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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1888
Page
4
Post Publishing Co offers subscription rates for Mile near Washington Street with annual prices in pounds and dollars, lists multiple term options, notes second class matter, and provides New York and Washington offices with manager names and payment details.
Notes on current Boston theatre, opera and acting, with praise for Irving’s Faust, Jekyll and Hyde, and Mansfield shows. Reviews cover Dandy Dick, Dorothy, Lost in New York, and upcoming bookings at Park, Globe, Hollis Street, and Museum theaters.
Mme Modjeska begins a New York run at the Fourteenth Street Theatre, with an exclusively Shakespearean program after Donna Diana and Camille. She will perform As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure, and Cymbeline. The engagement also notes her February Hollis Street Theatre appearance and references to a forthcoming New York Mirror annual.
The piece surveys diverse figures: Rev David Lathrop Hunn is 98, oldest Yale alumnus. Professor St Andrews plans tests with a Japanese tea variety in Canada. Isaac Pitman marks fifty years of phonography with a gold medal. Jay Gould keeps a classified plant collection with many greenhouses. Rev Dr E P Goodwin completes twenty years at Chicago First Congregational. Congressmen fined for tardiness after a motion by Hatch. Elliott P Eisner, about 40, Pennsylvanian lawyer and future Democratic State chairman, is described in physical and oratorical terms. Tevan noted as aggressive political manager with a sidelong critique.
Ship News and financial notices are scheduled for pages three and the sixth and seventh, guiding readers to where business and maritime items appear in the issue.
The Boston Post notes general approval of the Trafalgar square rioters conviction by English provincial papers. Even the Manchester Examiner calls the claim that public meeting rights are in danger a mere scare, easing fears raised by the Pall Mall Gazette and the Social Democratic Federation.
A foreign correspondent notes Lord Randolph Churchill may oppose the government’s coercion policy and clash with the Irish secretary. The rumor suggests a Conservative faction doubts current policy and could put Churchill against the government’s chief instrument. The timing centers on Balfour’s rising influence and possible move toward leadership of the House.
The text condemns Mr LopGe as a hypocritical backer of a transparent humbug in a bid for Carlisle’s seat. It accuses him of using tactics from a Boston common council playbook by his supporters who broke quorum to delay a vote, arguing the House will soon must vote and the so called investigation demand is unlikely to succeed.
The Philadelphia Times argues trusts threaten protection and urges a sixty day suspension of steel rail import duties to save protected industries. It notes the steel rail trust harms the protection system and suggests permanent relief by removing duties entirely.
Critics faulting the authorities for excluding reporters miss the point. The sheriff conducted the execution quietly and decently and news coverage, though sparse, still provided detailed color. The laws and officers’ practices advance beyond sensational newspaper theory.
The text argues that recent years have diminished the death penalty’s public show and spectacle. It contends that the move toward a dignified, solemn execution process is a positive reform with little risk of abuse and clear overall gains.
The Legislature’s special committee on child labor faced sharp criticism for proposing stringent oversight of private schools with pupils aged eight to fourteen. Opponents warn the plan invades private rights, risks unwarranted state power, and would criminalize private schooling, while supporters call for a minimum educational standard. The debate ties to broader tariff reform and public funding, with advocates urging reciprocity and fewer protections for special interests.
The National Board of Trade in Washington distinguishes itself from the prior American Shipping and Industrial League. It praises the postal telegraph system while endorsing broader finance and commerce questions. It calls for commercial relations with Canada and instructs its executive council to memorialize Congress on the matter.
Prominent steamship companies and maritime interests press Congress to widen the entrance to Boston Harbor. They claim the 600 foot narrow midsection blocks large vessels, risking grounding and unsafe navigation, and note a proposed $250,000 outlay is a modest sum for regional commerce. Captain Henry Walker cites plans to fill waterway between Fort Independence and City Point to improve tides and reduce silt, boosting overall channel efficiency.
The last meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club of New York featured varied opinions on why modern drama declined. Brander Matthews attributed decadence in playwriting to the development of the newspaper, among other points discussed by speakers.
The article discusses causes behind theatrical trends, noting the rise of the romantic school in France and improved play-making mechanics. Matthews predicts a rapid revival in America, while Diramar remains pessimistic, suggesting audiences often avoid intelligent theatre and that successful plays reflect this tendency.
The newly elected president of the Dover street railway is a woman, with her husband as treasurer. Observers will watch how the management unfolds as a family affair. She has already gained public favor by cutting fares from six to five cents and promising new lines for convenience.
Evidence and arguments closed yesterday in the New Haven trial of Fred A. Perry for the murder of K. C. Whittlesey of New London on August 8, 1837. The court will convene today as Judge Fenn charges the jury. S. P. Goodrich, 65, of Milford, was found dead in his meadow near the New York and New England railroad. heart disease listed as the cause.
A Philadelphia Record editorial laments that forty years ago American merchants aimed to dominate South American trade but are now hampered by a hostile tariff policy while foreign rivals gain the advantage. It praises American enterprise yet warns of tariff-induced loss of commercial supremacy.
A New York World opinion notes that Pennsylvania pig iron workers face wage cuts and unemployment as prices fall four dollars per ton since January. It argues the tariff fails to shield workers from cyclical booms and busts and questions profits stored by employers during a glut.
The editorial argues Democrats in Congress should favor the President's tariff recommendations, asserting courage and decisiveness as winning traits. It suggests Raniall is weaker than perceived and urges Republicans to support tax reductions on basic goods, warning against taking the wrong side of the coming election issue. The piece cites public support for carrying out the President's policy.
The February Atlantic Monthly offers abundant poetry led by Lowell and Carman with notes on G E Woodberry and Aldrich. Prose reviews cover George Meredith, Madame Necker, and Miss Craddock, plus a humorous mock Latin phonetics piece and a dense critical section on literary topics.
A scattered set of items notes efforts to introduce scientific temperance in Austrian schooling, a Binghamton cab driver reading during waits, potential Blaine and Gove nomination, Rochester shoemakers ending strikes, and various curiosities from royalty to finance.
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