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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1887
Page
4
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The piece reflects on Memorial Day's evolving significance with less bitterness as national unity grows through shared graves in national cemeteries. It notes the holiday's enduring patriotism and duty lessons while suggesting a salary critique of the Legislature and Commonwealth servants, arguing pay should reflect service value, not political status.
The Saturday yacht race featuring the debuting Thistle, with Irex and Genesta, resembled a drifting contest like New York Yacht Club courses. Thistle surpassed expectations while Irex, once deemed fastest in English waters, was outsailed by Genesta and by Sleuthhound on time. Further races are needed before judgment. Yet in light winds and smooth seas, the Thistle appears the most competent boat in the English fleet.
The Saturday Evening Gazette applauds Governor Ames for not detailing objections to the Beverly bill though the constitution requires returning the bill with objections in writing. It argues a bad example was set by neglecting this duty, noting threats of vote loss should not override constitutional process.
The Commonwealth mourns the death of the Hon. Join kK. VArnox a dedicated public servant who spent a life in service with few exceptions and unwavering duty. He had just been admitted prior to his passing.
Massachusetts figure who served in House, Senate, and as Mayor of Lawrence dies while holding the insurance commissioner post. He rose from Civil War veteran to national congressman and lawmaker, earning praise for codifying insurance laws and public service across multiple offices. His death marks a public loss and the end of a long career.
The Blaine Republicans in New York revive an anti saloon push led by ex-judges and politicians including Noan Davis Whypom and TukoporEe Roose wel t with endorsements from rival state managers. Cooper Union meeting asserts war on the liquor trade while letters from Massachusetts leaders praise the effort and call the party to temperance, though home sincerity remains questionable.
The selection of M Rouvier's cabinet aims to steady French governance amid long standing difficulties. Observers note it is not significantly more stable or capable than the Gonselet ministry, which Rouvier helped upend, though the group constitutes a workable leadership for the moment.
The moderate program of the new cabinet blends strength with risk as M Rouvier’s team features noteworthy figures like Ferry and Freycinet, while replacing Boulangér with Saussier at war. The shift promises a peaceful course for France yet invites opposition from Boulangist loyalists and Radical critics led by Clemenceau, risking a parliamentary dissolution.
An editorial views Cincinnati elites forming The American Cooperative Dramatic Association to combat stage degeneration. It questions motives, notes funds intended for actors and authors, and contrasts Western reform zeal with Eastern taste, while warning of potential dangers from insider authors and national influences.
The piece notes casting choices for new plays in Cincinnati including Our American Cranks and The Soul of Honor, contrasts etiquette norms across states, and questions promoter influence. It also reports Irvine altering London Jubilee week plans and a bold Pinafore outdoor staging planned for Madison Square Garden amid protests and curbs.
News items recount a deadly Paris Opera calamity and a Glasgow coal mine explosion with over a hundred miners feared dead or trapped. The piece notes ongoing rescue efforts while expressing solemn grief at both disasters and comments on a judge’s defaming ruling about the phrase Pariety of Skye.
A Boston writer recounts meeting former slave trade pirates now living respectable lives. He recalls a State Street encounter with a bearded trader who evaded a cruiser, hid at New York, and faced prize crews, plus a Charleston secession era episode where a Northern owner used a ship’s deck to toast independence. He notes a broader newspaper carelessness in word choice.
An opinion piece from Taverner discussing editorial language, mock-expurgatorius, odd phrases, and the Boston writer's reflections on Herrmanns performances and a train journey. The author muses on language, illusion, and social ease during a back platform ride through rural scenery.
A collection of brief editorial snippets and public notices from several papers. Topics range from partisan critique of Republicans to views on czar versus president etiquette, legislative salaries, the death of Insurance Commissioner Tarbox, 1887 American labor comforts, nonpartisan judiciary, Phelps and nobility, all reflecting late 19th century political culture and press tone.
The New York Times satire accuses Blaine allied papers of feigned concern for Irish Americans after decades of harsh denunciation. It suggests renewed hypocrisy if Blaine is renominated, calling the pattern a prearranged element of his political programme as noted by the Boston Herald.
A Vermont journal criticizes Pennsylvania for appropriating over one million dollars for patriotic purposes including 625000 for soldiers' orphans' schools 225000 for soldiers' homes and 176000 for monuments at Gettysburg and elsewhere. It argues no soldiers' orphans in Pennsylvania are under 21 and already provided for by the state and claims funds fund jobbers rather than orphans.
New English sketches celebrate quaint London places and country inns with humorous battles against babies and railcar annoyances. The author evokes Dickensian and Hogarthian figures, offers autumnal reflections, and delivers light, sunny prose ideal for idle hours.
A review praises Ole Virginia Marie Chan and Meh Lady as vivid tales of the South and slavery from eastern Virginia storytellers. It notes Page’s portrayal of negro character with nuance and warmth and his forays into a ghost story. Published by Scribner's Sons with Laugh ton Macdonald & Co. Price $1.25.
Mary Mann’s manuscript Juanita, a romance of real life in Cuba fifty years ago, recounts brutal slave conditions observed by Miss Peabody later Mrs Horace Mann. Sent to publishers with a sister’s explanatory note, the Boston book notes Cuba’s slavery era as it nears its end next year.
A survey of Riverside Literature Series poetry annotations and child care books. Longfellow’s Golden Legend edited for study. Keating’s Maternity and Infancy guidance. Margaret J. Preston’s Colonial Ballads and verse. E. H. Arens on theology and healing. Notes critique depth and utility.
The renowned author Robert Louis Stevenson has suffered severe setbacks recently. He lost his father, a noted scientific authority and inventor in lighthouse illumination, and his health is failing with threats of consumption. He has been visiting Switzerland for health reasons and his voyage to America for literary work is blamed for his deteriorating condition.
A collage of cultural notes and curiosities recounts waltz origins, a German waltz anniversary, Vienna dance craze, a Baltimore Sun souvenir, theatrical chatter, Nijinsky? indirections, and public figures. It touches on Nina Van Zandt visiting Spies, jail delays, a cave of silver near Calhoun, a steam calliope wreck, honey derived terms for honeymoon, Attila’s nuptial death, longevity stats, Basil Samoiloff, Buffalo Bill in London, a Persian hospital drive, and Ingersoll’s whiskey missive. The piece blends entertainment, science, and society with broad historical flares.
Liverpool Post notes Norton will publish a new Carlyle series focusing on letters to Browning. The papers say Carlyle and Browning were close friends, with Carlyle aiding the younger writer. Public memory may rise as harsher portraits fade and praise for his benevolence surfaces.
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