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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1889
Page
4
Public notice in the Boston Post details mailing terms for the Post Publishing Company. It warns money sent at sender’s risk and instructs all checks drafts and money orders be payable to the Post Publishing Company.
The New Hampshire senator argues Canada must be absorbed to preserve the United States arguing armed conquest if peaceful means fail. He warns Canada’s growth threatens U.S. security and could provoke hostilities. His stance follows another congressman’s temperance crusade naval plan seen as menacing.
The New York Legislature will consider a new SAxTON ballot reform bill aimed at ending candidate vote abuse. The measure, framed to dodge Governor Hill's veto concerns, largely succeeds but may weaken safeguards by letting voters carry premarked ballots into polling booths. Critics question copying marks from an outsider versus past premarked tickets.
Five veto messages puzzled the board as Mayor O Brien used discretion on an omnibus loan order. He defended borrowing now to aid the incoming government and approved reasonable items while questioning police and schoolhouse construction funds. Council action on the vetoed order remains to be seen.
The article discusses replacing ambassadors with telegraph and messenger services due to the Atlantic cable. It questions the feasibility and practicality of reducing diplomatic salaries without harming the limalle service and overall foreign representation.
The excerpt defends keeping foreign ministers on the ground in the Civil War era. It argues diplomacy cannot be done at arm's length and stresses the need for representatives like Lovett Pyruis and McLane to understand local officials, gauge public opinion, and strengthen ties between nations.
The year saw no wars but major political shifts at home, including tariff reform and civil service expansion, plus a stronger navy and a Canada Britain fisheries treaty dispute. Internationally, Britain and France faced limited progress, while Germany saw the death of William I and the reign of Frederick III.
A survey of 1888 literary output highlights poets like Henley and Harris plus Mrs. Deland and Miss Scudder in fiction. It notes translations, criticism, biography, travel, and children's books with emphasis on notable titles such as The Story of an African Farm and Robert Elsmere alongside Wessex Tales and Tempy's Watchers.
A report on founding a fellowship by women college graduates to enable married women to continue study for a year or more under favorable conditions. The plan emphasizes selecting the best candidates to advance knowledge and leadership, not poverty relief, and stresses high standards and broader aims beyond wage work.
Taverner calls on readers to reform habits this New Year while poking fun at public morals. He laments back alley neglect near Beacon street, describing a dangerous unsanitary passage known as Scavenger street and urging owners to clean and police their back doors.
A Museum audience praised Pinero's Sweet Lavender for its balanced blend of humor and sentiment. The play follows Dick Phenyl the reformed scoundrel, Lavender the laundress's daughter, and Clement Hale through love and moral trial amid title figures and social tensions. The Museum Company delivers strong performances led by Davenport and Miss OLeary, with notable support from Addison and Pitt, while Wilson's Phenyl shows sincerity though some wit lands less sharply.
The article notes Italy and Germany within the Triple Alliance aiding peace by quieting Russia’s restlessness. It reports the East shifting from Bulgaria to Servia as a sign of instability, yet records that the year closed without major conflict despite gloomy early forecasts.
The Mirror recalls a period when managers and actors loathed each other yet now unite in a common cause. It credits Mr. AIL DRICH for moving managers and actors toward a peaceful, shared stance that backs high salaries and comfortable待遇 for actors in American theater.
The passage notes that Awpricn's petition may have created a calm on stage, with an implied benefit despite underlying petty dissensions. The remark questions whether the harmony is genuine or merely functional.
In a quiet university town Heidelberg sustains one saloon for every eighty seven residents. The German scene differs from American bars, with high license requirements less common in Germany than in other regions.
Messrs Coleman Abbe and Whittemore earned commendation for their part in the event. The setting was executed in excellent taste and the audience showed strong enthusiasm throughout the performance.
The Minnesingers rivaled by Dockstader's company at the Boston Theatre with lively routines and a standout harp solo. Beloved bits include the Social Session of the Knickerbocker Club and Othelo. Toy distribution during Christmas in Ole Win ginny and funny barbed lines about Desdemona enhance the show. The crowd was large and dockstader plans another appearance seem justified.
Last night Boston Star featured an "American Humor" program with Lucia Mead Priest George E Clayton Carrie Hale J Williams Macy Edward K Hood Melvin R Day George H Ryder and Frank O Nash The acts mixed praised and dubious material including Hood in multiple pieces and a sparing impersonation by Hale The London Specialty company opened at the Howard Athenæum led by James Owen O Connor with Shakespeare sketches and a line of specialty performers.
A collage of quips and excerpts includes jokes about cholrurn scandal, Chauncey Depew's glass leg, Boston florists shipping roses to Chicago brides, and a mispunctuated German cartoon. It also notes a Vassar miscellany on student fads, a wary senator's dignity, and Chicago recipes joking about Lake Michigan mackerel.
The New York Herald notes Chief Justice Fuller writes brief opinions, under a hundred words at first and increasingly terse. It praises his plain, forceful style as a model for the Supreme Court and for judges generally, hoping it spurs reform in judicial writing.
The tariff reform cause persists after Cleveland’s defeat by a landslide vote of 98,000 in his favor. A Boston meeting marks the eastern phase while Chicago hosts a Tariff Reform League mass convention, strengthening the reform effort across the nation.
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