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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1887
Page
4
Admirers show strong interest in the lasting craft associated with the renowned tool. Enthusiasts praise its quality and heritage, highlighting the craftman's influence and the tool’s enduring appeal.
A collection of quick items: Cleveland marching in Georgia, barbers planning a Buffalo convention, many men in social clubs, a $3500 violin sale, watermelon claimed 99 percent water, union and party musings, New York street complaints, Angelica wine at a San Francisco fair, a tree-stem table in Humboldt County, Brussels theatre with heater aided acoustics, Lincoln anecdotes, a yacht jib loss and cabin talk, plus missions board on heathen perdition and a hint of regional doubt about final decisions.
Milk near Washington Street lists daily and weekly subscription rates with annual and short term options. The notice includes the Post Publishing Company as publisher with New York agency at 140 Nassau Street and indicates Ernest F. Binningham as manager and a Washington office at 515 Fourteenth Street.
The text notes where to locate Financial and Commercial Departments on pages six and seven and Ship News on page three, indicating section placement rather than a standalone story.
The longstanding Lehigh district strike in Pennsylvania involves about 22,000 Knights of Labor members seeking recognition. Employers refuse negotiations, while 80,000 to 90,000 miners remain at work, many due to Reading company concessions, as winter approaches and strike poverty grows.
The Home Market Club meets for a Banquet at the Ven Dome with talks to advocate protection. Leaders are urged to explain how protection helps labor while pointing to Maine shipbuilding and wage data. calls to reform public land laws to safeguard homesteads and reduce fraud.
Local fight over district attorney and an assistant's promotion sparks a storm in New York journalism circles. Accusations of external influence from Montreal aldermen and fears of prosecutorial bias divide supporters, casting a shadow over the city’s pursuit of justice.
A Times report alleges police campaign fund coercion under the old regime persists. Mayor Epwin H. Fitter says officers may give but will not be discharged for refusing, while criticizing current reform and urging further action to oust Firmer.
The distinguished hewer of wood Mr Gladstone has issued a circular demanding Hawarden wood be paid for at one shilling sixpence per small log or three shillings per cubic foot. The move may be thrift or a device to gauge demand and could reveal public opinion.
The 1885 to 1889 land recovery shows 31,824,481 acres restored to public domain, mainly from railroad grabs, while sales and entries far exceed recovered lands. Commissioner Sparks cites pervasive fraud, perjury, and organized schemes across states, with wealthy individuals leading illicit entries.
A London editorial condemns Trafalgar Square disturbances led by Social Democrats. It cites violent speeches from a Chicago comrade and others urging tougher action, including imagined tactics and even assassination as a call to arms.
The essay warns that fierce denunciations against Cleveland Cyrus McCormick and Grover Cleveland could incite riot or bloodshed. It suggests Sir Charles Warren deploy police to curb the ardor of the Social Democratic Federation to prevent danger.
The rising interest in Russian literature in Boston leads to a six lecture course by Ivan Panin, a Harvard graduate five years out, at Hawthorne rooms on Wednesday evenings in November and December. Penin, author of two English thought books, is expected to illuminate writers Tour Gengerr Gocon and Torstor and broaden admiration without wasting effort.
English books have long sold in American libraries while American works are now widely bought in England. Scrinner reports large English editions bought for the English trade, signaling a growing parity between the two nations in literary influence. Distinctive American writers have long appeared at English book stalls.
The Emma Ansorr company tours Ohio signaling caution for ministers hostile to the stage. Signs include a modest woman in a quiet bonnet near the door and a devout demeanor with an unfamiliar soprano voice in the final hymn. Discreet women will report such signs to the preacher who must govern himself.
The New York Herald notes both women were spotted at the Fifth Avenue Theatre on Monday and did not acknowledge each other despite meeting in London at the request of the Prince of Wales. The incident suggests professional jealousy and sadness.
Publishers announce a new four volume Bodley edition for youth with stories and pictures. Scudder’s Book of Folk Stories will be simplified for young readers. Scribner’s and Roberts Bros. acquire Arabian Nights works and a Stevenson essay volume for U.S. editions.
From the London Truth an account from Hamburg places the possible President among royals in a peace circle with the Prince of Wales. The piece notes a perceived breach of etiquette when meeting Princess Christian, and describes how the scene reportedly unfolded.
In a hearsay tale a Wall Street magnate's wife hosts a dinner for Princess Christian and companions in Hamburg. The princess, famed for etiquette, waited for the President who failed to arrive on time causing embarrassment and a request for her carriage.
A Boston observer critiques rank and routine newspaper names and urges realistic training for journalists. He dismisses college magazines as unsuitable for training, argues journalism is a trade learned by practice, and muses on place names like Rome and Painted Post stirring imagination.
Robert Louis Stevenson enjoys Adirondack air at Saranac Lake and plans a winter stay. Charles Dickens, sturdy and spectacled, begins readings from his father’s works in New York next week and visits Boston in November and January. Washington’s leading belle position is open with Mrs. Helyar absent this winter, Adele Grant likely to seek the post. John Nein of Parkersburg trades oil and profits from dream tips. Joaquin Miller’s reconciliation with daughter Maud follows her London marriage. McCormack and his wife, once favored, now in St. Louis seeking engagements and correspondence continues.
Ticknor and Co publish two illustrated holiday books based on Old Folks at Home and My Old Kentucky Home. Copeland contributes full page pictures with Mary Hallock Foote providing a sorrowful image of a girl by a well. The scenes evoke Southern life with coonskins, banjos, and landscapes, and include portraits of Foster and Nilsson. Each volume reproduces the songs with music, praised for realism and sympathy. Prices listed as $1.50 each.
A holiday reading display highlights Hawthorne T anglewood Tales praised for enchantment alongside Keats. Kaloolah and other boys books by Mayo Alger Castleman Optic Pyle are reviewed with notes on illustrations and appeal to young readers. Prices and publishers listed.
The Boston Post explores two plans for bringing German opera to Boston with input from musicians and critics. A bodily transportation from New York by the Metropolitan Opera is favored as the simpler, less costly option through a subscriber-guarantee fund. The Metropolitan soloists with the Symphony Orchestra is the alternative.
The Park Street Church audience applauded the Rev. Joseph Cook for a sermon opposing probation after death. An elderly woman reacted with hope for better things when universal salvation was discussed in the Boston Herald report.
The Atlanta Constitution argues for a state level whiskey tax to fund state revenues and relieve other taxpayers, stating Georgia would benefit financially from such a tax in emergencies and normal times alike.
The piece argues there is no anthracite tariff since Pennsylvania dominates its supply while a 75 cent per ton soft coal tariff protects hard coal. It warns Nova Scotia coal could lower prices for bituminous and anthracite and notes coke from bituminous coal challenging anthracite in ironmaking.
The Springfield Republican reports a fierce Worcester county political clash as the Worcester Spy denounces Bates and a probate judge while party leaders face a volatile crisis. Governor Ames draws mixed reactions, with intense attention on Worcester as a pivotal political moment unfolds.
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