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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1890
Page
4
In Boston, Mr Doogue calls for more police on Franklin and Blackstone squares and in the Public Garden to protect ornamental plantings and city property. He argues for larger park funding, better guard efficiency, and a firmer stand against street signs and overbearing advertising on Back Bay fronts.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra under Mr. Nikisch opened a season with works by Mendelssohn Bach Hellmesberger and Beethoven, including the Eroica. The program honored Otto Dresel, with praise for Dresel’s quiet artistic influence and memory, while critiquing some interpretive choices and pacing.
The notice lists subscription terms and reader requirements, then details theatre showings at Globe Tremont Hollis and other venues. It mentions dates for Shenandoah Cordelia's Aspirations The Charity Ball Little Emly and Ivy seaf with a star course concert. Financial and ship news sections appear on internal pages.
Monday morning review of a Music Hall event featuring Mr Greenhalge and Irish political episodes. Commentary on Ditton, O'Brien, and OBrinn, plus Senator Hoar remarks on constitutional representation and Wyoming. Tinplate duty effects cited with price implications for canned goods and kerosene. Erie railroad wage talks noted, with President KinA rejecting arbitration and outlining wage policy.
The statement argues that management bears responsibilities it cannot delegate and duties to the public it cannot share. It contends management has sole responsibility and full, unchecked authority. A strike could follow, but right-minded people would show little sympathy if workers pursue that path after a clear response to their demands.
Speakers W E Russeu and George Williams pushed the lobby reform cause at Norwood urging full public hearings and measures to limit or exterminate lobby influence. The piece links these calls to broader calls for electing lawmakers independent of lobby power and restoring integrity to state government.
A duty of 212 cents per pound was imposed on cayenne pepper by the McKinley tariff act. The trade responded with price increases on red pepper to reflect the higher duties.
The article notes Massachusetts suffers higher death rates from consumption than the nation and New England peers. Dr J M Frouxen of Milford analyzes state conditions, correcting the belief that risk peaks between ages twenty and forty, showing the actual distribution of cases and implications for mitigation.
The piece mocks a staged claim that the McKinley bill spurred a vast American tin plate mill network. It traces the hoax from Baltimore to Chicago and beyond, noting fake sites, masked capital, and a rapid travel schedule across cities to mislead voters before election. It cites a Bermuda produce dealer predicting trouble for the future from the tariff.
A mixed column outlines rising consumer costs from a new tariff policy, citing higher onion imports, fruit prices, and wholesale to retail increases. It critiques Wanamaker and press influence, notes postal telegraph scheme debate, and references New Jersey farmers, Brookline tensions, and ship speed versus cargo in a broad, opinionated digest.
In New Haven Yale reached first in doubles as Chase and Shaw beat Hovey and Tallant in a tight five set match. Hovey and Tallant defaulted to Yale’s Parker brothers for second place. J Howland and L Parker of Yale won the singles. Larned of Cornell took the consolation prize. The Claverhill Congregational Church centennial was observed with many former residents returning.
In Lowell on October 12 corner stones were laid for the new City Hall and Memorial Library. The City Hall ceremony followed Masonic rites while the library event was under Grand Army of the Republic auspices. Addresses were given by former mayor G F Richardson F T Greenhalge Joan J Donovan and Francis Jewett. The City Hall cost is set at 250000 and the Memorial Library at 150000.
A melange of humorous vignettes and brief observations from various sources. Items include silly exchanges about newspapers poking fun at Shepard, a German spy claim against Mme. Barnet, beer tasting notes, a joke about gold lined mugs, a Maine man seeking aid for a cork leg, and remarks on Lord Salisbury’s carriage seizure. Also noted are social democrats in Berlin with badges, a Maine girl’s Oberammergau letters, and reflections on Duke of Orleans lineage. End with notes on the Union and Knickerbocker clubs and their liability without charters.
The piece questions whether the cost of an extra session and potential political fallout justify passing a force bill to gain electoral votes. It warns the President should avoid a massive blunder and suggests consequences for the party. It also includes light satire on tariff policy and a critique of census investigations and reforms.
A Hartford Courant despatch notes two groups, Ohio wool growers and carpet manufacturers, reached a tariff agreement. They claim lawmakers favored industry while buyers and consumers were sidelined. A separate report mentions an explosion at Dupont Powder Works near Wapwallopen, injuring three men.
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