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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1886

Page

2

Federal Bill Endorses Alcohol and Narcotics Study in Schools

The President signs a bill directing instruction on alcoholic drinks and narcotics in all federal schools including West Point Annapolis and District of Columbia common schools and Indian and colored schools of the Territories. The aim is to establish a national standard of belief amid varying medical opinions. The article contrasts this with Massachusetts models and notes broader concerns about public health, crime, and governance.

West Point Annapolis District of Columbia Territories Massachusetts Military Academy

New York Embraces Miss Folsom and Mr Cleveland in Wedding Watching

New York makes the wedding a public affair as crowds from the railway station to the Gilsey house watch Grover Cleveland and Miss Folsom. Citizens comment on the couple, from a grocer to a waiter, with public displays described as flattering intrusion. The Herald notes scarce windows at the Gilsey rest on the couple’s entrance. The dinner bill chosen by Mrs Folsom is openly read with opera glasses.

York Miss Folsom Mr. Cleveland Grover Conkling Gilsey House Gilsey Herald

President Cleveland Marriage Seen as Shared Nation Event

The article argues Americans embrace Cleveland's forthcoming marriage as a national affair. It contends democratic simplicity turns to grand spectacle, though a quiet ceremony may please more. It notes broad public goodwill and the idea that the President will join a national family, sharing in the people’s congratulations.

Mr. Cleveland Cleveland Congress Philadelphia Press

Broad rules urged to adjust the Indian problem

The piece argues for citizenship and land reforms for Indians, criticizing past federal policies. It cites Professor Thayer, urges opening citizenship to willing Indians, extending land rights in severalty, and adopting Massachusetts as a precedent. If Congress passes similar measures, a quarter of a million Native Indians could be absorbed into civilized life, simplifying administration.

James B. Thayer Cambridge United States Thayer Congress Massachusetts Commonwealth Southwest Mexico

Winds of Destiny in Hardy Novel Highlight Fate’s Overruling Power

A literary critique surveys how Hardy’s The Wind of Destiny and other major works imply a dominant, non benevolent force shaping lives. It notes Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, Browning’s Childe Boland, Eliot’s Dorothea and Romola, with recurring themes of passion, fate, and despair across authors. The piece argues modern fiction often shows characters unable to alter destiny, culminating in tragedy.

A. S. Hardy George Eliot Dorothea Romols Mr. Browning Avna Karenina Bezoukbon Levine James James and Mr. Howells Howells Hardy

The Reading of Literature and Life in Review

A critic muses on poetry and prose noting Hardy and Eliot as voices linking art to life. The piece discusses free will, necessity, and the reader’s inevitability of choice within narratives across varied writers. It contrasts lesser and greater writers while urging literature to deliver a brighter message.

Hardy George Eliot

Critics Question The Theater S Taste This Season

A critic asserts that nothing unworthy has prospered in drama but warns that crime immorality and burlesque along with farce comedy have prospered. The remark suggests dramatic taste needs stimulation toward better works in the current season.

Literary editors named for New York Star and World

The announcement that George Par sons Lathrop and Julian Hawthorne will become literary editors of the New York Star and World signals a hopeful shift beyond routine book notices. Both are novelists though criticism may vary. Hawthorne’s fiction shows inequality, Lathrop’s future column in the Star is seen as more discriminating, with four literary figures slated to “say their say” regularly alongside Stoddard and Hazeltine.

George Parsons Lathrop Julian Hawthorne New York Star New York World Hawthorne Lathrop Star New York R. H. Stoddard Mail and Express Mayor. Hazeltine The Sun Silas Lapham William Archer T. Fisher Urwin Edouard Noel Edmond Stoullig Les Annales du Theatre Et de la Musique Paris M. Gounod Ruskin Pall Mall Gazette St. Jerome Bunyan British Museum London Manchester Thomas M. Cooley Supreme Court of Michigan W. R. Jenkins Edmond de Amicis Egypt Morocco Africa M. Charmes Edward King New York Evening Post Mr. Bunner H. C. Bunner Arcady Sidney

The Wind of Destiny by Arthur Sherburne Hardy

A mixed critique of Hardy's The Wind of Destiny noting strong style and emotional depth but flaws in construction and characterization. The reviewer praises the novel's beauty and insight while warning that it lacks the decisive craft of the author’s earlier work, Yet emphasizes its imaginative reach and disturbing melancholy.

Professor Hardy A. S. Hardy Stephanie Mr. Hardy Kardy Rosalind Gladys Rochefoucauld Hardy Rochefoucau Jeck Temple Rowan Ferguson

War of colors and comic vignettes across a busy era

A string of brief items and quips from a late nineteenth century page recounts a Connecticut militia color dispute and a Chicago traveler’s joke while noting humorous exchanges about flowers, hotel chatter, a Dartmouth expulsion, naval tests, Washington’s last witness, and a gag about Epsom races. The tone blends wry social commentary with clipped anecdotes and cartoons of the era.

Hope for stricter laws on dynamite use and storage

A discussion urges passage of stringent dynamite regulations amid concerns over misuse and accidents. Public safety advocates seek clear, effective measures to curb manufacture and sale, while balancing practical enforcement and community protection.

Washington Star

Garland faces test on attire at president’s wedding invite

Washington dispatch reports the attorney general must choose how to respond to the White House demand not to wear a swallowtail coat at the cabinet state dinner and the president’s wedding invitation. The outcome will reveal whether he submits to the world’s dress code or risks optics by attending in a frock or refusing the invitation.

State Street Beaton George Seaw & CO London Francis Peabody J. W. Field Benry S. Bean Seo’y Washington Garland

North American Review June issue surveys socialism and labor crisis

The June North American Review offers a diverse set of principal articles including Richard T. Ely on Socialism in America and a Labor Crisis piece by Henry Clews Rufus Hatch and 8 B Elkins with opposing views. Other essays cover The President and the Senate, Free Trade in Discussion, and notes. The English Illustrated Magazine and The Pansey also feature content, with serials, stories, and illustrations, all praised for quality and engaging tone.

North American Review Richard T. Ely America Messrs Henry Clews Rufus Hatch 8. B. Elkins Gail Hamilton Donn Pratt Edwin M. Stanton John Hull Adam Badeau Gladstone Department of Senaor Ingalls Jesse Coolidge Howells English Illustrated Magazine Katherine Umbria Joseph Heaston Yermouth The Broads

An Epigrammatic Voyage to Be Published This Summer

The forthcoming book by D. J. Snider, author of A Walk in Hades, is slated for midsummer release from Ticknor and Co. The brief note positions Snider as the creator of satirical verse and signals a planned publication window.

Boston Hill & CO Washington St D.J. Snider Hades Messrs. Ticknor & Co

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