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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1887
Page
4
The Boston Post Publishing Co lists subscription rates for Daily and Weekly editions. Daily rates are nine dollars yearly six months four fifty and three months two twenty five and one month seventy five cents. Weekly Fridays edition runs one fifty per year. Payments payable to the Entered as second class matter.
The Boston Post notes ongoing electioneering rhetoric from Germany and cautious French posture. It says Bismarck and party papers keep the gun loaded for German voters, implying pressure toward the Conservative ticket and potential European upheaval.
The text notes a congressional defeat over hiring clerks for members and argues current pay for Congressmen is sufficient. It cites Levy Morse proposing a yearly small payment to top-tier men to handle pension business, aiming to ease complaints without costly treasury impact.
The committee on cities holds a hearing on the board of police petitioning the Legislature for authority to establish a city funded police signal system in Boston without city appropriation. Critics view the move as impertinent and a display of distrust in local judgment. The board should demonstrate the need to persuade city government to provide funds.
Legislature debates continuance of New York civil service reform. Kenny bill would repeal all civil service laws without substitution, risking a return to the spoils system. Assembly votes 67 to 30 against the measure amid speculation it serves to air opinions more than enact policy.
A Chicago group of Knights of Labor travels to Tennessee to establish a cooperative manufacturing town with eight hour days and fair wages. They plan an iron furnace nail factory sash door and blind industry to build 200 houses in 30 days and incorporate as a city within two weeks. The venture contrasts with strikes and raises questions about Henry George’s industrial freedom principles.
A stock company is formed to hold 120,000 acres for a colony and has begun selling choice lots at 7 to 10 dollars per acre with expectations of early price gains from unearned increment.
The Rhode Island State police face scrutiny as paid espionage practices surface. Governor Wetmore is cited for approving large expenses for Chief Brayton's department including spotters and unofficial detectives. Revelations show travel and liquor purchases from entrapment dealers, drawing comparisons to Massachusetts abuses.
The piece analyzes Senate party strength after recent elections with Democrats gaining, potential ties, and the risk of contests over seats. It also critiques The Saturday Review for its Irish Home Rule rhetoric and questions English Tory views on Irish-Americans and leadership.
A rebuttal critiques The Saturday Review for its Irish American stance and history. It disputes the label Fenianism as a wicked imposition and a grand revolutionary farce, arguing the journal flounders in prejudice when discussing Irish affairs.
A reception at the Kennel and Gun offices in New York showcased Sir Charles the St Bernard and other prized canines ahead of beach shows in April. The event highlighted renewed interest in high bred dogs and field trial winners like Venetian and Mainspring, signaling strong demand for top pedigrees in New York and Boston.
The article notes Minister Lothrop complains about cold weather in Russia and contrasts it with the milder conditions in the United States over the past six weeks, highlighting the hardship of spending winter outdoors.
Lord Hartington refuses Sir William Vernon-Harecourt's invitation to a dinner with Mr. Gladstone and Lord Randolph Churchill. He suspects a round table conference in disguise and will stay away. The dinner is described as a social occasion with no formal agenda.
From London comes news that the Queen attended a dramatic performance at Osborne for the first time since Prince Albert's death. Her evident anticipatory cheerfulness suggests a warming toward her jubilee as Mr. Gilbert's Sweethearts was staged with Mr. and Mrs. Kendal in the cast.
A critical notice questions Miss Preston’s shift from sharp criticism to fiction in A Year in Eden. The Eden is Pierpont New England, spring opens with paradise imagery, and weather becomes a living, shaping force for character and mood. Doctor Huntingdon, Pierpont’s longtime minister, appears as a Moses figure amid an impressionistic narrative.
The review discusses Miss Preston's novel A Year in Eden noting its rich ideas and strong intellect while criticizing vague characters like Arthur and Stuart Bryce. Monza stands out with a vivid personality. the book's excess narrative and uneven transitions are balanced by wit and cultivated prose.
The February North American Review features Ouida’s provocative piece on vulgarity criticizing royal memoirs and public exposure of intimate letters. It rails against the publication of the Princess Alice letters and the erosion of sanctities, while noting related critiques by Moncure D Conway Gail Hamilton and Adriana Brineklé, plus Lathrop’s Literary Backbiting in response to a New York London ring debate.
This issue features S G W Benjamin on notable editors from 1776 to 1800, a historical letter from Commander Slidell Mackenzie to Ogden Hoffman dated 1843, an article on General Logan, and an unpublished Revolutionary letter from Colonel Tilghman to Dirck Romeyn. Frontispiece portrays the elder Pitt, Earl of Chatham.
The Brooklyn Magazine carries essays such as So cial Life in Canada by Edmund Collins and The Practical Idealism of Emerson by Alexander Black with modest appeal. Georgia Cayvan speaks on Young Women and the Stage, while Salmagundi Editor's Table Literary Wayside and The Poet's Corner continue. Mrs Beecher's Monthly Talk questions ruling power in a household and four of Beecher's sermons are officially reported.
The piece surveys winter outdoor doings with note of the illustrated Yachting in Midwinter by Charles Ledyard Norton and a sparring treatise A Bout with the Gloves. It mentions serials After Geronimo Around the World on a Bicycle and The Last Voyage of the Surprise and praises the monthly curling and toboggan club records.
The editor Rev. Joseph Henry Allen outlines the Unitarian Review as a mouthpiece for deliberate religious thought within its body. It aims to guide the working forces, interpret conditions of work, and remain loyal to its one main purpose and specific faith.
The February Wide Awake delights young readers with familiar style. Prominent contributors include Rev Samuel Longfellow Miss Louise Imogen Guiney Mrs Jessie Benton Frémont and Mrs A D T Whitney. The frontispiece by George Barnes depicts The Training of a Prince with a bowman and observers enhancing the scene.
Leonard's gallery displays a mixed collection from private sources with notable pieces from old masters. Highlights include a Rein attributed canvas and works by Wee nix Wickenboom Jiminez Innes and others, with battle scenes, landscapes, and still lifes. The collection will be auctioned today and Saturday afternoons, with old masters on the catalogue for today.
A Boston observer compares Rev. Sam Small and Rev. Sam Jones at a Faneuil Hall noon event. Small captivates with war reminiscences and a skilled chorus, while Jones relies on personal detail. the crowd shows wary enthusiasm and resists overt emotion. The piece also notes omnibus drivers, street conditions, and an English visitor’s woes over accent bias.
A group of Massachusetts Civil War veterans formed the Massachusetts Military Club at the Parker House, meeting last evening. The association aims to memorialize the Civil War and foster fraternal bonds while promoting military study. Organized January 20, officers include President W. H. H. Andrews and vice presidents George W. Powers and Charles W. Bartlett, Secretary Emery Cleaves, and Treasurer George O. Noyes. The fledgling club already numbers about forty members.
A collage of editorial quips and light verse from various papers. Jokes on probation schemes, Spies by proxy, ice on warm days, and a hearse joke mix with international satire. Includes lines about poets for London Derry, dogs in Paris, and cheap Chinese witnesses.
The Boston Republic, a Democratic paper, argues no coercion this year. It asserts reform will come with a new ministry and a universal theory of home rule for Ireland in the future.
The Manchester Union argues openly discussing the country’s condition can raise awareness at home. It contends publicity that uses fear or shame may spur action to eradicate evil and stresses the value of frank discourse.
The Post (Ind.) notes that the interstate commerce bill prospects do not spark selling or strikes. It acknowledges strong courage among financiers, rooted in reasonable views of current conditions and the near future.
The piece argues that when a city or state taxes an evil that cannot be eradicated, it does not admit tolerance. It asserts the right to tax all forms of industry, including the traffic in strong drink, and favours a heavy punitive rate of taxation, backed by common and moral sense.
The Atlanta Constitution warns that cranks dominate attention though they offer little substance. It argues societies suppress open discourse, fearing hysteria and ridicule, while noting crank influence grows as credibility declines.
The piece argues that the duration of the strike hinges on victims of tyranny resisting oppression of private rights. It contends the American idea of free agents will compel the strikers to break the autocratic yoke in District Assembly 49 and reclaim liberty.
In Congress favoring a pension for Wall Whitman the good gray poet now old and semi paralyzed. The pension would reward his war time hospital nursing in Washington rather than reward poetry.
A Chicago Herald note mocks a hypothetical Anglo American crisis as Ingalls and Frye threaten war, suggesting a clash would divert attention from European events and draw huge crowds of spectators.
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