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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1887
Page
5
Milk near Washington Street announces daily and weekly subscription rates with durations from one month to one year. Payment guidance instructs sent money at sender risk and to make checks payable to the Post Publishing Company as second class matter.
The Boston Post notes the fixed date for America’s Cup races will shape the season’s grouping and hopes for a stronger series despite possible calms late September. It also reports Speaker Carlisle’s view that tariff reform may require a compromise with Republicans, tied to revenue reductions and possible tobacco tax repeal, risking less room for broader tariff relief.
The suspension of Captain Selfridges from command of the Omaha stirs naval circles. He is accused of carelessness after shell practice, causing unspent shells to burst and kill Japanese villagers who handled them. Despite precautions and a prior report that all shells exploded, he is ordered to Washington for a full investigation.
The Times libel controversy shifts as the government retreats from summoning the Times editor. Attorney General to prosecute for libel while a select committee is blocked. Irish MPs condemn the stance, while Lord Ranpon Courentie notes prima facie breach evidence. House urged to appoint inquiry or summon editor.
The passage argues that Irish leaders oppose pursuing a Times suit due to the risk of exposing the National League’s secret history. It suggests the Nationalists fear being forced to reveal plans to opponents and may decline a public prosecution, prioritizing broader political aims over the Parnell letter details.
The Public Works Hearing exposes a proposed Republican machine plan to consolidate city offices under a party-led system. Critics label it a costly, partisan consolidation with aldermanic confirmation power, urging executive control to curb scandals and improve accountability.
At Worcester meeting of Clark University incorporators Jonas G Clark argued for use of French and German methods over English systems. He cited Cornell and Johns Hopkins as models and praised Prussia while noting limits. Plans include post graduate courses free from partisan bias, spanning theology literature and art.
The editor notes founder Mr Clark funds Clark University generously yet laments its location away from Cambridge and Harvard ties. Promised gifts total about one million with $300000 for construction, $100000 for library maintenance, and $600000 endowment, plus a second million tied to matched subscriptions by 1889. The piece warns rival growth may leave Clark University as a second rank New England college.
A legislative committee on public charities abandoned abstinence during an inspection trip to Worcester insane asylum. The bill shows eleven members, eight Republicans and three Democrats, consumed alcohol aboard a no license city. Democrats allegedly drank most, prompting scrutiny amid liquor legislation debates and a potential prosecution threat.
A reflective piece discusses legislative ethics and a French composer Gounod's view that piano study should be minimal for girls unless they pursue it professionally. It notes New York Sunday drink limits, a surge of clubs, and a Springfield granite firm advertising with long name lists of pleased customers. The ad promises to display ordered tombstones, inviting visitors to view the full exhibition.
In Boston the warm spell tempts people to shed layers while woolen undergarments stay in fashion for safety. The piece notes growing awnings with red stripes on brown, bay windows festooned, and stoops offering cool shelter. It also criticizes fashionable dog clipping as tasteless and potentially dangerous in the changing climate, urging blankets for clipped dogs.
In Boston the mustache debate reveals social pressure and job implications. Men resist shaving mandates while employers combine propriety with limited allowances. A merchant once allowed facial hair after business hours, forbidding mustaches during work.
The Boylston Club concert at Music Hall featured a varied program led by The Wreck of the Hesperus setting, praised for its melody and accessible choruses. Performers included H G Snow, H P Ayer, and Mrs J J Herrick. the chorus received high praise for discipline and precision. The audience responded warmly and a repeat performance with J M Nowell as pianist was announced for next Monday.
Current comment warns that full regional strength would give Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island British Columbia and Manitoba two Senators each totaling seven times New Yorks seats, shaping taxation in the US Congress. Another snippet mocks Blaine, noting conspiratorial Mugwump fears of the Maine politician.
A New York Times and Springfield notes debate tariff reform and party unity. It argues surplus Treasury funds do not force tariff cuts and warns reform will come only as a distinct national issue or by accident, while a doubled Republican night watch aims to keep Cleveland in Massachusetts.
A long review of The Kernel and the Husk. The author, likely Anglican, rejects miracles yet upholds a non miraculous Christ and a spiritual resurrection. The letters address doubters, arguing miracles may fade from Protestant creed while faith remains grounded, imagination shaping belief, and Satan and God discussed as forces. The piece notes cautious church loyalty versus perceived dishonesty, praising reverence while warning against purely metaphorical interpretation. Price $1.50.
W J Rolfe publishes a fourth Tennyson volume in the Students Series with annotated notes. The edition includes notices from English magazines at each poem’s first appearance and early readings of lines later altered. Contents feature Lady Clara Vere de Vere and Locksley Hall Sixty Years After with critical notes, including Gladstone’s 1857 critique. Also reviewed is Archbishop Whately’s English Synonymes Discriminated newly revised by Whately, praised for clarity and precision in distinguishing word meanings.
An Albany paper recounts a well to do gent who boasted a butter saving scheme, and sketches curious anecdotes from John Stadler of Richville who may lose memory, plus notes on Wichita college bonuses, heliotrope fashion, cocoanut growing in Florida, and other sundry items.
To the Editor of the Post Sir Your correspondent will find in Stormouth s Etymological English Dictionary the definition of rack rent as the rent of premises unduly raised and beyond the real value Charles W Sawyer sold in Charlestown yesterday afternoon the fine old mansion belonging to Rhodes Lockwood corner High and Greer streets with 13 000 feet of land to Mr A B Toppan for 150 per foot including the
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