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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1889
Page
4
An 1889 Boston catalog note from Keeler at 81 91 Washington Street promotes Geldowsky bedroom sets. The copy touts luxury and restfulness, says current stock will be closed out promptly, and promises savings from twenty five to one hundred dollars per set.
The 24 hour outlook shows Maine New Hampshire eastern Massachusetts Rhode Island fair with nearly stationary temperatures and variable winds. Vermont western Massachusetts Connecticut and eastern New York expect fair conditions followed by rain warmer with winds becoming southerly.
The piece argues that professional politicians have long steered elections for personal gain and warns that reform will upset their business. Public sentiment favors reform, and politicians cannot block it for long.
The Fall River and New England textile sector posted higher dividends last year with eighteen companies increasing payouts and only four reducing them. In total sixty seven manufacturing firms averaged 8.13 percent, up from 7.16 percent prior year, despite tariff agitation rumors.
Western cattle owners push for a tariff restoration on hides claiming benefits to local leather goods industries. The Providence Journal notes this protection stance would raise costs for all U S consumers and critiques it as an incident of extortion within tariff policy.
A Philadelphia Telegraph report says several ambitious Republicans in Delaware clash over succession to Senator Sauls purys seat. With a razor thin legislative margin the fight risks derailing last November’s gains and keeping Delaware from playing a larger role in national politics.
The Louisville Courier Journal Democratic-leaning piece argues Southern labor wages of eight to twelve dollars monthly are kept low by tariff-driven taxes. It contends tariffs raise prices on farming tools and basic goods, harming tenant farmers including Black workers, and shifting costs to those planting corn in the North and cotton in the South.
The notice directs readers that the Financial and Commercial Departments are located on the Sixth and Seventh pages while the Ship News appears on the Third Page.
Governor West of Utah argues that Mormons lack political convictions and that admitting Utah as a state aligns with broader eastern views. The governor, a Cleveland appointee, offers a decisive stance in contrast to partisan schemes to divide territories for Republican gains. He emphasizes his observation-based position.
Representatives in New York tell the Commercial Advertiser that recent freight rate increases restore confidence in American trade. They caution against bounty plans proposed as mileage compensation, warning such subsidies create fictitious activity. The Shipping and Industrial League meets Washington on the 30th to push the measure before Congress.
The author warns of potential trouble with Germany or France over Samoan and Isthmus affairs and urges stronger preparations. They argue nations respect rights once the U S can enforce them, and advocate building a navy and coast defenses without extravagant cost. Whitney era progress shows what economy can achieve with liberal Congress and energetic executive. The navy is in hand but coast defenses require repair.
The Windsor Ontario mayoral race shows annexation supporters winning 428 of 1324 votes with four candidates. Despite a plurality of 38 for the annexationist, anti annexation sides outnumbered 2 to 1, suggesting wider interest in annexation across Canada.
Paris pursues reviving the Panama Canal project by forming a private company to continue construction with no government aid and tying the scale of the work to the funds needed to complete it. The plan centers on self reliance and a measured commitment of resources.
The article assesses the cost of a canal with locks at about 100 million dollars and a sea level canal at not less than 150 million. It notes lower estimates than earlier and questions whether the needed capital can be raised through public shares, bonds, or banker loans given the enterprise's weakened state and the limited prospects for organized effort.
Judge Cooley defends interstate pooling provisions before Boston merchants, arguing faults arise from evasion rather than law. Critics seek limited pooling oversight to protect shippers and railroads, while reformers warn against broad trust formation and advocate balanced regulation amid French and French political commentary.
Paris voters growing warmer to General Boulangers bid for the Chamber of Deputies as Royalists show tacit support and Republicans back a strong opponent. Jacques, Seine Council president, faces questions about fit and visibility in the crucial race.
The editorial argues Mayor Harr will keep within the tax and debt limits, cut waste, and reduce expenditures to protect taxpayers. It contends the current rate is relatively high, debt growth mirrors city valuation, and maintaining limits will foster economic investment and progress in Boston.
A historical note on how public opinion shaped calls for protection of American interests amid a trend of diminishing support for a particular protection. The piece reflects on societal pressure and the resulting shifts in policy attitudes as a force in national discourse.
The letter and petition by Louis Alprica and associates drew widespread press protest and theatre community opposition. Critics argued actors are artists not artisans, and evidence suggested native actors benefited from competition with European performers, undermining the movement's case.
The Ideal company presented Victor Massé's Queen Topaz at the Boston Theatre last evening with Zelie de Lussan as Queen Topaz and Georgine von Januschowsky, Annguale, and others in a mixed reception. The review notes the age and score, praising certain arias and the septet, but cites uneven execution and health issues affecting Januschowsky while lauding de Lussan's performance and the buffo singing by Baxter and Miron. Carmen is announced for tonight with de Lussan and Campanini.
Frederick Boscowitz presented a two part program at Chickering Hall last night. The lecture and demonstration covered Chopin interpretation pedagogy technique pedal usage tempo rubato and national style. He also performed nocturnes mazurkas and waltzes showing how his ideas shape piano color and phrasing.
The Rev. Frederick Woods of Chelsea will lecture at Lasell Seminary Auburndale on Thursday evening January 10 at 745 o clock on Charlotte Corday. Friends are welcome.
A reader defends Aldrich’s nautical line in Alec Yeaton's Son against critics and cites a Marblehead boy on helm positions. He comments on beliefs in medically dubious cures from milk with bird shot, the electric ring, and horse chestnut, and praises the New York Sun’s sympathetic take on Boston’s railroad stock losses and Back Bay hardships. TAVERNER.
A son was born last week to General and Mrs. A. W. Greely. Richmond will host a double wedding as Mrs. M. J. Hamlin’s twin daughters marry simultaneously. Mrs. Charles H. Sawyer and her son Charles F. Sawyer travel to California for four months. Captain William S. Adams bequeaths 125000 to the Boston Marine Society and 60000 to the Boston Pilot Society. Judge Thoman is seriously ill in Chicago. Edson Adams’ will disposes of 3000000 in under 100 words. Gladstone laments his lost voice. General Felix Angus earns a life NY Press Club membership. Justice Charles R. Ingalls marks 25 years on the New York Supreme Court. A White House reception misstep excludes ex Secretary and Mrs McCulloch. New York hosts authors readings at St Luke’s Hospital benefit with Julia Ward Howe Thomas Wentworth Higginson and others plus Berkeley Quartet and Walter Damrosch.
Washington special reports C W West, appointed Utah governor by President Cleveland, will urge the House Territories committee to reject statehood for Utah. He argues Mormons would rule as a near-despotism under a state, urging instead a modified territorial system to curb church power and protect non Mormons. He stresses the church’s political control and its theo democratic creed.
A collage of quotations and quips from multiple papers includes jokes about eccentric people, satire, and political banter. It references a Des Moines youth hero, English authors, and a Philadelphia satire, weaving humor with current events and cultural tidbits.
A poem praising tobacco as comfort and muse’s friend. The speaker defends smoking against scoffers, noting how a well-browned pipe eases old cares and sorrows. The verse ends with a nod to King James and the author A. Jones.
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