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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1887
Page
4
The Boston Post Publishing Co announces subscription prices for milk near Washington Street. Daily rates include one year for 9, six months 4.50, three months 2.25, one month 75 cents, and weekly on Fridays at one year 1.
Message states second class matter designation and that all money sent at sender risk. It instructs making checks drafts and money orders payable to the POST PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The notice indicates the Financial and Commercial Departments appear on pages six and seven while Ship News is located on page three.
The Knights of Labor general assembly commends the Blair education bill yet urges no support. The editorial labels Powerty’s education rhetoric as demagogic and warns the tax plan would burden laborers, urging opposition to the bill.
The district attorney argues the labor act does not cover manual labor and cites exemptions for actors artists and lecturers. He notes the act aims to apply tariff concept to labor and cannot claim the Walker exclusion conflicts with its spirit. The ruling would affect Rev Warren and Holy Trinity, but may reveal law absurdities.
The public quickly questions the confession of STAINN in the Dexter bank murder while preserving the honor of slain cashier BARRon. The tale shifts gossipers toward suspecting STAINN and CROMWELL, sparking demand for proof and potential vigilante anger in the down east village.
In Newark a Labor party effort led by Rev. Houey Pentecost to back Henry Grorge’s ticket faced the George party in a Tuesday election. Pentecost drew 1761 votes out of 25 252, signaling a real though modest Labor strength amid Socialist expulsion and Republican backing.
The Newark election shows Labor candidate votes at 4285 last year while Prohibition votes rise from 384 in 1885 to 3512 last Tuesday. The Henry George Labor effort, backed by Republicans to siphon Democratic votes, fails. Prohibitory movement grows independently, eroding GOP support.
The piece argues for civil service probes into alleged campaign fund requests from public servants, warns against Jay Hubbellism, and notes limited campaign resources. It then discusses U S sovereignty in Behring Sea, tracing Russia's historic dominion and the 1867 treaty transfer of rights to the United States.
The United States argues Behring Sea is an inland sea, with Russia’s cession giving U S jurisdiction. The Behring Sea issue tests federal power over marine waters and raises whether the maritime league belt or inland waters doctrine governs. The brief cites precedent and the Alaska territory acquisition to support U S supremacy over Behring Sea.
The life-boat board urges interest in a new steel steamer built for the South Eastern Railway Company of England. It features watertight compartments engines a shallow-water boat carry and a line-throwing gun plus a hot-water bath for exposure cases and can reach twelve knots. The letter argues this craft could modernize British coast rescue and inspire improvements to local coast service.
The article notes coroners juries at Mitchelstown and Coolgreany delivering verdicts that signal a decisive crisis for Ireland. It contrasts the anticipated calm of Parliament with the charged mood arising from these inquests and the government and people.
A discussion defends high court independence in trials of political criminals, criticizing government actions under that act as illegal and arguing prosecutions must proceed without ministerial interference. It stresses the public demand for fearless, law-aligned judgments amid political pressure.
The obituary notes Mrs Mutock Crark famed for John Halifax Gentleman and a prolific author of fiction poetry and children’s books. Born 1826 at Stoke upon Trent to a clergyman she published The Ogilvies at 23 and earned a literary pension in 1864. She married Grover Craik in 1865, who died in 1866. Her work is praised for refinement and purity though not richly characterized.
A piratical troupe mimics Erminie under another name Robert Macaire and uses Aronson’s portraitures to lure crowds. Legal recall actions fail as managers ignore injunctions. Sullivan plans a England tour in two weeks vowing to cash in on reputation. He aims to boost American pride with a bold theatrical stance.
Miss Rose Streater of Midway Alabama called belle of the new South. Dr J H Hall offers 100000 acres in Florida for Ireland’s homeless, 25 acres per family. General Sheridan’s income about 13000 yearly. He heads Washington Park Jockey Club of Chicago unpaid. Steele Mackaye’s father lives at 86. ancestor reached 122. Will S Hays, 51, Louisville journalist and songwriter of Evangeline. Murayama leads Japan’s Asahi Shimbun, 35000 daily. H O Kawa plans to buy a modern press for the Rising Sun News. The News is partially illustrated.
A Boston writer reflects on street musicians and street preachers, noting both genuine joy and public annoyance. He recalls encounters with a street organist, a street band leader, Salvation Army rounds, and humorous window advertising ideas, ending with musings on art’s role in attracting attention and commerce.
J. Q. A. Ward is named sculptor of the Beecher statue. The Chicago Union League Club forms an auxiliary art association to buy fine paintings. New York hosts Munkaesy Christ on Calvary and Makofisky Choosing the Bride this season. The $20 000 Cincinnati monument contract goes to Louis T. Rebisso. Dresden Madonna authenticity questioned as restoring color brightens the work in Dresden.
The review covers Ridgway's Manual of North American Birds a 600 page soberly printed volume with 464 plates. It notes the project originated with the late Professor Baird and honors his contributions. The work aligns with the AOU Check List and adds new species descriptions while remaining a lasting standard in ornithology.
Colonel Knox condenses Stanley’s Africa narrative for boys with 468 illustrations. The volume combines Stanley’s original text with other Africa travel sources to provide an instructive and entertaining picture book.
The frontis lion and last page gorilla illustrations enliven Miss Sarah Cooper's Animal Safe, a zoology text for youth that emphasizes collecting objects and studying life forms through evolution and adaptation. Also reviewed is Practical Carving by Thomas J. Murrey, a concise handbook by a veteran carver critiquing novice errors and duck carving wisdom.
A Boston concert program lists Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D major with four movements and Leonore Overture No. 2 in C major, Saint-Saens Symphonic Poem Phaeton, and Esser Allegretto from Suite No. 2. The notes describe Beethoven’s optimistic style versus later vigor, and Esser as promising but未 with limited originality.
A collection of short notes and quips about Helen Dauvray, Edison, Paris, railroads, and European travel. It cites public figures like Henry George and J W Cobb, plus satirical takes on theater, architecture, and fashion. Contains snippets on a Spanish dish, Paris green, and a Broadway impersonator.
At the Nebraska Republican convention a resolution favoring tariff revision was laid on the table 319 to 178, while a protective basis revision was adopted. The result shows over one third of Nebraska Republicans siding with the Democrats on tariffs, suggesting Nebraska should back a Democratic presidential candidate.
The article lauds Southern industrial advancement as a proven reality surpassing Old World progress. It credits energy and courage for developing cotton plus coal, iron, lumber, and fertile lands, noting the South’s rising role in mineral and fabric production that rivals the North and Europe.
Harper's Weekly notes that neither major party is a true reform party yet reform sentiment grows nationwide. It anticipates President Cleveland's renomination by Democratic reformers and predicts limited control by reform-minded Republicans, urging honest, economical governance and independence in voting.
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