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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1887
Page
4
The notice states second class matter status and instructs payment to the Publishing Company at 140 Nassau Street. It warns all money sent and checks are at the sender’s risk and should be made payable to the Publishing Company.
The Governor and council asked the Supreme Judicial Court to rule on how veteran soldiers are exempted under the soldier exemption act. The issue is whether exemptions cover only exams or also the filing of applications with the civil service commissioners. The civil service commissioners have referred the matter to the court, and will enforce the act once construction is determined.
The Boston Journal misleads on pension work, praising vetoes while misrepresenting data. It notes Newcomb Parker’s case and contrasts added pension rolls under Cleveland with Republican periods, arguing clerical cuts yet doubled effective output and economy in the pension bureau under Cleveland.
The article accuses Eugene Hingins appointment clerk in the U S Treasury and Morris A Thomas Indian commissioner of active and unseemly involvement in Baltimore political meetings. It argues they should not have been appointed or retained.
In response to a New Hampshire inquiry ex Governor Roprnson defends the Boston police board law while asserting the public is misled. He argues the 1895 measure removing city control harms the city and the issue rests on principle, not expediency.
Testimony from a cooperating official describes a deliberate conspiracy to alter county tally sheets. Indictments allege paid coordination by election officers and others across parties. The case suggests a broad nonpartisan investigation of machine managers on both sides.
The Ohio Democrats endorsed tariff reform and administration policy at their Thursday convention, opposing the New York Sun's anti-Cleveland, high tariff guidance. The Sun’s stance is ridiculed as opportunistic and out of step, with its future impact uncertain.
The New Hampshire Legislature considers a bill requiring 50 percent of savings bank deposits to be invested inside the state. The proposal, seen as a home protection measure, could hurt small savers while aiding borrowers and may push banks toward risky local investments. Experience suggests such a restriction would endanger depositors.
Reports from Paris indicate the Panama Canal Company annual note no longer promises full completion in 1889 but hopes to have a connection across the isthmus that year with completion to follow. Meanwhile the new loan attractively advertised to subscribers across the provinces and Paris papers trumpet large sums sought from M. pu lessers.
Paris papers say Boulang er’s ministerial dismissal signals a fall from popularity. The newspaper recounts a farcical station scene when he departed for Clermont Ferrand, seen as evidence of his waning influence.
A fragmented dispatch notes that Boulangism loses salience in France while the republic holds, with Débats and La République Française challenging the cult of Boulangisme. Le Journal La Justice praises crowds honoring republican principles. Boulangistes keep scarf pins ready for possible return and Boulangist loyalty to the republic is claimed.
The August Scribner's prints Thackeray letters showing his voice after death. Also in this number are Shaler on atmosphere, Handicraft revival, Holland’s Picturesque Quality, and fiction by T. R. Sullivan with diverse profiles, poems, and reviews.
John Ryan of Atlanta surprises his sons Stephen and John F with a store and stock worth 325000. A. B. Maxwell, newly named chief justice, was elected to Congress in 1852 and 1854 and to the rebel Senate in 1862. Carrie M. Ahl, Georgia sensation, is a 10 year old ten miles from Baxley weighing 180 pounds. Jeanne Hugo, Paris belle, is the continent’s gossip. Chicago Mayor Roche, a practical machinist, oversees municipal machinery. Kron Luang Devawongse Varaprakar, Siamese foreign minister, travels via England, San Francisco, and Japan. Thomas K. Bacon leaves Morning News New Haven for Berkeley pastorate. Boulanger’s daughter plans a religious retreat with Mme Boulanger. Stage Manager Seymour sails to Pennsylvania to supervise open air performance of As You Like It at Manchester by the Sea.
An 1880s editorial argues that Italian workers face higher railroad injury risk and urges enforcement of clear rules to keep workers off tracks during approaching trains. It cites 107 coupling accidents in Massachusetts and pushes for automatic couplers to reduce deaths and injuries nationwide.
Mr Braye and Burrato Bru dispute supremacy at a Fourth of July ball. Buarnr toured rooms with Mrs James Brown Porter on his arm, followed by Copy with Mrs Joan Bigrtow in attendance.
The writer argues that captains often complain or kick at umpire calls and urges reform. The umpire’s authority must be respected to prevent excuses and maintain order during games.
Seventy two Clyde eight stallions and four mares have been sold in England to a large Kansas importer who plans to resell them at state fairs in autumn. Coach horses also are in demand in the Eastern States and exported in large numbers from Yorkshire to the United States.
Harry seven year old son of Captain BA Pitcher of the schooner Thomas R Pillsbury of Rockland drowned at Bangor yesterday afternoon. The tragedy occurred as the boy was near the waterfront with his family and witnesses describe a sudden, fatal fall into the harbor.
Rain in Boston revived grass and foliage on the Common and Public Garden and improved the Brewer fountain and State House fronts. The essay then reviews Mr Wilson’s Two Books of Travel about China, praising some insights on the Empress Dowager and railroads, and notes artful repainting of iron fences and museum exterior decorations as signs of urban brightness.
Excerpt from Thackeray letters published in Scribner’s August number. The notes describe March weather, a Cavalier visiting Portman Street, health news, and social visits. References include Mrs. Elliot, Miss Brookfield, Mr. Brookfield, and Punch, with reminiscences of Tam and Tam happy.
A collage of items notes oddities and anecdotes from cities like Chicago, Omaha, New York and San Francisco. It mentions a man fined for kissing two girls, a Rhode Island clam bake in Omaha, a strange character “Montana Joe” in San Francisco, and kangaroo care at a Philadelphia Zoo. It also covers oil well tubing costs in Pennsylvania, a Danish Altona report on King Bell’s son, and police justice practices in New York.
The author extols the National Gallery as unique for its uniformly high quality pictures and complete historical range. He recalls visiting just after reconstruction, entering with ease, and the Turner room reveal of Fighting Temeraire leaving a lasting early-morning impression before sailing from Liverpool.
The Rhode Island, Louisville, and Cleveland conventions have all endorsed the President. The Republicans face a divided party, while Democrats unite with concession on revenue and land issues, promising vigor and possible victory in the next campaign.
The piece argues the President embodies highest political principles since Lincoln and that the American heart and conscience are sound. It notes his strength comes from official action, not wartime popularity, and asserts he who leans on public virtue is safe. This aligns with editorial praise from the New York Times (Indiana Republic).
A 1888 political commentary argues the Republican party is being stirred to action though hindered by internal factions and historic wounds. The piece foreshadows a tough climb to the White House, with Mr. Slaine facing an autumn header amid party turmoil.
The writer questions the practical value of labeling Southern Republicans as rebels and wonders how a restored Republican power could suppress them. Citing a Republican Supreme Court that has nullified civil rights acts, the piece argues that force bills and punitive measures are unlikely to succeed, given postwar reconciliation and legal precedent.
A humorous exchange notes a daughter educated at home who spent a year in Chicago and is unmatched at keeping a baseball score, reflecting on the rising generation of women and education.
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