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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1886

Page

2

Strikes and the Nation's Labor Tides

The Boston Post argues that wage-earner strikes have begun to affect business nationwide, muting confidence and triggering hardship for employers and workers. It warns many are paying creditors and cutting costs as production declines, urging cooperation between labor and management to avert deeper recession.

Rate Cutting and Pools and the Public Interest

Rate cutting by rival railways prompts a public war of discounts followed by pools that push prices higher. The piece argues such practices harm consumers and enrich corporations, citing the transatlantic cable pool against Mackey Bennett and praising the new company for resisting reduced rates while calling for an end to rate-cutting boycotts.

Transatlantic Mackey-Bennett Line

Tailors Strike Threatens City Garments Shortage

The era of garment scarcity looms as journeymen tailors resist employers and supply lines waver in severe climate. The public worries over rationed cloth and fashion missteps, fearing a widespread famine of acceptable dress. The piece hints at societal pressure and contemplates a middle ground to avert degraded attire.

Gote Mr. Carlyle

Greece Faces Foreign Fleet Move Toward Pireus

The Greek scene shifts as Kerios Papamichalopoulos seeks to form a cabinet while weather relief frees foreign fleets to advance from Suda Bay toward the Pireus. Observers cautions warn of Turkish strength looming in Thessaly and the uncertain impact on Greek tempers amid naval maneuvers.

Kerios Papamichalopoulos Michael Suda Bay Pireus Acropolis Thessaly

Germans Back Labor Fight Over Temperance Aims

The piece notes German laboring men object to Mr. Powderly's temperance emphasis within the Knights of Labor. It claims they resist turning the group into a temperance body and prefer beer. The article suggests workers will stand against perceived capital tyranny and uphold their beer culture as a core motto.

Powderly Knights of Labor

Gladstone Home Rule Bill Faces Rough Debate

Despatches from London dampen hopes for a swift second reading as Gladstone concessions are seen as insufficient. Opposition swells with 102 Liberal members poised to oppose while Chamberlain commands a strong Liberal bloc. With 125 speakers slated, chances for change remain open.

Gladstone London Mr. Gladstone Chamberlain

Herr Most Captured In New York Hid Under Bed

A dramatic narration asserts Johann Most, the anarchist, has been captured in New York after hiding under a bed. The speaker ridicules Most’s tactics, claiming he seeks blood via others, while protecting his own life and proclaiming dangerous yet humorous defiance. The piece condemns anarchist violence and questions their place in society.

Herr Most New York Gore

Appointment of John F E Fitzgerald as internal revenue collector

John F E Fitzgerald is named as internal revenue collector, leaving the city’s five commissioners role. The article notes satisfaction with his prior service and suggests Cleveland is entitled to appoint capable Democratic servants, while the city benefits from capable replacements.

John FE. Fitzgerald Internal Revenue Collector Fitzgerald Cleveland

Illustrious Portraits Ride Through History in Print

A contem porary printed a portrait titled Jeff Davis in 18861 and now the St Louis Globe Democrat presents a graphic of President Cleveland's wedding. The writer mocks the era’s illustration fad calling it too previous and jokes the next item will be a portrait of the first-born.

Jeff Davis St. Louis Globe-Democrat Cleveland

Witty clippings parade political and social foibles of past times

A collage of satirical quips from various papers lampoons politicians editors and public figures. It riffs on Most Coffey Ulster Wolesley and others with jests about bed under beds health digs at officials and a string of light political and social barbs. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century humor column.

Coffey Ulster

Diverse 19th Century Notes From Public Life and Food

Henry E. Dixey sails to Liverpool yesterday while Thomas Hughes writes of the late Bishop of Manchester. A Providence reunion for Roger Williams descendants is set for June 22, and Mrs. Anna Pratt of Albany inherits Horatio Seymour’s Deerfield farm. Leland Stanford plans an Albany hospital on the Lathrop site. Liszt’s name and a note on Bourbon lineages appear, alongside tributes to David Fisher, a former congressman. Reports mention Ex-Mayor Deering as Maine governor candidate and Mme Janish’s world weariness. Mormon missionaries grow in the South while John Traynor’s rowboat voyage nears. Ignatius Donnelly will lecture on Bacon’s cipher at Minnesota. Society notes praise Miss Gordon, the belle of the South, and Mme Elise Carier’s unique life story. A long culinary index offers spinach soup, chicken with rice, omelets, sauces, desserts, and many practical kitchen tips, followed by general gossip on practical wound care, asparagus dishes, majolica plates, coffee spoons, and other spring imports.

Ferencz Liszt Franz Braganza Hapsburg Wittelsbach Saxe- Coburg Maria Theresa David Fisher Mt. Holly Congress John Quincy Adams S. B. Knight Winchester Knight John W. Deering Portland Maine Mme. Janish W. W. Corcoran Washington Barker Parish of Ascension Gray United States Supreme Court Miss Cleveland White House Morgan Chattanooga South North South Carolina Georgia Tennessee Alabama R. B. Bibber Bath John Traynor Atlantic Traynor Bibber Ignatius Donnelly United Literary Societies State University of Minnesota Bacon Mr. Donnelly Miss Gordon General Gordon Brankemere Tennyson Clara Vere de Vere Mme Elise Carier Geneva France Bonaparte Paris Italy

Theatre crowds and political jests in old era chatter

A collage of social satires and anecdotes reflecting late 19th to early 20th century life. The items reference political races, theatergoers, marital humor, a Dixey supper quip, Evangeline in rain, labor strikes, and a humorous old man and lawyer tale from Lewiston Journal. Strong figures include actors, critics, and everyday workers in a newspaper miscellany tone.

Pavonia Sails with 125 Steerage and Noted Passengers

Cunard steamship Pavonia, Captain Woolfenden, sails this afternoon from the port with 125 steerage, 40 intermediate and a list of cabin passengers including Leighton Baker Very Rev J E Barry Mrs J P Bates and many others. The voyage to Europe proceeds with a large party aboard.

Cunard Pavonia Woolfenden Leighton Baker J. E. Barry J. P. Bates Carrie A. Bates Mabel F. Bates C. C. Briggs Harriet T. Browne Edward I. Browne Thore P. Brown Susan A. Brown J. W. Brown John A. Child D. G Grace C. Little Charles McCarthy J. McGeary Samuel S. Martin C. V. Mason J. S. Mackintosh D. W. Murphy E. M. O'Callaghan K. K. Osgood Walter J. Grasanamesid Whilliam Partons H. Pickering M. Palfrey Augustus ‘T’. Perkins Elizabeth G. Perkins Winnifred Perkins A. W. Pope G. H. Dolen Wilson J. Dodge Kk. H. Fames Eemes H. Ellis Ellis L. Ellis F. W. Emerson L. Fray

Knight of the Ribbons Guides Marble Load Through Boston Streets

A vivid Northwestern style scene on Fiske's wharf shows 25 ton Italian marble blocks moved by three derricks and a team of sixteen horses. Driver Fred Tutesin, 25, Chelsea, explains handling reins and ribbons as the massive freight is loaded, hauled, and steered onto a truck for delivery amid cheering onlookers.

Fiske Atlantic Avenue Boston Long Wharf Fiesh Fred Tutesin Chelsea

Laudanum Lovers at the Public Bar

A Tremont street barkeeper describes laudanum use among drinkers who mix the drug with beer whiskey or absinthe at the bar. He cites regulars who hide the dose in pockets, the risky habit driving some toward stronger stimulants and opium, and a student who orders a nerve tester before leaving.

Tremont Street

Harvard Overseers Approve Scientific Substitutes in Admission

The Harvard Board of Overseers adjourned meeting approved allowing a scientific substitute in admission tests for Greek or Latin and required broader language and history knowledge. They also named five preachers to the university and named Francis G. Peabody Plum er professor of Christian morals. The action includes stricter attendance, tighter control of elective studies, and closer faculty supervision of student course choices.

Harvard College Plummer Edward Everett Hale Phillips Brooks Alexander McKenzie Richard Montague A. B George A. Gordon Francis G. Peabody Department of History United States

Grady's Easter Week Remark Draws Fire in Atlanta

The New York Sun reports Mr. Henry W. Grady of the Atlanta Constitution sparked controversy with calling Easter week "the most glorious" since the resurrection. Critics say the remark overreaches but acknowledge his earnest public service in the South's postwar prosperity.

Henry W. Grady Atlanta Constitution New South Grady Jefferson Davis Atlanta Jesus Christ New York Sun

Senators Hold 1870 Reunion at Young's Hotel

The 1870 Senators held an annual reunion and supper at Young's Hotel last evening with Hon. H. H. Coolidge presiding. Sixteen members attended including Coolidge Crosby Holden Pollard Buttrick Howe Greeley Ladd Rice Rhodes Fletcher Pate Johnson Willcomb Dowse and Fox Kale.

Young’s Hotel H. H. Coolidge Messrs

Fragmented Train Timetable Fragments Across Multiple Lines

A garbled OCR excerpt shows scattered passenger times and station names such as Keene Rutland Nashua Rochester and Framingham. Mentions express and local services with several prices and routes through Otter Ald Montague Ashburnham and Bellows Falls, but details are incomplete and uncertain.

Boyalae Pareschuses- Otterald Montague Ashburnham Ayrea West Daesrachd Barnwells Chi Scoom

Boston and Providence Rail Train Schedule 1886

Train timetable lists multiple routes from Boston to New York Providence Pawtucket and other towns with varied departure times from 6:00 to 11:00 pm and return trips throughout the day. Notes specify Sundays operation differences, special lines like Shore Line and Steamboat/Stonington, and adjustments for certain passes and delays. Superintendent A A Folsom signs off.

Boston Previirence Shore Life New York Shore Line Stonington Line Meturn Providence Pawtucket San S. Bmeturn Dodgeville Hebronville Attieboro Heturn North Attleboro Return Mansfield East Foxbor Sharon Gamton Jumnetieor Headville Hyde Park Hope and Clarendon Bilis Forest Hills Jamaica Plain Boylistoms Heturm Roxbury Dedham Spring Street West Hooxbury Highland Hteturn Stoughton and Canton Oston Mt. Hope Warrem Brnstel Shore Ee A. A. Folsom

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