politics.
The Wit Parade of Holiday Humors and Names
A collage of quips and jokes from 19th century papers lampoons social foibles with jests about politics birthplaces and professions. It skewers cant and fashion while riffing on manners money and the coming Christmas season with sly notices about editors lawyers and shop talk.
Alec Yeaton's Son Sailed Through Dark Gloucester Night
Poem recounts a Gloucester voyage in August 1720 with Alec Yeaton's son John Laugher in peril as a fierce gale drives the skippers to pray for deliverance. The skipper vows, muscled to endure, yet fears for the boy's fragile youth as night and storm close in.
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