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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1893
Page
4
The Everett Citizen notes the Boston Post rapidly outsprinting rivals to become the brightest morning paper in the area. It praises the Post’s knack for “getting there” first, a quality admired by readers and rival papers alike.
A warm response to a memorial for the late Bishop Brooks prompts a call for organized effort. A committee of responsible citizens should lead to preserve popular character, provide direction, and ensure the memorial reflects public respect and affection.
The New York Tribune says President Harrison plans to appoint General P A Collins to the Supreme Court vacancy after Justice Lamar's death. The piece cites Collins’s admired status among Republicans and notes his high qualifications. It urges timely praise for Collins amid the favorable view.
The governor removes the superintendent of prisons William Green and urges the legislature to permanently abolish the office. The move is pitched as a decisive reform and an object lesson for lawmakers to enact into law.
Boston observed a citywide pause as crowds paid last honors to Phillips Brooks. The funeral procession moved from the church through Cambridge to Mount Auburn, with uncovered heads and solemn tribute from trade, commerce, and the university community.
A brief obituary note records yesterday’s observance of the funeral rites for a respected community figure described as great and good, with attendance noted by mourners and local figures in a solemn ceremony.
A Boston businessman Councillor Joseph R. Leeson defies Republican party dictates in the Executive Council as he votes against party control. He asserts the governor appoints while the council judges nominees, signaling a split in the Rice faction and a revolt against bossism. The piece notes the ongoing partisan tensions and quotes pithy opinions from other papers.
A bill introduced in the State House of Representatives aims to break up foreign monopolies such as the Delaware gas trust. It bar foreign corporations from eminent domain and from exercising stock ownership or lease control over domestic firms with that right. If violated, the domestic company could be wound up and its assets distributed. The measure seeks relief from monopolies beyond current laws, pledging public support despite corporate opposition.
A report on John Davenport, former federal supervisor of elections in New York City, denounces his system and the GOPs complicity. It urges abolition of federal supervision and cites Davenport as author of the Lop r force bill, noting the doom of the Davenport name.
The piece states that the Republicans seized control with a ten million dollar surplus but, per Secretary Foster, the treasury is now nearly empty. By June 30 only about two million remains, largely illusory due to bookkeeping. The pension deficit and other spends would erase that balance, illustrating four years of mismanagement.
The observer describes a street scene where the Record dominates evening newspaper piles, about six times higher than others. The Béomine Post appears smaller in the display, with the same cut used across stands. The note cites an encounter at a vig station around 9 AM observing the piles at a glance.
A Boston newspaper page recalls bustling news stand chatter and local tidbits. James Ellis and P J Tierney sail for Florida then Savannah and Tampa on a two month fishing trip, returning around April. A typographical error mars a poetical tribute to Bishop Brooks, Special Officer Mike Shields frames a notable anecdote, and a black mouth observation links to General Butler and Brooks. Phil Sheridan notes sparrow chorus at King's Chapel burying ground mourning Phillips Brooks as John Schoeffel considers a Europe trip with Agnes Booth Schoeffel. Charles Abbott and Maggie Mitchell visit Tremont for Niobe. Overhead wires face scrutiny with talk of undergrounding amid fire-fighting facility study.
A letter to the editor criticizes Boston's street salt ban on railroad practices blaming the West End corporation for causing unhealthy mud and pneumonia risks. The writer urges the paper to publicize the issue for public health and humanity.
Citizens of Roxbury and Dorchester form Roxbury Rapid Transit Committee to press for an elevated line connecting with Boston. Thegroup proposes a municipal project with rail standards, bidding, and city control, while debating route and rolling stock approved by railroad commissioners.
Edward Sampson Tead, pastor of Prospect Hill Congregational Church in Somerville, applauds Boston press for proposing a statue for Phillips Brooks in Copley Square. He notes Brooks would have resisted while alive, but honor is due after his death and pledges to contribute to the project.
Letter to the editor praising A Square Talk to Young Men by H L Hastings of 47 Gornhill as a strong vindication of the Bible's divine origin. The writer notes endorsements by D L Moody and Joseph Cook and asks for space in the paper to publicize the work for readers who need such reading.
Citizens sign petitions in Boston as lawmakers consider a bill to reduce gas price to $1 per 1000 cubic feet. The measure also aims to curb foreign control of local gas firms, with enforcement through dissolution, assets divestment, and potential corporate receivership if violated.
Charles A Buckley a Boston gas fitter urges passage of a law to require testing and proper installation of gas piping and stop cocks. He criticizes rush methods, poor valve condition, and lack of inspector authority, calling for immediate Post action to protect citizens.
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