Boston Post Amusements and Theatre Listings
The Boston Post lists current amusements with showtimes at major venues. Venues include Boston Theatre on Washington Street, Boston Museum Tremont Street, Grand Opera House near Dover Street, Hollis Street Theatre, Howard, Athenum, and Tremont Theatre with titles like A Trip to Chinatown Bettys Finish The Solicitor Twelve Temptations She Squire Ship Ahoy The City Directory and more. Subscription rates and mailing details accompany the ad.
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Boston
Washington Street
Chinatown
Sboston Museom
Tremont Street
Scollay Square
Betty
Mrs. Kendal
Howard Athen
Howard Street
Variety Park Theater
Tremont Theater
Ocean steamers overdue rumors spark cautious protest
The New York Maritime Register criticizes the daily press for sensational stories about ocean steamers being overdue. It notes winter gales delay ships and cautious captains avoid taking extra risks, urging readers to ignore fabricated fears and focus on real dangers.
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New York Maritime Register
Maritime Register
Post
Liberal victory in Northampton brings large majority
The Liberal candidate won the Northampton by election yesterday, succeeding Mr Bradlaugh. He polled about 2013 more votes than the Conservative challenger, extending a long Liberal stronghold that last saw a much smaller 696 majority in 1886. The success likely excites Liberal pride but may not match the fame of Bradlaugh or Labouchere.
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Bradlaugh
House of Commons
Northampton
Labouchere
Government partnerships argued as subsidy danger
Congressman McApoo of New Jersey warned that government subsidies would create a chain of partnerships with shipbuilders farmers and other interests. He claimed subsidized interests would force future subsidies and condemned favoritism in choosing partners for profits from taxation.
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McApoo
New Jersey
Trail of the Claim Agent in Grand Army Controversy
Massachusetts soldiers condemn the Grand Army of the Republic stance on service pensions as claim agents push the policy. The National Encampment’s pension resolution is criticized as a misstep backed by claim agents, with General Veazey cautious in his remarks.
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Massachusetts
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Massachusetts Department
Veazey
Voice of the Grand Army Politicians
A brief note presents political actors from the Grand Army era speaking in public forums. The text highlights their appeals to veterans, civic duty, and party alignment as they address wartime memory and public policy in the era's political climate.
Mr Cleveland on Silver Policy and Party Lines
The piece reports ex President Cleveland as a private citizen opposing rapid silver coinage and defending his stance against Chicago party platform concessions. It argues that business leaders and the broader public oppose free silver, praising Cleveland for denouncing partisan tricks and anticipating education of farmers and lawmakers alike.
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Cleveland
New York
Congress
Reform Club
Boston Journal
Clear“Land
Chicago
FarRell Ild
William Windom
Washington
O'Brien Wavers on Boulogne Treaty and Ominous Standstill
The text laments the doomed Boulogne treaty progress as Mr. O'Brien's defense and vague statements fail to clarify why ratification seems impossible. It notes blame on opponents, questions about Parnell and McCarthy, and Parnell's insistence that withdrawal from negotiations closes the matter.
Delphic proclamation leaves Irish negotiations off
The passage notes Mr. Parnell telling the banned negotiator to take cold comfort while Mr. O Brien expresses regret over not including Parnell among the responsible persons who defeated the Treaty. No further conclusions can be drawn from the public material.
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Mr. Parnell
Mr. O'Brien
O’ Brien
Delphic
Reform of Naturalization Jurisdiction and Fees in Federal Courts
A congressional committee criticizes naturalization in federal courts for lax applicant scrutiny and fee incentives. It suggests moving the process to salaried tribunals to improve efficiency and reduce the risk of admitting unfit individuals. The report warns the current system burdens judges and corrupts payments, urging careful consideration of alternatives without pushing one plan to exclusion.
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Congressional
Rail Road Commissioners Report Highlights Accidents and Safety
The annual Railroad Commissioners report discusses major accidents on the Old Colony line and West End street railway, with Professor Swain’s studies on brakes and car fenders. It urges stronger trespass laws, reduced public access to tracks, and progress on grade crossing abolition, noting 2234 remaining in the state and that heating cars remains unresolved.
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Old Colony Road
West End Street Railway
Grover H. Braprorp
Old Colony
Grover F. Sway
SwAnn
West End
Professor Swain
Swain
England
Germany
Massachusetts
Railway reform and authorial defense in a United States review
The report urges cautious progress on locomotive steam heating and a flexible timeline for heating illegalization. It calls for federal action to set freight car coupler standards and for consolidated, systematic state railway laws to harmonize measures with the Interstate Commerce Act. It lauds the Warrier Besant London Authors Club defense of authors while poking at critiques of writers. It notes a post office incompetence at Albany and comments on party politics and copyright sentiment among printers.
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Congress
Interstate Commerce “Commission
Commission
Kindergart en for the Blind Needs Space and Funds
A visitor admires a six year old blind deaf mute pupil at the Kindergarten for the Blind in Jamaica Plain. The piece urges expansion to provide room for younger children and to keep pupils longer for proper development, with plans for a new building and mixed seeing classmates to aid social growth.
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Jamaica Plain
Edith Thomas
South Boston
Willie Elizabeth Robin
Texas
Helen Kellar
Support for Kindergarten funds and Lent reflections by Tavener
A call to raise funds for a new kindergarten building stressing the need for suitable accommodations and continued education of blind children. The piece blends civic appeal with Lent reflections, warning against hypocritical piety and urging prudent self denial without discouraging sincere devotion.
Memorial calls Congress to place Indians under ordinary laws
The Boston Indian Citizenship Committee urges Congress and the nation to extend the ordinary laws to tribal Indians and end all arbitrary governance. They note a prior bill and emphasize immediate, adequate protection and lawful restraint under the Constitution, naming officials and supporters in Boston.
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Boston Indian Citizenship Committee
Congress
Harrison
Cambridge Civil Reform Association
West
Senate
United States
Indian Affairs
First of the Year Young Men's Democratic Club Dinner
President Harvey N. Collison presided at the Thorndike informal dinner with fifty members. Speakers included Colonel Peabody W B De Las Casas Blair Farmer Russell and Edelmann. John E. Russell offered a pointed critique of the State Department and Central American politics. he tied tree coinage to Republican pledges and ridiculed reciprocity with Brazil. Next Tuesday will feature a smoke talk and a Nile voyage talk by Russell.
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Harvey N. Collison
Young Men’s Democratic Club
Thorndike
Francis Peabody
W. B. de Las Casas
Malden
Blair
Watertown
Lewis G. Farmer
Boston
John E. Russell
Leicester
Edelmann
Atlanta
Russell
State Department
Blaine
Mizner
Department of State
California
Leland Stanford
Commonwealth
Central America
Cleveland
Hall
Ruaseil
Harrison
Congress
Brazil
Massachusetts
Great Britain
Tremont Street
The
Nile
Chinese Opera at the Chinese Theatre Captures Aesthetic Clash
A detailed report on yesterday afternoon's Chinese Opera at 11 Harrison Avenue. The minimalist stage and vibrant costumes created a striking contrast with the sparse setting as performers in elaborate attire depicted an imperial birthday celebration, battles, and a royal intrigue. The comic and dramatic moments drew laughs and curiosities from a small but distinguished Boston audience.
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Théophile Gautier
Harrison Avenue
Celestial Theatre
Boston
Law and Order
Renee
Stuent
Alexander
Annie Rooney
Railroad President Resigns From Louisville & Nashville
New York Feb 12 President Norton of the Louisville and Nashville Company resigned from the board of directors effective April 16.
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New York
Norton
The
Louisville & Nashville Company Today
Audiences at the Chinese Theatre See Notable Attendees
An afternoon audience amid the Chinese Theatre uproar includes Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes and many prominent Bostonians and visitors. The piece notes the contrast of American flags and stage finery as the story unfolds and mentions numerous attendees by name before closing with a tease that the play’s plot has been previously reported.
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Harrison Avenue
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Mrs. Kendal
Charles G. Loring
John A. Andrew
Miss Beebe
A. L. Alger
Joan Everton Lodge
Messrs
T. B. Aldrich
Howard M. Ticknor
Thomas Niles
Mary Hemmenway
Samuel Longfellow
F. Alcott Pratt
T. Russell Sullivan
William H. Ladd
John C. Gray
J. Walter Fenkes
Augustus Hemenway
Francis Parkman
Charles Homans
W. W. Newell
William
Deans Howells
Clara Erskine
Clement Waters
Samuel Eliot
Frances B Johnston
Carleton Francis
Charles Nevins
Gideon Scull
B. J. Lang
Langmaid
Sylvester Baxter
Walter G. Chase
Mixter
Charles T. Shimmins
C. H. Mackay
Francis Blake
Edward Dwight
J. W. W. Greenough
Samuel Greene
Walter Cluny
George B. Starbuck
T. W. Higginson
Charles E. Fay
J. Grafton Minot
C. Augusta Rope
John L. Gardner
C. C. Everett
Bits of News and Wit Across the Atlantic
A collage of short items and quips cites humorous lines about branding irons tabloids and a New Haven slot machine case. It notes Turkish soldiers poor marksmen, a Dublin theater license concern, and a Newport anecdote about language learning and the verb to go.
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Morphy
Flinders
Flanders
Blaine
Baltimore Herald
Connecticut
New Haven
Boys In Blue
D. Signer
Archie Tech
Montreal
Maryland
Boston
Newport
Togo
Paris
Palais Des Beaux Arts
Ministry of War
Alverstoke
England
Narragansett Indians Claim 1709 Treaty Lands
Narragansett chief Gideon Ammon testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee to reclaim about 500 acres on Narragansett Bay reserved to the tribe by the 1709 treaty. The 80 year old leader spoke in clear English, questioning compensation offered for the land.
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Providence
R.i
Spectan
Sachem Nenegrate
Queen Anne
Narragansett
Nenegrate
Narragansett Bay
Senate Committee On the Judiciary
Gideon Ammon
James Redpath Funeral in New York
The funeral of Irish Nationalist journalist James Redpath was held in New York today. Attendees included Anti Poverty Society members with addresses by Rev Dr Robert Collyer and Dr McGlynn. The remains were taken to Irish Pond for interment.
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New York
James Redpath
Anti-Poverty Society
Robert Collyer
McGlynn
Irish Pond
L. L
Jay Gould Sick and Homebound
Jay Gould has fallen ill in St Augustine Florida and departed for New York by special train per a report from the Evening World. The illness keeps him away from public duties as he seeks medical care.
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Jay Gould
New York
St. Augustine
Fla
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