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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1889
Page
4
Boston Post announces subscription pricing for daily and weekly editions. The notice lists annual, semiannual, and quarterly terms for the daily paper and a weekly Friday issue, detailing different durations without mentioning specific prices. The alert frames the rate structure as upcoming renewal options for readers.
The editor stresses manuscripts will not be returned and rejects anonymous letters. Writers must include full name and address with communications as a guaranty of good faith, though details are not for publication.
Three measures may reach the Paris Chamber of Deputies including tighter discipline rules, sending all motions to committees, and standing committees to prepare bills. Critics fear ministers becoming clerks, yet reforms could curb wrangling and boost republican ideals in France.
The Brooklyn Democrats renominate Alfred C Chapin for mayor after a record of cautious success. He won two years ago by a narrow margin and has gained Independent support among voters who backed Mr Low. The platform pledges better streets water sewers relief and expanded police and fire, along with honest administration.
The Democratic convention in the ninth Suffolk district nominated Senator Gunn after Republicans rejected him, a move seen as poor politics and unfit representation. The piece also discusses trade talks with Mexico, FDA-like shifts in policy, and a reform minority plan in Congress urging rule changes, debate rights, and specific free trade bills to curb protectionist ties.
The conference discussed fog signaling rules and the need for clear, practical non ambiguous signals. Proposals include four second prolonged blasts for steam vessels and two blasts to differentiate underway from anchored ships, with critics warning against overcomplicated schemes and favoring simple numbered blasts for quick universal understanding.
The piece surveys Southern literature, praising novels by Southern writers for depicting diverse life beyond old stereotypes. It notes the prominence of Negro and poor white characters, postwar reconstruction themes, and calls for more works about former masters. It cites James Lane Allen and debates the South’s defensive stance toward slavery and its effect on literary reception.
A publican party announces a platform to amend laws to exclude Mexican ores, signaling a shift in trade and mining policy. The statement frames potential restrictions as a means to protect domestic industry and national interests.
The address showed continued push for expanding army and navy. High expenditures loom, with 366.9 million marks for the army and 34.5 million for the navy in ordinary costs, plus 70.3 million and 16.5 million in extraordinary expenses. The speech hints at more militarism and a proposed new socialist law as a check or consequence.
The Post warns that nominations under the reform ballot law favor party machines and hinder independent action. A Melrose Republican caucus showed machine control with a narrow rival minority protest. Independent Republicans labored to file papers and place their candidate on the official ticket, narrowly achieving parity.
The passage argues that majority consent to recognizing minority rights in Congress could allow the first session of the Fifty-first Congress to avoid prolonged wrangling, with administrators’ professions of action in tariff matters cited as sincere.
The editor of The Black Cat extols Boston praising its old age grace and aristocratic repose. He contrasts it with New York's vigor and laments urban measures as he admires Boston as a courteous, generous host and its surrounding towns and culture.
In Boston a public debate contrasts the Board of Health ventilation report with the Medical and Surgical Journal view that old fashioned wall shafts and natural ventilation can suffice. It warns city costs of powered systems and argues for simple, effective methods, noting City Hall’s cramped air and a clerk in ill health. It also jots a humorous aside on a friend’s unreliable watch and a pompous timepiece, using them to explore truth and self deception.
James Russell Lowell sails from Live pool to Boston on the Cephalonia tomorrow. Sherman Hoar to represent the Uni tian Club at the Unitarian convention in Philadelphia. Joseph Jefferson tours with children. Debutante daughter of Sir Julian Panic fote in Washington society this winter. Remsen to act as Johns Hopkins president during Gilman's European absence. Dr F L Burden of North Attleboro recovering. to be out soon. Endicott to sail for Europe with family. daughter visit in Philadelphia. Mrs Harrison to visit Philadelphia then New York for sister's treatment. Stead to Rome to study the Papacy with Pope introduction letter from Manning. Rev S W Moran accepts Florida church call. Newport church to unite with larger one. Browning in Asolo, new MS and publisher transfer. Waldorf Astor's second novel Sforza to be published. Duke of Sparta, betrothed to Princess Sophia, a modest, tall youth. Bourbon and Hamburg wedding at Schloss Frohendorf for Dona Bianca and Archduke Leopold. Tuscany line strong. nine children, multiple sons and daughters.
The Providence Journal notes a blunt political judgment that it would be more profitable for the administration to forgo the two Montana senators than win them through sharp practice. The piece frames a tension between practicality and ethical conduct in high level compromise.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer critique, Republicans are described as condemning perks while themselves embracing all perquisites of office, asserting a hypocritical stance in political conduct. The remark highlights perceived contradiction in GOP ethics.
Mr. Blaine suggests sending the new men-of-war to Atlantic and Pacific South American ports instead of the Mediterranean. He argues this would have a great moral effect on commerce and trade, prompting questions about whether the aim is to frighten rivals into dealing with the United States.
A senator or delegate from American mechanics reports from Europe about a claim that Ashbury car shops near Birmingham filled a contract for 8000 journal boxes for the Pennsylvania railroad. The Evening Post urges a Home Market Club meeting to consider the protective issue, calling the claim suspect and urging immediate action.
The Philadelphia Ledger praises Harvard for electing Clement Garrett Morgan, a barber’s son and former slave, as senior class orator. The piece lauds Harvard’s anti slavery and wartime record while affirming Morgan’s academic superiority despite racial prejudice. It calls the selection a noble act reflecting well on Fair Harvard.
The November Book Buyer will showcase an en graved portrait of Paul B Du Chailly and a sketch of Miss Amelia Bb Edwards. It highlights Sforza A Story of Milan by William Waldorf Astor, Cathedrals and Abbeys in Great Britain and Ireland by D.D. Wheatley, and Jupiter Lights by Constance Fenimore Woolson. Also noted are Marie Pashkirtseff's life journal, Will N Harben's White Marie, and The Story of Music by W J Henderson from Longmans Green.
A mosaic of brief curiosities and quips from a bygone era. notes touch on a Maine border craze, a 100th birthday gift in Connecticut, a Brooklyn auction medal, and a Scots ministry pun. California forest losses blamed on sheep herders, and a Philadelphia estate planning obelisks. A German theatre bonnet caper resolves with a hat swap gag.
The Rev Samuel Atkins Eliot and Miss Frances Hopkinson wed at Old Cambridge's First Parish Church with President Eliot and Mrs Eliot among early guests. Clergy included Rev Francis G Peabody and Rev E H Hall. Reception at the bride’s Craigie Street home followed. couple to Denver for a wedding tour then settlement over a Unitarian church.
W M Clapp of Chicago and Miss Jessie Manning daughter of late Rev J M Manning were married yesterday at the New Old South Church. Ceremony by Rev George A Gordon assisted by Rev Farnham of Portland. Evening reception at 29 Gloucester Street attended by about 100 friends and a large flower display.
Miss Louisa T Quigley organist and Cornelius E Maguire leading tenor wed at St Pauls Church with Rev William Orr officiating. Vowed mass crowded church, choir of fifty, organist P G McDermott, maid of honor Miss Alice Callahan, best man J W Powers, ushers Gormley McElroy White and McNamee. Reception at bride’s mother Vineyard street home.
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