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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1887
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for the Boston Post including daily one year nine dollars and various shorter terms, weekly Friday editions at one fifty, and instructions for payment and mailing. It notes second class matter status and payment handling, with office addresses in New York and Washington.
Boston Post notes the death of Unter Crocker, a representative figure in Boston with a long life of business success and public engagement. His century of influence spanned the city’s material and social growth, and his integrity set a standard for future generations to honor.
The Herald notes the arbitration between horse shoers and Consolidated Street Railway Company and endorses the board's handling. It stresses the rule limiting arbitration to employer employee disputes and not to strikes or lockouts between parties who severed relations. The horseshoers show both sides willingly accept a binding board decision beyond the statute.
The New York Life Insurance Company plans to fight in court over agents Wesster and Moore jailed for violating the new insurance statute. The firm argues the rule requiring foreign agents to be state residents infringes interstate commerce powers, possibly seeking US court review. A Tennessee drummers license ruling is cited as a potential relation.
A judgment creditor seeks a legal determination of Alderman McCane s sanity after he was adjudged insane only for the trial. If found insane, transfers of his property may be annulled. if sane, the district attorney may pursue bribery charges. Reports say McCane may have gone to Canada to weigh options.
A special legislative committee on child employment and schooling is ready for business. Clerk Jostan Quincy will handle communications at No 66 State Street. Public hearings begin next Tuesday at the State House, with the findings and recommendations to be presented in a report to the next Legislature.
Years of proposals to regulate child labor have yielded little progress. The current inquiry seeks a general agreement to provide safe and proper protections for children under 14 used in employment. It notes parental reliance on earnings is regrettable, but the state must shield the child’s development.
Professor Goopwin Smith argues in a London Standard letter that Canada suffers under protectionist tariffs. He shows how freer trade with the United States would benefit both nations, detailing Canada’s geographic divisions and the mutual gains from removing barriers.
A private grievance over Miss Cass exploded into political weaponry in the British Commons. New home secretary explanation arrives as details unfold. Coronation night in London saw a young woman detained on a charge of bad character, bailed by her milliner employer, and brought before magistrate Mr Newton.
The article argues for nature over luxury for summer vacations. It praises open-air living, sleeping outdoors, or ocean sailing with minimal costs and no tents, while warning against fashionable hotels. It notes boarding houses offer open air, moral relief, and caste-safe options for all ages.
The piece discusses clashes over whether Home Secretary Matuen s should launch a departmental inquiry into a constable’s conduct or pursue a perjury charge via a police court. It argues the home secretary cannot probe criminal character and highlights political tension as Liberal Unionists press an attack on the administration.
The article notes over forty large icebergs drifting aimlessly in the Atlantic. It jokes that towage to Lake Michigan could help keep Chicago cool, a wry European-epoch style aside.
The new lawn tennis champion of England is 88 years old, illustrating the British custom of continuing athletic exercises late in life.
From London Truth the Buckingham Palace garden party is described as resembled to the Guildhall ball with the Queen mobbed by guests in a disgraceful scene during the Wednesday event.
The scene outside the royal tent drew hundreds of well dressed onlookers as they crowded around the canopy. Sir Henry Ponsonby Sir John Cowell Lord Bridport and other household members moved among the crowd urging them to disperse and circulate. About seven thousand invitations went out and around five thousand people attended.
Personal updates from the era note Eugene Schuyler spending summer at his Riviera villa before visiting the Apennines. Governor Lounsbury denies funding rumors about Yale College, leaving the matter unresolved. Leo Lani studies operatic singing under Professor Vallo in Philadelphia as Dwight Moody mulls a missionary tour in India. W W Corcoran rests at Deer Park with grandchildren and shows signs of recovery. Women in St Louis plan entertainments for Mrs. Cleveland during fair week, including a grand reception and banquet. George W. Childs conducts duties as annual sexton at a small New Jersey church, seating guests and collecting offerings. Mme Aimee, famed opera bouffe actress, travels homeward after lung illness and hopes to perform next season. John Hollingshead, ex-Gaiety manager, surveys American theatres for a London project and pursues bringing back Niagara Falls panorama by Philippeaux.
In Boston an aged printer and bookseller Uriel Crocker is recalled for a long life of steady work, moral leadership, and public service. His sixty seven year Crocker Brewster partnership, wartime reminiscences, and calm temper contrast modern fortunes. He embodied modest virtues and civic loyalty.
The New Hampshire House approved extending the Lake Shore railroad charter to 1890. The measure adds Stilson Hutchins and John J. Busiel as incorporators and envisions an eighteen mile line from Alton Bay to Gilford via Laconia and Lake Village. Ground work soon, with $250000 in stock and bonds. Discussions link the Boston & Maine and a potential Upper Coal line, while Central Vermont and other rail routes face scrutiny before a broader New England network is shaped. Governor Smith of Vermont was set to address the committee but was ill
A late night ratcatcher arrives by side door with a bull's-eye lantern and bag. He uses a whistle to draw rats from kitchens and storage, catching them with tongs and placing them in the bag. He visits the hotel weekly, denies selling rats to restaurants, and says he sells hides after proper curing.
In the championship regatta off Eest Dennis, boats in the second class failed to clear buoys and stakeboats on the port side, prompting a protest and a probable replay of the race. The Fearless, owned by D W Phillips, sailed from Marblehead for a six week eastern trip. Labor unrest at Marblehead’s Waterworks ended with back pay. about two thirds resumed work while the rest departed. In Killingworth Conn a lightning strike damaged Daniel Rutty’s house, seriously injuring Mrs Rutty while an elderly occupant escaped harm.
The Boot and Shoe Dealers National Association holds a July meeting at Madison Street Theatre Chicago with about one hundred delegates from across the nation. J K Brown of Worcester urges firm action against manufacturers and rubber goods monopolists, promotes a retail factory boycott and stronger organization, as officers to be elected tomorrow and a Tremont House banquet planned.
The Atlanta Constitution speculates on 19th century party dynamics noting Sherman likely carries Ohio while Blaine challenges him at the national convention and Cleveland defeats Blaine in the general election. The piece reflects partisan forecasts rather than reported events.
The article argues city inhabitants suffer summer discomfort due to irrational living. It urges reducing exertion during hot hours, enjoying quiet recreation at sunset, and dressing for comfort like in the country or mountains, claiming cities could be ideal summer resorts if habits changed.
The Springfield Republican argues the 1888 GOP seeks an available candidate to avoid Blaine or Sherman. Senator Allison of Iowa is praised as a plain, diligent, mostly dependable choice though not a leading legislator or constitutional expert. He supports silver and hails from the West, a preferred regional trait.
A Providence Journal critique notes that advances like the printing press and telegraph have bred fools who hoard wealth, not wisdom. It laments society’s fixation on gold as value, warning that material gain undermines balanced minds and true prosperity.
A New York Post editorial argues that a large treasury surplus fuels demagoguery and corrupts patriotism by tying it to money. It criticizes pension politics, noting Congress fears the soldier vote while funds are spent in demagogic battles.
Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier Journal in a New York Herald interview discusses the national political scene. He predicts Cleveland and Blaine as contenders, praises tariff issues, and criticizes Democratic and Republican maneuvers, urging tariff reform and party unity to avert splits at Chicago.
A collage of short items reports on baseball and timeless culture, city life, and curiosities. Notes on Dan Lamont and a papal college, weather musings, baseball Mexicans, lightning strikes, a Memphis jailer at a jailhouse event, a wax museum of colors for fall, and rapid-fire trivia about King David’s treasure and California wine prospects. Also mentions Evelyn Reinhart, love letters, Raleigh’s Brixton Estate, and a Memphis murder case teaser.
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