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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1885

Page

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Backbone grants prompt praise for current administration

The Philadelphia Press pledges fair play from the present administration. The note favors Pratt of Greenfield to replace Tinker of North Adams as internal revenue collector, calling the substitution an excellent one and a matter of considerate policy.

Philadelphia Pratt Greenfield Tinker North Adams Internal Revenue

Norfolk Democrats Form County Club Following Middlesex Lead

Norfolk county Democrats plan to form a party club as Middlesex Democrats have done. The note commends the effort and suggests others will follow, with eight or ten counties yet to respond.

Norfolk County Democrats Middlesex County Democrats

Legislature Passes Woman Suffrage Bill Delays Territorial Move

Both branches of the Dakota legislature have approved the woman suffrage bill, signaling a plan to maintain a territorial government for a longer period. This move suggests a delay in any immediate transition to full state status and continues current administrative arrangements.

Dakota

Record notes on Saltonstall absence from Washington

The Record reports on probabilities at Washington but clarifies Mr. Saltonstall is not there, having returned home a week ago.

Washington Saltonstall

Morrison Seeks Extra Support Amid Illinois Shelter

The text speaks of a man named Morrison who has ninety and pine safely in shelter with the Illinois legislature. It notes he desires two or three more that he lacks, suggesting his greater joy would come from obtaining those additional items rather than the current abundance.

Illinois Morrison Cincinnati Connecticut Hartford Post Boston Vermont St. Albans Divers Daily Graphic Michigan Toronto Wall Street News Evansville George

Record Heifer Tops Philadelphia Record Rivalry Hint

Hon. William M. Singerly owns a two year old heifer praised as a remarkable milk producer. Newspapers join the playful boast as the New York Sun becomes the latest to comment on the friendly rivalry with the Philadelphia Record.

William M. Singerly Philadelphia Record New York Sun

Guatemala Leader Seeks Regional Unification by Force

A tense report describes President Barrios of Guatemala pursuing regional expansion, aiming to unite Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica under his leadership. He is depicted as bold, unscrupulous, and well resourced, with potential to offer foreign offices to unsettled domestic Republicans.

England Russia East Barrios Guatemala Honduras San Salvador Nicaragua Costa Rica

Europe Faces Potential War Over Russian Advance

The piece argues that Russia’s central Asia push risks a colossal conflict with England and Germany. It urges diplomacy led by England to avoid war, warning that a direct clash could reshape the civilized world and defy prediction. The author notes Russia’s aims and England’s possible misreadings of the crisis.

Europe Central Asia England Russia

War as a societal disease and a warning to autocrats

A speech argues war would boost some industries temporarily but warns against carnage and disruption. It notes Russia's wheat fields rival Britain and that conflict would spike demand for resources while ending food trade. War is not natural, and civilization requires forbearance from greedy rulers.

Russia Great Britain

Odds and Ends from a 19th Century Press

A montage of quips and anecdotes touches on politics, fashion, theater, and daily life. Jokes about presidents, czars, and witticisms circulate alongside stray notes on weather, crime, and unusual local tales from various towns.

Various notes and curiosities from global society

A collage of brief items: Cleveland sets 8am breakfast, Cambridge and Oxford slang rumors, Francis E Warren born in Peru MA, Miss Florence Marryat writes daily, Frederick Horn runs an English paper in Wisconsin, portraits hung in the White House, Portland Maine curfew for minors, Lt Greely to address Scottish Geographical Society, Keats letters auctioned in London, a curfew bell in Stockton CA, Hazen court martial note, a heated well in Quinton NJ, Watseka Illinois prank insanity case, a Mystic popcorn dinner, Mrs Dyer of Pownal aged 99 with large family, train wheel trouble in Concord NH, theatre mishap in New Orleans, Mrs Hayes and Mrs Garfield as educators, Gen Earle battlefield deaths, Naucratis exploration note with Paine and Field correspondence.

Cleveland Cambridge Oxford Francis E. Warren Wyoming Peru Mass Florence Marryat Frederick Horn Prince Bismarck Wisconsin Polk Tyler White House Portland Greely Scottish Geographical Society Great Britain John Keats Fanny Browne London Stockton Cal Hazen Philadelphia News Quinton N. J Courier-Journal New Jersey Springfield Republican Wateska Ill Chicago Times Hartford (Conn Argus White Mountains Boston East Concord Concord N. H Ife Mademoiselle New Orleans Picayune Hayes Garfield Philadelphia Ledger Earle Picton Waterloo Sobraon Robert Dick Maida Rosetta Peninsula Quatre Bras Black Watch George Cathcart Kinglake Inkerman George Colley Majuba Hill William Earle Dulka Fox Strangways Henry Lawrence Neill Penny Hugh Wheeler Cawnpore Havelock Anson Barnard

Hiccups and beer woes echo in Evansville Argus

A quoted fragment from the Evansville Argus depicts two men arguing over hunger and drink with repeated hiccups and sarcasm. One laments being broke and unable to buy more beer while the other questions the effort to quit. The exchange captures local rough humor amid scarcity and uncertainty.

Evansville

Public Letters and Civil Service Debate in Boston Post

In letters to the editor the Boston Post quotes concerns over Joseph Cook and a New York Herald report describing him as a foul mouthed slanderer. A New York Presbyter defends the seminary alumnus while a Civil Service dispute argues vacancies may arise if incumbents fail the required examination and warns of penalties for hiring without it.

Joseph Cook Boston Post New York Herald Cook Andover Theological Seminary John Anketell A. M Diocese of New York East Eleventh Street New York City Civil Service Civil Service Commissioners Russell

Spoliation claims and heirs questioned in Morton case

A letter to the editor from A Chester in Washington on March 11 disputes a Boston Post report of February 28 about Perez W. Morton spoliation claims. The writer states the total is $4,500 from seven claims and that Morton underwrites for other parties, contradicting claimed $20,000,000 totals and listing of Texas heirs. He references the State Department list.

Co. T. French Spoliation Boston Pos Perez W. Morton Texas State Department Morton A. Chester Washington Supreme Judicial Court Charlies B. Boutelle Boston Suffolk Boston Post Setts State House North River New York Bill New Orleans Princieen Louisiana New Mexico Anzo Lafornia Mississippi Fpal San Francisco Cal Samuel H. Seaman Ork J. MW. Magna Washington ‘Street

Robbery on the San Saba stage near Galveston

Sam Oppenheimer and other passengers on the San Saba stage were robbed in a Janesville style assault weeks ago. A robber threatened payment with a pistol and demanded money. Sam surrendered $300 but kept $6, prompting questions about why he saved a small amount.

Galveston News Sam Oppenheimer San Saba Sam

Oriented quarrel over perpetual motion joke

In a Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph item, Mrs Jarphly quips that Mr P T Barnum invented perpetual motion, prompting Mr Jarphly to retort that he is the first to invent it, and she fires back that he is not. The exchange reflects a light humorous back and forth between the two readers.

Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph J ‘Jeremiah Mrs. Jarphly P. T. Barnum Mr. Jarphly

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