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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1886

Page

2

Interstate Commerce Bill Advances Amid Debate

Senate passes the interstate commerce measure after a long debate, asserting Congress power to regulate railroad charges and prevent unjust discrimination. The bill aims to curb rate disparities between short and long distance shippers and protect the traveling public, with support seen as a move toward national unity and government oversight.

Senate Congress Ingalls America

Montreal Herald Friendly Tone in Editorial on Cross Border Ties

A Canadian View notes Montreal Herald’s cordial remarks on neighborly relations and shared interests between Canada and the United States. It also reviews the Herald’s stance on the schooner Adams seizure and argues that bait purchases in Canadian ports were historically not central to treaty concerns, urging continued favorable commerce and good neighborly feeling across the border.

Fragmented Humor and Legal Snippets From 19th Century Columns

A string of clipped notes and jokes from a newspaper page mentions figures like Jeff Davis, Judge Pickett, and President Porter. Mentions a post mortem examination rights, a New Haven walk, baseball chatter in New York and Boston, odd police gear in St. Paul, and satirical quips on topics from tea gowns to hairpins and the Field investigation.

Notable society notices and family moves abroad

The item lists marriages and remarriages planned for June, travels and health of politicians and entertainers, and society gossip. It mentions Patti's June 7 wedding, Roscoe Conkling at Richfield Springs, Mrs Hoar’s ill health, Eli H Murray settling in Utah, Annie Hewitt engaged to J O Green, and George Gould with Edith Kingdon. It notes Johnson L Mitchell improving, Yale dean Wayland returning from Mexico, and other society movements including Duke of Newcastle and Miss Winnie Davis visiting.

Eli H. Murray Utah Abram S. Hewitt Annie J. O. Green Western Union Telegraph Company

The Schooner Seizure and the Three Mile Limit Debate

A detailed analysis of the Adams seizure for buying bait within the three mile limit. It contrasts U S and British Canadian law, cites 1818 treaty rights, vice admiralty rulings, and political positions of Morgan Evarts Frye Cleveland Webster. It argues for enforcing existing treaties without new pacts and warns against Canadian provocations.

Resident Cleveland Urges Aggress Has Sharp Day

A series of three messages from the president named Cleveland to an aggressor in one day draws attention. The tone reflects sharp, pointed rhetoric that colleagues describe as forceful.

Cleveland

Humor and wit in Congress over steam launch budget

A minister in Turkey amused colleagues by discussing an appropriation for the legation's steam launch. Former House member Cox provided lively, humorous speeches, contrasting with Tom Corwin’s stern career advice. The piece extols value of a person who lightens mood and aids others.

Turkey Congress Cox Tom Corwin Oaio

Boycott Fines and Colloquial Debate Over Journal and Courier

A boy named One Glidden was fined 50 for promoting an amusement in New Haven. He used intimidation to deter a business firm from advertising in the Journal and Courier, a paper at odds with his views. The piece questions the future of the boycott and its impact on the institution, noting Powderly’s disapproval and a legal response.

Margaret Fuller Cambridge Mass General Wolseley Order of the Red Eagle William Tageblatt Lord Wolseley George W. Cable New England Mr. Buckingham Episcopal Church Rutland Mary Pollard Maine Skowhegan Theodore Thames London Theodore Thomas Chicago Glidden New Haven Journal and Courier Henry Farnham Bangor Nature Winthrop Farnham Lewiston England America San Francisco Chronicle Boston Providence Reston Shore Line New York Pawtucket Return Dodgeville Hebronville Attleboro North Attieboro Manafield East Foxboro Metaram Sharon Hmeturn Camton Junction Bay Meadville Hmeturm Rae Hyde Pars Hoturm Mit Hope and Clarendom Hillis Forest Hille Hmet Jamaica Plain Boylston Kroxbury Dedham Spring Street Weat Moxbury and Highland Meturn Stoughton Canton Oston Mt. Hope Vaonney

Paris drawing room tale of a surviving widow's dilemma

A well preserved Paris lady recalls five years without a word from her husband in America and the inability to remarry without a death certificate. The humor snippets include jokes about absent minded professors and hotel life anecdotes from Texas and Chicago.

Paris America

Is Canayva Right A Sensible Review Of Adams Seizure

The Montreal Herald argues Canada may not punish U S citizens for buying bait in itself a commercial act not fishing and questions enforcing the 1818 convention. It notes decades of freer trade and warns of international conflict if Canada blocks transit or sale of bait to Boston or Eastport.

United States Fishing Rights and Three Mile Limit Debate

The speaker argues that the 1818 policy sought only to secure domestic fishing rights by extending exclusive possession to the three mile limit. He says the aim was not to hinder commerce or broader trade relations, nor to attack any industry, but to prevent U S fishermen from fishing in British waters and to protect British fishermen within the limit. He warns against extending the policy to bar all commercial transactions with U S fishermen, calling such a move unjustified in modern commercial practice and national duty.

Chicago San Francisco Massachusetts Sitka Washington Herald David J. Adams Adams Morgan Evarts Frye Jackson United States Congress Great Britain J.H. Nickerson Salem Young Gloucester Hazen Cleveland Great Britaan British North America Newfoundland Canada Daniel Webster Bob Montreal Herald Maritime Provinces Britain British Empire North American Digby Canadian Boston Eastport Nova Scotia Maine England

Fashion Wonders and Personal News Sweep in Nineteenth Century Style

A survey of spring fashion features including Maltese lace trimmed linen gowns and Undine cloth drapings, elaborate sashes, gloves, hats, and gowns with bayadere lines. It notes bridal mother outfits, waist variations, bonnets, and embroidery trends, plus occasional society notes on Madge Wickham, Marie of Tonquin, and other figures.

Perak Grenadine Madge Wickham Germany Berlin Beethoven Marie Charity Tonquin General de Courcy Legion of Honor M. Grevy Laroche Rosalie Elizabeth Eaglesfield Indianapolis Terre Haute Mary Anderson Salvii Clara A. Nelson Spencerian Business College Washington Marsha Washington Havana College of Pharmacy Gotham

Entertaining Theatre Notes From The Season In Town

The Drum Major's Daughter at Hollis Street charms audiences with lively melody. Miss Anderson stars at Globe Theatre tonight in Ingomar. Saturday matinee features The Lady of Lyons and evening Romeo and Juliet. Next week The Wages of Sin. Our Society at Park Theatre offers light comedy with Saints and Sinners to follow. Neil Burgess praised for Vim at Bijou. Nobody's Claim at Howard delights audiences. Hamlet at Boston Theatre stars Booth and Salvini. final Booth Salvini appearance tomorrow matinee before Salvini sails to Europe.

Hollis Street Neil Burgess Bijou the Howard Hamlet Boston Theatre Mr. Booth Signor Salvini New York Philadelphia Booth Salvini Europe

Miss Follows Trousseau Described for Frances Cleveland

Agnes Folsom, cousin and opera singer in Philadelphia, presents details of Frances Cleveland’s wedding dress. The gown, white satin heavy and simple, features a modest neckline, smooth bodice, puffy sleeves, and a moderate train. Trim includes exquisite old point lace from Frances’s grandmother.

Philadelphia Cleveland Agnes Frances New York Paris Worth Pingat Trousseau Miss Folsom

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