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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1889
Page
4
Our ten rooms of samples in the heart of Boston’s retail furniture district eliminate duplicates. The factory at East Cambridge offers cheaper land and rents, enabling skilled designers to realize client ideas. Enlarged facilities handle contracts large or small, with 1889 samples illustrating comfort, artistry, and modern home dignity.
Washington reports fair weather for twenty four hours ending Wednesday evening with nearly stationary to slightly lower temperatures and northwesterly winds. Eastern New York sees fair conditions with local rains in southeastern parts and cooler temperatures in the south, winds shifting northerly. Cautionary signals cover the Atlantic coast from Narragansett to Osten sections.
The notice lists daily subscription rates for one year six months and three months and weekly Fridays at one dollar. It states payment methods including checks drafts and money orders to the Post Publishing Company and notes money sent at sender’s risk. It adds editor’s notice on unreturned manuscripts and requirement of full name and address for communications.
The Financial and Commercial Departments will be found this morning on the Eleventh page and the Ship News on the Twelfth page. Advertisements of Entertainments and Auction Sales, Probate Notices, etc, will be on the Eleventh page.
An observer notes that the New York gathering drew vast sightseers with little disorder or ill temper. The event showcased the population's coarse politeness and a high degree of national self-possession amid discomfort and gratification.
Attendance drops at the Parnell commission hearings with Mr. Parnell on the stand, illustrating fading public interest. The shift suggests continued belief in his innocence as fresh material dwindles and Pigorets cease to appear, drawing fewer spectators to the court.
The railway mail service now falls under civil service rules for appointments amid efforts by Wanamaker and Clarkson to delay conversion into a party apparatus. Over 1500 of the branch’s employees have been changed in six weeks, limited by Wanamaker’s Sunday work ban. The President’s refusal to extend the rule-takeover signals support for reform, with potential impact on reinstatement limits.
The American Iron and Steel Association Bulletin argues increased tin plate imports from Great Britain while U S iron and steel industries are depressed justify higher duties. It says taxing users of canned goods to aid a lagging iron trade benefits owners of iron mills less than broad prosperity from domestic tin plate production.
Despite a short tenure, signs emerge that spoils system use has sown discontent within the party rather than unity. Allegations of friction between the President and Cabinet members, especially Mr. Blaine, are widely doubted but accepted as fact by many observers.
A Washington despatch notes rising discontent among Senators and Representatives toward the White House patronage policy. Exposed as office brokerage, the system has bred resentment after two months of unprecedented posts and favors, with Missouri lawmakers among the few still disappointed and surprised.
The Massachusetts Tariff Reform League showcased earnest, disinterested effort to educate voters across the state on tariff policy. Secretary Emerson W. Jupp reports broad distribution of documents and numerous meetings, aiming to sway farm and town voters toward tariff reform as a gradual, nation changing movement.
Readings and toasts at New York events praise Washington and the American constitutional heritage. Chauncey Depew’s address lauds the founding century, while speakers including Cleveland, Sherman, and Lowell stress continuity of English history and the republic’s resilience. Carl Rosa’s obituary notes his fusion of artistry and management shaping English opera in London.
News of Carl Rosa's death in Paris draws mourning from musicians and music lovers. Born in Hamburg on March 22, 1842, he was a German by birth but spent most of his career in England. Rosa debuted as a violinist at age eight and rose to prominence as a conductor and impresario.
In Chickering Hall the Wakefield sisters their second classical recital with Miss Gertrude Edmands and the Listemann group. Ethel at 11 displayed remarkable technique in Bach Gavotte and Chopin passages while Blanche at 9 showed promise in Koboldtanz. The Listemann quintet and Miss Edmonds contributed strong performances, earning warm applause.
In Boston I attended Christ Church on Salem Street for the centennial inauguration anniversary of Washington. The ceremony featured Dr. Samuel Eliot and Phillips Brooks with a multinational flag display, white-robed clergy, and reverent reflection on Washington’s private virtue and public leadership. The piece also notes editorial name misspellings and a personal aside about The Bell tavern in Williams Court, ending with a nostalgic mood about old Boston.
The Andover conference of Congregational churches adopted resolutions condemning Sunday trains on the Boston and Maine railroad and urging their discontinuance. Due to rough harbor water, Yale's crew attempted training on Mill River and Lake Whitney. a rock tore a hole in the boat forcing the crew to jump and swim ashore.
In Hammon Ontario on April 30 workers at the wreck site uncovered another corpse, raising the death toll to twenty. Physicians say seven unknown victims may be men women and two children among the burned remains. Multiple identifications are reported, including watches and kinship links from Chicago and Toronto. Inquiries target several other Chicago and Ontario residents in connection with the tragedy.
A brilliant wedding occurred at Franklin Street Church in Manchester. George Frederick Russell of Lawrence, Mass., married Miss Josephine Gertrude Dearborn, daughter of Hon. Josiah G. Dearborn. About 400 guests attended the ceremony performed by Rev. C. S. Markland. A reception followed with 100 invitations issued. The couple will reside at 57 Prospect Street, Lawrence, Mass., after a Montreal trip.
At Emmanuel Church last evening the marriage of George W. Keates and Annie Townsend Clark occurred. The Rev Leighton Parks officiated as a large gathering of friends witnessed the ceremony.
Harry Phillips former manager of John L. Sullivan and Montreal athlete Andy Maloney have been committed for trial for unlawfully possessing jewelry worth 14000 dollars belonging to a Toronto firm. George von Reinholtz, traveling salesman for the firm, brought the jewelry to Montreal, lost it to Phillips in Maloney's gambling rooms, and fled to New York. Bail was refused. Writ attempt to be filed tomorrow.
A collage of witty snippets and mock dialogues from Punch and similar periodicals. Items reference Mrs. Chamberlain guests at Windsor, newspaper work shifts, steamship speed quips, religious and literary jokes, and fashionable society banter in a late 19th century magazine style.
The Duke of Edinburgh shows improving health after fever while in England. Mrs. Eliot and Mrs. Lowell attend a New York Metropolitan performance alongside other prominent Bostonians. Exeter Gazette to be purchased by Richards & Evans with May 1 possession. George F. Richards linked to Manchester Union. Mrs. Samuel Woolston Lippincott, daughter of Mrs. Tribou, dies in Baltimore, leaving deep sympathy across Cambridge and Boston communities.
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