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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1887
Page
4
The notice lists subscription prices for one year nine six months and one month with varied currency marks near Washington Street. It lacks clear totals due to OCR errors but indicates regular price points for readers.
In Boston a shopper notices a plain woman choosing a cross-eyed doll for her child, illustrating the era’s model shop culture. The piece then recalls Libbie's autograph sale, detailing rare signatures and prices from Ferdinand and Isabella to Hawthorne, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry VIII, highlighting the oddities and values of literary relics.
Snow and rain sent Stony Brook rising toward flood levels near Forest Hills and Hyde Park avenue but city crews under Mayor O'Brien built dams and divert flow. By afternoon the brook stood four to five feet below embankment tops and danger subsided.
Washington indicates no extra session seems likely but dispatches show growing belief Congress may be called together in October to pass key measures before the holiday recess.
The piece notes Senator Sherman and Governor Foraker amid Ohio celebrations for public school desegregation. It questions Sherman’s sincerity on equal rights, contrasting his national agitation with state gestures and party control in Ohio.
General Buller, sent to Kerry by the British government, criticizes land law as favoring the rich. He testifies before the land commission that tenants pay only when rents are affordable, and urges a strong coercive court to control bad landlords and protect poor tenants. His remarks, though not a statesman’s view, carry weight as a soldier’s judgment.
The article notes Henry George denouncing strikes and boycotts as coercive and urges labor groups to choose to obey or change the law. It highlights recent printer strikes in Montgomery and Milwaukee ending largely through the arbitration approach of the Printers' Protective Fraternity and suggests a shift toward reasoned dispute resolution.
The Journal argues the Senate showed inconsistency in confirming Trorver while rejecting Matthews, citing Senator Ingalls's report that Matthews was rejected only for non-residence and denying unfitness claims. Ingalls insists no injustice was done and Marrunus was the victim in a political fight.
In a Massachusetts stance the writer lauds the decency of Samuel F. Besse’s hanging in Plymouth as strictly private and orderly. They contrast with Herkimer county where clergy and officials leaked details and prayers. Sheriff Harmon receives commendation for his conduct.
The Rhode Island Legislature sends a women’s suffrage constitutional amendment to a April ballot marking a historic direct popular vote. If adopted, the right would apply to all elections on the same terms as men, unlike prior state efforts confined to local offices. The move contrasts with repeated East Coast hesitations and is watched as a milestone in regional politics.
The Liberal Unionists pledge solid seventy votes for the coercion measure as the Conservative government seeks stronger Ireland policy. Lord Hartington and CHAMBERLAIN align with Salisbury’s approach amid debate over home rule and party unity.
The British House of Commons debates whether railways harm or enhance scenery in the Lake district as delegates weigh the aesthetic impact against potential dividends. Critics warn of ugliness in flat-country lines while supporters praise mountain viaducts and curving steam. a committee may decide if railways spoil public enjoyment or pay for themselves. Also announced is a stove extinguisher linked to railway heaters, hailed as practical though many doubt it will render stoves entirely safe.
The text argues that despite wandering into peace talks, the speaker remains loyal to Lord Salisbury and coercion, signaling a renewed unionist rally. It notes potential temporary bonds tightening among supporters and contrasts the current weak government with Melbourne's unstable reign, facing a united opposition.
The author notes M. pe Lessers dining with the German Emperor and Empress signals a chance to renew Franco German harmony. It argues that such social exchanges shape international goodwill and urges disarmament of armies.
The new French explosive called melville exploded at Belfort causing six deaths and eleven wounded. The weapon is praised for its potential in war if it can harm enemies as effectively as its handlers. The Massachusetts Military Club dined at the Parker House last evening.
The Herald notes the last thirty years have worked miracles through common sense, a steadfast force now seen as a great miracle worker. It adds that Americans increasingly view each other through the lens of common sense, reflecting a national mood.
The Providence Journal states the Republican party must save itself. It argues Republican rule last year endangered the party in Rhode Island and warns continued governance will annihilate the Rhode Island Republican Party.
The New York Tribune notes Indiana faces a string of Democratic wins a Democratic governor crime in state institutions and legislature a fraudulent election and now the first instalment of brimstone as wickedness seems to advance beyond repentance in a stark moral jab at the state's political climate.
The Philadelphia Times notes Colonel Henry Watterson urges the Democratic party to stop making offices the sole contention. It cites President Cleveland’s two year opposition to this stance and calls for Watterson to stop aiding that view.
The piece notes Mr. Randall’s hard work for the Republicans in the last Congress session. It argues that his republican district could nominate and elect him again, citing his support for tariff reform and the pauper pension bill over the President’s veto as aligning with Republican aims.
John Sherman visits the South as spring begins and the presidential campaign heats up. A discussion notes possible similarities between Maine pine trees and Gulf region pines, with a claim of linking pinus strobus of Kennebec to pinus resinosa of the Chattahoochee. Delegates to the national Republican convention are near in timing.
President Cleveland starts the second half of his term with notable veto use and little opposition in Congress. The Boston Pilot notes harmony between Democratic House and Republican Senate and cautions the political balance may shift during the campaign.
A summary of Alfred Sully as a legal minded organizer who welded the Richmond terminal and Southern railway system into unity. He and his syndicate add the Baltimore and Ohio to the expanding system and challenge the major railway powers. Sully is described with a sharp, clean cut appearance contrasting with the typical rail baron image.
The London illustrated report shows net annual gain from rents and interest at £29,656. It lists Peabody donation totals £500,000 plus £410,668 from rents and interest, yielding £910,668 by Dec 31. It notes £88,666 of £390,000 public loan debt repaid, £380,738 remaining. Expenditure on land and buildings reached £1,216,462 to year end. Five blocks at Old Pye Street Westminster opened, 262 rooms. 11,150 rooms for artisan and laboring poor, serving 20,228 people in 5,014 dwellings. Average rents: four-room dwellings 4s 9 3d weekly. rooms 2s 1 5d. Rent includes water, laundries, sculleries, baths.
Rev Phillips Brooks spoke at Appleton Chapel on The Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness. Russell Sturgis Jr addressed the Harvard Y M C A. Hight 89 leaves college due to overtraining injuries from tug of war and crew. Glee Club to sing at the Boston Art Club Saturday. Freshmen may vote again on Yale-Columbia-Harvard boat race at New London. O K officers for the next six months: Baker president Palmer secretary Huntington librarian Stanton treasurer.
Captain James B. Eads famed engineer died of pneumonia in Nassau N P on March 8. Born in Lawrenceburg Indiana May 25 1820 he built wealth in river salvage before advancing to Civil War river defense and gunboat construction. He later designed major works including the Illinois and St Louis Bridge and the open mouth of the Mississippi via Southwest Pass jetties.
James A Treat, head of J A Treat & Co wholesale dealers in manufacturers and painters supplies in Lawrence, died yesterday aged 80. Born in Boston April 13, 1806, he built a large business after moving from Boston in 1835 to Pittsfield New Hampshire and later to Lawrence. He served as alderman in 1863 and 1871 72 and held posts as director of Lawrence National Bank and vice president of Broadway Savings Bank. He leaves two sons and two daughters.
Intelligence reported the sudden death of Addison Winslow Banfield in Wolfeboro New Hampshire. Nathan T. Stratton former New Jersey congressman died at 73 in Mullica Hill. Dr Jerre B Mauran a Providence born physician died in New York at 64 and will be cremated at Fresh Pond. Cyril Searle a Savannah actor manager and journalist died of consumption leaving widow Rose Eytinge and a son.
M Ventura gave a second reading from the Coquelin repertoire at the Young Men's Christian Association lecture hall, presenting Molire's Précieuses Ridicules with vivacity and clear impersonation. He wore a red rose, improving the display amid gloomy weather. The audience size was surprisingly large and the prior Gringoire reading was well received.
A collage of notes and jokes from various outlets. References include Paris animal menageries and a cashier in a lion’s cage, medical and legal quips, secret society chatter, liberty statues in New York, and witty exchanges from humor magazines.
The concluding Athenaeum piece reflects on Marston’s ties to Rossetti and Swinburne, notes his Wind Voices loss lament, outlines his later storytelling work, and discusses his place among contemporaries. It cites Louise Chandler Moulton and William Sharp, and questions poetry’s future amid diffuseness.
The Hassam sale at Noyes Cobb Co. gallery concluded with oil paintings and watercolors bringing in about 1900 dollars. The two day total topped 4000 dollars, led by Copps Hill at 4250 and Springtime in the City at 245, with other notable pieces including Spring Time in a City Park 190 and A Rainy Day in the City 75.
The Austin C. Wellington Coal Company announces a coal price cut after March 11 with stove egg and furnace sizes reduced 50 cents per ton. A large supply is on hand at wharves along Federal Street Ninth Street South Boston and Broadway. Mgr J W Tufts plans a six story brick building adjoining his premises to manufacture soda water apparatus facing Portland Street.
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