19 Jun 1890
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1890
Page
1
The article warns readers of New England summer volatility and offers practical tips to stay cool. It advises wearing wool next to the skin, eating light meat and mild dishes, preferring milk to tea or coffee, avoiding overwork, and not using stimulants. It promotes Jane Paine's Celery Compound as nourishment for nerves and brain to resist heat.
Congress agrees to the conference report on the anti trust measure while the House declines immediate action on the silver bill. Indian appropriations and tariff measures are noted as reported. Dated June meetings at Mystic Park and Marblehead racing scenes are listed along with local notices.
Judge Bond signed a final foreclosure decree in United States Circuit Court awarding Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Company 4 156 385 against American Rapid Telegraph Company of Baltimore. The amount bears interest from the decree date plus costs, securing a 3 million mortgage for bonds to expand the system across New England to Indiana and Illinois.
Forecast to 8 pm Thursday calls for fair in New England and eastern New York with showers in Maine. Cooler trends expected except Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts where temperatures remain steady, winds variable.
Washington June 18 A full Senate finance committee vote authorized Morrill to report the tariff bill with amendments. Principal changes include lower duties on tannic acid logwood dyes glycerine and other chemicals while boosting opium and some lead compounds. Free list shifts for brimstone lime and acids. heavier ad valorem rates on glassware pottery and metals. specific duties for firearms and needles. transfers of Mica and nickel to free list and sugar bounty details. The measure reflects extensive adjustments across chemical earthenware metal and wood schedules and tightens penalties for bounty fraud.
A Boston wedding chronicle covers the Stone Grant ceremony at Our Saviour Church with Miss Maude Grant and Dr Eugene Stone, plus the Saltonstall Sherwood nuptials at Milton and a Richards arc of weddings across suburbs. It details decorations, attendants, venues, and receptions.
The act revises numerous schedules including sugar dairy items and agricultural goods. Barley and barley malt duties drop, rice rates fall dramatically, dried peas and oil seeds see lower levies, and metal shellfish packages gain relief. Spirits and textiles face mixed reductions and reorganized classifications. The changes shift duties on cotton fabrics, flax and jute products, wool goods, silk, paper, sundries and more with many items moving to lower rates or free lists. The document notes continuation on the next page.
An Old English sideboard embodies ancestral dignity in the cabinet craft. Square columns mirror Stuart period supports, bevelled glass panels, extra drawer for silver, wooden latches, iron handle plates, and overall solidity evoke an earlier era, resembling a modern Jacobean replica.
In Boston and New York ports on June 18 numerous vessels arrived or departed with crews and cargo ties. Names include Kong Frode from Jamaica, Parca from Havana, Teutonic from Liverpool, Aguan from Greytown, Japanese from Seriphos, Strathclyde from Calcutta, and many others. Ships from Liverpool, London, and New York exchanged destinations including Leith, Boulogne, Amsterdam, and Montreal with various origins such as New York, Glasgow, and Havana.
Chicago reports show Chicago and Grand Trunk plan 36 cents per hundred pounds dressed beef for Chicago to Boston via Montreal starting June 20. Lake Shore will meet the 36 cent rate from June 26, then Grand Trunk lowers rates to 33 cents starting June 23, signaling intensified price competition in regional beef shipments.
At 2 am Officers Dowd and Riley of Station 12 observed a man forcing entry through a window at house 52 Thomas Parks South Boston, occupied by I. Neily. The burglar drew a revolver but did not fire as two officers pointed weapons. He was taken to the station and identified as James West of 36 Eliot Street.
Mr. Hyde testifies in the Green room on the fairness of selecting street railway committee members. He recalls engaging with the Senate on appointing a lawyer to the committee and argues it was proper to inform the Speaker of pending charter applications. He discusses overtures from the Bartholomew system and other groups and declines to name all intermediaries.
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