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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1893
Page
4
The sunlit field day showcased drill discipline obedience and leadership among Boston boys. The annual parade demonstrated mansliness brotherhood and readiness for civic duties, with a standout performance and strong evidence of youth quality in the city.
The Campania cut two hours and a quarter from the Sandy Hook to Queenstown record, landing passengers in Liverpool eight hours before prior trips and signaling swifter voyages ahead. The five day crossing, once distant, nears reality, with potential Boston service cited as feasible.
Secretary Carlisle resists journal criticism and keeps Sturdevant moved out of the stationery division. He argues long service does not grant a proprietary office right and defends his change as sound for the Treasury Department and the service.
General Armstrong aged fifty six died yesterday at Hampton VA. His lasting monument was the Hampton Institute and its work in educating Southern negroes. He identified need, provided means, and devoted his life to uplift a race left rudderless after emancipation. The institute's record shows wide influence promoting industry, intelligence and good citizenship.
The piece argues the legacy tax law is unjust yet theoretically sound, stressing it will not enforce itself and enforcement relies on others. It notes uneven collection, questions if repeal after two years is wise, and urges the Legislature to uphold the principle of equalizing burdens despite defects.
The text argues that the collateral inheritance tax must be made operative with clear methods. It describes the tax as a popular measure needing expansion in scope and enforceability to correct existing missteps and ensure effective collection.
The article argues Mr Dillaway’s Boston gas trust defense is a strong but evasive appeal that attacks opponents rather than facts. It emphasizes the core issue that the Addicks gas consortium altered corporate law to bill Boston consumers, urging swift legal reforms to prevent future intrusions.
The Boston Journal is accused of indifference as Republicans push a minority representation plan for the Board of Aldermen. The piece argues the scheme seeks five of twelve seats to curb Democratic city power, replacing a prior district system from 1884 seen as insufficient.
The venerable Robert C. Winthrop quietly received community congratulations on his eighty fourth birthday yesterday. Citizens lauded him as a living link to Massachusetts past and a model of faithful public service and historical continuity.
The column recalls a Monet like landscape seen from a Boston & Maine train and mocks the reader for imagining art in darkness. It notes B I Gilman will be Boston Art Museum curator next fall and comments on Bishop-elect Lawrence’s street appearance amid editorials about McEttrick factions.
The article profiles "Old Blind Tom" Brigham a Civil War figure and alleged fraudster who has just lost his pension after seven years without sight. It recounts a Cold Harbor shell injury that blinded his remaining eye and notes pension investigations by officers who knew him as an old crook.
Washington revoked the pension for old Blind Tom Brigham known as Thomas Brigham and granted 16 dollars a month. Levi Brigham son claims his father was blinded by his mother during a row. Levi now serves in state prison. Tom Brigham, 60, recalls a life of repeated convictions and jail terms as he plans a hearing to restore support.
A collage of brief quotes and anecdotes from Detroit Trib une, Ram''s Horn, Philadelphia Times, Chicago Inter Ocean, and others. It mentions postal clerks, Mrs Mackay with a Chinese shoemaker, a Missouri woman farming in New Mexico, and a secretive woman bank teller named Ella Kates.
Miss Helen Keller and Miss Sullivan visit Washington as Professor and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell host a tea. Keller plays a leading role in ceremonies to begin a new Volta Bureau building on the corner of Thirty-fifth and Q streets. Ground is broken Monday with Keller turning the first sod.
Mme Isabelle Bogelot arrives in New York as a delegate to the Woman's Congress opening in Chicago on the 20th. She comes in four roles including official Exposition committee representative, delegate from Society of Liberte de Saint Lazare, council delegate for moral and social reform, and treasurer of the International Council of Women.
Lady Henry Somerset invited a number of London's poor women to her country home for a few days. As they prepared to leave, a guest thanked her hostess and added that she pities her for living in a dull and uninteresting place.
The Post reports higher circulation as its big new press goes into operation. The note emphasizes growth and enterprise in printing more papers than ever.
Colonel Albert A. Pope denounces a plan to raise public funds by taxing bicycles. He warns that if such a tax spreads statewide, Massachusetts would gain fame for its splendid roads controlled by bicycle riders.
The Springfield Republican notes Boston Mayor's aggressive, public spirited leadership enhances city services and benefits residents.
Last week of A Temperance Town sees two theatres close with Fred Miller's new play and revival of Fontenelle at Bowdoin Square. A strong cast is planned for Fontenelle.
Boston theatres announce lavish costumes and scenery for Peck's Bad Boy at Bowdoin Square Theatre. Hoyt's A Temperance Town ends after six months at Park Theatre, closing next Saturday after 170 performances. Revival of Ticket of Leave Man at Grand Opera House, with Annie Clarke May Edwards and others, leads into a busy week of attractions.
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