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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1890
Page
4
The notice outlines the publication’s second class status and payment guidance. It instructs readers to send money at the sender’s risk and to make checks or money orders payable to the Post Publishing Company. It lists office location and the specific pages for the Financial, Commercial, and Ship News departments.
Senator Chandler urges a northern uprising against slavery and cites a broader force bill debate. Andrew reports government expenditures at 517 million, forecasting deficits amid a new tariff, while the London Saturday Review discusses Anglo French diplomacy and Madagascar. New York police abuses prompt an inquiry into Patrolman Smira after a ferry assault.
The piece argues Senator Hoar misrepresented farming decline in Massachusetts by attributing it to population shifts toward manufacturing hubs near water power. It cites census figures showing farm product value rising modestly vs. large gains in manufacturing, notes dairy and garden products drive tariff gains, and asserts farming districts have deserted valleys for profit reasons rather than Indian wars.
The article argues farmers have not abandoned farms solely for better locales but due to laws, Westward competition, railroad freight discrimination, and heavy taxes on clothing, tools, and non soil produced goods. It notes unoccupied ruins on hills and valleys left as evidence of economic pressure.
Conflicting dispatches from Buenos Aires describe an uprising in the capital with early insurgent gains, bombardment of government buildings, and fluctuating reports of subduing the revolt. Analysts favor a temporary compromise amid ongoing negotiations, highlighting Buenos Aires’ financial grievances and provincial tensions as root causes.
A Wild mix of topics includes a Peekskill regiment’s sickness linked to bugle noise, a push for legal action for damages, West End rail profits vs safety, debates on educating American women abroad, Newport breakfast with corn and ribbons, a fanciful Marquis’s poetry habit, and a forthcoming hot wave expected to reach the city today.
The Albany Journal notes that protectionists back repealing duties on raw sugar arguing revenue rather than protection. It states James G. Blaine supports this with Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley Jr, aligning with the Republican national platform.
The Providence Journal notes Secretary Jaine endures bitter dislike from party machine managers over a single policy difference. Courtesies remain but thin, signaling a new, potentially salutary challenge for Blaine as he confronts political foes in control of national affairs.
Disturbing calls for a unified stance on Behring Sea negotiations surface as editors and political figures clash over Bayard and Blaine. The Tribune and Blaine align on Bayard’s satisfactory result while the Philadelphia Press pins Blaines failure on mismanagement. Delegates from France and Russia are urged to craft a shared narrative.
The Florida Times-Union notes a fraying China policy, rising GOP opposition in both coasts, and disputes within the Pan-American Congress. It warns that hasty passage risks a Democratic victory if the bill stalls, while suggesting delays could shift control and force wiser Senate action.
Edmund Yates argues in the N S Tribune that Lord Randolph Churchill’s Wednesday speech is misread as a bid for office. He notes Churchill does not seek immediate return and would face Cabinet restrictions if he did. Waiting for the election could allow him greater leverage to secure favorable terms for his party.
Augusta Maine July 29 Josiah Wright of Hallowell was thrown from his wagon by a frightened horse. He suffered a fractured skull and back injuries and died within minutes. He was about fifty five years old and left a widow and three children.
In Boston Otto Diesel is remembered as a key force in high culture, a teacher of teachers, and a modest, genial presence at Harvard events and social clubs. The Old South lectures highlight American Indian history, John Eliot, King Philip, and the Dakota era, with a focus on local significance and the nation’s cultural memory.
Montreal fire at the Bal moral Hotel attic endangers 150 guests as two American men rush through smoke to alert residents. Firemen rescue many. losses tally about 40000 dollars. Separate blasts report fires in East Saginaw Cincinnati Spokane and Brooklyn with extensive property damage and casualties.
A son of Caleb Richardson of Burlington fell from a hay cart today and sustained a broken leg near the ankle when the wheel passed over it.
Daniel Bassett of Hingham and president of the Hingham Institution for Savings died suddenly at his Cottage street home. A coal and harbor business figure and longtime director at Hingham National Bank, he was 69 and survived by a widow and one daughter. Also noted is the death of Mrs Margaret Cockburn Conkling Steele in Jersey City at age 81, an author and inspector, and William H Alphaugh, a Willamantic post office inspector, age 39, after illness from Brights disease.
Frederic Bird surveys Tolstoi’s evolving reputations through three phases and a sharp rebuff after The Kreutzer Sonata. He argues Tolstoy has not changed, only wandered into dangerous zeal, denouncing sin with fervor and causing offense despite apologies.
The Farmers Alliance in Maryland, centered at Bartimore, grows to 2000 members since its formal start last fall. It plans a convention on the 17th and promotes the Treasury bank scheme of free silver coinage while aiming to expand to ten to twenty thousand members.
Bevery July 29 about 6 o clock this evening George Harris about fifteen years of age was watching a bottling machine at Charles H Woodburys Beverly plant when a bottle exploded. A two inch square piece of glass struck him in the eye, cutting the ball in halves and destroying instant sight. The wound was dressed by Dr N A Springer and the lad taken home.
A sprawling miscellany notes music masters and Bach, politics, and world events. It mentions Senator Frye and Mr Blaine, Buenos Aires revolution, Macedonia, Romanian novel, a hair theft scare in New York, licensing and temperance bits, tea parties at the British Commons, New Jersey anti smoking law for minors, and shipbuilding delays at Norfolk. A long anecdote follows about Hip Lung and two Jersey City Sunday school visitors, ending with a cautionary tale on trust and deception.
The piece compares Speaker Reed’s audacity with James G Blaine and dissects his leadership style within the Republican party. It notes Blaine’s prior stance on quorum counting, mentions an article in the North American Review attributed to XMC, and references attacks on the McKinley bill amid Reed’s influence. The tone is observational and period styled.
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