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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1888
Page
2
The president departs for Fire Island and is expected to meet his wife at Marion. The voyage is framed as a fisherman's luck, with Mrs. Cleveland attending church.
Reports from Free Island Long Island detail President Cleveland’s coastal visit. He fished in Great South Bay with his party, securing ninety eight bluefish in one day and twenty three more in the afternoon. The trip includes departures toward Marion Massachusetts and arrangements for a return to Washington aboard the Susquehanna.
General W T Sherman declines attending the Second and Thirty-third Massachusetts Volunteers reunion in Brockton on September 2, writing from New York on July 24, 1888. He recalls his Civil War service, notes many regiments claim his affection, and explains he will attend national G A R encampments in Columbus, Toledo, Chicago, and elsewhere instead. He ends with affectionate regard for all Massachusetts Thirty-third and Second veterans.
A corrected guest list shows Boston visitors at the Stanley House led by Professor C. H. Peabody and Prof O B Pierce with families and others including W P Derby and Miss Annie Blair. About 100 guests are present. many applicants are refused as the house is full.
Lancaster New Hampshire July 29 Robert D Mc Carten a prominent citizen and representative to the 1887 Legislature from this town was shot by an accidental discharge of a revolver in the hands of James Alexander about 9 oclock last night. He died at 4 this afternoon the bullet entering the abdomen two inches below the navel and could not be found after probing. The revolver exploded while Alexander was explaining how to operate it.
Families discover good living and homelike comfort at the Revere House offered at moderate rates, highlighting affordable lodging with welcoming amenities for travelers and locals seeking value.
In Indianapolis on July 29 delegates from Jennings county joined a Harrison and Morton club excursion. About 400 to 500 people including nearly 100 women attended a University Park gathering. General Harrison spoke on protection, the surplus, and tariff policy, urging continued revenue reduction while preserving American industry and agriculture. Local figures Congressman Steele and Col. John C. New met arriving visitors after the event.
Ex governor Thomas Carney dies of apoplexy at Leavenworth. Born August 20, 1824 in Ohio, he rose from farm life to state legislator and governor in 1862, later a U S senator candidate who declined service, and served as Leavenworth mayor until 1866. The notice also reports the death of Charles F. Smith, a Willimantic insurance agent, and Abel French of New York with a Newport cottage. The remains go to Albany, NY.
Salem on July 29 reports tug Henry Preston Sr sank at her moorings after a nighttime passenger run. Engineer Jones, who found the room flooding after an explosion at 4 am, woke two crewmen who escaped by netting. The Salem Beverly Dans Tow Boat Co vessel lies in eighteen feet of water.
Through the last week the hotels were crowded with distinguished visitors passing through the city on trips to beaches. The list names over a hundred guests from Philadelphia New York Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Boston Detroit and London among others.
A Sanford mills reply to a wage worker accuses high tariff alarm. Li M Goodall explains the mill will proceed with a hand print shop and notes Canadian workers, while denouncing lazy or sick workers. Maine mills show mixed profits and hopeful expansion amid tariff contention.
In Rochester amid Shoe Dealers' National Association talks, leaders argue the U S boot and shoe trade thrives under low tariffs. They cite free hides since 1872, machinery advances, and labor division boosting output and keeping prices competitive. W L Douglas backs low tariffs for more employment and higher consumption.
Mr. Robert Bleakie of Hyde Park Massachusetts disputes Congressman Dingley of Maine over his tariff claim from the Mills bill debate. Bleakie asserts two woollen mills in Dingley’s district and argues free wool plus 40 percent protection benefits manufacturers and workers. He criticizes political framing and urges practical business view of tariff policy.
The Boston Theatre opens its thirty fifth season with Mankind under Manager Tompkins. A San Francisco dispatch recalls California Theatre history and notable stars and ventures, including Montague's 1878 death, Boucicault and Clara Morris. The program features Queen s Fete cast, Amelie Rives adaptation, and upcoming German opera season with Ring of the Nibelung in Boston and New York repertoires, plus Apollo Quartet and Music Hall concerts.
The Cosmopolitan Magazine will resume monthly issues under a new company led by J. N. Hallock with E. D. Walker directing the editorial department. Putnam's Sons announce major political economy works by Taussig and Bellamy, new pieces in Behind Closed Doors, and other series additions. Stokes & Bro publish The Life of Grover Cleveland by William C. Stoddard, with varied editions. George B. Perry will write a boys’ story in Harper's Young Folks titled Uncle Peter's Trust about Britain and India in 1857.
A Boston Sun writer imagines colored domes and roofs transforming city life. He argues red and blue surfaces could lift temperatures by five degrees in winter and aid coal savings, while serving as clear landmarks for Puritan descendants seeking their homes at dawn.
Review of the Wagner and Liszt correspondence notes close friendship and Wagner’s reliance on Liszt for support. It contrasts Wagner’s genius with Liszt’s steady humanity, highlighting Liszt’s kindness and prudent counsel while Wagner faces poverty and instability. Translated by Francis Hueffer.
The article reviews Stepniak's study of Russia’s peasantry, noting 82 percent of the population are peasants and the dire effects of serf emancipation. It details high taxes, usury, flogging, poverty, and starvation, arguing land redistribution as essential, while praising peasant virtues and village life, religion, and cooperative tendencies.
The Russian peasantry book argues land nationalization is sound for Russia and non subversive, if autocracy yields power. Stepniak, a socialist, foresees socialism rising from peasant virtues, insisting freedom and collective labor ideals drive national progress rather than imitation of European individualism.
A collection of short science notes covers the brightest devices and theories. It notes the St Catherine's Point lighthouse on the Isle of Wight, the osteotome circular saw for bone cutting, and magnesium use in crafts. It also mentions gold extraction from low grade ores, twilight color variation, steel tempering in lead baths, home water testing tips, and chloroform detection in animal lungs after death.
The second span of the Boylston street bridge over the Boston & Albany railroad was swung into position at 6 o'clock yesterday morning. About 100 men started at 3 15 to remove the temporary trestle and set the truss on a wooden stage with iron rolls. The trestle was moved onto the abutment by capstan. The two trusses are now in place sixteen feet above the track. The bridge will be 216 feet long fifty five feet roadway width eighty feet exterior width. Completion expected about September 1.
A Fifth Avenue resident fainted on Broad Street and was revived in a drug store as hot weather endangers health. The piece warns of heat related fevers, inflammation, and weakness then promotes Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a preventive tonic, urging readers to avoid inferior bottlings.
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