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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1890
Page
4
A fragment notes the Treasury's strained condition, indicating financial strain and dwindling resources. The remark points to broader fiscal pressure and potential impact on public funds, reflecting concern over government liquidity and future spending capabilities.
Mr William Seymour of the Tremont Theatre has been ill but is now active in work. Mrs Arthur Nikisch will sing Raffs The Dream King and His Love at the Boston Symphony Orchestra concert at Sanders Theatre on December 4. Archbishop Walsh of Dublin may become a cardinal alongside Mer Stonor. Senator Quays second daughter and a daughter of Governor Steadman of North Carolina have traveled to Berlin to finish education. Clyde Fitch, author of Beau Brummel, is in Boston. his new piece Frederic Lemaitre starring Felix Morris opens at the Tremont Theatre next Monday. Prince Bismarck remains at Varzin, health good, delaying departure. He may not attend Reichstag sittings. He hosts daily dinners, talks mostly on farming, while memoirs progress with Lothar Bucher and Dr Chrysander.
The Financial Department appears on page six while the Commercial Department occupies pages nine and ten. Ship News is listed on page ten, guiding readers to the relevant sections in this issue.
Evening listings reveal a packed schedule across venues. Highlights include Russian Art Exhibition at Agena BouILpiIne and multiple matinees and evening performances featuring The Scudan, Masks and Faces, Merry Monarch, Later On, Paul Jones, The Night Owls, and Rosina Vokes. Major venues include The Boston Museum, GLOBE THEATRE, GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Hollis Street Theatre, Howard Athenaeum, Music Hall, Brush Hall, Mechanics' Building, Park Theatre, and Tremont Theatre with showtimes at 2 and 7:45 and additional 3pm or 8pm slots.
From Massillon Ohio comes word that farmers move to boycott a fertilizer tools maker after the firm cut wages of thirty five workers who backed Warwick against McKinley. The factory cites insubordination as cause, but critics call the method ill timed and ill advised despite the explanation.
Professor Kocn rejects public disclosure of his treatment fluid. He argues proper preparation rests with trusted colleagues and that premature use by others could harm patients. After further study, he vows full disclosure to the medical world.
Western Republican organs demand unconditional repeal of the tariff law to save the party. The Philadelphia Telegraph and Chicago Tribune criticize the McKinley bill, arguing it raises prices on necessities and aims to restrain imports. A growing within party voice calls on Congress to undo the act’s effects.
A prophetic forecast claims that on November 4, 1890, people will vote again in 1802 for President and Congress unless the revolt's cause is removed before that date. The quoted forecast ties political action to a distant historical frame and implies imminent upheaval.
Milwaukee gas consumers greeted new suppliers promising cheaper fuel as exorbitant local rates pressured by old gas barons. Officials delayed street openings while weighing the change. If prices rise again, authorities will reconsider the plan and act firmly if needed.
The upcoming Congress plans year end budgeting for 1892 and may cover current year shortfalls. Pension payments loom as the largest gap with proposals to add tens of millions, while income could shrink under tariff changes. Debate centers on avoiding broader treasury strain and abandoning favored subsidies and reform bills.
The piece weighs the Irish leader Charles Parnell's role amid Home Rule agitation. It argues resigning could restore public focus on policy over personalities, noting English liberal unease and internal quarrels. It cites Morley, Dilke, and Davids, and ends with a bank panic in New York calming after clear disclosure.
The Chicago World’s Fair project faces a public dispute as the South Park board, Michigan Avenue property owners committee, National Commission, and Candler committee clash over control. Local directory actions anger many groups, risking harmony and public confidence in the national enterprise. President Gage resigns in protest as authorities debate lakefront focus versus broader exposition plans.
The Secretary of the Navy plans to simplify the marine service dress. Current gear includes a heavy one pound helmet with brass embellishments and epaulets from the Mexican War. The move targets headgear and linen collar discomfort, aiming to modernize attire without fear of pushback from marines.
A London court ruled for BucHANAN in a suit over the play Lady Gladys written for Mrs Lanarry. The plot centers on a dog theft from the heroine, raising questions of sufficiency and variety of an American dog. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff, touching libel risk to Jersey Lily.
The piece cites a North American Review remark on a silver bill and its claimed effect on value, then laments ignorance of the laws governing silver. It notes few skit performers are free, questions the public focus on farcical acts, and urges educating the public taste to curb variety stage invasion of legitimate drama.
The Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at the Boston Theatre with Miss Lilian Smith singing Awake Saturnia from Semele and John Orth offering a piano solo. The program also features overtures by Herold and Dvorak, a Mozart minuet, and pieces by Gou nod Gillet and Hofmann. Heinrich Meyer baritone and Jacques Hoffmann violinist appear at Steinert Hall on Monday November 24. Kneisel Quartette plays Beethoven Brahms and Schubert at Union Hall the same evening with Carl Faelten as pianist. Eichberg String Quartette offers two Chickering Hall recitals December 3 and 10 with Lamson and Ricketson assisting. Miss Lillian Russell appears solo at Music Hall tomorrow with selections from Poor Jonathan and is backed by Knoll Marie McNeil Edith Christie and a grand orchestra.
A Boston reader signs as a Dusty Traveller describing a cart with two men throwing dirt onto Tremont Street near School Street toward Scollay Square. He notes dirt blows across horse car tracks and into shops, worsening catarrh and lung issues while taxpayers pay for street cleaning. He questions who is responsible.
In Boston the rising demand for flats in town reshapes suburban life and home comfort as two groups seek shared urban living. The piece also laments fashion’s crush hat trend, contrasts it with the derby, and ends with a tavern scene noting pie and milk orders amid a humorous dining-room inefficiency. a Sunday collect closes the excerpt.
A chain of failures affects at least six banks under one management. Newton National Bank of Newton, Kansas, had formed Commercial National Bank in Guthrie with branches in Norman El Reno Stillwater and Whitewater. Guthrie bank suspended and Whitewater bank under examiner. Newton Bank taken by federal authorities. Officials report plans to settle dollar for dollar.
Concorp New Hampshire Nov 21 the Governor and Council took no action on calling a special session. They canvassed senatorial returns reporting thirteen Republicans and nine Democrats elected with two districts undecided. Councillor Morrill argued no emergency and a partisan motive, while Governor Goodell urged avoiding an extra session.
Pittsfield on November 21, Chairman Chapin ordered an injunction against Stockbridge Savings Bank halting operations until January 5 hearing. The bank held a $10,000 note signed by Henry J Dunham as trustee for F W Adams, with Adams and Adams Jr. insolvent. Mill mortgage foreclosed, seven months of back pay owed, workers displaced. Dunham denies fault, asserts stock value and mortgage validity.
Mr Stanley spoke to a Chelsea audience about the Nmin relief expedition detailing its adventures and hardships. A reporter questioned him about a letter alleging cannibalism in Likungu and Stanley said he believed it genuine as part of the expedition’s narrative.
Mr. Fagan of the British Museum lectures on the origin and growth of wood engraving from the sixteenth century. He notes early prints from the Orient, the first authentic dated block, 1447 psalter, 1471 Verona works, 1500 chiaroscuro, and contrasts early grotesque cards with Durer and Holbein. He warns against modern engravers abandoning classic paths for etched effects.
Williams Brown November 21 The Hon Joseph White former State Senator from Lowell and long time secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education died today at age seventy nine He also served forty two years as a trustee of Williams College marking the end of a long public and educational career.
The body of Captain Benjamin F. Cook of the schooner Van Buren, moored at Adams wharf, was found floating near the vessel yesterday afternoon. He presumably fell overboard and drowned before assistance could be raised. He resided in St. George, Maine.
Reported to R G Dunn Co and E Russell Co, 247 failures in the United States and twenty seven in Canada this week, reflecting ongoing financial strain across North America.
A kaleidoscope of notes and anecdotes from 19th century pressrooms and society. Bits describe newspaper changes in Chicago and Brda Pesth subscriptions for Kossuth, a Bristol ad offering a reward for a child carried by an eagle, and a Grand Army post commander’s funeral joke. A Verona-bound nun plans return to Africa, Quebec MPs debate Grandbois name change for a $7,000,000 heir, plus a chance encounter between Lucy Benderby and an old acquaintance. A burlesque actress misses a furnace journey after a hot air register swallows her, landing in a millinery shop below.
At Youngs and other hotels a notable dinner for Expressmen's League board members honored Mr George D Ayer of Carter Ayer Co s Haverhill express. The Massachusetts Druggists Alliance met at Young s with W H Barilete presiding. Prominent hotel guests include J W Sanborn and others from Bangor Portland Montreal New York and more.
Harvard University calendar lists events from Sunday to Friday including sermons at Appleton Chapel seminaries in Boston and Cambridge, a Semitic conference at State Street, Bible study at the Seventh College Conference, and a Thanksgiving Day holiday across all departments. Activities include academic lectures on colonial slave trade and Hebrew history, plus a Harvest cantata by united choirs.
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