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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1888
Page
4
The notice promotes spring Derbies and Silk Hats with prices $0.75 to $1 below uptown rates for Derbies and Silk Hats selling cheaper than standard quality. The statement claims it is for prudent shoppers and notes an omission of names on one third of hats to conceal the makers' identity.
A miscellany notes fashion trends with spring overcoats and green color. anecdotes on Dobbs and music. a snow blockade remark on the Congressional Record. a centenarian quitting smoking. remarks by Bob Ingersoll on voting. a South editor marriage for money. Ola Irangril Hall in Valdosta being torn down. Will S. Hays baptised in Memphis. Bishop Whitehead on funerals and Easter flowers. cheap London cigarettes imported after damage in transit and taxed upon sale.
The Providence Journal criticizes proposals for state interference in employer employee relations as imitation of despots. It warns such measures would erode self government and echo the Reign of Terror’s centralized authority.
The article argues that the Republican press has weakened over four years as editors fear contradicting party lines. It cites cases such as the veto of a dependent pension bill and Southern school funding, noting split editorials and silence on Ingalls's speech.
Weekly issue schedule noted as Friday releases. One year subscription price stated at 1.00. Processing details require mail handling at sender's risk. All payments to be made payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Financial and Commercial Departments are listed on pages six and seven while the Ship News appears on page three.
The Hoston Post reports the Home Market Club disciplined Benjamin Butterworth for free lumber advocacy and Governor Ames for allowing public opposition to tribute to Pennsylvania iron masters. It notes J R Lier son, a club executive committee member, faces correction, while Lexson is criticized for not signing the protest and for a prior demand for free flax for his Grafton mill. Exclusion is suggested as punishment.
Congressman Hirr of Illinois promotes reciprocal trade with Canada to extend the war tariff benefits on the continent. He argues American labor and capital can be better aided in the unequal struggle against Europe with Canada than without it. Butterworth may face the same marketol debate during his visit.
The city faces a renewed attempt by Alderman Kelley to let aldermen elect the public works board. The plan draws obstruction as costly and prone to corruption, while shifting patronage back to the council, reversing 1885 executive responsibility gains.
Paris dispatch notes Nicaragua Canal Company gains a ninety nine year exclusive franchise for canal and railroad with land grants and tax exemptions. The firm may build within ten years and surveys are well advanced, while rival Panama efforts face funding difficulties.
An order from the House directs the committee on military affairs to study creating a naval contingent in the state militia. The Dorchester Yacht Club has proposed a bill outlining a plan to organize a naval unit under militia laws.
The proposal envisions seaport companies drilled in weapon handling and naval duties with five days afloat aboard an ironclad loaned by the government. It argues the program would create a ready reserve able to serve at sea in wartime and stimulate naval interest.
A wartime editorial argues for robust use of conspiracy indictments against strike leaders and strong court powers to curb rail blockades. It stresses public safety, nonviolent law enforcement, and the need for private railroads to meet public duties while governments protect the common good.
The U S Supreme Court ruled Bell the true inventor of the telephone overturning prior challenges. The decision ends a decades long series of suits against Western Union and others with extensive records and dissents by three justices. The piece also discusses related tariff and shipbuilding issues and criticizes a Journal schoolboy error on free lists.
The Journal repeats its cautious stance against free ships amid the harsh realities of the issue. It argues that discussing free ships versus protection may be largely unwarranted given current conditions and consequences.
An observer notes Arlington Heights as a famed birding area with pines and cedars serving as migration stops. On Sunday the 18th bluebirds were seen south of the Heights and about fifty robins gathered in the east slope savins while red pollinets and small crow flocks added to the scene.
One hundred feet of the upper dam at Exeter Pond Lebanon Connecticut failed on Saturday. The flood carried away the lower dam capstones and created a gully 200 feet long and ten feet deep in the highway. Six bridges were swept away along with the Brewster saw and shingle mill. Estimated damage totals $10,000.
The Boston audience sees Sardou's Dolores staged by Kiralfy with elaborate scenery and two dazzling ballets. Performances by Eleanor Carey Newton Gotthold Fitzpatrick and John Malone mix power and stiffness while De Wolf Hopper and others deliver broadly comic horse-play that sustains interest despite mixed artistic quality.
Review of W A Mestayer's Check 44 or Tobogganing at the Globe Theatre. The bank setting yields a variety act with humorous props and a Canadian toboggan scene. Performances, music and dancing praised, though overall play labeled irredeemably bad and trashy by critic.
A review condemns The Begum an American Hindoo romp with weak De Koven music modeled on Sullivan. Libretto by Harry Smith mocks Indian themes with crude puns and American clichés. Plot centers on Honja Chu avoiding marriage to The Begum of Dude who kills husbands.
At the Grand Opera House a new piece Two Ola Cronies starred Frank M. Wills John E. Henshaw and May Ten Broeck with chorus. The piece features silly incidents and popular songs and runs all week. The Rentz-Santley burlesque company performed at Howard Atheneum with satire on tobogganing and songs by Marie Sherman Lillie May Hall Sonigy Leighton Lulu Mortimer Charles V Seamen and others. Matsuchi Sorakichi the Jap displayed a $50 challenge and defeated Jess Clarl in 11 minutes. The Bells of Haslemere enters its seventh Boston week with large crowds. Mme Janauschek’s engagement at the Museum limits further runs. Boucicault presented The Shanghaarun at Folly Street with The Jill remaining the rest of the week. The International Copyright Association benefit is tomorrow afternoon. Modjeska opens a brief top season Thursday at Hollis Street with Much Ado About Nothing Meas ure for Measure As You Like It Cymbeline scheduled across the week.
A Boston-adjacent note laments noisy habits of fellow Athenium readers and urges self restraint by elderly bachelors and egotists. The piece then critiques artist S Salisbury Tucker and his Holland scenes, fears public neglect of Katwyk retreats, and ends with a comic fire escape anecdote highlighting safety furor and ironies.
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