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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1887
Page
4
The piece condemns loud mouthed Socialists stirring a mob in London and warns that street fighting endangers life and property. It calls for stronger police action to curb the spread of disorder to other cities and accuses agitators of exploiting legal protections for anarchy.
Baltimore voters face a city election on the upcoming Wednesday as the Reform League advances its purge of registration lists. Courts are bogged down with roughly 4900 alleged illegal registrations, with 149 removals in the first day from 3800 names, including several dead for years. Independents claim a 2000 vote margin to defeat the Gorman ring and aim to expand reform statewide.
The New York parochial school building collapse is blamed on official supervision failures more than worker carelessness. Authorities may face manslaughter charges, highlighting violations of building laws in a city with inspectors and regulations. The piece contrasts Boston’s system as unlikely to allow such an incident.
The passage notes Maine Governor Boowell and organizer Jlaine deny that prohibition is enforceable in large cities, arguing public ignorance of violators’ success. Rhode Island's Providence Journal disputes the claim, citing rising barroom activity in Warwick and rural enforcement gaps.
In Camden near Philadelphia political methods mirror larger city practices. The suit by Ext B Morgan against Clerk Burroughs seeks 3500 dollars for money loaned and campaign expenses. Morgan asserts an agreement to fund Burroughs campaign in exchange for a deputy clerk appointment if Burroughs is elected. Morgan fulfilled his part, supporting Burroughs through the election.
The article recounts a dispute where BuRROUGHS refused to appoint MorGAN as deputy or repay election costs. A settled suit followed after $2500 was paid to MorGAN and a promise of another county job, highlighting political morality in the era.
At a Home Market Club dinner Senator Frye urged protection supporters to back a plan to raise duties to the prohibitory limit. The club's executive committee revealed a business motive behind their fundraising appeal and denied philanthropic aims. Hoar mocked colleges while Hewitt’s invitation drew humorous remarks.
The article analyzes candidate assessment rates for New York races, noting large sums paid by Supreme Court and other judges, district attorneys, and officials. It questions where funds go, citing legitimate ballot and turnout costs and a potential surplus of 112,800, with critics calling much of it corruption funding. The New York Times discusses pervasive concerns and possible reforms.
The piece lauds Gladstone as a monumental statesman whose evolution toward Home Rule is tied to national growth. It argues his shifts in policy reflected political power and rejects suspicions of self interest, noting the English reaction and the perceived justice of Irish autonomy.
The passage argues that large campaign contributions under the Massachusetts system price suffrage by voter or proxy, and that large assessments suggesting corruption, as inferred from New York, could apply to the local situation.
The piece condemns New York quarantine laxity after the steamship Britannia from Naples carried 400 Italian emigrants in filthy condition. It argues ships from Italian ports should be detained twenty days at least and urges stricter infection checks to prevent cholera, warning of potential blame on authorities if illness results.
The Nottingham congress favors disestablishment of the Welsh church as a primary Liberal policy once the Irish question is settled, signaling Radical growth within Liberal ranks and surprising many observers.
The piece traces Liberal openness to disestablishment as Welsh Non-conformist pressure grows, noting Gladstone’s cautious stance and past Irish reforms. It weighs how such moves could affect Liberal churchmen, while reflecting on personal views on authorship value and reader reach, ending with a vow to measure a Post sale’s share to Tavern er.
Experiments with the new electric car for the West End railway show clear practical gains. On Cambridge Street it climbed steep grades as easily as horse cars, completing the Charles Street to Bowdoin Square run in under six minutes and Pelham Street to Charles Street in just over seven and a half minutes, at about ten and a quarter miles per hour. If consolidation enables wider use, electricity could transform city transit more than ever before.
A letter-writer recalls seeing in Boston a wagon carrying coal sacks indoors by two laborers, praising the cleaner English method. He notes local sidewalk coal disposal waste and wonders if Boston will adopt the swing of English practice, while musing on literary editors, undergraduates, and the economics of writing.
Ex Senator Dorsey plans winter at a New Mexico ranch with friends visiting at Christmas. Christine Nilsson suffers temporary deafness from a car abscess after a cold in Switzerland. Mme Nilsson rents Paris apartments on Place Vendôme. Ex Governor Alger, wealthy from the war era, stays at the Fifth Avenue Hotel as he tours the South. Jesse Brown of Washington may wed Victoria West, daughter of Sir Lionel Sackville West.
A Washington Post Democratic endorsement extols the Mugwump for his perceived integrity and joy in contributing to society by existing and reasoning among the people. The writer elevates his stance against detractors and celebrates his presence.
The Republicans have mocked Democrats for lack of unity on tariffs. Eastern and Western Republicans show radical divergences on the same issue, making a solid front appear increasingly difficult to present.
The Springfield Union argues for educated women to lead reconstruction at home and in society. It states that wives and mothers with college training gain light to improve family life and notes the family as the mainspring of social, intellectual, and moral life.
A Chicago Herald editorial argues the United States must cut taxes and tariffs to relieve the heavy wartime financial obligations. It notes hundred million annual principal and interest, seventy million for pensions, and calls for reducing taxation on common goods like glass, lumber, woolens, salt, and ironware.
A historic defense of baseball as the American national diversion. The piece argues leisure and wealth fostered the sport’s rise and asserts its popularity and acceptability across classes, declaring criticism valueless and stating there is no appeal against popular taste.
The New York Times article argues that tariff supporters praise free competition but warns that creating trusts will curb competition across protected industries like lead lumber sugar and salt. If many sectors become monopolistic the public may seek relief from foreign competition.
The speaker argues Republicans lack universal principles and fail to represent the entire nation from Maine to the Pacific. The next president should be able to see Georgia and Ohio equally, and only the Democratic party can represent the whole country and preserve national institutions and a united union. The Republicans are described as sectional and unfit for power.
The Atlantic Monthly for November offers Lawton's Homeric verse In Mortibilitas and Preston on A Lady of the Old School with New England Unitarian ties. Hamerton critiques English French views while divorce reports illuminate high life and the modern press.
The Globe Theatre week recital offered Leccoca's La Fille de Madame Angot with Mile. Bennati and Mile. Picard delivering standout performances. Bennati impressed in duets and acts, while Picard’s vivacity and voice drew repeated encores amid strong supporting roles and an improved orchestra. The revue highlights the conspirators number and the finale waltz plus the opening gazotte. The remaining week schedule lists La Mascotte Fatinitza and La Fille de Madame Angot with Bennati.
A mosaic of quirky notes and jokes from a newspaper page. Items include a farmer’s cheese sculpture, public figures and jokes about politicians, stage quips, stray facts about bass in rivers, a New York alpaca umbrella, church flags, global wages, military music, and humorous vignettes.
Henry George told a large Albany audience that he would instantly change laws worldwide to confiscate private land ownership without compensation, responding to a lawyer's question about Dr. McGlynn's Standard statement. He spoke October 19 in Albany, New York.
ConcorD N H Oct 19 Dartmouth overwhelms Tufts 52 to 0 led by three early touchdowns and two TD goals. The game sees Dartmouth score 24 points in three quarters and 28 in the final two, with the Yale Alumni Association of Fairfield county meeting at Col A R Nichols residence in Greenfield noted.
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