This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1890
Page
4
The report notes St Pancras bye election results with a narrow Liberal gain and analyzes political stability in Britain, while urging Boston to clear snow and dirt from streets. It highlights street cleanliness costs as sufficient and compares Boston unfavorably to New York on urban tidiness.
The Navy Department has formally ordered an inquiry at the officer’s request. Admiral Kin Berkley and Commodore MCCann of the Boston Navy Yard will join the court. Reports from Bermuda about Commander McCann and some officers prompted the investigation, described as a matter touching Navy honor. The court comprises highly reputable men whose findings are expected to be conclusive.
The committee on railroads examined a bill to require a strong guard rail along freight cars for brakemen protection. Critics including Chairman Crocker argued automatic couplers and train brakes meet safety needs, and a guard rail may prolong a practice to be discontinued. Legislation should align with the railroad commissioners report.
After Buffalo Richmond Hotel fire officials passed a strict New York law mandating escape provisions for every room. Trials of fire escape devices injured several testers. rope inside rooms to reach the ground was deemed least dangerous, with penalties for noncompliance.
The piece notes hotel safety gaps in New York and a Middletown blaze illustrating lax laws. It predicts Democratic efforts to push ballot reform and tariff reform in Pennsylvania, despite boss-controlled politics. CHAUNCEY F. BLACK and allied reformers rally educators and reform societies to energize a campaign ahead of upcoming governor elections.
The Hon. John M Forbes argues before a House committee for letting American merchants buy ships on equal terms with rivals. He contends navigation laws and tariff policy cripple the U S carrying trade, urging interstate parity and flag protection over subsidies to revive shipbuilding and foreign trade. He cites Senator Sherman from 1872 on duty free admission of foreign built iron ships and boldens the case for free ships.
The article argues city day laborers earn about 15 percent more than common laborers with similar work and calls for Mayor orders to cut waste. It cites salary increases since 1885 for subordinates and clerks, urges a full salary revision, and notes the council is preparing ordinance changes to prune excess pay.
A report notes that development in the building industry faces insurmountable barriers due to navigation law restrictions. Officials from a regional planning body and allied organizations warn that compliance costs and complex rules hinder major projects and housing supply.
The article notes a prize split for essays on child labor, highlighting Miss Clare de Graffenreid’s views on self-supporting women. It urges shorter hours, factory supervision, industrial training, better homes, and cooperative housekeeping among working girls, emphasizing practical, home-centered skills and peer-led instruction.
In a newly published sermon on scientific materialism Rev Minor J Savage asserts that man is unique in dreaming better things than reality. The commentator questions the warrant for this claim noting that animals such as dogs and horses appear to dream and urges caution against hasty conclusions about dreaming.
In Warminster a clergyman magistrate named HickMAN presided over a case charging a man with cutting fir trees. The prosecution failed to prove the charge, and the man was discharged but ordered to pay court costs. The author questions why an innocent person should bear costs for a release.
The piece notes mining accidents are so frequent that “The Entombed Miners” is a standing head in papers. It compares casualty rates to cod fishermen lost at sea, stating the grim fact that every hundred thousand tons mined yields many maimed crushed or suffocated workers.
A historical obituary-like note laments the death of Abraham Linconn and foresees his name living on in countless American names, especially among Black Americans. It also mentions Boston's upcoming annual dog show in April and critiques a proposed cruel dog bill restricting jaws or baskets.
The text argues that opposing a license limit is futile as Lowell aims for free rum and predicts the law will fail to curb liquor sales. It also satirically notes a proposed tariff based on lemon packaging, implying future pre-shipment squeezing.
A Boston traveler recalls Henry Van Brunt now in Kansas City driving demand and influencing Western architecture, while remarking on Boston life from Tremont Street to Arch Way shops. He observes urban ploughing, praises free reading at Public Library, notes cheap writing options in Post Office corridors and telegraph stands, and shares humorous ink color opinions as he extends a guide for the impecunious and wandering reader in Boston.
Mrs. Cleveland visits her mother in Buffalo. A portrait of Minister Wintelaw Reid will be shown at the Paris Salon. The Duke of Fife will preside at Henry M. Stanley’s London lecture. Andrew Lang may move to New York. James Russell Lowell shows slight health improvement. Mme Sarah Bernhardt rumored to marry her leading man. Coquelin writes a one act drama for the Comédie Francaise. Emperor William invites a British squadron to Kiel amid naval manoeuvres. Emin Pasha visits the Sultan of Zanzibar and sails for Europe later this month. Signor Italo Campanini underwent throat operations likely restoring his voice. Miss Mabel Wright, Mrs. Znaga, the New York society leader, is linked to water-color drawings titled Else Du Pont attracting attention.
In Bango Me on March 5 Democrats named Charles L. Snow for mayor. Snow declined the nomination saying he would not serve if elected. The caucus adjourned without further action.
Mrs Jeannette Thurber, touring Boston, declines details but confirms plans for a national American composers concert in Lincoln Hall Washington on March 26. Twelve composers named include Bird Buck Chadwick Foote and Paine with four conductors Weld Van Der Stucken Buck and Paine. The project, long in her heart, seeks broad American city support and approval.
The second concert of the Young People’s Popular series filled the hall with enthusiastic applause for Weber Bell Song, Lakme aria, Meyerbeer and Rubinstein selections. Clementine de Vere impressed with coloratura and tone, Hekking delivered Chopin’s Nocturne for cello and harp with skill, and Nikisch earned praise yet drew critique for encores.
The item surveys satirical quips about Gladstone and Rothschild, reports on Paris drama censors, and notes Buffalo Bill’s Rome triumph. It highlights public buzz over Cleveland’s Oakview sale, Cardinal Newman’s birthday, and Egypt’s mummies offered for the World’s Fair, with tone typical of a bustling newspaper page.
SoutH Framingham reports the Para rubber shoe factory began operating in three departments this morning after about ten weeks of shutdown. Management expects all departments to be running within a week.
The fragment recalls a moonlit monastic request for shelter and a life renounced. A noble figure, once crowned and imperial, seeks a tomb and monastic habit as storms rage. The speaker longs for the cell, merging worldly fall with divine submission in stark elegiac tone.
Dr William Sturgis Bigelow spoke at the St Botolph Club about Kakemonos in the gallery. He outlined Japanese art schools Kyoto Uno Kano and Nagasaki Nilbut his talk wandered through artists, prints, handwriting, and Buddhist pictures dating back 860 years. Boston praises Dr Charles Weld for acquiring Ernest Fenollosa’s Japanese collection.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.