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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1891
Page
4
A collage of whimsical and somber vignettes from a bygone era, mentioning hacks during a rare Christmas weather spell, a sad family Christmas, jokes penned during holidays, ghosts in journalism, and a fanciful wedding postponement. It ends with a fable about hunger and a moment of humbling fortune.
The season brings sorrow with reports of brutal murders and disasters in Boston and beyond, alongside compensations in benevolence. The newspaper notes how the press records hardship yet highlights charitable acts and generous business practices that accompany holiday success.
The article recalls how private letters reveal Chileans’ hatred of the United States, contrasting with a recent era of close friendship. It recounts Colonel Toomas H. Nelson’s Civil War era U.S. legation in Santiago and his account of celebrations upon the surrender of Lez Awakened by a band playing Tail Columbia, the president leading a large crowd to convey the news.
A 1865 scene where a holiday and Union victory were celebrated with a monster procession on the plaza, featuring the entire Chilean government and a hundred bands. The text notes the swift shift from friendship to enmity with the United States due to flawed diplomacy.
The editorial criticizes defenders of the D K E Society at Harvard College, arguing its practices are indefensible and its influence negligible. It urges belief that liquor use in secret society clubs harms heredity of virtue and that law should curb such actions, asserting that many Harvard students remain upright without exclusivity. The piece warns against misinterpretations of Mr Garrison's claims and stresses moral influences at Harvard as a whole.
W R Larplaw, a clerk who shielded banker Sage during Norcross dynamite blast, claims large damages for his involuntary service. The account from Laidlaw raises questions of duty vs self-preservation and whether Sage acted to save his life or used the clerk as a shield. Legal fate uncertain amid Wall Street skepticism.
The narrative notes that if he had any inkling of what was coming he would likely have pulled away, a sentiment echoed by Mr SaGr who acted on self-preservation. The passage frames the matter as moral rather than legal in nature.
The piece argues that Mgr. Blaine’s foreign policy is shown in the Chile confrontation. It notes heavy naval and military mobilization around Valparaiso, with ships, troops, and coastal defenses readied. It questions the prudence of theatrics versus practical diplomacy and criticizes the need for showy displays.
Chairman Clarkson of the Republican National Committee asserts tariff reform defined the victory for Governor Brork in Iowa, while in Ohio Governor McKinley’s win hinged on silver coinage. The public’s broad preference on tariff lines shapes House action, with Democrats cast as tariff reformers and Republicans as radical protectionists.
The Tremont Theatre readies for Sarah Bernhardt with an auction sale to assign seats. Managers warn against speculators and aim to ensure fair access as demand runs high.
A fragmented verse excerpt titled Elizabethan Songs includes lines from Go lovely rose and passages about beauty and time. The archaic poem fragment references a lover urging a rose to tell a woman of shared fate, with a signature note Epmunn Waller.
From the Philadelphia Telegraph Governor Russell is praised as a natural leader who speaks forcefully on honest money tariff reform and New England influence. He urges that the 1892 national campaign be led by the 1888 leader, predicting broad Democratic support in Massachusetts and New England. He is expected to play an active role at the next Democratic national convention.
Meromac reports 800 grip cases with several critical. A 74 year old woman, Mrs. John Goodwin, was found dead in her bed this morning after apparently being well at bedtime.
A reflective vignette set in Boston depicts a sunless Christmas dawn and the woman who finds meaning in holiday warmth. Bright scenes of wreaths, holly, and family firesides contrast with a muted dawn, while the magic of small joys, Santa figures, and a barefoot child in a nightgown symbolize shared Christmas cheer despite darkness.
A reflective piece on Christmas spending and family frugality. It recounts Mawhinneys and Pennyweights as examples of holiday desires and generosity, showing how savings and scarce funds shape gifts for children and couples amid festive excess. It notes a broader social mood of consumption followed by renewal.
The Dorchester Beacon riffs on Allen as a doomed year coinage. It mocks defeats turning into a verb with Allen as root, predicting a lexicon entry like to allen or allened. The verse lists Colleagues Charles Horace Willard mourning a failed bid to rule state and city.
Saco Maine December 25 Captain George Clark aged eighty five longtime sea man and Biddeford alderman in the citys first year and a state representative that same year died last night after forty years at sea authorities announce his passing leaving a legacy in local governance and maritime service
A column surveying varied public figures and anecdotes including C J Harris elected Cherokee principal chief, Russell Sage riding in a coach, John Burroughs visiting Walt Whitman, Lordly statements on monarchy and sea service, King Oscar of Sweden’s insomnia, Charles Emory Smith advocating an International Sailors' Home, General Booth in India, Albert Wolff’s funeral, Schuyler Skaats’s long running pun, a senator’s haste after Senator Plumb’s death, Admiral Luce on war, and Bob Sims Alabama distillery case.
The Lowell Thief reports on Massachusetts assignments with Williams to the coinage committee Stevens to ways and means Andrew as civil service chair also on foreign affairs O Neil to appropriations Hyde Lodge to naval affairs where he may do little harm and should have joined Tom Reed for companionship.
Harper's Magazine previews Horatio Bridge Hawthorne recollections and a wager over a barrel of Madeira tied to a bet on marriage. Mrs. Deland's A Fourth Class Appointment, Apthorp and Besant pieces, and reviews of Paris theatres and Bayreuth reexamine artists, with vivid sketches of Coquelin and Zerbinette.
In this review style piece the writer assesses Mr Kri Erickson’s The Doctor’s Relatives a Swedish Minnesota tale described as passionate yet unalluring. It also notes Stevenson’s The Wrecker as finally flourishing in romance and mentions Coffin American Illustration of Today along with Vedder Cox and Will H Low with a nod to Into the Green Recessed Woods They Flew.
A crowded page highlights The Earthly Footprints of Our Risen Lord with an intro by Rev. John Hall and illustrated editions from Fleming H. Regell. Other listings include The Story of the Odyssey by Edward Brooks, The Crystal Hunters by George Maurice Fenn, The Children of the Abbey by Regina Maria Roche, Pastels of Men by Paul Bourget, and House and Hearth by Harriet Prescott Spofford, with publisher details and prices.
The note lists upcoming works from Houghton Mifflin and Co and other publishers. It mentions Mrs. A D T Whitney's new story A Golden Gossip, White s Number Lessons for second and third year pupils, and Siculo Norman monuments at Palermo with architect Arne Dehli s study. It notes Phillips Brooks profile in New England Magazine and The Platform its Rise and Progress by Henry Jephson, with Macmillan publishing in January.
A letter from J. C. at the St Denis Hotel New York December 24 questions the Boston Journal article cited by the Post December 21. He asks which industry shipbuilding or shipowning is harmed and how foreign built ships affect New England shipbuilders, noting current coasting trade focus.
A sharp rise in grip cases hit Rockland County over the past day with more severe symptoms than last year. Doctors report heavy patient load but no deaths at this time.
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