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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1886
Page
4
The Boston Post Publishing Co lists daily and weekly subscription prices including one year nine dollars for daily and one year one dollar fifty for weekly. Notices of mailing and payment instructions appear with office address and page references.
Rostow Morning notes a London despatch about the Czar’s aide de camp shooting, but asserts no Count de Rentern exists in the Czar’s household, calling the tale fiction and criticizing sensational moralizing. It also discusses Henry George's party entering New York State constitutional convention efforts and local talks of town division and West Somerville’s possible annexation to Cambridge.
The canvass for United States Senator from New York to succeed Miller centers on supporting figures ex Governor Cornell ex Senator Platt and ex Minister Levi P Morton. Morton would provide New York city organization but Miller resists being shelved. The alliance aims to gain Blaine influence and trigger a livelier contest in the state.
The New York World criticizes President Cleveland for failing to illustrate and enforce Democratic principles. It notes vague dissatisfactions, urging clearer examples and arguing the administration has pursued steady improvement toward better and cleaner government.
West Medford residents renew push before Legislature to divide Medford and form a new Brooks, with the Boston and Lowell railroad area north of the Mystic River showing strong support for the change.
A letter from Julian Hawthorne to Charles Lowell dated Oct 31 defends his conduct in a published World interview. Hawthorne argues he acted in good faith and that the private conversation was framed as a reporter interview for publication. He disputes Lowell's charge of breaching confidentiality and aims to show the interview's propriety.
A critique argues Hawthorne manipulated interviews with Lowell to fit sensational public interest. It notes Hawthorne’s memory based report, lacking notes, and accuses him of misquoting officials while defending his ethics as a salaried writer. The piece contrasts professional discretion with the sensational approach.
The piece discusses Renan and his Abbess of Jouarre acclaimed as an impure book by many critics. It centers on a tragedy of D Arcy and Julie the Abbess during the French Revolution, with a pardoned heroine and a later union. The article notes a modern Parisian blush as a sign of shifting taste. It also reports the final fall meeting races at Clyde Park beginning Saturday at 2 30 p m.
The sixth issue of The New Princeton Review treats modern fiction with Thomas Sergeant Perry arguing realism as progress. It surveys McCosh on realism in philosophy and includes Ilaldler on railroad capital waste, inside rings, stock watering, and lax legislation, with notices on Bayard Tucker and Grace King.
To the Editor the author questions a Post mislabel that equates Miss Cobbe with George Eliot and urges precise use of terms such as atheist infidel agnostic and positivist. The letter argues positivist is a defined term tied to Auguste Comte and seeks clarity on Eliot s religious attitude.
In Boston, Francis H. Underwood’s Glasgow speeches are praised for warm sympathy with Scottish life, including a Burns portrait. Henry E. Dixey’s card tricks at Jolly Tavern Club entertain, while a cold snap drives coats from trunks. The writer muses on overcoats, old fashion, and comfort in winter rooms.
At a meeting of the harbor and land commissioners authority was given the Boston Revere Beach Lynn Railroad Company to fill Belle Isle Creek for 200 feet. Citizens of Winthrop objected to the railroad's request to fill 600 feet.
Dr Alfred Russell Wallace presented a paper before the National Academy of Sciences on wind transport of seeds and its role in geographical distribution. He outlined five prominent seed dispersal causes, discussed evidence from England, and noted the wind as a key factor, with discussion by colleagues and follow up papers on archaeology and photography.
A Brooklyn Union editorial argues that a candidate reflecting Missouri Indiana and Georgia Democratic principles would lose to any respectable Republican, though many Democrats doubtlessly disagree. The piece notes uncertainty about Cleveland's renomination and eventual reelection prospects.
The Chicago News notes the labor movement remains in a formative stage and its links to social and political questions are unproven. It calls recent experiences educational and worthwhile, regardless of whether labor issues stand alone or gain from political action.
The Albany Argus reports President Cleveland resists threats and entreaties to abandon his post. His steadfastness earns gratitude, preserves former allies, and wins him new friends.
The Philadelphia Press notes the Pinkerton men rarely cause unrest yet consistently become entangled in every Chicago row. Their need for watching is implied alongside other parties involved in the disputes.
The piece argues that Democratic defeat in Indiana and nearby Pennsylvania stems from civil service reform politics. It suggests the party needs more reform and less pretense to recover support across states.
The Chicago Herald reports Pree Buell urging coal consumers to focus on Congress after failed state actions in Pennsylvania. He argues free fuel would curb the ring and aid the public, contrasting with Pennsylvanian laws against commercial combinations.
The New York Times notes sharp criticism of a Harvard speech, aimed at those who felt its words sting. The digested remark highlights a partisan clash over rhetoric and reception.
The Springfield Union notes that New York has hosted many writers but has not produced a standard literature. It argues the literary movement is not remarkable and has, if anything, regressed rather than advanced.
The piece notes Henry George's canvass educated public opinion though more remains to learn. It cites a 67 000 vote tally for the workingmen candidate as a solid argument, one politicians will not ignore.
The Philadelphia Times notes a dispute where monopolists seek tariff revision to cut taxes and boost markets, while the nation insists on no tariff changes on a free trade basis. Morrison and Hurd are defeated. Carlisle and others are chastened, raising hope for revenue on a true basis with protection for American labor.
By the will of the late Mary P. Hayes of Newton the following bequests were made to public institutions and societies. Cabot street house and land to the American College and Educational Society of Boston for educating preachers. 5000 to the American Board of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. 5000 to the American Missionary Association of New York. 5000 to the American Home Missionary Society. 2000 to the American Trust Society of Boston. 2000 to the Massachusetts Sabbath School Society to aid Sabbath school libraries in the South and West. 500 to the Bible Missionary Society of Brooklyn. 500 to the North End Mission, Boston.
The Browning Society opened its session with Archdeacon Farrar delivering the inaugural address at the Botany Theatre University College Gower Street Dr Furnivill presiding Farrar lauded Browning as one of the era’s supreme poets and urged that his works form a liberal education He defended Browning against charges of obscurity and melodrama highlighting his religious charity and optimistic philosophy.
The Sharples portraits show at Williams and Everett gallery will close Saturday afternoon. Boston audiences regard the historic collection as highly notable.
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