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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1887
Page
4
Residents near the central district heard the alarm bells as crackers and fireworks sparked numerous small fires after Independence Day celebrations. One morning blaze on Bromfield Street caused minor damage. The editor urges licensing and stricter controls to prevent further dangers.
A factional dispute within the Knights of Labor targets Glass Blowers' League members who seceded from Powererly's order. The boycott pressures employers of independent glass blowers, who earn higher wages and resist managerial dictation, highlighting growing intra-labor tensions and claims of tyranny.
The Evening Record praised police actions forbidding rockets and other explosives within city limits. The Daily Advertiser reprinted, noting Sabbath noise and unusual drunkenness after midnight. It accuses the police board of neglecting public comfort for parade and display, citing a Dorchester incident where officers attacked a widow selling beer with a yacht.
Mr. Joan E. Fitzegeraip delivered a city celebration speech emphasizing optimism and the need for proper checks on republican government. He addressed immigration and capital labor relations, praising immigrants who come with brave hearts and willing hands and warning against labor tyranny.
A speaker urged capital and labor to be allies not enemies, calling for mutual concessions and justice. He warned against both uncompromising employers and demagogic leaders, stressing republican duties, honesty in public life, and patriotic civic participation as essential to the nation's pride.
The Stone Temple in Quincy hosts a July anniversary observance for Charles Francis Adams with a refined eulogy by Dr. William Everett. The address blends intimate biography with Civil War era public service, praising Adams’s integrity and steadfast duty, from school days to London diplomacy and the Union cause.
The article discusses M. de Lesseps pressing France to oppose Britain in Egypt and warning of inevitable conflict if England does not withdraw. It cites French sentiment and Barthelemy St Hilaire's despatch on Egypt, the prior joint naval intervention, and the risk of war if Britain continues occupation.
The article argues the American Board administration is entangled in the Andover dispute over theology. It urges the prudential committee to seek church guidance and resign, lest missions in North China lose top leaders and the board lose credibility with missionaries and secular critics alike.
A historical report argues that conflict between France and Russia could expand not from decisive steps but from Great Britain's hesitancy and wavering stance, implying that Britain's policy may trigger broader consequences in the crisis.
As the day nears the 17th when street peddling by children will be halted by law a clampdown is expected. Violators face a 200 dollar fine or six months in jail while licenses may be issued in limited cases. The piece warns that minors’ exposure to street life harms their development and urges charitable societies to safeguard their futures and keep them in school.
Readers are advised to engage in vigorous exercise under proper conditions to keep the liver active and pores open, abstain from spirits, wine and beer, and eat only a light meal at midday.
In a July Fourth reminiscence from Boston, the writer recalls a pre-dawn cannonade and playful chaos on the Common. He notes growing urban crowd homogeneity, rising foreign elements, and evolving traditions amid heat, dust, ice water, and makeshift lunch setups under Tremont street awnings.
Dom Pedro sails from Rio to Europe and the Holy Land. W W Corcoran regains strength at Deer Park but may never walk again. his mind remains sharp. Francis Rondo, Fond du Lac pioneer, dies aged over 109, leaving 454 descendants in three generations. Dixie Williams, rising evangelist, reports over 2000 conversions this winter. Mrs Hoadly buys Villard property for 14667, plus another lot from Holmes for 18333, on Fiftieth Street New York. Dan Lane, famed for 1850 Sarah Parker rescue, seeks work on a lake schooner at Bay City. Rev George W Woodward, Chicago, descendant of Miles Standish, ties to Dartmouth legacy. documents in a court case once hidden in an oat bin.
A New York Sun column mocks Professor John Sherman for his failed political bid. The piece notes his early and misplaced canvassing while Lucius Fairchild remains more prominent, highlighting Sherman’s rapid decline in public perception.
The New York World notes Ohio Democrats could back ex Senator Allen G Thurman for governor and perhaps president. It questions party readiness to carry him through and warns against exploiting his name for political convenience.
The Providence Journal argues that cooperation governs modern life with banks, corporations, and labor, noting capital and labor are interdependent in production. A mill owner borrows from banks funded by many people, while workers earn wages made possible by that capital.
Yale University enjoyed a remarkable year with a new president guiding the institution, the largest graduating class, record freshmen intake, $800,000 raised from alumni and friends, election of a liberal energetic Christian man to the corporation, and top athletic honors, plus LL.D. awarded to Chauncey M. Depew.
The Philadelphia Times notes that the founders could not foresee all governance problems and that later generations settled some issues by force, making the republic greater and stronger through suffering and sacrifice that bind citizens to their land and to one another.
The Atlanta Constitution laments the current generation of brilliant youths producing two or three literary works a year yet lacking figures like Disraeli Byron and Macaulay. It argues past eras had strong standards and authoritative literary criticism, unlike today’s culture that yields only flimsy works.
The Washington Post reports that ex Union soldiers now outnumber any prior era in government service. Pension records show 176,879 applications processed, 111,840 certificates issued, and 555,194 new names added with $74 million spent. The 1866 record was surpassed by over 5000 cases.
The Pall Mall Gazette calls Lewis Morris a rising laureate and Swinburne his only rival. Frank D Millet translates Tolstoy’s Scenes from the Siege of Sebastopol with Howells’s introductory chapter. Harpers publish the book. The National Biography series features essays by Morley Stephen Clifford and others on Cobden Coleridge Clough Kitty Clive and more.
A temperance convention was held yesterday at Lake View in Framingham with about 2000 attendees from several towns. Speakers included the Rev. Hugh Montgomery of Worcester and Senator Jefts from Hudson.
Edgar Fawcett thanks Mr. Howells for praising his defense of critics and for urging authors to answer critics with dignity. He contrasts Howells’s measured stance with his own tougher battle against hostile reviews of his Elaine era work, noting the Tribune’s derisive coverage of Annie Russell.
The piece argues against domestic trade restrictions favoring select interests, calling such policies inconsistent with constitutional spirit. It notes that foreign markets are now essential as production outpaces consumption, urging commercial freedom akin to the Declaration of Independence spirit and national growth.
A mosaic of brief items covers law firms in Baltimore, telegraph operators in San Luis Potosi, and a July Fourth baseball query. Anecdotes on politicians, millinery explosions, post office mix ups, and Wall Street salience frame a summer of oddities with social notes on widows in federal service and parade of men and women in public roles.
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