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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1890
Page
4
A Boston newspaper roundly critiques Senate delay on the long delayed relief for the Supreme Court while contrasting with support from the Boston Journal. The piece also covers reactions to the pauper pension bill and planned GAR resolutions, plus labor unrest among New York cloakmakers and tariff debates affecting Ohio maple sugar producers.
A gas motor using a mix of oils promises double expansion at lower cost, with keen monitoring of these marine science advances. Summer studies are valued for surroundings, while a Chautauqua dietetics talk by Mrs. Ervine sparks debates on cooking, coffee, bread, and food handling. Leo XII outings prompt calls for humane execution methods, and Breer Harry praised as a top living short-story writer amid transit records for the Teutonic liner completing a rapid voyage.
Boston Post notes a tariff increase raising the cost of harvesting crops and urges farmers to join a petition. The Chagrin Falls Exponent protests the tin plate schedule and the sugar bounty extension, highlighting the shift from syrup to sugar and the strained market.
Mrs Haymarker, Bombay native with Philadelphia medical training, prepares to return as a missionary. Stanwood at Bar Harbor shines with daisies and rustic decor. Miss Sallie Hollie, a Virginia girl, educates colored girls and plans two year schools, asking women’s clubs for support or teaching service.
The piece argues the U S Senate must resist Speaker Rerep’s push to imitate House rule and preserve legislative deliberation. It emphasizes the need for at least one checked deliberative chamber, lauds Carlisle for supporting full debate, and warns against gag rules and expedited votes on tariff and the Daveyport election bill.
The article praises Mr. Simmons of Connecticut for pushing the international copyright bill in Congress and notes favorable committee reports. It highlights a pamphlet by Mr. Johnson defending foreign authors and urges action before session end while acknowledging an EpMuNd Goss contribution in the Fortnightly Review that strengthens the pro honesty argument.
The piece argues that current copyright laws strike at American literature by denying authors a paying public while foreign writers profit abroad. It cites Gosse claiming the bill will financially help top English writers yet may curb English fiction and risk silencing American voices, urging lawmakers to consider the broader patriotic impact.
A Baltimore crowd launches the Maryland Tariff Reform Club to organize county chapters and push an impartial, fact based reform campaign across the state. The piece also compares mail routes from New York to London, noting Queenstown’s shorter voyage and urging efficient mail delivery. it closes with a note on a new quadruple expansion engine for a steam launch, signaling technological progress.
The Providence Journal notes the stark contrast between a senator's lengthy floor speech on an education bill and the swift cut off of debate on a federal election law that shifts control of elections to a partisan machine. It criticizes Washington waste and centralism, blaming party control for costly meddling with local and private enterprise affairs.
The Palladium and several Republican papers laud Mr. Blaine's tariff stance as a progressive shield from high rates and sealed ports. They call his leadership decisive, his policy protectionist yet open to Cuba and Latin America, and urge Congress to heed his interpretation of Republican trade aims.
The writer reflecting on a fatal streetcar accident argues for cautious public behavior without blaming citizens, then turns to praise for Boston parks during a dry spell and recounts General Fremont’s Bar Harbor visit and the fate of Bald Porcupine island, followed by musings on authors and publishers and the woes of manuscript handling.
Weather report notes extreme heat with temperatures ranging from 75 at 2 am to a 92 peak by mid afternoon and a 85 evening reading. Humidity sits around 56 percent, with a later note of 100 degrees at 4 pm challenging government claims of coolness on Cape Cod.
The first annual meeting of the Massachusetts Electric Lighting Association was held at Hotel Pines Point of Pines. It formed last fall, now with thirty leading local electric lighting firms and 5,000,000 dollars in capital. Fifty representatives attended. Officers elected include President Frederick A. Gilbert Boston Electric Light Company, First VP Theodore Bates Worcester Electric Light Company, Second VP George W. Fifield Lowell Electric Light Corporation, and executive committee members Gilbert Bates Fifield Edgar Nichols. The session adjourned after thanks to President Gilbert, followed by dinner.
Hingham, July 16. The town records record hot weather with a peak of 100 degrees at 3 16 pm. Drill was limited for the fore and afternoon, with morning company drill followed by rifle practice and a dress parade. Notable guests included General John M. Corse and Colonel Chase. Command strength listed at 184. Details for tomorrow named officers of the day and guard.
The remains of Major General John C. Fremont were buried in Trinity Cemetery after funeral services at St. Ignatius Church in New York. Attendees included distinguished soldiers and prominent citizens. The procession moved along Fifth Avenue to the cemetery, where the body was placed in the receiving vault.
President P L Moen of Washburn and Moen says land secured in South Chicago may not host the Western branch mill as other sites are under review. The mill will begin in the West, with machinery already under construction in Worcester. Initial output will be coarse wires, potentially expanding to all Western market needs. Freight savings of four dollars a ton drive the plan, while tariff revisions on steel may have accelerated it. Eastern mills likely see no immediate impact beyond six months as growth continues to limit any decline.
Norfolk Va July 16 Thomas Truxton thirteen son of the late Commodore W T Truxton U S N by his second marriage was drowned this afternoon while bathing at Fort Norfolk local authorities said the tragedy occurred during a routine swim and the body was recovered later in shallow water with no immediate signs of foul play given the age and circumstances the incident shocked residents and prompted a brief inquiry into safety at the fort bathing area
A garbled column from Fort Worth sketches a string of curiosities from the era. It notes an eloping mayor and a forger clergyman, touches on London journalism, a cook in Denver, European tastes at hotels, remarks on Sam Jones’s Oxford sermon, travel musicians in Paris American Register, Crowfoot’s railway letter, and a western life forecast, ending with a tall man anecdote and reflections on stature and society.
The national encampment executive committee voted to transfer 500 to Plymouth G A R men for the dam bake to be given to visiting delegates in Plymouth. Commander Kendricken and Messrs Rohan and Brownell joined the reception committee.
A clash yesterday at 34 Cross Street left Leah Goldstein with a broken arm after James Hubbard struck her. Daniel Scannell and James Hubbard were arrested. the injured woman was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital.
Maggie Fitzgerald thirty a domestic at 195 West Newton Street died instantly yesterday afternoon after falling from a five-story window while washing windows at that address. Authorities investigated the tragedy as a fatal accident and reported no immediate signs of foul play.
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