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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1891
Page
4
Public-facing notice outlining subscription rate basics and address changes plus editor policies. Details include payment to POST PUBLISHING COMPANY, contact at Wasameron Orrick Corcoran Building Fifteenth Street, and rules requiring full name and address with submissions, no anonymous letters, and no manuscript returns.
The ColumbIa Theatre on Washington hosts Men and Women from Charles Frohman. Hollis Street Theatre presents Boys and Girls at 7 45. Tremont Theatre features The Henrietta with Stuart Robson at Tremont Street. Boston Museum shows The Schoolmistress. Boston Theatre offers The Old Homestead with Don Thompson. Park Theatre presents The County Fair with Neil Burgess. Groze Theatre stages Romeo and Juliet with Margaret Mather. Grand Opera House features Quack M D with Louis De Lange at 2 and 7 45. On Hickering Hall Mrs Herne performs Margaret Fleming. Athenium hosts Rentz Santley Burlesque. Mechanics Building hosts Food and Health Exposition. Boston Y M C A on Boylston hosts the M endelssohn Quintette Club Concert Company.
Boston Post condemns Mr Rupert P Porter the Census Superintendent for proposing to make the bureau a permanent government adjunct and seeks strong rebuke. It argues the plan is bravado and the bureau’s inefficiency and the head’s record have damaged public service and its credibility.
Senator Gorman of Maryland opposed free coinage and any depreciation of currency in a Elkton speech. He argued the Democratic party supports a gold and silver currency kept at par, with every dollar as good as another on every acre of land. He contrasted his stance with the Republican platform and Greenhalge’s sincerity.
The Ohio GOP faces backlash after publishing and circulating reports on Governor Campbell’s finances. Campbell demands retractions and threatens libel suits if not issued clearly. Candidate McKinley is said to oppose the smear tactics, recognizing the harm to political fortunes.
The New York Presbytery votes to try Dr. Briggs, rejecting a compromised settlement and asserting the need to address his teachings that challenge the Westminster Confession. Dr Brines is noted as a teacher at Union Theological Seminary, with a fundamental variance between his view of true religion and the church creed.
The excerpt argues that scripture reason and the church together form the basis of belief, but the proposition conflicts with Presbyterianism. It declares only two paths remain: reconstruct Presbyterianism or remove Dr. Briggs, with no middle option acceptable to both sides.
In Newton, Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge cites so called official figures on removals and appointments at the Boston Custom House under Saltonstall and Beard. He contrasts merit based appointments under Saltonstall with Beard’s limited use of civil service qualified appointees, accusing Beard of misrepresenting reform. Lodge questions the accuracy and usefulness of these figures.
The Boston Merchants' Association, in a meeting yesterday, voted to repeal the law requiring government purchases of 4,500,000 ounces of silver monthly. They oppose the Republican policy, argue it undermines public welfare, and urge voters to favor Allen and oppose Russell as the campaign proceeds.
The sudden death of Charles Stewart Parnell shocks readers on both sides of the Atlantic. The essay notes his vast services to Ireland and asserts his leadership made Home Rule the central issue in English politics. It highlights his unlikely rise, Protestant faith, Cambridge education, and pivotal formation of the Land League in 1879–80.
The article traces Parnell's rise as a dominant figure in Irish politics, crediting his execution and coalition skills while noting the controversies that ended his career. It highlights his leadership during Home Rule debates, his balance between Conservatives and Liberals, and the lasting impact on Irish self-government despite personal scandal and eventual downfall.
The Pennsylvania Senate plans a special session next Tuesday to consider removing the State Treasurer and Auditor. Governor Pattison exerts bold pressure, challenging Quay's allies and pushing for a thorough, impartial examination of the impeached administration. Ex-Cashier Livery extradition papers are proposed to secure attendance.
A Bethlehem New Hampshire letter in the New York Evening Post discusses summer boarders with $5,000,000 entering the state annually. It notes future growth, shift to smaller hotels, improved cooking, and native hosts from the region shaping innkeeping culture.
A vintage critique argues New England inns suffer from inexperience and poor menus. It cites tavernkeepers, summer hotels, and the lack of urban culinary models. The piece proposes a traveling expert to train innkeepers, improving tables and service for rural guests.
Wesleyan University authorities have issued a license to regulate social visits. Both male and female students are admitted, and young men may no longer call at the women’s dormitory unless authorized under the new license issued by the faculty.
A Midple town notice outlines a card system for evenings at home with restrictions on who may call. Young men may request multiple cards but must vary the partner. women are limited to three evenings weekly. Faculty may appoint proctors to enforce limits, possibly hiring unmarried older women as monitors.
The Cunard Line orders a 12 000 ton ship for Liverpool to New York with 21 to 22 knots. It will be about three times the size of the Scotia, once the line’s largest ship, and follows historic fleet growth amid cautious caution over hype.
Mr A H H Dawson argues in a New York Sun letter that there are nineteen deliberate and inexcusable perversions of the truth in the twenty four first lines of Mr Moncurge D Conway’s recent letter about Mrs Maybrick. He adds Conway was never guilty of such a perversion of language as twenty four first lines.
Mrs Augusta Evans Wilson, Southern novelist, dwells on Spring Hill, Mobile, a shaded suburb. As age advances her wide erudition grows, making neighbors regard her as an authority on cooking to architecture, reflecting her celebrated literary reach.
City editor John J. O Callaghan of the Record and Miss Mary A Linguist were married yesterday morning in Charlestown. A reception followed and the couple began their honeymoon in the Catskills. They will reside on Tremont Street Charlestown.
A miscellany of terse observations and notices spans travel, society, and culture. References include a three month Eur ope voyage, Austra lia, a Connecticut bicycle honeymoon couple, extinct British peerages, and witty exchanges from New York and Maine papers. Notable items mention Vergil, Balaklava bugler claim, Mme Arnaud French Shakespeare, King Oscar, clergymen in a trial, Annekeans heirs meeting in Kansas City, hayseed tricks against electric light, Sousa autograph intrigue, and Rochefort estate sale in Paris. A closing poem by Harry Romaine laments summer’s end.
The Evening Post notes that modern war is so vast and powerful that nations fear setting it in motion. War’s industrial disruption and mass troop movements unsettle generals, though public boasting remains common in papers. Historical echoes of Alexander II and Serbia suggest leaders would hesitate more now than a decade ago due to army sizes, weaponry, and costs.
Critique notes Henry Cabot Lodge evades Democratic challenges in Massachusetts. The columnist argues Lodge is fully capable of judging his own distribution of ability and does not need external references for ranking himself in debates on major public issues.
The Union argues politics hinge on party principles for state and nation, not speech craft or repartee. It contends voters should judge whether Democratic or Republican ideals will govern, rather than the candidate's eloquence or apologetic skill.
Massachusetts, like other states in the East, has had to adjust to a greatly expanding and spreading country, reflecting broader adjustments as the nation grows.
A Boston letter recalls frost warnings in the Public Garden and a satirical take on reactions to a new opera at Music Hall. The writer notes audience responses to a mother’s farewell in a duel scene, laments sentimental display, mocks theatre title pomp, and reflects on a Hanover pipe auction tied to a murder case.
The Globe Theatre featured Miss Mather as Pauline in Lady of Lyons with Otis Skinner as Melnotte. Critics noted her clear readings and improved artistry since Boston, while Skinner remained graceful. The bill repeats Friday and tonight with Romeo and Juliet and a Saturday matinee, plus Medea and Nance Oldfield that evening.
In Springfield, Senator Hoar's stance is clear he will not back any Speaker who does not commit to blocking a free coinage bill. Mr O Neil repudiates such a candidate with decisive political independence. Colleagues of O Neil are likewise positioned. The piece questions why Hoar raised the issue in the first place.
A Cape Cod editor chats with Chairman Burdett at the Republican State Committee office. They discuss Cape outcomes and vote estimates for Allen Brackett Crapo, noting Brackett’s weaker showing and Crapo’s possible 2000 vote level, with reporters evaluating local sentiment.
The British steamer Galileo under Captain Magee rescued the crew and passengers of the waterlogged bark John E. Chase after a weeklong storm off the coast. First Officer James Paige described lowering a lifeboat, boarding the Chase at dawn, and bringing off all aboard despite a partly flooded boat and mounting seas.
A reader complains about a Boston habit of couples walking arm in arm in public, finding it crude and impertinent. The letter argues this behavior signals vulgar familiarity, not rustic protectiveness, and questions gender dynamics amid Massachusetts social change.
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