Publisher’s Notice on Subscriptions and Manuscript Rules
Boston Post Publishing Co announces subscription rates for daily and weekly editions, and notes mail payment requirements and a New York agency. An editor’s notice states rejected manuscripts will not be returned and anonymous submissions receive no attention, requiring full name and address for all communications.
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Waswindton Orrick
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Classifieds and Ship News Divided by Page
The Financial and Commercial Departments will be found on the Sixth and Seventh pages, the Ship News on the Third page.
Prohibition of Trafalgar Square Meetings Sparked Debate
The metropolitan police chief Sir Charles Warren bans Sunday meetings in Trafalgar Square. Socialist orators who used the square as a platform for incendiary speeches are angered by the move. Supporters say abstaining from riotous harangues aids the poor.
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Charles Warren
Metropolitan Police
Trafalgar Square
London
Westminster Abbey
English arbiters visit to seek lasting peace face chimeric limits
The article notes the cordial welcome for English arbitration advocates and their mission to promote peace between English speaking nations. It warns that a high court of arbitration, while desirable, is currently a fanciful idea given present international conditions and would not always align with dignity and honor.
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High Court of
Seawanhaka Club Proposes Yachtman Naval Reserve
The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club of New York suggests forming a naval reserve from yacht club members with government recognition, uniforms, commissions, and training in seamanship and gunnery. Critics say the plan targets pleasure boats first, neglecting merchant sailors and fishermen, and warn Anglican leanings may hinder wartime usefulness against Britain.
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Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club of
New York
Naval Reserve
National Guard
WimItNey
Seawanhaka Yacht Club
Great Britain
Call for Grade Crossing Fixes Amid City Rail Clashes
The article argues for elevating or lowering tracks to eliminate at grade intersections in the city where the Boston and Maine and Eastern cross the Fitchburg on the north side and the Boston and Albany cross the Boston and Providence on the south. It notes promises since consolidation and questions a union station, urging a simple grade adjustment rather than costly station changes to ease ongoing frictions.
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Boston & Maine
Fitchburg
Boston & Albany
Boston & Providence
Maine
Causeway Street
Old Colony
Providence
Consolidated Roads
Columbus Avenue
Coal Prices Increase at Source Prompting Market Reactions
The report notes that coal prices have risen at the source of supply, signaling potential changes in distribution and consumer costs. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Coal Famine Feared As Strike Bites East Coast Supply
A looming coal shortage hits the East as Lehigh strike and Reading railroad refusals to haul scab mined coal disrupt shipments. Companies rush coal to lake ports before navigation closes, stranding thousands of tons and raising prices for consumers while miners seek a truce.
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Lehigh
Reading Railroad
Buffalo
The Anarchist Tragedy in Free America
An analysis of the Chicago Haymarket incident, its social impact, and the response of law and order. It argues that despite sensationalism, the U S system remains capable of handling anarchist threats while noting the era’s labor tensions and foreign influences.
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Free America
Chicago
Haymarket
Friends of Law and Order
Ogleesby
McCormick
New Era Hall
Parsons
Anarchist Murders Punished to Set Europe Example
The article argues for capital punishment to deter mass violence, asserting it is better to hang four men than to execute 400 later. It stresses Europe watches the outcome and warns that sparing the seven anarchist murderers would have had incalculably bad effects.
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Europe
Caffarelli Trial Turmoil Deepens Grevy Kinship Scandal
In Paris the Caffarelli trial intensifies scrutiny of President Grevy and his son in law Wilson. Forgeries taint letters once used as evidence, suggesting tampering and deepening public condemnation. Officials including M Rouvi er and M Rouvier face pressure for a full inquiry amid fears of wider involvement and political consequences.
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Caffarelli
Paris
Grevy
Wilson
M. Wilson
M. Rouvirer
Capfarelli
Chamber of Deputies
M. Rouvier
Elysée
Wison
Carfarelli
France
M. Grevy
Our Water Supply and Future Prospects for Boston
The article examines Boston’s water needs as the city grows, arguing against distant sources like Lake Winnipesaukee. It notes improvements in pollution control, sewerage, and state health powers, while favoring expansion of Sudbury and Cochituate storage to serve a projected population nearing one million.
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Boston
Water Board
State Board of Health
Sudbury
Cochituate
Natick
Framingham
Westboro
Marlboro
Winnepesaukee
Merrimac
Manchester
Lowell
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Friends
Sudbury and Cochituate
The
Charlestown
Obituary of Rev Henry Cooper and Edward V Warner
The Rev Henry Cooper CSsR died at the Ilchester Theological Seminary where he had taught theology. He was born July 11 1842 and ordained in 1867. Also noted is the death of Edward V Warner a G A R Post 34 Salem member who died of heart disease at 57 leaving a family.
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Henry Cooper
C.ss.r
Society of the Redemptorist
Sakon
Boston Highlands
Theological Seminary
Ilchester
Bernard Finegan
D.D
Diocese
Kilmore
Edward V. Warner
Salem
Warner
Massachusetts Battery
Clapp Opens King Lear Lectures At Huntington Hall
Mr Clapp presented the first of two lectures on Shakspere's King Lear at Huntington Hall drawing a large attentive audience including clergy, lawyers and university figures. He argued Lear’s tragedy centers on his attempt to purchase love and urged seeing the play on stage, noting Booth and Salvini as standout interpreters.
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Mr. Clapp
Shakspere
King Lear
Huntington Hall
Hamlet
Church
Denmark
Qidipus
Aschylus
Christ
Lear
Cordelia
John Snooks
Snooks
Mr. Snooks
Taverner
Boston Crowd Watches Four Anarchists Hanged
A Boston crowd gathers to read bulletins that four Chicago anarchists were hanged. The scene contrasts quiet seriousness with street vendors and a later New Era Hall gathering praising the executions without sensationalism. The writer notes mass perceptions of anarchism and comments on women workers and marine news moments.
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Boston
Washington Street
State
Water Street
Chicago
New Era Hall
Literary Notes on Christmas Scribner’s and Other Works
A comprehensive survey of upcoming literary items includes the Christmas Scribner’s with a unique cover and engravers like Hoskin and Blashfield. Works announced feature Edwin Whipple posthumously on Dickens Land, Bret Harte’s A Drift From Redwood Camp, and Florentine illustrations tied to Romola.
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Scribner’s
Robert Hoskin
Frank French
E. Heinemann
Elbridge Kingsley
Fred Jchuengling
Dickens Land
Edwin P. Whipple
Dickens
Bret Harte
Redwood Camp
Pacific Coast
Skeesicks
E. H. Blashfield
Florence
George Eliot
Julian Hawthorne
William C. Wyckoff
Old Homestead
Wallace Bruce
Harper& Bros
Bruce
Charles Gayarré
Gayettes
New Orleans
Mr. Fawcett
Olivia Delaplaine
W.H. Ingersoll
Christ
Joel Benton
Miles Standish
Moncure D. Conway
Henry Holt & Co
Robert Louis Stevenson
Ticonderoga
Edith M. Thomas
America
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Benjamin & Bell
Edgar Saltus
H. Rider Haggard
London Times
Butler Bros
New York
Chicago
Ward, Lock & Co
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
John H. Ingram
Poe
Messrs. G. & C. Merriam & Co
Springfield
Porter
Blanche Willis Howard
Lewis Carroll
Alice’s
Lutwidge Dodgson
W. Beatty- Kingston
Fragmented 1880s musings mix politics and science
The column riffs on reform, autographs, dime museums, and 1888 tickets, noting snow, wages at Wellesley, and a Washington wedding gift. It compares global locomotive horsepower and mentions Baron Hirsch funding Jewish charities and Berlin talks with Blainé and President Grévy.
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Oglesby
Hartford Post
Lincoln
Grant
Wellesley College
Connecticut
West
Cleveland
Bridgeport
Washington
United States
England
Germany
France
Austria
Baron Hirsch
Buda-Pesth
Russia
James G. Blainé
President Grévy
Prince Bismarck
Lord Beaconsfield
N. Y
Diverse 19th Century Tales of Wealth Faith and Adventure
The column surveys varied topics from ex secretaries kin designs in Springfield to royal palaces selling art to settle debts. It covers a 104 year old walker from Youngstown to Cleveland, a blind Armenian missionary in Oroomiah, a challenge over drunkenness and abstinence, Peter Cooper wealth ideas, and the death of David Mahoney linked to McGarrahan’s mining battles and Crystal Lake legend.
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Windom
Springfield
Otto of Bavaria
Louis
Elias Wayman
Albany
Youngstown
Cleveland
Oroomiah
Harpool
Turkey
Archdeacon Farrar
Cruikshank
D. K. Pearson
Chicago
Peter Cooper
Pearson
David Mahoney
Washington
Mahoney
William McGarrahan
Congress
Idria
Crystal Lake
San Francisco
Brother Jonathan to Brother Joseph in Verse
A playful exchange praising Joe Chamberlain for his gift of gab and wide knowledge. The speaker notes admiration for British figures and cites peers such as Bayara, Putnam, Sackville West, and a likened Angell, praising their candor and buoyant temperament.
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Jonathan
Joseph
Joe Chamberlain
Joe
Morgan denies kissing Ohio man at Cleveland meeting
The General George W. Morgan denies claims he was kissed by Governor John B. Gordon as a reconciliation gesture in Cleveland. The New York Sun notes Gordon’s reputation for kissing babies and Georgia girls during campaigns, doubting he would kiss an Ohio man.
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Ohio
George W. Morgan
John B. Gordon
Cleveland
Gordon
Georgia
N. Y
New Enterprises Take Hopeful View of 1888 Prospects
The Washington Post argues that businesses will proceed without waiting for the 1888 election, trusting a settled public outlook for five years. It praises Cleveland era prosperity for the South, noting coal iron timber resources, new railroads, and growth of cities from war ruins to wealth.
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South
Cleveland
Washington Post
No Time for Political Tricks Over Washington Conference
A call to judge the Washington conference by results and international law with Christian spirit. The Senate should set aside party aims and prioritize peace and national interests, urging Secretary Bayard to conduct negotiations impartially and responsibly.
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Washington
Senate
Mos
Bayard
N. Y. Evening Post
Ind
Cleveland’s Reform Stand Strengthens Independent Support
The piece argues that New York’s vote and Massachusetts’ stance against spoilsmen show Cleveland’s appeal rests on reform, honesty, and firmness. It asserts he can act independently of party bosses, appealing to intelligent communities and expanding his field of usefulness for future honors.
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Massachusetts
New York
Cleveland
Maryland
N. Y
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