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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1891
Page
4
Boston letter discusses fashion taste preferring simplicity over luxurious trimming and mannish styles. It recalls Chevalier de Bacourt's 1840 Boston impressions, his views on streets cleanliness, Sunday quiet, and Boston versus Philadelphia, with remarks on Fanny Elssler and American society.
The Tremont Theatre audience welcomed Mr. Willard’s Cyrus Blenkarn in The Middleman with rare enthusiasm. Critics praise his portrayal as the play’s strongest element, noting Jones’s craft while faulting melodramatic flourishes and weak comic bits. The production, cast, and stage realism receive high marks, with Willard delivering a powerful, restrained performance that elevates the piece.
A collage of humorous snippets and anecdotes from the era includes jokes about poker, anatomy class, medicine, champagne manufacture, and nerves. Standout mentions include Senator Stanford’s business ventures, a blind Ohio legislator chairing, a Rome newspaper editorial on reporting fines, and a Maine captain who dreams harbor layouts before docking.
An editor’s notice requests writers include full names and addresses with submissions and explains non-return of rejected manuscripts. The page lists Tremont Theatre, Holes Street Theatre, Goose Theatre, Boston Theatre, Park Theatre, Grand Opera House, and Howard Street venues with showtimes around 7:45 and titles such as The Middleman McKenna's Flirtation The Soudan A Night's Frolic Cruel London Hands Across the Sea and The Huntress of the Mississippi.
The meeting of the Massachusetts Reform Club last evening proved a distinguished occasion showing vitality of civil service reform amid the current regime. General Corse received warm praise, and letters from Mr Cleveland and reform leaders in Boston drew lively interest from attendees.
Despatches from Washington say Civil Service Commissioner Roosevelts report will condemn Republican politicians in Baltimore elections. Given Roosevelts reform stance and strong English, the prediction is considered likely. His appointment to the Civil Service post is viewed as creditable to Harrison's administration.
The King Philip Mills in Fall River evades a new law banning fines for weaving defects by charging one price for firsts and a lower price for seconds. The overseer assigns each cut to a class, illustrating the law’s easy circumvention and likely failure to achieve its purpose.
A correspondent argues against the Boston City debt limit to borrow 1000.00 for the new Public Library building. The piece notes the expenditure was unplanned and urged within limit, but authorizes a permissive debt outside the limit. It suggests Mayor Matthews favors staying within the limit and predicts permission may not be used unless essential.
The Civil Service Record notes that Old Dominion Club members who levied assessments on government clerks to aid Mahone's Virginia campaign in 1889 still go unpunished. It cites partisan methods of the Harrison administration in civil service enforcement with protection by Quay and others until public outcry and reform league pressure forced action.
The Civil Service Record notes that Mr. Harrison may seek Mahoner's influence for the upcoming Republican convention. The item is directed to Mr. Roger Wolcott for thoughtful consideration.
A Sioux affairs critique argues Secretary NosBtp partners Burrao Bit1 by arming him with captured Indians. It questions General Miles's claim of removing turbulent leaders and warns that key chiefs remain on the reserve. The piece accuses deliberate manipulation for public display and notes demoralizing effects on the tribes.
Government sources claim about a hundred objectionable emigrants depart Liverpool weekly for New York with many from Continental Europe and released convicts paid their passage. The case of Nikolaus Bader, sent from Stanzach to New York, is cited to press Germany. Hamburg plans inspections to curb typhus inflow and the issue underscores stopping the tide of pauperism crime and disease.
Flint, close and confidential, orders seizure of vessels charged with violating neutrality with no bias. BALMACEDA rejects Mr. Blane's mediation offer, indicating no collusion in the matter.
The Boston Journal attacks Michigan Democrats for districting to maximize seats and electors by district instead of a general ticket. The piece defends the method as constitutional, argues the Journal suffers from partisan blindness, and notes Republicans have used similar tricks to extend power.
The Chilean disturbance spills into the United States with the San Diego incident, the Itate seizure, and U S neutrality issues. Insurgent Chileans and BALMACEDA’s government shape policy while two American firms, Charles R. Fulton & Co. and William R. Grace & Co., back opposing sides. Blaine hovers as a familiar ally figure in the background.
A report to the Insurance Commissioner covers fifty one fraternal endowment firms in Massachusetts. It lists members, liabilities, and assets as of January 1, noting large sums collected for expenses and promoter profits. The piece warns the schemes rely on lapses and growth, urging reform to recover about two million dollars.
A husband testified in a divorce case that his wife left the home for spiritualistic seances and ignored his pleas. He recalled playing Home Sweet Home on the piano at dawn, which prompted her to promise reform, a scene the court accepted as illustrating the power of music.
The Journal boosts the new immigration law and notes foreign steamship lines are learning they no longer run the country as under Tammany Cleveland, while criticizing partisan use of the issue and urging nonpartisan handling.
As Mr Joan Drew nears his departure from Daly's Theatre the fate of the popular plays he drew audiences with is uncertain. The theatre faces questions about whether these productions will be withdrawn following his exit and what replacements or scheduling changes might follow.
A juvenile Hawes Orchestral Club concert unfolds in the vestry of Hawes Unitarian Church Broadway South Boston. The eight-piece program showcases promising young pupils under top instructors. Dr George F Brooks to perform three new organ pieces in next recital with aid from Italian soprano Signora Lenora.
The writer rebukes a fashion trend seen in a horse car near Boston describing a bonnet with broad bands, ribbons, a black feather plume and two shoulder wings. He argues the design violates symmetry and proportion, calling the trend absurd and ill advised for women seeking a balanced silhouette.
A letter to the editor argues against borrowing beyond the city debt limit for the Public Library project. The writer supports finishing the building per plans but insists funds should come from within the existing legal limit, challenging the Legislature’s proposed loan. May 7, 1891, Boston.
W Lambert of West Newton writes to the editor to correct a report on removals under Presidents Harrison and Cleveland. He notes the 9500 and 2000 figures cited referred to changes in the first three months of each administration, not total reforms, to illustrate the higher rate under Harrison despite party promises of reform.
The will of the late Deacon Andrew H. Fuller is on file in the probate office and is valued at about $20,000. The First Baptist Ecclesiastical Society of Willimantic receives $2,000 and the deceased’s residence for a parsonage after his widow’s death. The Baptist Home Missionary Society and State domestic missions are generously remembered.
Curiaco May 7. Director General Davis reports from Secretary Blaine that the German Government has officially accepted the President's invitation to take part in the World’s Fair proceedings.
The Boston Common Council adopted an order to award city printing only to firms paying the Boston Typographical Union scale and employing its members. The measure targets the Boston Post, and Aldermen will vote next week. Critics say the move is improper and outside labor dictation.
George W. Boyd a boss painter fell about thirty feet from a building due to a weak ladder. He died minutes after arriving at a hospital. He was about 40, unmarried, and from Newton where he had worked fifteen years for J. O. Evans's Sons.
At the lower crossing a Maine Central train struck the team of T. A. Witham this afternoon. One horse was killed and the other badly cut. The driver, John Pool, was thrown several feet into the air and seriously injured.
Father Ignatius plans a quiet Hudson woods retreat then Chicago mission work and England by late June. Walt Whitman seeks medical care with reported improvement. Sculptor Guerol notes King Alphonse’s tall mustache remark. Andrew Carnegie becomes first American invited to Britain’s Economic Association. Czarewitch’s voyage in Madras harbor leads to a Nihilist shooting misfire. assailant a Polish Hebrew seeking funds to return home.
The Boston City Hospital trustees submitted a capital plan totaling 266 500 for hospital expansion including land on East Chester Park and a new contagious disease complex. The Board of Library Commissioners was asked to appoint three examiners to verify the library building completion estimate and report to the City Council.
A small Yorkshire terrier tormented by three boys on Beacon Street provokes mad dog fears as crowds cry rabies. Mr Angell of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals intervenes, calms the dog, and it settles after food. The incident illustrates state worries over hydrophobia and calls for stricter measures.
The N Y Recorder notes a bitter spell keeping visitors away and chilling many park residents. Hippos and polar bears loiter while little bears shiver. alligators retreat, sea lions jest, and a monkey house mood soured. Cockatoo disputes flare then sunlight ends the quarrel.
Frank B. Streeter of Concord has been elected clerk of the Concord and Montreal railroad following the resignation of Hon. William M. Chase. The announcement comes from Concord, New Hampshire, on May 7.
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