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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1886

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City Park Loan Urged to Build Boston’s Grand System

The piece argues a city park loan will rapidly complete a sweeping park system for Boston, boosting health and education while raising taxable values. It compares costs and benefits with New York’s planned parks, noting Central Park’s high expense and New York’s cheaper acre costs, and cites long term tax gains from enhanced adjacent property values.

Boston New York Central Park Pilham Bay Park

Kenna’s poised challenge to opponents strengthens administration

Senator John E. Kenna of West Virginia mounted a sharp critique against his Senate rivals by contrasting Cleveland and Grant records on removals. He exposed inconsistent precedents used to oppose the administration, showing opposition lawmakers acting for party needs rather than conviction. Kenna’s speech boosted his standing and favor for honest politics.

Edmunds West Virginia John E. Kenna Kenna Vermont David Goliah Mr. Kenna Mr. Pugh Grant Cleveland Logan Sherman

Clearing House Reports Show Broad Weekly Gains

The weekly clearing house reports reveal broad gains across major cities. Minneapolis leads with a 75 percent jump, Kansas City up 62.2, Boston 24, Chicago 13, San Francisco 27.8, Cincinnati 16.6, Cleveland 20.6, Detroit 10, Omaha 42, Columbus 36.2, New York about 20, with overall healthy and continuing improvement across the board.

Clearing House New York Boston Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit Omaha Columbus Kansas City Minneapolis

Debate on Market Street divides social status in Philadelphia

A letter defending Mrs. Broomfield Moore in Saturday's Post notes the strong social divide by Market Street. Residents instantly infer social status from whether they live on the north or south side, calling it the line between respectability and innocuous desuetude.

Broomfield Moore Post Philadelphia

Pugilist Attacks Newspaper In Bumstead Hall Remarks

In Bumstead Hall yesterday a pugilist claiming ministerial ties denounced a certain newspaper. The remarks attacked the paper with several falsehoods, though the piece dismisses them as transparently insincere and unbecoming of a man in public service.

Bumstead Hall

Miners in ClearfieldPenn coal region push wage rise by arbitration

In Clearfield Penn coal fields miners in three districts urged a 10 cent per ton wage increase. A mass meeting with over 2000 attendees voted 1583 for arbitration and 710 for strike. The outcome supports a neutral arbitration board as a fair resolution.

Clearfield Penn

Early Voting Bill Sparks Debate Over Time

The piece critiques President Pillsbury for opposing a bill to open polls at 6 a.m. on election day. It argues workers deserve equal voting access and early ballot options, comparing to early trains and other public conveniences, and asserts laboring men have the right to vote as others.

Pillsbury

Circular letter asks NY senators on coin age repeal

The New York Commercial Advertiser sent a circular to each New York Senator and Representative asking for a categorical answer on repeal or suspension of the compulsory coin age law. Several replies arrived, but Senator Evarts did not sign any. It suggests the circular may have missed him or his pantaloons are still entangled with the fence barbs.

New York Commercial Advertiser New York Congress Tennyson New York Tribune Mark Twain Chesnut

Downss Conspiracy Claim Lacks Credibility

The statement alleging a plotted conspiracy including ministers, church members, lawyers, newspaper proprietors, the sheriff, and the district attorney is dismissed as absurd. The claim is labeled a martyr dodge and considered too vague to merit sympathy.

Entering Easter Season Amid Seasonal Debate

The article notes the approach of Easter as a time many seek speedier release from Lent, yet rejects the idea of a backward spring. It argues society has enjoyed long evenings for revels and should not complain about seasonal delays.

Governor Robinson urged to avoid dual role by attorney general

The remark cautions Governor Robinson against acting as both counsel and judge, calling the dual role improper and unwarranted. It argues that his standards should not be treated as merely personal limitations.

Robinson

Laughing Remarks From An Oddly Mixed Page

A collage of quips and short anecdotes fills this tranche of local humor. Jests about ministers, journalists, and public figures mingle with snippets on dogs, books, and smiles. Quips from Sam Small to Mark Twain surface, alongside brief foreign and domestic vignettes and jokes from city papers.

Newspaper Liar Claims Exaggeration in Court Exchange

Fragmented quotes reveal a public dispute over reports of a courtroom scene and a grain dealer Marcus H Simpson of Barley street. The exchange mocks a newspaper for alleged fabrications while recounting testimony about distances at an affray and a drunk driving fine.

Simpson Marcus H. Simpson Barley Street Thomas Jones Hannibal New Jersey

Notable Early 1900s Figures in News and Arts

A broad survey notes various prominent figures and events: Mr Parnell to preside at a London St Patrick’s festival. Bonnat the French portraitist earning up to 100000 annually. Edith Ingalls teaching in Louisville public schools. Vienna’s Rudolph Albrecht leading Europe’s largest university with 285 professors and 5221 students. Henry Cabot Lodge examining Hamilton papers in Washington. a wedding with the Princess of Wales’ bonnet adorned with asses’ ears. Dr D W Bliss’s declining health after Garfield’s care. Secretary Lamar rebuking Ingersoll over infidelity and hoping he becomes a Christian preacher. Irish artist H Thaddeus Jones paints the Pope from life. Edicon patents now indexed separately. Mills of Texas dubbed fastest talker in Congress at 215 wpm. Shiro Akabane, Yale-educated Japanese secretary, a protectionist. ex-Governor English and wife enjoying Cuba. papal cardinal deaths and vacancies under Leo XIII. Mrs Arlo Bates, writer Eleanor Putnam, dies. Major-General Pope to retire with possible Howard succession and Pacific command.”

H. Thaddeus Jones Paris Edicon Patent Office House of Representatives Congressman Mills Texas Congress

COMMON SENSE Replies To South Boston Knight Critique

A letter to the Post from Rockland Maine writer COMMON SENSE denounces a South Boston correspondent, defends labor causes, and calls the Knights of Labor a tyrannical threat. He argues that violence and boycotts edge beyond lawful labor action and asserts labor should be governed by supply and demand.

Knights The Post South Boston Knights of Labor St. Louis South Boston Campello Common Sense Rockland, Me

Remains of Tugboat John Markee Sought Off Long Island Head

Two searches for the John Markee wreck off Long Island Head yielded little. Diver John Sullivan reached the sunken hull but was forced away by heavy seas. Veteran diver Eugene Sullivan found rough conditions prevented armor use. Rumors tied Charles B Thompson to the disaster. later Thompson was found at 319 Meridian Street alive and grieving for Crocker.

John Markee Long Island Head Marning John Sullivan Boston Eugene Sullivan Charles 8S. Thompson Thompson Engineer Crocker Markee 319 Meridian Street

Waltham Board Adopts Resolution for Terminal Improvements

The Waltham board adopted a resolution to improve terminal facilities and present it to aldermen. The board of trade argues strangers avoid the city with poor terminals and notes Fitchburg Railroad is ready to build a station and upgrade surroundings. It petitions the city to grant the railroad company a ten foot wide strip along Carter street at a fair price to enable the coveted improvements.

Waltham Board Board of Trade Fitchburg Railroad Company A’ Railroad Company Carter Street

Post Mortem Debates and Phosphate Riches in Montreal

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE POST MONTREAL March 13 Almost the sole topic in this city has been Landry's censure motion over the cabinet for executing the Metis leader Riel The fisheries question looms with talk of reciprocity and a strong Canadian push toward an American union Phosphate mining in the Ottawa district attracts American investors and a Boston syndicate led by E H Clarke eyes the Perkins estate in Tremont Street Montreal marriage law shows a controversial interpretation challenging Protestant ministers performing Catholic marriages

Montreal Landry Riel John Macdonald Earnscliffe Blake Jeff Davis Cetewayo Arabi Pacha Tel-el-Kebir United States Joseph Porter House Sir John Cleveland Maritime Provinces Senate Gilderey N. P Canada Chevaliers d’ Industrie Ottawa Boston Philadelphia England Germany E. H. Clarke Tremont Street Perkins Clake Boston Syndicate

Key to Labor Strikes Urged in Historic Sermon

Rev Dr Bartol argues the labor question rests on justice mercy and generosity. He cites Revelations 1 18 and warns against over legislation while urging rulers to balance contracts and disputes with humane treatment of workers. Э

Cyrus A. Sartol West Church Bartol Hell St. Peter Republic

Life in a Mail Car Novel Lecture by J Fred Kimball

A new stage lecture from J Fred Kimball of the United States railway mail service presents a dramatized life in a mail car. The interior is built to exact detail and shows the mail bag catch on an express train from inside the car. Four postal clerks handle about a thousand pounds of mail to demonstrate typical service labor. The show includes many facts about the railway mail system and the clerks’ duties. The initial performance is planned for Waitham at an early date.

J. Fred &,. Kimball United States Railway Mail Service Kimball Waitham

Boston Theatres Open Week With Wide Stage Plans

The Boston Museum company returns to the home stage with Diplomacy and reintroduced principals. At Globe Theatre Joseph Murphy as Dan O’Hara in The Kerry Gow and Shaun Khue for the rest of the week. Park Theatre features The Ivy Leaf Irish drama with a St Patrick’s matinee. Howard Athernum presents The White Slave with new scenery and a notable cast. Windsor Theatre screens The Colleen Bawn, and World’s Museum promises novelty in opera and concert. Boston Theatre hosts The Black Hussar in a gala annual benefit. Bijou offers Princess Toto in six years and Mikado final runs at Hollis Street. Several high profile engagements and benefits fill a busy Boston arts week.

Boston Museum Company Booth Sardou Globe Theatre Joseph Murphy Dan O’hara Kerry Gow Shaun Khue The Park Theatre St. Patrick’s Day Bartley Campbell Howard Athermum Mississippi Red Devil Island Howell Callahan Bagley Brown J. B. Mason Boston Museum Windsor Theatre Boucicault Colleen Bawn World’s Museum Curlo Hall Boston Milbecker Black Hussar McCaul Opera Company H. A. M’glenen Mark Smith de Wolf Hopper George C. Boniface, Jr A. W. Maflin Mille Glablache Marie Jansen Bijou Theatre Princess Toto Gilbert Frederic Clay Tellula Evans Oakland Garden Madeleine Lucette W. H. Montgomery Harry Standish Hollis Street Theatre Music Hall Fraulein Lilli Lehmann Franz Rummel Ovide Musin Cecilia Hancel Zadock Globe Haverly Park Cora Tanner London Bijou McCaull Opera Company Museum Museum Company Howard Rentz-Santisy Company Windsor Ethel Tucker Mme, Jodie Opera Actors’ Fund of America John McCullough Conlyphomernnn Ack Crook Louis Baife Harry Lacy Dagmar Iallen & Hart Wallick Shook & Collier’s Company Tony Pastor Roland Reed Nat C.goodwin Fanny Davenport Fred Bryton Jack O Mme. Janish Boston Theatre Agnes Wallace- Villa Adonis New York Mr. Dixey Kosten Nanon William Will Schel Schoeffel John J. Braham American Opera Company Richard Mansfield

Ireland and its united patriotism in crisis

The article argues Irish unity and resolve against oppressive rent, rejecting concessions to landlords and demanding self rule while remaining part of the British Empire. It praises Irish independence spirit as a model of national dignity, contrasting with other subjects. The piece cites London Times commentary on Ireland's stance.

Ireland London Trath

Exhibition of blackguardism at Music Hall shock

Last night’s display in Music Hall drew sharp rebukes for indecency and profanity, more a disgrace to the historic room than a slugging match. The record notes the Downs exhibition outshone a prior spring dog show in dignity and sobriety.

Music Hall

Roxbury Kindergarden for the Blind to Rise in Autumn

Erection of a commodious building in Roxbury for the kindergarten for the blind will start when weather allows. Funds are exhausted before completion, and subscriptions are solicited to cover current expenses and endowment. Treasurer Edward Jackson invites contributions and lists numerous donors and amounts including Henry B. Rogers, Shepherd Brooks, Miss Louisa M. Alcott, and many others from Roxbury, Danvers, and beyond.

Roxbury Edward Jackson Devonshire Street Henry B. Rogers Shepherd Brooks J. H. Wolcott Louisa M. Alcott Lemuel Eliot Mary Jane Aldrich M.&. Richardson Abby W. May C. W. Amory R. T. Parker J. N. Fiske First Religious Society Amos A. Lawrence G. G. Lowell Danbury Conn Nellie Harcock G. H. Quincey M. L San Diego Cal L. D. Swinerton J. V

Harvard Monthly Editors and Class of 1886 News Roundup

Harvard campus items note H G Bruce editor of the Harvard Monthly and J H Paine in poor health visiting Bermuda. February board at Memorial Hall cost 407 per week. Life mentions L L Hight. New Bicycle Club associates: Morrison, Carmault, Sellers. Glee Club and Pierian Sodality host coffee at Roberts Hall. Delta Upsilon officers listed. Phi Beta Kappa selections include many graduates from 86 and 87. Colonel Douglas war lecture praised. Harvard Union debate on home rule for Ireland announced with leading disputants. Intercollegiate baseball convention notes. J E K Studd of Cambridge speaks at Appleton Chapel. Studd to lecture Bible reading. morning prayers and Toy’s term noted.

H. G. Bruce Harvard Monthly J. H. Paine Bermudas Memorial Hall L. L. Hight The Lampoon Bicycle Club G. A. Morrison C. C. Carmault F. O. Sellers Scientific School Holmes Glee Club Pierian Sodality Roberts Hall Delta Upsilon J. N. Palmer A. A. Gleason W. F. Osgood W. T. Clark C. R. Fletcher B. C. Henry Phi Beta Kappa Babbitt Bolster Henshaw Howe Livyd M. W. Richardson Santayana Shea C. W. Smith Balcombe Brainard Buckingham Fechheimer Furber Southworth Stanton J. K. Walker Douglas Southern Volunteer Harvard Union Ireland J. H. Proctor G. P. F. Hobson J. W. Richardson W. B. Phillips A. D. Claflin A. B. Potter Harvard Christian Brethren J. H. Thayer Toy

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